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M. Emmet Walsh
Born March 22, 1935Died March 19, 2024
Place of birth: Ogdensburg, New York, USA

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 come...
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Actor (221 credits)
Movies
South of BixGrandpa
2019
CalvaryThe Writer
2014
The Odd Life of Timothy GreenUncle Bub
2012
Love Sick LoveEd
2012
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective AgencyChief Van Owen
2011
Don McKaySamuel
2009
Your Name HereKroger
2008
Haunted EchoesNeil
2008
Big StanLew Popper
2007
Man in the ChairMickey Hopkins
2007
Dangerous Days: Making Blade RunnerSelf
2007
Racing StripesWoodzie
2005
Christmas with the KranksWalt Scheel
2004
BaggageSandy Westphall
2003
Christmas in the CloudsStu O'Malley
2001
Poor White TrashJudge Pike
2000
The Iron GiantEarl Stutz (voice)
1999
Wild Wild WestColeman
1999
Me and WillDean
1999
Random HeartsBilly (uncredited)
1999
Monster!Lloyd Reeves
1999
Chairman of the BoardFreemont
1998
TwilightLester Ivar
1998
My Best Friend's WeddingJoe O'Neal
1997
RetroactiveSam
1997
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. FrankweilerMorris
1995
Free Willy 2: The Adventure HomeBill Wilcox
1995
Cops & RobbersonsCaptain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
1994
Camp NowhereT.R. Polk
1994
Probable CauseSadler
1994
The Music of ChanceCalvin Murks
1993
Bitter HarvestSheriff Bob
1993
White SandsBert Gibson
1992
Killer ImageJohn Kane
1992
The Naked TruthGarcia / Gesundheim
1992
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992
Narrow MarginSergeant Dominick Benti
1990
The FlashHenry Allen
1990
The Mighty QuinnFred Miller
1989
Catch Me If You CanJohnny Phatmun
1989
Sundown: The Vampire in RetreatMort
1989
ThundergroundWedge
1989
Red ScorpionDewey Ferguson
1988
War PartyColin Ditweiler
1988
Harry and the HendersonsGeorge Henderson Sr.
1987
No Man's LandCaptain Haun
1987
Broken VowsDetective Mulligan
1987
AbductionDon Nichols
1987
CrittersHarv
1986
The Best of TimesCharlie
1986
Back to SchoolCoach Turnbull
1986
FletchDr. Joseph Dolan
1985
Blood SimpleLoren Visser
1984
The Pope of Greenwich VillageBurns
1984
The OutlawsWarden MacDonald
1984
Missing in ActionTuck
1984
Grandview, U.S.A.Mr. Clark
1984
ScandalousSimon Reynolds
1984
SilkwoodWalt Yarborough
1983
Cannery RowMack
1982
Fast-WalkingSergeant Sanger
1982
Back RoadsArthur
1981
RedsSpeaker at Liberal Club
1981
BrubakerC.P. Woodward
1980
Raise the TitanicMaster Chief Vinnie Walker
1980
Ordinary PeopleSwim Coach
1980
The JerkMadman
1979
The Fish That Saved PittsburghWally Cantrell
1979
Straight TimeEarl Frank
1978
Slap ShotDickie Dunn
1977
The GamblerLas Vegas gambler
1974
Cold TurkeyArt
1971
Roney's PointLance McKyle
Outlaw PosseCatfish
2024
BrothersJudge Farful
2024
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for PowerGorak
2015
Boiling PotDean Marison
2015
The AssignmentMr. Beudreaux
2010
Youth in RevoltMr. Saunders
2009
Greener MountainsMuggs
2005
Snow DogsGeorge
2002
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'Self
2000
Nightmare in Big Sky CountryMarshal Jim Phillips
1998
Erasable YouRalph Worth
1998
Men in WhiteStanley
1998
Albino AlligatorDino
1997
A Time to KillWillard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
1996
Criminal HeartsMartin
1996
Portraits of a KillerRaymond Garrison
1996
Relative FearEarl Ladelle
1995
PantherDorsett
1995
The Glass ShieldDet. Jesse Hall
1994
Wilder NapalmFire Chief
1993
Fourth StoryHarry
1991
ChattahoocheeMorris
1990
SunsetChief Marvin Dibner
1988
Murder OrdainedVern Humphrey
1987
Raising ArizonaMachine Shop Ear-Bender
1987
Resting PlaceSarge
1986
WildcatsWalt Coes
1986
CourageColonel Crouse
1984
Blade RunnerBryant
1982
The Escape ArtistFritz
1982
SuperdomeWhitley
1978
Airport '77Dr. Williams
1977
Mikey and NickyBus Driver
1976
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage AlcoholicMr. Peterson
1975
SerpicoGallagher
1973
What's Up, Doc?Arresting Officer
1972
Get to Know Your RabbitMr. Wendel
1972
They Might Be Giants1st Sanitation Man
1971
Escape from the Planet of the ApesAide
1971
Little Big ManShotgun Guard
1970
Madness of MethodRudolph Thorndyke
SilverfoxCharles Blankenship
Green and GoldScotty
2025
A Little White LieArthur Baldwin
2023
Dotty and SoulHarold Eichelbaum
2023
The Immaculate RoomKate's Father
2022
The MimicThe Director
2021
Faith, Hope & LoveFr. John
2019
Knives OutMr. Proofroc
2019
Raising BuchananLarry Kiesling
2019
Sorry, Not SorryHarry's Father
2019
Change in the AirWalter Lemke
2018
Shifting GearsHank
2018
TotoToto
2018
Arthur NewmanZazek
2012
Chasing 3000Chuck Ireland
2010
A True CharacterSelf
2008
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer TalesWally Westland
2003
Eyeball EddieCoach Cook
2001
Jack of HeartsComissioner Menlo Boyce
2000
The Killing JarSheriff Foley
1997
The LotteryChief Davis
1996
Romeo + JulietApothecary
1996
Dead BadgeSergeant Miller Hoskins
1995
Wild CardMose
1992
EquinoxPete Petosa
1992
Love and LiesClyde Wilson
1990
Clean and SoberRichard Dirks
1988
The Milagro Beanfield WarGovernor
1988
The Deliberate StrangerDet. Sam Davies
1986
The Right of the PeopleSindaco
1986
Hero in the FamilyGeneral Presser
1986
The Woman Who Willed a MiracleJoe Lemke
1983
Night PartnersJoe Kirby
1983
Hellinger's LawMr. Graebner
1981
City in FearSheldon Lewis
1980
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will KaneHarold Patton
1980
SkagMoran
1980
The GiftLegion Commander
1979
Dear DetectiveCapt. Gorcey
1979
No Other LoveDeFranco
1979
A Question of GuiltInspector McCartney
1978
Red AlertSheriff Sweeney
1977
Nickelodeon"Father" Logan
1976
The Invasion of Johnson CountyIrvine
1976
Bound for GloryHusband
1976
The Prisoner of Second AvenueDoorman
1975
At Long Last LoveHarold
1975
Crime ClubJack Doyle
1975
Kid BlueBarber
1973
The Traveling ExecutionerWarden Brodski
1970
End of the RoadCrab Man / Tutu Man
1970
Alice's RestaurantGroup W Sergeant
1969
Midnight CowboyBus Passenger (uncredited)
1969
StilettoRacing Partner (uncredited)
1969
Tv
American GigoloColeman
2022
The Righteous GemstonesRoy Gemstone
2019
EmpireHarold Blakeley
2015
Sneaky PeteTex Hopkins
2015
Tim and Eric's Bedtime StoriesDetective
2014
Pound PuppiesOlaf (voice)
2010
Adventure TimeCosmic Owl
2010
DamagesLyle Hewes
2007
Charlie LawrenceCubby
2003
What's New, Scooby-Doo?Jeb (voice)
2002
Night VisionsGus (segment "Reunion")
2001
EdMayor Wally Kendricks
2000
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy RobotMack (voice)
1999
The Wild ThornberrysGemsbok #1 (voice)
1998
Early Edition
1996
Tracey Takes On...
1996
The WestSelf (voice)
1996
The Outer LimitsSanford Vallé
1995
BaseballVarious (voice)
1994
Baseball(voice)
1994
FrasierRich Koechner
1993
The X-FilesArthur Dales
1993
NYPD BlueJoe Kroft
1993
Home ImprovementColonel
1991
The FlashHenry Allen
1990
The Civil WarVarious
1990
Tales from the CryptJonas
1989
UnsubNed Platt
1989
Brotherhood of the RoseHardy
1989
Murder OrdainedVern Humphrey
1987
The Twilight ZonePeter (segment "Dealer's Choice")
1985
Amazing StoriesGrandpa
1985
The HitchhikerDetective Underhill
1983
AfterMASHReverend Horn
1983
East of EdenSheriff Horace Quinn
1981
The French Atlantic AffairHarry
1979
GibbsvilleYostie
1976
Starsky & HutchFreddie
1975
Baretta
1975
Starsky & HutchLloyd Herman Eckworth
1975
Little House on the Prairie
1974
The Rockford FilesEdgar Burch
1974
The Bob Newhart ShowJack Hoover
1972
The Sandy Duncan Show
1972
The WaltonsDavid Fletcher
1972
All in the FamilyBilly Hartfield
1971
McMillan & WifeOfficer Ames
1971
NicholsGabe McCutcheon
1971
Arnie
1970
IronsideTelegraph Clerk
1967
BonanzaMattheson
1959
The Wonderful World of DisneyGeneral Presser
1954
Hallmark Hall of FameSarge
1951