Actor
· Acting
M. Emmet Walsh
Born 1935-03-22
Died 2024-03-19
📍 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 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).
Filmography 218
Green and Gold
as Scotty
2025
Brothers
as Judge Farful
2024
Outlaw Posse
as Catfish
2024
Dotty and Soul
as Harold Eichelbaum
2023
A Little White Lie
as Arthur Baldwin
2023
American Gigolo
as Coleman
2022
The Immaculate Room
as Kate's Father
2022
The Mimic
as The Director
2021
Knives Out
as Mr. Proofroc
2019
The Righteous Gemstones
as Roy Gemstone
2019
South of Bix
as Grandpa
2019
Raising Buchanan
as Larry Kiesling
2019
Faith, Hope & Love
as Fr. John
2019
Sorry, Not Sorry
as Harry's Father
2019
Change in the Air
as Walter Lemke
2018
Toto
as Toto
2018
Shifting Gears
as Hank
2018
Boiling Pot
as Dean Marison
2015
Sneaky Pete
as Tex Hopkins
2015
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
as Gorak
2015
Empire
as Harold Blakeley
2015
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
as Detective
2014
Calvary
as The Writer
2014
Love Sick Love
as Ed
2012
Arthur Newman
as Zazek
2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Uncle Bub
2012
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
as Chief Van Owen
2011
Pound Puppies
as Olaf (voice)
2010
Chasing 3000
as Chuck Ireland
2010
The Assignment
as Mr. Beudreaux
2010
Adventure Time
as Cosmic Owl (voice)
2010
Youth in Revolt
as Mr. Saunders
2009
Don McKay
as Samuel
2009
Haunted Echoes
as Neil
2008
Your Name Here
as Kroger
2008
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
as Self
2007
Big Stan
as Lew Popper
2007
Damages
as Lyle Hewes
2007
Army Wives
as Bernie Wallacheck
2007
Man in the Chair
as Mickey Hopkins
2007
'Til Death
as Uncle Rudolph
2006
Greener Mountains
as Muggs
2005
Racing Stripes
as Woodzie
2005
Christmas with the Kranks
as Walt Scheel
2004
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
as Wally Westland
2003
Baggage
as Sandy Westphall
2003
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
as Jeb (voice)
2002
Snow Dogs
as George
2002
The Guardian
as Ezra Pence
2001
Night Visions
as Gus (segment "Reunion")
2001
Eyeball Eddie
as Coach Cook
2001
Christmas in the Clouds
as Stu O'Malley
2001
Poor White Trash
as Judge Pike
2000
Jack of Hearts
as Comissioner Menlo Boyce
2000
Ed
as Mayor Wally Kendricks
2000
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
as Self
2000
Random Hearts
as Billy (uncredited)
1999
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
as Mack (voice)
1999
Monster!
as Lloyd Reeves
1999
The Iron Giant
as Earl Stutz (voice)
1999
Me and Will
as Dean
1999
Wild Wild West
as Coleman
1999
The Wild Thornberrys
as Gemsbok #1 (voice)
1998
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
as Marshal Jim Phillips
1998
Men in White
as Stanley
1998
Chairman of the Board
as Freemont
1998
Twilight
as Lester Ivar
1998
My Best Friend's Wedding
as Joe O'Neal
1997
The Killing Jar
as Sheriff Foley
1997
Retroactive
as Sam
1997
Albino Alligator
as Dino
1997
Romeo + Juliet
as Apothecary
1996
The Lottery
as Chief Davis
1996
Early Edition
as Santa
1996
The West
as Self (voice)
1996
A Time to Kill
as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
1996
Portraits of a Killer
as Raymond Garrison
1996
Criminal Hearts
as Martin
1996
Tracey Takes On...
1996
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
as Bill Wilcox
1995
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
as Morris
1995
Panther
as Dorsett
1995
Dead Badge
as Sergeant Miller Hoskins
1995
The Outer Limits
as Sanford Vallé
1995
Relative Fear
as Earl Ladelle
1994
Probable Cause
as Sadler
1994
Baseball
as (voice)
1994
The Glass Shield
as Det. Jesse Hall
1994
Camp Nowhere
as T.R. Polk
1994
Cops & Robbersons
as Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
1994
Bitter Harvest
as Sheriff Bob
1993
NYPD Blue
as Joe Kroft
1993
Frasier
as Rich Koechner
1993
The X-Files
as Arthur Dales
1993
Wilder Napalm
as Fire Chief
1993
The Music of Chance
as Calvin Murks
1993
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
as Mayor Thornbush
1992
The Naked Truth
as Garcia / Gesundheim
1992
Equinox
as Pete Petosa
1992
Wild Card
as Mose
1992
White Sands
as Bert Gibson
1992
Killer Image
as John Kane
1992
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
as Mort
1991
Home Improvement
as Colonel
1991
Fourth Story
as Harry
1991
The Flash
as Henry Allen
1990
The Civil War
as Various
1990
Narrow Margin
as Sergeant Dominick Benti
1990
The Flash
as Henry Allen
1990
Chattahoochee
as Morris
1990
Love and Lies
as Clyde Wilson
1990
Catch Me... If You Can
as Johnny Phatmun
1989
Thunderground
as Wedge
1989
Tales from the Crypt
as Jonas
1989
The Mighty Quinn
as Fred Miller
1989
Unsub
as Ned Platt
1989
Brotherhood of the Rose
as Hardy
1989
Red Scorpion
as Dewey Ferguson
1988
War Party
as Colin Ditweiler
1988
Clean and Sober
as Richard Dirks
1988
Sunset
as Chief Marvin Dibner
1988
The Milagro Beanfield War
as Governor
1988
No Man's Land
as Captain Haun
1987
Harry and the Hendersons
as George Henderson Sr.
1987
Murder Ordained
as Vern Humphrey
1987
Murder Ordained
as Vern Humphrey
1987
Raising Arizona
as Machine Shop Ear-Bender
1987
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
as Don Nichols
1987
Broken Vows
as Detective Mulligan
1987
Hero in the Family
as General Presser
1986
Back to School
as Coach Turnbull
1986
The Deliberate Stranger
as Det. Sam Davies
1986
The Deliberate Stranger
as Det. Sam Davies
1986
Resting Place
as Sarge
1986
Critters
as Harv
1986
Wildcats
as Walt Coes
1986
The Best of Times
as Charlie
1986
The Right of the People
as Sindaco
1986
Amazing Stories
as Grandpa
1985
The Twilight Zone
as Peter (segment "Dealer's Choice")
1985
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
as Rocco
1985
Fletch
as Dr. Joseph Dolan
1985
Blood Simple
as Private Detective
1985
Missing in Action
as Tuck
1984
Courage
as Colonel Crouse
1984
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Mr. Clark
1984
The Outlaws
as Warden MacDonald
1984
The Pope of Greenwich Village
as Burns
1984
Scandalous
as Simon Reynolds
1984
Silkwood
as Walt Yarborough
1983
The Hitchhiker
as Detective Underhill
1983
Night Partners
as Joe Kirby
1983
AfterMASH
as Reverend Horn
1983
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
as Joe Lemke
1983
Blade Runner
as Bryant
1982
The Escape Artist
as Fritz
1982
Fast-Walking
as Sergeant Sanger
1982
Cannery Row
as Mack
1982
Reds
as Speaker at Liberal Club
1981
Back Roads
as Arthur
1981
Hellinger's Law
as Mr. Graebner
1981
East of Eden
as Sheriff Horace Quinn
1981
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
as Harold Patton
1980
Ordinary People
as Swim Coach
1980
Raise the Titanic
as Master Chief Vinnie Walker
1980
Brubaker
as C.P. Woodward
1980
City in Fear
as Sheldon Lewis
1980
Skag
as Moran
1980
The Gift
as Legion Commander
1979
The Jerk
as Madman
1979
The French Atlantic Affair
as Harry
1979
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
as Wally Cantrell
1979
Dear Detective
as Capt. Gorcey
1979
No Other Love
as DeFranco
1979
Straight Time
as Earl Frank
1978
A Question of Guilt
as Inspector McCartney
1978
Superdome
as Whitley
1978
Red Alert
as Sheriff Sweeney
1977
Airport '77
as Dr. Williams
1977
Slap Shot
as Dickie Dunn
1977
Nickelodeon
as "Father" Logan
1976
Mikey and Nicky
as Bus Driver
1976
Bound for Glory
as Husband
1976
Gibbsville
as Yostie
1976
The Invasion of Johnson County
as Irvine
1976
Starsky & Hutch
as Freddie
1975
Starsky & Hutch
as Lloyd Herman Eckworth
1975
Crime Club
as Jack Doyle
1975
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
as Doorman
1975
At Long Last Love
as Harold
1975
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
as Mr. Peterson
1975
Baretta
1975
The Gambler
as Las Vegas Gambler
1974
The Rockford Files
as Edgar Burch
1974
Little House on the Prairie
as Callahan
1974
Serpico
as Gallagher
1973
Kid Blue
as Barber
1973
The Bob Newhart Show
as Jack Hoover
1972
The Waltons
as David Fletcher
1972
Get to Know Your Rabbit
as Mr. Wendel
1972
What's Up, Doc?
as Arresting Officer
1972
McMillan & Wife
as Officer Ames
1971
Nichols
as Gabe McCutcheon
1971
They Might Be Giants
as 1st Sanitation Man
1971
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as Aide
1971
Cold Turkey
as Art
1971
All in the Family
as Billy Hartfield
1971
Little Big Man
as Shotgun Guard
1970
The Traveling Executioner
as Warden Brodski
1970
Arnie
1970
End of the Road
as Crab Man / Tutu Man
1970
Alice's Restaurant
as Group W Sergeant
1969
Stiletto
as Racing Partner (uncredited)
1969
Midnight Cowboy
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1969
Ironside
as Telegraph Clerk
1967
Bonanza
as Mattheson
1959
The Wonderful World of Disney
as General Presser
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Sarge
1951