M. Emmet Walsh

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 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).
Name M. Emmet Walsh
Also Known As М. Эммет Уолш, Michael Emmet Walsh
Birthday 1935-03-22
Deathday 2024-03-19
Gender Male
IMDB M. Emmet Walsh profile on IMDB
Place of Birth Ogdensburg, New York, USA
As: Bryant
1982-06-25
Blade Runner...
As: C.P. Woodward
1980-06-20
Brubaker...
As: Earl Stutz (voice)
1999-08-06
The Iron Giant...
As: Harv
1986-04-11
Critters...
As: Group W Sergeant
1969-08-20
Alice's Restaurant...
As: Charlie
1986-01-31
The Best of Times...
As: Loren Visser
1985-01-18
Blood Simple...
As: Madman
1979-12-14
The Jerk...
As: Dickie Dunn
1977-02-25
Slap Shot...
As: Earl Frank
1978-03-18
Straight Time...
As: Freemont
1998-03-13
Chairman of the Boar...
As: Sergeant Dominick Be
1990-09-21
Narrow Margin...
As: Master Chief Vinnie
1980-08-01
Raise the Titanic...
As: Coleman
1999-06-30
Wild Wild West...
As: Mack
1982-02-12
Cannery Row...
As: Joe O'Neal
1997-06-19
My Best Friend's Wed...
As: George Henderson Sr.
1987-06-05
Harry and the Hender...
As: Walt Yarborough
1983-12-14
Silkwood...
As: Lester Ivar
1998-03-06
Twilight...
As: Dewey Ferguson
1988-12-24
Red Scorpion...
As: Sam
1997-01-01
Retroactive...
As: Dr. Joseph Dolan
1985-05-31
Fletch...
As: Lew Popper
2007-11-03
Big Stan...
As: Stu O'Malley
2001-01-21
Christmas in the Clo...
As: Captain Haun
1987-10-23
No Man's Land...
As: Johnny Phatmun
1989-10-14
Catch Me If You Can...
As: Walt Scheel
2004-11-24
Christmas with the K...
As: Samuel
2009-04-24
Don McKay...
As: Mickey Hopkins
2007-01-27
Man in the Chair...
As: Tuck
1984-11-16
Missing in Action...
As: Arthur
1981-03-13
Back Roads...
As: Coach Turnbull
1986-06-13
Back to School...
As: Las Vegas gambler
1974-10-02
The Gambler...
As: Judge Pike
2000-12-01
Poor White Trash...
As: Mort
1989-05-18
Sundown: The Vampire...
As: Dean
1999-07-10
Me and Will...
As: Sergeant Sanger
1982-05-11
Fast-Walking...
As: Swim Coach
1980-09-19
Ordinary People...
As: Calvin Murks
1993-06-23
The Music of Chance...
As: T.R. Polk
1994-08-26
Camp Nowhere...
As: Speaker at Liberal C
1981-12-25
Reds...
As: Wally Cantrell
1979-11-06
The Fish That Saved ...
As: John Kane
1992-03-01
Killer Image...
As: Doorman
1975-03-14
The Prisoner of Seco...
As: Bert Gibson
1992-04-24
White Sands...
As: Uncle Bub
2012-08-15
The Odd Life of Timo...
As: Warden Brodski
1970-10-01
The Traveling Execut...
As: Det. Sam Davies
1986-05-04
The Deliberate Stran...
As: Mr. Clark
1984-08-03
Grandview, U.S.A....
As: Sheldon Lewis
1980-03-30
City in Fear...
As: Wedge
1989-09-01
Thunderground...
As: Morris
1995-06-06
From the Mixed-Up Fi...
As: Chief Van Owen
2011-01-04
Sam Steele and the J...
As: Harold Patton
1980-11-15
High Noon, Part II: ...
As: Sheriff Sweeney
1977-05-18
Red Alert...
As: Inspector McCartney
1978-02-21
A Question of Guilt...
As: Kroger
2008-06-13
Your Name Here...
As: Simon Reynolds
1984-01-29
Scandalous...
As: Detective Mulligan
1987-01-28
Broken Vows...
As: Ed
2012-11-15
Love Sick Love...
As: Lloyd Reeves
1999-09-12
Monster!...
As: Sheriff Bob
1993-11-03
Bitter Harvest...
As: Garcia / Gesundheim
1992-09-29
The Naked Truth...
As: Don Nichols
1987-03-08
Abduction...
As: Sandy Westphall
2003-03-01
Baggage...
As: Neil
2008-11-20
Haunted Echoes...
As: Bill Wilcox
1995-07-19
Free Willy 2: The Ad...
As: Woodzie
2005-01-06
Racing Stripes...
As: Mr. Saunders
2009-09-11
Youth in Revolt...
As: 1st Sanitation Man
1971-06-09
They Might Be Giants...
As: Unknown
1992-12-07
Four Eyes and Six-Gu...
As: Mr. Peterson
1975-02-11
Sarah T. - Portrait ...
As: Bus Driver
1976-12-21
Mikey and Nicky...
As: Shotgun Guard
1970-12-14
Little Big Man...
As: Whitley
1978-01-09
Superdome...
As: The Writer
2014-04-11
Calvary...
As: Willard Tyrell Bass
1996-07-24
A Time to Kill...
As: Dr. Williams
1977-03-11
Airport '77...
As: George
2002-01-18
Snow Dogs...
As: Martin
1996-02-15
Criminal Hearts...
As: Earl Ladelle
1995-10-03
Relative Fear...
As: Aide
1971-05-20
Escape from the Plan...
As: Gorak
2015-01-09
The Scorpion King 4:...
As: Chief Marvin Dibner
1988-04-29
Sunset...
As: Fred Miller
1989-02-17
The Mighty Quinn...
As: Dino
1996-09-09
Albino Alligator...
As: Burns
1984-06-22
The Pope of Greenwic...
As: Muggs
2005-06-25
Greener Mountains...
As: Ralph Worth
1998-06-13
Erasable You...
As: Gallagher
1973-12-18
Serpico...
As: Colonel Crouse
1984-11-16
Courage...
As: Harry
1991-01-19
Fourth Story...
As: Mr. Beudreaux
2010-06-15
The Assignment...
As: Vern Humphrey
1987-05-03
Murder Ordained...
As: Dean Marison
2015-09-29
Boiling Pot...
As: Morris
1990-04-20
Chattahoochee...
As: Walt Coes
1986-02-14
Wildcats...
As: Dorsett
1995-05-03
Panther...
As: Det. Jesse Hall
1994-09-16
The Glass Shield...
As: Arresting Officer
1972-03-09
What's Up, Doc?...
As: Raymond Garrison
1996-05-21
Portraits of a Kille...
As: Fire Chief
1993-08-20
Wilder Napalm...
As: Stanley
1998-08-16
Men in White...
As: Machine Shop Ear-Ben
1987-03-13
Raising Arizona...
As: Fritz
1982-05-28
The Escape Artist...
As: Mr. Wendel
1972-06-07
Get to Know Your Rab...
As: Crab Man / Tutu Man
1970-02-10
End of the Road...
As: Chuck Ireland
2010-07-16
Chasing 3000...
As: Legion Commander
1979-12-15
The Gift...
As: Bus Passenger (uncre
1969-05-25
Midnight Cowboy...
As: Mr. Graebner
1981-03-10
Hellinger's Law...
As: Mose
1992-08-03
Wild Card...
As: Capt. Gorcey
1979-03-27
Dear Detective...
As: Walter Lemke
2018-10-19
Change in the Air...
As: Sindaco
1986-01-13
The Right of the Peo...
As: Richard Dirks
1988-08-10
Clean and Sober...
As: Hank
2018-03-23
Shifting Gears...
As: Irvine
1976-07-31
The Invasion of John...
As: Chief Davis
1996-09-29
The Lottery...
As: Toto
2018-08-01
Toto...
As: Fr. John
2019-03-15
Faith, Hope & Love...
As: Unknown
1997-05-27
The Killing Jar...
As: Husband
1976-12-05
Bound for Glory...
As: Coach Cook
2001-04-06
Eyeball Eddie...
As: Mr. Proofroc
2019-11-27
Knives Out...
As: Larry Kiesling
2019-04-12
Raising Buchanan...
As: Sergeant Miller Hosk
1995-03-28
Dead Badge...
As: Joe Lemke
1983-02-09
The Woman Who Willed...
As: Joe Kirby
1983-10-11
Night Partners...
As: Clyde Wilson
1990-03-18
Love and Lies...
As: Apothecary
1996-11-01
Romeo + Juliet...
As: Pete Petosa
1992-09-18
Equinox...
As: Comissioner Menlo Bo
2000-11-02
Jack of Hearts...
As: DeFranco
1979-03-24
No Other Love...
As: Zazek
2012-09-07
Arthur Newman...
As: Jack Doyle
1975-04-03
Crime Club...
As: Harry's Father
2019-03-08
Sorry, Not Sorry...
As: The Director
2021-02-05
The Mimic...
As: Kate's Father
2022-08-19
The Immaculate Room...
As: Barber
1973-01-31
Kid Blue...
As: Racing Partner (uncr
1969-07-30
Stiletto...
As: Arthur Baldwin
2023-03-03
A Little White Lie...
As: Governor
1988-03-18
The Milagro Beanfiel...
As: Art
1971-02-19
Cold Turkey...
As: Warden MacDonald
1984-07-09
The Outlaws...
As: Captain Ted Corbett
1994-04-15
Cops & Robbersons...
As: Self
2007-12-18
Dangerous Days: Maki...
As: Lance McKyle

Roney's Point...
As: Billy (uncredited)
1999-10-08
Random Hearts...
As: Harold
1975-03-01
At Long Last Love...
As: "Father" Logan
1976-12-21
Nickelodeon...
As: Moran
1980-01-06
Skag...
As: Sadler
1994-11-20
Probable Cause...
As: Self
2000-07-15
On the Edge of 'Blad...
As: Marshal Jim Phillips
1998-08-17
Nightmare in Big Sky...
As: Sarge
1986-04-27
Resting Place...
As: Grandpa
2019-06-20
South of Bix...
As: Colin Ditweiler
1988-09-15
War Party...
As: Henry Allen
1990-11-04
The Flash...
As: Rudolph Thorndyke

Madness of Method...
As: Catfish
2024-03-01
Outlaw Posse...
As: Henry Allen
1990-09-20
The Flash...
As: Freddie
1975-09-10
Starsky & Hutch...
As: Unknown
1974-09-11
Little House on the ...
As: Billy Hartfield
1971-01-12
All in the Family...
As: Jack Hoover
1972-09-16
The Bob Newhart Show...
As: Unknown
1996-01-24
Tracey Takes On......
As: Unknown
1975-01-17
Baretta...
As: Arthur Dales
1993-09-10
The X-Files...
As: Gus
2001-07-12
Night Visions...
As: Mack (voice)
1999-09-18
The Big Guy and Rust...
As: Henry Allen
1990-09-20
The Flash...
As: Unknown
1970-09-19
Arnie...
As: Unknown
1996-09-28
Early Edition...
As: Peter
1985-09-27
The Twilight Zone...
As: Mayor Wally Kendrick
2000-10-08
Ed...
As: Jonas
1989-06-10
Tales from the Crypt...
As: Rich Koechner
1993-09-16
Frasier...
As: Sarge
1951-12-24
Hallmark Hall of Fam...
As: Unknown
1972-09-17
The Sandy Duncan Sho...
As: Detective Underhill
1983-11-01
The Hitchhiker...
As: Ned Platt
1989-02-03
Unsub...
As: Sanford Vallé
1995-03-26
The Outer Limits...
As: Harold Blakeley
2015-01-07
Empire...
As: Colonel
1991-09-17
Home Improvement...
As: Hardy
1989-01-22
Brotherhood of the R...
As: Cubby
2003-06-15
Charlie Lawrence...
As: Edgar Burch
1974-09-13
The Rockford Files...
As: Various (voice)
1994-09-18
Baseball...
As: Sheriff Horace Quinn
1981-02-08
East of Eden...
As: Tex Hopkins
2015-08-07
Sneaky Pete...
As: Cosmic Owl
2010-04-05
Adventure Time...
As: Various
1990-09-23
The Civil War...
As: Gemsbok #1 (voice)
1998-09-01
The Wild Thornberrys...
As: Grandpa
1985-09-29
Amazing Stories...
As: Gabe McCutcheon
1971-09-16
Nichols...
As: Olaf (voice)
2010-10-10
Pound Puppies...
As: Harry
1979-11-15
The French Atlantic ...
As: Mattheson
1959-09-12
Bonanza...
As: Coleman
2022-09-11
American Gigolo...
As: Reverend Horn
1983-09-26
AfterMASH...
As: Roy Gemstone
2019-08-18
The Righteous Gemsto...
As: Officer Ames
1971-09-29
McMillan and Wife...
As: Vern Humphrey
1987-05-03
Murder Ordained...
As: Jeb (voice)
2002-09-14
What's New, Scooby-D...
As: Lyle Hewes
2007-07-24
Damages...
As: Self (voice)
1996-09-15
The West...
As: Joe Kroft
1993-09-21
NYPD Blue...
As: Lloyd Herman Eckwort
1975-09-10
Starsky & Hutch...
As: David Fletcher
1972-09-14
The Waltons...
As: Telegraph Clerk
1967-03-28
Ironside...
As: General Presser
1954-10-27
Walt Disney's Wonder...
As: Detective
2014-09-18
Tim and Eric's Bedti...