M. Emmet Walsh
ActingMichael 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
Blade Runner
Bryant
Knives Out
Mr. Proofroc
Romeo + Juliet
Apothecary
The Iron Giant
Earl Stutz (voice)
Big Stan
Lew Popper
A Time to Kill
Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
Critters
Harv
Midnight Cowboy
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Serpico
Gallagher
Racing Stripes
Woodzie
Filmography — Acting
Blade Runner
Bryant
Knives Out
Mr. Proofroc
Romeo + Juliet
Apothecary
The Iron Giant
Earl Stutz (voice)
Big Stan
Lew Popper
A Time to Kill
Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
Critters
Harv
Midnight Cowboy
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Serpico
Gallagher
Racing Stripes
Woodzie
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Aide
Dotty and Soul
Harold Eichelbaum
Wild Wild West
Coleman
Raising Arizona
Machine Shop Ear-Bender
Brothers
Judge Farful
My Best Friend's Wedding
Joe O'Neal
Ordinary People
Swim Coach
Blood Simple
Private Detective
Missing in Action
Tuck
Back to School
Coach Turnbull
Snow Dogs
George
Christmas with the Kranks
Walt Scheel
Airport '77
Dr. Williams
Harry and the Hendersons
George Henderson Sr.
Reds
Speaker at Liberal Club
Fletch
Dr. Joseph Dolan
Brubaker
C.P. Woodward
Calvary
The Writer
Youth in Revolt
Mr. Saunders
Slap Shot
Dickie Dunn
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Bill Wilcox
The Jerk
Madman
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Uncle Bub
The Immaculate Room
Kate's Father
Little Big Man
Shotgun Guard
Camp Nowhere
T.R. Polk
Random Hearts
Billy (uncredited)
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
Gorak
What's Up, Doc?
Arresting Officer
No Man's Land
Captain Haun
Silkwood
Walt Yarborough
Panther
Dorsett
Wildcats
Walt Coes
Twilight
Lester Ivar
Narrow Margin
Sergeant Dominick Benti
The Flash
Henry Allen
Red Scorpion
Dewey Ferguson
The Deliberate Stranger
Det. Sam Davies
Mikey and Nicky
Bus Driver
Straight Time
Earl Frank
The Gambler
Las Vegas Gambler
White Sands
Bert Gibson
Wilder Napalm
Fire Chief
Grandview, U.S.A.
Mr. Clark
Raise the Titanic
Master Chief Vinnie Walker
Cannery Row
Mack
Chattahoochee
Morris
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Burns
Sunset
Chief Marvin Dibner
Nickelodeon
"Father" Logan
Clean and Sober
Richard Dirks
Equinox
Pete Petosa
Bound for Glory
Husband
The Milagro Beanfield War
Governor
A Little White Lie
Arthur Baldwin
Fast-Walking
Sergeant Sanger
Skag
Moran
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Self
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
Mort
Stiletto
Racing Partner (uncredited)
Arthur Newman
Zazek
Me and Will
Dean
Jack of Hearts
Comissioner Menlo Boyce
Albino Alligator
Dino
Green and Gold
Scotty
Back Roads
Arthur
The Traveling Executioner
Warden Brodski
Cold Turkey
Art
No Other Love
DeFranco
The Music of Chance
Calvin Murks
The Assignment
Mr. Beudreaux
Alice's Restaurant
Group W Sergeant
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
Mayor Thornbush
The Best of Times
Charlie
They Might Be Giants
1st Sanitation Man
City in Fear
Sheldon Lewis
Retroactive
Sam
The Mighty Quinn
Fred Miller
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Mr. Wendel
Outlaw Posse
Catfish
Superdome
Whitley
Haunted Echoes
Neil
At Long Last Love
Harold
Faith, Hope & Love
Fr. John
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
Don Nichols
The Lottery
Chief Davis
The Glass Shield
Det. Jesse Hall
Change in the Air
Walter Lemke
The Escape Artist
Fritz
The Killing Jar
Sheriff Foley
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Doorman
Shifting Gears
Hank
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
Wally Westland
Resting Place
Sarge
Chairman of the Board
Freemont
The Naked Truth
Garcia / Gesundheim
Man in the Chair
Mickey Hopkins
Broken Vows
Detective Mulligan
Thunderground
Wedge
Scandalous
Simon Reynolds
Fourth Story
Harry
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Wally Cantrell
Chasing 3000
Chuck Ireland
Catch Me... If You Can
Johnny Phatmun
Red Alert
Sheriff Sweeney
The Mimic
The Director
Cops & Robbersons
Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Morris
Hero in the Family
General Presser
Murder Ordained
Vern Humphrey
The Gift
Legion Commander
A Question of Guilt
Inspector McCartney
Relative Fear
Earl Ladelle
Don McKay
Samuel
Dead Badge
Sergeant Miller Hoskins
Poor White Trash
Judge Pike
End of the Road
Crab Man / Tutu Man
Love and Lies
Clyde Wilson
Boiling Pot
Dean Marison
Men in White
Stanley
Eyeball Eddie
Coach Cook
Portraits of a Killer
Raymond Garrison
Monster!
Lloyd Reeves
Your Name Here
Kroger
Probable Cause
Sadler
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Mr. Peterson
The Outlaws
Warden MacDonald
Hellinger's Law
Mr. Graebner
Killer Image
John Kane
Kid Blue
Barber
War Party
Colin Ditweiler
Greener Mountains
Muggs
Christmas in the Clouds
Stu O'Malley
Criminal Hearts
Martin
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
Harold Patton
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
Marshal Jim Phillips
Raising Buchanan
Larry Kiesling
Wild Card
Mose
Bitter Harvest
Sheriff Bob
The Right of the People
Sindaco
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
Rocco
Night Partners
Joe Kirby
Baggage
Sandy Westphall
South of Bix
Grandpa
The Invasion of Johnson County
Irvine
Crime Club
Jack Doyle
Silverfox
Charles Blankenship
Erasable You
Ralph Worth
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
Chief Van Owen
Courage
Colonel Crouse
Toto
Toto
Sorry, Not Sorry
Harry's Father
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Self
Dear Detective
Capt. Gorcey
A True Character
Self
Madness of Method
Rudolph Thorndyke
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
Joe Lemke
Love Sick Love
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