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