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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-03-22 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Ogdensburg, New York, USA

M. Emmet Walsh

Biography:

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 Carl Reiner's comedy The Jerk (1979), Robert Redford's drama Ordinary People (1980), Ridley Scott's science fiction film Blade Runner (1982), Barry Sonnenfeld's steampunk western Wild Wild West (1999) and Brad Bird's animated film The Iron Giant (1999).

Known For

Acting

2025

Green and Gold as Scotty

2024

Outlaw Posse as Catfish
Brothers as Judge Farful

2023

A Little White Lie as Arthur Baldwin
Dotty and Soul as Harold Eichelbaum

2022

The Immaculate Room as Kate's Father
American Gigolo as Coleman

2021

The Mimic as The Director

2019

South of Bix as Grandpa
Faith, Hope & Love as Fr. John
Knives Out as Mr. Proofroc
Raising Buchanan as Larry Kiesling
Sorry, Not Sorry as Harry's Father
The Righteous Gemstones as Roy Gemstone

2018

Change in the Air as Walter Lemke
Toto as Toto

2015

Boiling Pot as Dean Marison
Empire as Harold Blakeley
Sneaky Pete as Tex Hopkins

2014

Calvary as The Writer

2012

Arthur Newman as Zazek

2011

2010

The Assignment as Mr. Beudreaux
Chasing 3000 as Chuck Ireland
Pound Puppies as Olaf (voice)
Adventure Time as Cosmic Owl

2009

Don McKay as Samuel
Youth in Revolt as Mr. Saunders

2008

Your Name Here as Kroger

2007

Big Stan as Lew Popper
Man in the Chair as Mickey Hopkins
Damages as Lyle Hewes

2005

Racing Stripes as Woodzie

2004

2003

Baggage as Sandy Westphall

2002

Snow Dogs as George

2001

Christmas in the Clouds as Stu O'Malley
Eyeball Eddie as Coach Cook
Night Visions as Gus (segment "Reunion")

2000

Poor White Trash as Judge Pike
Jack of Hearts as Comissioner Menlo Boyce
Ed as Mayor Wally Kendricks

1999

The Iron Giant as Earl Stutz (voice)
Wild Wild West as Coleman
Me and Will as Dean
Random Hearts as Billy (uncredited)
Monster! as Lloyd Reeves

1998

Twilight as Lester Ivar
Nightmare in Big Sky Country as Marshal Jim Phillips
Erasable You as Ralph Worth
Men in White as Stanley
The Wild Thornberrys as Gemsbok #1 (voice)

1997

The Killing Jar as Sheriff Foley

1996

A Time to Kill as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
Criminal Hearts as Martin
Portraits of a Killer as Raymond Garrison
The Lottery as Chief Davis
Romeo + Juliet as Apothecary
The West as Self (voice)

1995

Relative Fear as Earl Ladelle
Panther as Dorsett
Dead Badge as Sergeant Miller Hoskins
The Outer Limits as Sanford Vallé

1994

Cops & Robbersons as Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
Camp Nowhere as T.R. Polk
Probable Cause as Sadler
The Glass Shield as Det. Jesse Hall
Baseball as Various (voice)
Baseball as (voice)

1993

The Music of Chance as Calvin Murks
Bitter Harvest as Sheriff Bob
Wilder Napalm as Fire Chief
Frasier as Rich Koechner
The X-Files as Arthur Dales
NYPD Blue as Joe Kroft

1992

White Sands as Bert Gibson
Killer Image as John Kane
The Naked Truth as Garcia / Gesundheim
Wild Card as Mose
Equinox as Pete Petosa

1991

Fourth Story as Harry
Home Improvement as Colonel

1990

Narrow Margin as Sergeant Dominick Benti
The Flash as Henry Allen
Chattahoochee as Morris
Love and Lies as Clyde Wilson
The Flash as Henry Allen
The Civil War as Various

1989

The Mighty Quinn as Fred Miller
Catch Me If You Can as Johnny Phatmun
Thunderground as Wedge
Unsub as Ned Platt

1988

Red Scorpion as Dewey Ferguson
War Party as Colin Ditweiler
Sunset as Chief Marvin Dibner
Clean and Sober as Richard Dirks

1987

Harry and the Hendersons as George Henderson Sr.
No Man's Land as Captain Haun
Broken Vows as Detective Mulligan
Abduction as Don Nichols
Murder Ordained as Vern Humphrey
Raising Arizona as Machine Shop Ear-Bender
Murder Ordained as Vern Humphrey

1986

Critters as Harv
Back to School as Coach Turnbull
The Deliberate Stranger as Det. Sam Davies
Resting Place as Sarge
Wildcats as Walt Coes
Hero in the Family as General Presser

1985

Fletch as Dr. Joseph Dolan
The Twilight Zone as Peter (segment "Dealer's Choice")
Amazing Stories as Grandpa

1984

Blood Simple as Loren Visser
The Outlaws as Warden MacDonald
Grandview, U.S.A. as Mr. Clark
Scandalous as Simon Reynolds
Courage as Colonel Crouse

1983

Silkwood as Walt Yarborough
Night Partners as Joe Kirby
The Hitchhiker as Detective Underhill
AfterMASH as Reverend Horn

1982

Cannery Row as Mack
Fast-Walking as Sergeant Sanger
Blade Runner as Bryant

1981

Back Roads as Arthur
Reds as Speaker at Liberal Club
Hellinger's Law as Mr. Graebner
East of Eden as Sheriff Horace Quinn

1980

Brubaker as C.P. Woodward
Raise the Titanic as Master Chief Vinnie Walker
Ordinary People as Swim Coach
City in Fear as Sheldon Lewis
Skag as Moran

1979

The Jerk as Madman
The Gift as Legion Commander
Dear Detective as Capt. Gorcey
No Other Love as DeFranco

1978

Straight Time as Earl Frank
A Question of Guilt as Inspector McCartney
Superdome as Whitley

1977

Slap Shot as Dickie Dunn
Red Alert as Sheriff Sweeney
Airport '77 as Dr. Williams

1976

Nickelodeon as "Father" Logan
Mikey and Nicky as Bus Driver
Bound for Glory as Husband
Gibbsville as Yostie

1975

Crime Club as Jack Doyle
Starsky & Hutch as Freddie
Starsky & Hutch as Lloyd Herman Eckworth

1974

The Gambler as Las Vegas Gambler
The Rockford Files as Edgar Burch

1973

Serpico as Gallagher
Kid Blue as Barber

1972

What's Up, Doc? as Arresting Officer
The Bob Newhart Show as Jack Hoover
The Waltons as David Fletcher

1971

They Might Be Giants as 1st Sanitation Man
All in the Family as Billy Hartfield
McMillan & Wife as Officer Ames
Nichols as Gabe McCutcheon

1970

The Traveling Executioner as Warden Brodski
Little Big Man as Shotgun Guard
End of the Road as Crab Man / Tutu Man

1969

Alice's Restaurant as Group W Sergeant
Midnight Cowboy as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Stiletto as Racing Partner (uncredited)

1967

Ironside as Telegraph Clerk

1959

Bonanza as Mattheson

1954

1951

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Roney's Point as Lance McKyle
Madness of Method as Rudolph Thorndyke
Silverfox as Charles Blankenship