M. Emmet Walsh
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 22, 1935 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Ogdensburg, New York, USA
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 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).
Known For
| 2025 | Green and GoldScotty | |
| 2024 | Outlaw PosseCatfish | |
| 2024 | BrothersJudge Farful | |
| 2023 | A Little White LieArthur Baldwin | |
| 2023 | Dotty and SoulHarold Eichelbaum | |
| 2022 | The Immaculate RoomKate's Father | |
| 2022 | American GigoloColeman | |
| 2021 | The MimicThe Director | |
| 2019 | South of BixGrandpa | |
| 2019 | Faith, Hope & LoveFr. John | |
| 2019 | Knives OutMr. Proofroc | |
| 2019 | Raising BuchananLarry Kiesling | |
| 2019 | Sorry, Not SorryHarry's Father | |
| 2019 | The Righteous GemstonesRoy Gemstone | |
| 2018 | Change in the AirWalter Lemke | |
| 2018 | Shifting GearsHank | |
| 2018 | TotoToto | |
| 2015 | The Scorpion King 4: Quest for PowerGorak | |
| 2015 | Boiling PotDean Marison | |
| 2015 | EmpireHarold Blakeley | |
| 2015 | Sneaky PeteTex Hopkins | |
| 2014 | CalvaryThe Writer | |
| 2014 | Tim and Eric's Bedtime StoriesDetective | |
| 2012 | The Odd Life of Timothy GreenUncle Bub | |
| 2012 | Love Sick LoveEd | |
| 2012 | Arthur NewmanZazek | |
| 2011 | Sam Steele and the Junior Detective AgencyChief Van Owen | |
| 2010 | The AssignmentMr. Beudreaux | |
| 2010 | Chasing 3000Chuck Ireland | |
| 2010 | Pound PuppiesOlaf (voice) | |
| 2010 | Adventure TimeCosmic Owl (voice) | |
| 2009 | Don McKaySamuel | |
| 2009 | Youth in RevoltMr. Saunders | |
| 2008 | Your Name HereKroger | |
| 2008 | Haunted EchoesNeil | |
| 2008 | A True CharacterSelf | |
| 2007 | Big StanLew Popper | |
| 2007 | Man in the ChairMickey Hopkins | |
| 2007 | Dangerous Days: Making Blade RunnerSelf | |
| 2007 | DamagesLyle Hewes | |
| 2007 | Army WivesBernie Wallacheck | |
| 2006 | 'Til DeathUncle Rudolph | |
| 2005 | Racing StripesWoodzie | |
| 2005 | Greener MountainsMuggs | |
| 2004 | Christmas with the KranksWalt Scheel | |
| 2003 | BaggageSandy Westphall | |
| 2003 | Tracey Ullman in the Trailer TalesWally Westland | |
| 2003 | Charlie LawrenceCubby | |
| 2002 | Snow DogsGeorge | |
| 2002 | What's New, Scooby-Doo?Jeb (voice) | |
| 2001 | Christmas in the CloudsStu O'Malley | |
| 2001 | Eyeball EddieCoach Cook | |
| 2001 | Night VisionsGus (segment "Reunion") | |
| 2001 | The GuardianEzra Pence | |
| 2000 | Poor White TrashJudge Pike | |
| 2000 | On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'Self | |
| 2000 | Jack of HeartsComissioner Menlo Boyce | |
| 2000 | EdMayor Wally Kendricks | |
| 1999 | The Iron GiantEarl Stutz (voice) | |
| 1999 | Wild Wild WestColeman | |
| 1999 | Me and WillDean | |
| 1999 | Random HeartsBilly (uncredited) | |
| 1999 | Monster!Lloyd Reeves | |
| 1999 | The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy RobotMack (voice) | |
| 1998 | Chairman of the BoardFreemont | |
| 1998 | TwilightLester Ivar | |
| 1998 | Nightmare in Big Sky CountryMarshal Jim Phillips | |
| 1998 | Erasable YouRalph Worth | |
| 1998 | Men in WhiteStanley | |
| 1998 | The Wild ThornberrysGemsbok #1 (voice) | |
| 1997 | My Best Friend's WeddingJoe O'Neal | |
| 1997 | RetroactiveSam | |
| 1997 | Albino AlligatorDino | |
| 1997 | The Killing JarSheriff Foley | |
| 1996 | A Time to KillWillard Tyrell Bass (uncredited) | |
| 1996 | Criminal HeartsMartin | |
| 1996 | Portraits of a KillerRaymond Garrison | |
| 1996 | The LotteryChief Davis | |
| 1996 | Romeo + JulietApothecary | |
| 1996 | Early EditionSanta | |
| 1996 | Tracey Takes On... | |
| 1996 | The WestSelf (voice) | |
| 1995 | From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. FrankweilerMorris | |
| 1995 | Free Willy 2: The Adventure HomeBill Wilcox | |
| 1995 | PantherDorsett | |
| 1995 | Dead BadgeSergeant Miller Hoskins | |
| 1995 | The Outer LimitsSanford Vallé | |
| 1994 | Cops & RobbersonsCaptain Ted Corbett (uncredited) | |
| 1994 | Camp NowhereT.R. Polk | |
| 1994 | Probable CauseSadler | |
| 1994 | Relative FearEarl Ladelle | |
| 1994 | Madness of MethodRudolph Thorndyke | |
| 1994 | The Glass ShieldDet. Jesse Hall | |
| 1994 | Baseball(voice) | |
| 1993 | The Music of ChanceCalvin Murks | |
| 1993 | Bitter HarvestSheriff Bob | |
| 1993 | Wilder NapalmFire Chief | |
| 1993 | FrasierRich Koechner | |
| 1993 | The X-FilesArthur Dales | |
| 1993 | NYPD BlueJoe Kroft | |
| 1992 | White SandsBert Gibson | |
| 1992 | Killer ImageJohn Kane | |
| 1992 | The Naked TruthGarcia / Gesundheim | |
| 1992 | Four Eyes and Six-GunsMayor Thornbush | |
| 1992 | Wild CardMose | |
| 1992 | EquinoxPete Petosa | |
| 1991 | Sundown: The Vampire in RetreatMort | |
| 1991 | Fourth StoryHarry | |
| 1991 | SilverfoxCharles Blankenship | |
| 1991 | Home ImprovementColonel | |
| 1990 | Narrow MarginSergeant Dominick Benti | |
| 1990 | The FlashHenry Allen | |
| 1990 | ChattahoocheeMorris | |
| 1990 | Love and LiesClyde Wilson | |
| 1990 | The FlashHenry Allen | |
| 1990 | The Civil WarVarious | |
| 1989 | The Mighty QuinnFred Miller | |
| 1989 | Catch Me... If You CanJohnny Phatmun | |
| 1989 | ThundergroundWedge | |
| 1989 | Tales from the CryptJonas | |
| 1989 | UnsubNed Platt | |
| 1989 | Brotherhood of the RoseHardy | |
| 1988 | Red ScorpionDewey Ferguson | |
| 1988 | War PartyColin Ditweiler | |
| 1988 | SunsetChief Marvin Dibner | |
| 1988 | Clean and SoberRichard Dirks | |
| 1988 | The Milagro Beanfield WarGovernor | |
| 1987 | Harry and the HendersonsGeorge Henderson Sr. | |
| 1987 | No Man's LandCaptain Haun | |
| 1987 | Broken VowsDetective Mulligan | |
| 1987 | The Abduction of Kari SwensonDon Nichols | |
| 1987 | Murder OrdainedVern Humphrey | |
| 1987 | Raising ArizonaMachine Shop Ear-Bender | |
| 1987 | Murder OrdainedVern Humphrey | |
| 1986 | CrittersHarv | |
| 1986 | The Best of TimesCharlie | |
| 1986 | Back to SchoolCoach Turnbull | |
| 1986 | The Deliberate StrangerDet. Sam Davies | |
| 1986 | Resting PlaceSarge | |
| 1986 | WildcatsWalt Coes | |
| 1986 | The Right of the PeopleSindaco | |
| 1986 | Hero in the FamilyGeneral Presser | |
| 1986 | The Deliberate StrangerDet. Sam Davies | |
| 1985 | Blood SimplePrivate Detective | |
| 1985 | FletchDr. Joseph Dolan | |
| 1985 | The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary FinnRocco | |
| 1985 | The Twilight ZonePeter (segment "Dealer's Choice") | |
| 1985 | Amazing StoriesGrandpa | |
| 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 | CourageColonel Crouse | |
| 1983 | SilkwoodWalt Yarborough | |
| 1983 | The Woman Who Willed a MiracleJoe Lemke | |
| 1983 | Night PartnersJoe Kirby | |
| 1983 | The HitchhikerDetective Underhill | |
| 1983 | AfterMASHReverend Horn | |
| 1982 | Cannery RowMack | |
| 1982 | Fast-WalkingSergeant Sanger | |
| 1982 | Blade RunnerBryant | |
| 1982 | The Escape ArtistFritz | |
| 1981 | Back RoadsArthur | |
| 1981 | RedsSpeaker at Liberal Club | |
| 1981 | Hellinger's LawMr. Graebner | |
| 1981 | East of EdenSheriff Horace Quinn | |
| 1980 | BrubakerC.P. Woodward | |
| 1980 | Raise the TitanicMaster Chief Vinnie Walker | |
| 1980 | Ordinary PeopleSwim Coach | |
| 1980 | City in FearSheldon Lewis | |
| 1980 | High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will KaneHarold Patton | |
| 1980 | SkagMoran | |
| 1979 | The JerkMadman | |
| 1979 | The Fish That Saved PittsburghWally Cantrell | |
| 1979 | The GiftLegion Commander | |
| 1979 | Dear DetectiveCapt. Gorcey | |
| 1979 | No Other LoveDeFranco | |
| 1979 | The French Atlantic AffairHarry | |
| 1978 | Straight TimeEarl Frank | |
| 1978 | A Question of GuiltInspector McCartney | |
| 1978 | SuperdomeWhitley | |
| 1977 | Slap ShotDickie Dunn | |
| 1977 | Red AlertSheriff Sweeney | |
| 1977 | Airport '77Dr. Williams | |
| 1976 | Nickelodeon"Father" Logan | |
| 1976 | Mikey and NickyBus Driver | |
| 1976 | The Invasion of Johnson CountyIrvine | |
| 1976 | Bound for GloryHusband | |
| 1976 | GibbsvilleYostie | |
| 1975 | The Prisoner of Second AvenueDoorman | |
| 1975 | At Long Last LoveHarold | |
| 1975 | Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage AlcoholicMr. Peterson | |
| 1975 | Crime ClubJack Doyle | |
| 1975 | Starsky & HutchFreddie | |
| 1975 | Baretta | |
| 1975 | Starsky & HutchLloyd Herman Eckworth | |
| 1974 | The GamblerLas Vegas Gambler | |
| 1974 | Little House on the PrairieCallahan | |
| 1974 | The Rockford FilesEdgar Burch | |
| 1973 | SerpicoGallagher | |
| 1973 | Kid BlueBarber | |
| 1972 | What's Up, Doc?Arresting Officer | |
| 1972 | Get to Know Your RabbitMr. Wendel | |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart ShowJack Hoover | |
| 1972 | The Sandy Duncan Show | |
| 1972 | The WaltonsDavid Fletcher | |
| 1971 | Cold TurkeyArt | |
| 1971 | They Might Be Giants1st Sanitation Man | |
| 1971 | Escape from the Planet of the ApesAide | |
| 1971 | All in the FamilyBilly Hartfield | |
| 1971 | McMillan & WifeOfficer Ames | |
| 1971 | NicholsGabe McCutcheon | |
| 1970 | The Traveling ExecutionerWarden Brodski | |
| 1970 | Little Big ManShotgun Guard | |
| 1970 | End of the RoadCrab Man / Tutu Man | |
| 1970 | Arnie | |
| 1969 | Alice's RestaurantGroup W Sergeant | |
| 1969 | Midnight CowboyBus Passenger (uncredited) | |
| 1969 | StilettoRacing Partner (uncredited) | |
| 1967 | IronsideTelegraph Clerk | |
| 1959 | BonanzaMattheson | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of DisneyGeneral Presser | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameSarge |