M. Emmet Walsh
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).
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Movies (168)

Green and Gold
2025 · Scotty

Hermanos
2024 · Judge Farful

Outlaw Posse
2024 · Catfish

Dotty and Soul
2023 · Harold Eichelbaum

A Little White Lie
2023 · Arthur Baldwin

The Immaculate Room
2022 · Kate's Father

The Mimic
2021 · The Director

Entre Navajas y Secretos
2019 · Mr. Proofroc

South of Bix
2019 · Grandpa

Raising Buchanan
2019 · Larry Kiesling

En el ritmo del amor
2019 · Fr. John

Sorry, Not Sorry
2019 · Harry's Father

Vientos De Cambio
2018 · Walter Lemke

Toto
2018 · Toto

Shifting Gears
2018 · Hank

Boiling Pot
2015 · Dean Marison

El Rey Escorpión 4: La Llave del poder
2015 · Gorak

Calvario
2014 · The Writer

Love Sick Love
2012 · Ed

Arthur Newman
2012 · Zazek

La vida rara de Timothy Green
2012 · Uncle Bub

Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
2011 · Chief Van Owen

Chasing 3000
2010 · Chuck Ireland

The Assignment
2010 · Mr. Beudreaux

Youth in Revolt
2009 · Mr. Saunders

Don McKay
2009 · Samuel

Haunted Echoes
2008 · Neil

Your Name Here
2008 · Kroger
A True Character
2008 · Self

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007 · Self

A prueba de hombres
2007 · Lew Popper

Man in the Chair
2007 · Mickey Hopkins

Greener Mountains
2005 · Muggs

Rayas, una cebra veloz
2005 · Woodzie

Una Navidad De Locos
2004 · Walt Scheel

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003 · Wally Westland

Baggage
2003 · Sandy Westphall

Frio De Perros
2002 · George

Eyeball Eddie
2001 · Coach Cook

Christmas in the Clouds
2001 · Stu O'Malley

Poor White Trash
2000 · Judge Pike

Jack of Hearts
2000 · Comissioner Menlo Boyce

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000 · Self

Random Hearts
1999 · Billy (uncredited)

Monster!
1999 · Lloyd Reeves

The Iron Giant
1999 · Earl Stutz (voice)

Me and Will
1999 · Dean

Wild Wild West
1999 · Coleman

Nightmare in Big Sky Country
1998 · Marshal Jim Phillips

Men in White
1998 · Stanley
Erasable You
1998 · Ralph Worth

Chairman of the Board
1998 · Freemont

Twilight
1998 · Lester Ivar

My Best Friend's Wedding
1997 · Joe O'Neal

The Killing Jar
1997 · Sheriff Foley

Retroactive
1997 · Sam

Albino Alligator
1997 · Dino

Romeo + Juliet
1996 · Apothecary

The Lottery
1996 · Chief Davis

A Time to Kill
1996 · Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)

Portraits of a Killer
1996 · Raymond Garrison

Criminal Hearts
1996 · Martin

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995 · Bill Wilcox

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1995 · Morris

Panther
1995 · Dorsett

Dead Badge
1995 · Sergeant Miller Hoskins

Relative Fear
1994 · Earl Ladelle

Probable Cause
1994 · Sadler

The Glass Shield
1994 · Det. Jesse Hall

Camp Nowhere
1994 · T.R. Polk

Cops & Robbersons
1994 · Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
Madness of Method
1994 · Rudolph Thorndyke

Bitter Harvest
1993 · Sheriff Bob

Wilder Napalm
1993 · Fire Chief

The Music of Chance
1993 · Calvin Murks

Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992 · Mayor Thornbush

The Naked Truth
1992 · Garcia / Gesundheim

Equinox
1992 · Pete Petosa

Wild Card
1992 · Mose

White Sands
1992 · Bert Gibson

Killer Image
1992 · John Kane

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
1991 · Mort
Silverfox
1991 · Charles Blankenship

Fourth Story
1991 · Harry

The Flash
1990 · Henry Allen

Narrow Margin
1990 · Sergeant Dominick Benti

Chattahoochee
1990 · Morris

Love and Lies
1990 · Clyde Wilson

Catch Me... If You Can
1989 · Johnny Phatmun

Thunderground
1989 · Wedge

The Mighty Quinn
1989 · Fred Miller

Red Scorpion
1988 · Dewey Ferguson

War Party
1988 · Colin Ditweiler

Clean and Sober
1988 · Richard Dirks

Sunset
1988 · Chief Marvin Dibner

The Milagro Beanfield War
1988 · Governor

No Man's Land
1987 · Captain Haun

Harry and the Hendersons
1987 · George Henderson Sr.

Murder Ordained
1987 · Vern Humphrey

Raising Arizona
1987 · Machine Shop Ear-Bender

The Abduction of Kari Swenson
1987 · Don Nichols

Broken Vows
1987 · Detective Mulligan

Hero in the Family
1986 · General Presser

Back to School
1986 · Coach Turnbull

The Deliberate Stranger
1986 · Det. Sam Davies

Resting Place
1986 · Sarge

Critters
1986 · Harv

Wildcats
1986 · Walt Coes

The Best of Times
1986 · Charlie

The Right of the People
1986 · Sindaco

The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
1985 · Rocco

Fletch
1985 · Dr. Joseph Dolan

Blood Simple
1985 · Private Detective

Missing in Action
1984 · Tuck

Courage
1984 · Colonel Crouse

Grandview, U.S.A.
1984 · Mr. Clark

The Outlaws
1984 · Warden MacDonald

The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984 · Burns

Scandalous
1984 · Simon Reynolds

Silkwood
1983 · Walt Yarborough

Night Partners
1983 · Joe Kirby

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
1983 · Joe Lemke

Blade Runner
1982 · Bryant

The Escape Artist
1982 · Fritz

Fast-Walking
1982 · Sergeant Sanger

Cannery Row
1982 · Mack

Reds
1981 · Speaker at Liberal Club

Back Roads
1981 · Arthur

Hellinger's Law
1981 · Mr. Graebner

High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
1980 · Harold Patton

Ordinary People
1980 · Swim Coach

Raise the Titanic
1980 · Master Chief Vinnie Walker

Brubaker
1980 · C.P. Woodward

City in Fear
1980 · Sheldon Lewis

Skag
1980 · Moran

The Gift
1979 · Legion Commander

The Jerk
1979 · Madman

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979 · Wally Cantrell

Dear Detective
1979 · Capt. Gorcey

No Other Love
1979 · DeFranco

Straight Time
1978 · Earl Frank

A Question of Guilt
1978 · Inspector McCartney

Superdome
1978 · Whitley

Red Alert
1977 · Sheriff Sweeney

Airport '77
1977 · Dr. Williams

Slap Shot
1977 · Dickie Dunn

Nickelodeon
1976 · "Father" Logan

Mikey and Nicky
1976 · Bus Driver

Bound for Glory
1976 · Husband

The Invasion of Johnson County
1976 · Irvine

Crime Club
1975 · Jack Doyle

The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975 · Doorman

At Long Last Love
1975 · Harold

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1975 · Mr. Peterson

The Gambler
1974 · Las Vegas Gambler

Serpico
1973 · Gallagher

Kid Blue
1973 · Barber

Get to Know Your Rabbit
1972 · Mr. Wendel

What's Up, Doc?
1972 · Arresting Officer

They Might Be Giants
1971 · 1st Sanitation Man

Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971 · Aide

Cold Turkey
1971 · Art

Little Big Man
1970 · Shotgun Guard

The Traveling Executioner
1970 · Warden Brodski

End of the Road
1970 · Crab Man / Tutu Man

Alice's Restaurant
1969 · Group W Sergeant

Stiletto
1969 · Racing Partner (uncredited)

Midnight Cowboy
1969 · Bus Passenger (uncredited)
TV shows (54)

Gigoló americano
2022 · Coleman

Los honestos Gemstones
2019 · Roy Gemstone

Sneaky Pete
2015 · Tex Hopkins

Empire
2015 · Harold Blakeley

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
2014 · Detective

Pound Puppies
2010 · Olaf (voice)

Hora de Aventura
2010 · Cosmic Owl (voice)

Damages
2007 · Lyle Hewes

Army Wives
2007 · Bernie Wallacheck

'Til Death
2006 · Uncle Rudolph
Charlie Lawrence
2003 · Cubby

¿Qué Hay De Nuevo, Scooby-Doo?
2002 · Jeb (voice)

The Guardian
2001 · Ezra Pence

Night Visions
2001 · Gus (segment "Reunion")

Ed
2000 · Mayor Wally Kendricks

The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
1999 · Mack (voice)

The Wild Thornberrys
1998 · Gemsbok #1 (voice)

Early Edition
1996 · Santa

The West
1996 · Self (voice)

Tracey Takes On...
1996

The Outer Limits
1995 · Sanford Vallé

Baseball
1994 · (voice)

NYPD Blue
1993 · Joe Kroft

Frasier
1993 · Rich Koechner

The X-Files
1993 · Arthur Dales

Home Improvement
1991 · Colonel

The Civil War
1990 · Various (voice)

The Flash
1990 · Henry Allen

Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Jonas

Unsub
1989 · Ned Platt

Brotherhood of the Rose
1989 · Hardy

Murder Ordained
1987 · Vern Humphrey

The Deliberate Stranger
1986 · Det. Sam Davies

Amazing Stories
1985 · Grandpa

The Twilight Zone
1985 · Peter (segment "Dealer's Choice")

The Hitchhiker
1983 · Detective Underhill

AfterMASH
1983 · Reverend Horn

East of Eden
1981 · Sheriff Horace Quinn

The French Atlantic Affair
1979 · Harry

Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Freddie, Lloyd Herman Eckworth

Baretta
1975

The Rockford Files
1974 · Edgar Burch

Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Callahan
The Sandy Duncan Show
1972

The Bob Newhart Show
1972 · Jack Hoover

The Waltons
1972 · David Fletcher

McMillan & Wife
1971 · Officer Ames

Nichols
1971 · Gabe McCutcheon

All in the Family
1971 · Billy Hartfield

Arnie
1970

Ironside
1967 · Telegraph Clerk

Bonanza
1959 · Mattheson

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · General Presser

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Sarge





