M. Emmet Walsh
Michael Emmet Walsh (March 22, 1935 – March 19, 2024) was an American character actor who has appeared in over 200 films and television series, including supporting roles in dozens of major studio features of the 1970s and 1980s. He starred in Blood Simple (1984), the Coen Brothers' first film for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He also appeared in The Jerk (1979), Ordinary People (1980), Blade Runner (1982), Wild Wild West (1999), and The Iron Giant (1999). His final films included Knives Out (2019) and Brothers (2024).
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Green and Gold
as Scotty
Outlaw Posse
as Catfish
Dotty and Soul
as Harold Eichelbaum
A Little White Lie
as Arthur Baldwin
American Gigolo
as Coleman
The Immaculate Room
as Kate's Father
The Mimic
as The Director
Knives Out
as Mr. Proofroc
The Righteous Gemstones
as Roy Gemstone
South of Bix
as Grandpa
Raising Buchanan
as Larry Kiesling
Faith, Hope & Love
as Fr. John
Sorry, Not Sorry
as Harry's Father
Change in the Air
as Walter Lemke
Toto
as Toto
Shifting Gears
as Hank
Boiling Pot
as Dean Marison
Sneaky Pete
as Tex Hopkins
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
as Gorak
Empire
as Harold Blakeley
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
as Detective
Calvary
as The Writer
Love Sick Love
as Ed
Arthur Newman
as Zazek
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Uncle Bub
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
as Chief Van Owen
Pound Puppies
as Olaf (voice)
Chasing 3000
as Chuck Ireland
The Assignment
as Mr. Beudreaux
Adventure Time
as Cosmic Owl (voice)
Youth in Revolt
as Mr. Saunders
Don McKay
as Samuel
Haunted Echoes
as Neil
Your Name Here
as Kroger
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
as Self
Big Stan
as Lew Popper
Damages
as Lyle Hewes
Army Wives
as Bernie Wallacheck
Man in the Chair
as Mickey Hopkins
'Til Death
as Uncle Rudolph
Greener Mountains
as Muggs
Racing Stripes
as Woodzie
Christmas with the Kranks
as Walt Scheel
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
as Wally Westland
Baggage
as Sandy Westphall
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
as Jeb (voice)
Snow Dogs
as George
The Guardian
as Ezra Pence
Night Visions
as Gus (segment "Reunion")
Eyeball Eddie
as Coach Cook
Christmas in the Clouds
as Stu O'Malley
Poor White Trash
as Judge Pike
Jack of Hearts
as Comissioner Menlo Boyce
Ed
as Mayor Wally Kendricks
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
as Self
Random Hearts
as Billy (uncredited)
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
as Mack (voice)
Monster!
as Lloyd Reeves
The Iron Giant
as Earl Stutz (voice)
Me and Will
as Dean
Wild Wild West
as Coleman
The Wild Thornberrys
as Gemsbok #1 (voice)
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
as Marshal Jim Phillips
Men in White
as Stanley
Chairman of the Board
as Freemont
My Best Friend's Wedding
as Joe O'Neal
The Killing Jar
as Sheriff Foley
Retroactive
as Sam
Albino Alligator
as Dino
Romeo + Juliet
as Apothecary
The Lottery
as Chief Davis
Early Edition
as Santa
The West
as Self (voice)
A Time to Kill
as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
Portraits of a Killer
as Raymond Garrison
Criminal Hearts
as Martin
Tracey Takes On...
as Unknown
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
as Bill Wilcox
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
as Morris
Panther
as Dorsett
Dead Badge
as Sergeant Miller Hoskins
The Outer Limits
as Sanford Vallé
Relative Fear
as Earl Ladelle
Probable Cause
as Sadler
Baseball
as (voice)
The Glass Shield
as Det. Jesse Hall
Camp Nowhere
as T.R. Polk
Cops & Robbersons
as Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
Bitter Harvest
as Sheriff Bob
NYPD Blue
as Joe Kroft
Frasier
as Rich Koechner
The X-Files
as Arthur Dales
Wilder Napalm
as Fire Chief
The Music of Chance
as Calvin Murks
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
as Mayor Thornbush
The Naked Truth
as Garcia / Gesundheim
Equinox
as Pete Petosa
Wild Card
as Mose
White Sands
as Bert Gibson
Killer Image
as John Kane
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
as Mort
Home Improvement
as Colonel
Fourth Story
as Harry
The Civil War
as Various (voice)
Narrow Margin
as Sergeant Dominick Benti
Chattahoochee
as Morris
Love and Lies
as Clyde Wilson
Catch Me... If You Can
as Johnny Phatmun
Thunderground
as Wedge
Tales from the Crypt
as Jonas
The Mighty Quinn
as Fred Miller
Unsub
as Ned Platt
Brotherhood of the Rose
as Hardy
Red Scorpion
as Dewey Ferguson
War Party
as Colin Ditweiler
Clean and Sober
as Richard Dirks
Sunset
as Chief Marvin Dibner
The Milagro Beanfield War
as Governor
No Man's Land
as Captain Haun
Harry and the Hendersons
as George Henderson Sr.
Murder Ordained
as Vern Humphrey
Murder Ordained
as Vern Humphrey
Raising Arizona
as Machine Shop Ear-Bender
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
as Don Nichols
Broken Vows
as Detective Mulligan
Hero in the Family
as General Presser
Back to School
as Coach Turnbull
The Deliberate Stranger
as Det. Sam Davies
The Deliberate Stranger
as Det. Sam Davies
Resting Place
as Sarge
Critters
as Harv
Wildcats
as Walt Coes
The Best of Times
as Charlie
The Right of the People
as Sindaco
Amazing Stories
as Grandpa
The Twilight Zone
as Peter (segment "Dealer's Choice")
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
as Rocco
Fletch
as Dr. Joseph Dolan
Blood Simple
as Private Detective
Missing in Action
as Tuck
Courage
as Colonel Crouse
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Mr. Clark
The Outlaws
as Warden MacDonald
The Pope of Greenwich Village
as Burns
Scandalous
as Simon Reynolds
Silkwood
as Walt Yarborough
The Hitchhiker
as Detective Underhill
Night Partners
as Joe Kirby
AfterMASH
as Reverend Horn
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
as Joe Lemke
Blade Runner
as Bryant
The Escape Artist
as Fritz
Fast-Walking
as Sergeant Sanger
Cannery Row
as Mack
Reds
as Speaker at Liberal Club
Back Roads
as Arthur
Hellinger's Law
as Mr. Graebner
East of Eden
as Sheriff Horace Quinn
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
as Harold Patton
Ordinary People
as Swim Coach
Raise the Titanic
as Master Chief Vinnie Walker
Brubaker
as C.P. Woodward
City in Fear
as Sheldon Lewis
Skag
as Moran
The Gift
as Legion Commander
The Jerk
as Madman
The French Atlantic Affair
as Harry
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
as Wally Cantrell
Dear Detective
as Capt. Gorcey
No Other Love
as DeFranco
Straight Time
as Earl Frank
A Question of Guilt
as Inspector McCartney
Superdome
as Whitley
Red Alert
as Sheriff Sweeney
Airport '77
as Dr. Williams
Slap Shot
as Dickie Dunn
Nickelodeon
as "Father" Logan
Mikey and Nicky
as Bus Driver
Bound for Glory
as Husband
The Invasion of Johnson County
as Irvine
Starsky & Hutch
as Freddie
Starsky & Hutch
as Lloyd Herman Eckworth
Crime Club
as Jack Doyle
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
as Doorman
At Long Last Love
as Harold
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
as Mr. Peterson
Baretta
as Unknown
The Gambler
as Las Vegas Gambler
The Rockford Files
as Edgar Burch
Little House on the Prairie
as Callahan
Serpico
as Gallagher
Kid Blue
as Barber
The Bob Newhart Show
as Jack Hoover
The Waltons
as David Fletcher
Get to Know Your Rabbit
as Mr. Wendel
What's Up, Doc?
as Arresting Officer
McMillan & Wife
as Officer Ames
Nichols
as Gabe McCutcheon
They Might Be Giants
as 1st Sanitation Man
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as Aide
Cold Turkey
as Art
All in the Family
as Billy Hartfield
Little Big Man
as Shotgun Guard
The Traveling Executioner
as Warden Brodski
Arnie
as Unknown
End of the Road
as Crab Man / Tutu Man
Alice's Restaurant
as Group W Sergeant
Stiletto
as Racing Partner (uncredited)
Midnight Cowboy
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Ironside
as Telegraph Clerk
Bonanza
as Mattheson
The Wonderful World of Disney
as General Presser
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sarge