M. Emmet Walsh

Acting

March 22, 1935 – March 19, 2024 (died at 88)

Ogdensburg, New York, USA

Male

168 Movies

56 TV Shows

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).

Blade Runner

1982 7.9

as Bryant

Age 47 (now 88)

Critters

1986 6.5

as Harv

Age 51 (now 88)

Missing in Action

1984 5.9

as Tuck

Age 49 (now 88)

Blood Simple

1985 7.3

as Private Detective

Age 49 (now 88)

Wild Wild West

1999 5.3

as Coleman

Age 64 (now 88)

Christmas with the Kranks

2004 6.2

as Walt Scheel

Age 69 (now 88)

My Best Friend's Wedding

1997 6.6

as Joe O'Neal

Age 62 (now 88)

The Iron Giant

1999 8.0

as Earl Stutz (voice)

Age 64 (now 88)

Youth in Revolt

2009 6.2

as Mr. Saunders

Age 74 (now 88)

Red Scorpion

1988 6.0

as Dewey Ferguson

Age 53 (now 88)

Ordinary People

1980 7.4

as Swim Coach

Age 45 (now 88)

Calvary

2014 7.1

as The Writer

Age 79 (now 88)

Snow Dogs

2002 5.6

as George

Age 66 (now 88)

Big Stan

2007 6.6

as Lew Popper

Age 72 (now 88)

Fletch

1985 6.8

as Dr. Joseph Dolan

Age 50 (now 88)

Racing Stripes

2005 5.9

as Woodzie

Age 69 (now 88)

Green and Gold

2025 7.0

as Scotty

Age 89 (now 88)

Brothers

2024 5.9

as Judge Farful

Age 89 (now 88)

Outlaw Posse

2024 4.7

as Catfish

Age 88

Dotty and Soul

2023 4.0

as Harold Eichelbaum

Age 88

A Little White Lie

2023 5.7

as Arthur Baldwin

Age 87 (now 88)

The Immaculate Room

2022 5.3

as Kate's Father

Age 87 (now 88)

The Mimic

2021 4.1

as The Director

Age 85 (now 88)

Knives Out

2019 7.8

as Mr. Proofroc

Age 84 (now 88)

South of Bix

2019 5.5

as Grandpa

Age 84 (now 88)

Raising Buchanan

2019 5.7

as Larry Kiesling

Age 84 (now 88)

Faith, Hope & Love

2019 7.5

as Fr. John

Age 83 (now 88)

Sorry, Not Sorry

2019 6.0

as Harry's Father

Age 83 (now 88)

Change in the Air

2018 5.7

as Walter Lemke

Age 83 (now 88)

Toto

2018

as Toto

Age 83 (now 88)

Shifting Gears

2018 6.5

as Hank

Age 83 (now 88)

Boiling Pot

2015 5.2

as Dean Marison

Age 80 (now 88)

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

2015 5.2

as Gorak

Age 79 (now 88)

Calvary

2014 7.1

as The Writer

Age 79 (now 88)

Love Sick Love

2012 5.5

as Ed

Age 77 (now 88)

Arthur Newman

2012 5.6

as Zazek

Age 77 (now 88)

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

2012 7.0

as Uncle Bub

Age 77 (now 88)

Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency

2011 4.8

as Chief Van Owen

Age 75 (now 88)

Chasing 3000

2010 6.2

as Chuck Ireland

Age 75 (now 88)

The Assignment

2010 6.5

as Mr. Beudreaux

Age 75 (now 88)

Youth in Revolt

2009 6.2

as Mr. Saunders

Age 74 (now 88)

Don McKay

2009 4.9

as Samuel

Age 74 (now 88)

Haunted Echoes

2008 4.2

as Neil

Age 73 (now 88)

Your Name Here

2008 3.3

as Kroger

Age 73 (now 88)

A True Character

2008

as Self

Age 72 (now 88)

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

2007 7.8

as Self

Age 72 (now 88)

Big Stan

2007 6.6

as Lew Popper

Age 72 (now 88)

Man in the Chair

2007 6.5

as Mickey Hopkins

Age 71 (now 88)

Greener Mountains

2005 5.3

as Muggs

Age 70 (now 88)

Racing Stripes

2005 5.9

as Woodzie

Age 69 (now 88)

Christmas with the Kranks

2004 6.2

as Walt Scheel

Age 69 (now 88)

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

2003 7.9

as Wally Westland

Age 68 (now 88)

Baggage

2003 8.0

as Sandy Westphall

Age 67 (now 88)

Snow Dogs

2002 5.6

as George

Age 66 (now 88)

Eyeball Eddie

2001 7.0

as Coach Cook

Age 66 (now 88)

Christmas in the Clouds

2001 6.3

as Stu O'Malley

Age 65 (now 88)

Poor White Trash

2000 4.5

as Judge Pike

Age 65 (now 88)

Jack of Hearts

2000 3.1

as Comissioner Menlo Boyce

Age 65 (now 88)

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

2000 7.7

as Self

Age 65 (now 88)

Random Hearts

1999 5.6

as Billy (uncredited)

Age 64 (now 88)

Monster!

1999 5.0

as Lloyd Reeves

Age 64 (now 88)

The Iron Giant

1999 8.0

as Earl Stutz (voice)

Age 64 (now 88)

Me and Will

1999 5.4

as Dean

Age 64 (now 88)

Wild Wild West

1999 5.3

as Coleman

Age 64 (now 88)

Nightmare in Big Sky Country

1998 10.0

as Marshal Jim Phillips

Age 63 (now 88)

Men in White

1998 3.8

as Stanley

Age 63 (now 88)

Erasable You

1998 8.0

as Ralph Worth

Age 63 (now 88)

Chairman of the Board

1998 3.6

as Freemont

Age 62 (now 88)

Twilight

1998 6.1

as Lester Ivar

Age 62 (now 88)

My Best Friend's Wedding

1997 6.6

as Joe O'Neal

Age 62 (now 88)

The Killing Jar

1997 4.4

as Sheriff Foley

Age 62 (now 88)

Retroactive

1997 6.1

as Sam

Age 61 (now 88)

Albino Alligator

1997 5.7

as Dino

Age 61 (now 88)

Romeo + Juliet

1996 6.8

as Apothecary

Age 61 (now 88)

The Lottery

1996 6.0

as Chief Davis

Age 61 (now 88)

A Time to Kill

1996 7.4

as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)

Age 61 (now 88)

Portraits of a Killer

1996 4.2

as Raymond Garrison

Age 61 (now 88)

Criminal Hearts

1996 4.8

as Martin

Age 60 (now 88)

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

1995 5.9

as Bill Wilcox

Age 60 (now 88)

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

1995 6.8

as Morris

Age 60 (now 88)

Panther

1995 6.3

as Dorsett

Age 60 (now 88)

Dead Badge

1995 6.8

as Sergeant Miller Hoskins

Age 60 (now 88)

Relative Fear

1994 5.1

as Earl Ladelle

Age 59 (now 88)

Probable Cause

1994 4.6

as Sadler

Age 59 (now 88)

The Glass Shield

1994 5.1

as Det. Jesse Hall

Age 59 (now 88)

Camp Nowhere

1994 6.0

as T.R. Polk

Age 59 (now 88)

Cops & Robbersons

1994 5.2

as Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)

Age 59 (now 88)

Madness of Method

1994 7.0

as Rudolph Thorndyke

Age 59 (now 88)

Bitter Harvest

1993 4.7

as Sheriff Bob

Age 58 (now 88)

Wilder Napalm

1993 5.6

as Fire Chief

Age 58 (now 88)

The Music of Chance

1993 6.5

as Calvin Murks

Age 58 (now 88)

Four Eyes and Six-Guns

1992 3.5

as Mayor Thornbush

Age 57 (now 88)

The Naked Truth

1992 3.1

as Garcia / Gesundheim

Age 57 (now 88)

Equinox

1992 5.7

as Pete Petosa

Age 57 (now 88)

Wild Card

1992 6.0

as Mose

Age 57 (now 88)

White Sands

1992 5.9

as Bert Gibson

Age 57 (now 88)

Killer Image

1992 4.3

as John Kane

Age 56 (now 88)

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

1991 6.0

as Mort

Age 56 (now 88)

Silverfox

1991

as Charles Blankenship

Age 56 (now 88)

Fourth Story

1991 5.4

as Harry

Age 55 (now 88)

The Flash

1990 6.5

as Henry Allen

Age 55 (now 88)

Narrow Margin

1990 6.4

as Sergeant Dominick Benti

Age 55 (now 88)

Chattahoochee

1990 5.8

as Morris

Age 55 (now 88)

Love and Lies

1990

as Clyde Wilson

Age 54 (now 88)

Catch Me... If You Can

1989 5.6

as Johnny Phatmun

Age 54 (now 88)

Thunderground

1989 4.3

as Wedge

Age 54 (now 88)

The Mighty Quinn

1989 6.0

as Fred Miller

Age 53 (now 88)

Red Scorpion

1988 6.0

as Dewey Ferguson

Age 53 (now 88)

War Party

1988 6.3

as Colin Ditweiler

Age 53 (now 88)

Clean and Sober

1988 6.3

as Richard Dirks

Age 53 (now 88)

Sunset

1988 5.7

as Chief Marvin Dibner

Age 53 (now 88)

The Milagro Beanfield War

1988 6.6

as Governor

Age 52 (now 88)

No Man's Land

1987 6.0

as Captain Haun

Age 52 (now 88)

Harry and the Hendersons

1987 6.1

as George Henderson Sr.

Age 52 (now 88)

Murder Ordained

1987 5.0

as Vern Humphrey

Age 52 (now 88)

Raising Arizona

1987 7.1

as Machine Shop Ear-Bender

Age 51 (now 88)

The Abduction of Kari Swenson

1987 6.0

as Don Nichols

Age 51 (now 88)

Broken Vows

1987 4.8

as Detective Mulligan

Age 51 (now 88)

Hero in the Family

1986 6.5

as General Presser

Age 51 (now 88)

Back to School

1986 6.3

as Coach Turnbull

Age 51 (now 88)

The Deliberate Stranger

1986 6.4

as Det. Sam Davies

Age 51 (now 88)

Resting Place

1986 6.3

as Sarge

Age 51 (now 88)

Critters

1986 6.5

as Harv

Age 51 (now 88)

Wildcats

1986 6.3

as Walt Coes

Age 50 (now 88)

The Best of Times

1986 5.7

as Charlie

Age 50 (now 88)

The Right of the People

1986 5.7

as Sindaco

Age 50 (now 88)

The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn

1985

as Rocco

Age 50 (now 88)

Fletch

1985 6.8

as Dr. Joseph Dolan

Age 50 (now 88)

Blood Simple

1985 7.3

as Private Detective

Age 49 (now 88)

Missing in Action

1984 5.9

as Tuck

Age 49 (now 88)

Courage

1984 6.0

as Colonel Crouse

Age 49 (now 88)

Grandview, U.S.A.

1984 5.8

as Mr. Clark

Age 49 (now 88)

The Outlaws

1984

as Warden MacDonald

Age 49 (now 88)

The Pope of Greenwich Village

1984 6.3

as Burns

Age 49 (now 88)

Scandalous

1984 4.7

as Simon Reynolds

Age 48 (now 88)

Silkwood

1983 6.9

as Walt Yarborough

Age 48 (now 88)

Night Partners

1983 7.5

as Joe Kirby

Age 48 (now 88)

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

1983 9.0

as Joe Lemke

Age 47 (now 88)

Blade Runner

1982 7.9

as Bryant

Age 47 (now 88)

The Escape Artist

1982 6.2

as Fritz

Age 47 (now 88)

Fast-Walking

1982 5.8

as Sergeant Sanger

Age 47 (now 88)

Cannery Row

1982 5.9

as Mack

Age 46 (now 88)

Reds

1981 6.9

as Speaker at Liberal Club

Age 46 (now 88)

Back Roads

1981 5.4

as Arthur

Age 45 (now 88)

Hellinger's Law

1981 8.8

as Mr. Graebner

Age 45 (now 88)

High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

1980 4.7

as Harold Patton

Age 45 (now 88)

Ordinary People

1980 7.4

as Swim Coach

Age 45 (now 88)

Raise the Titanic

1980 5.3

as Master Chief Vinnie Walker

Age 45 (now 88)

Brubaker

1980 7.1

as C.P. Woodward

Age 45 (now 88)

City in Fear

1980 5.7

as Sheldon Lewis

Age 45 (now 88)

Skag

1980

as Moran

Age 44 (now 88)

The Gift

1979 6.5

as Legion Commander

Age 44 (now 88)

The Jerk

1979 6.9

as Madman

Age 44 (now 88)

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

1979 5.7

as Wally Cantrell

Age 44 (now 88)

Dear Detective

1979 10.0

as Capt. Gorcey

Age 44 (now 88)

No Other Love

1979 8.0

as DeFranco

Age 44 (now 88)

Straight Time

1978 7.2

as Earl Frank

Age 42 (now 88)

A Question of Guilt

1978 6.8

as Inspector McCartney

Age 42 (now 88)

Superdome

1978 4.7

as Whitley

Age 42 (now 88)

Red Alert

1977 5.5

as Sheriff Sweeney

Age 42 (now 88)

Airport '77

1977 5.6

as Dr. Williams

Age 41 (now 88)

Slap Shot

1977 6.8

as Dickie Dunn

Age 41 (now 88)

Mikey and Nicky

1976 6.9

as Bus Driver

Age 41 (now 88)

Nickelodeon

1976 6.1

as "Father" Logan

Age 41 (now 88)

Bound for Glory

1976 6.9

as Husband

Age 41 (now 88)

The Invasion of Johnson County

1976 6.6

as Irvine

Age 41 (now 88)

Crime Club

1975 7.0

as Jack Doyle

Age 40 (now 88)

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

1975 6.6

as Doorman

Age 39 (now 88)

At Long Last Love

1975 5.2

as Harold

Age 39 (now 88)

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

1975 5.7

as Mr. Peterson

Age 39 (now 88)

The Gambler

1974 6.7

as Las Vegas Gambler

Age 39 (now 88)

Serpico

1973 7.5

as Gallagher

Age 38 (now 88)

Kid Blue

1973 6.9

as Barber

Age 37 (now 88)

Get to Know Your Rabbit

1972 5.0

as Mr. Wendel

Age 37 (now 88)

What's Up, Doc?

1972 7.4

as Arresting Officer

Age 36 (now 88)

They Might Be Giants

1971 7.0

as 1st Sanitation Man

Age 36 (now 88)

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971 6.4

as Aide

Age 36 (now 88)

Cold Turkey

1971 6.3

as Art

Age 35 (now 88)

Little Big Man

1970 7.4

as Shotgun Guard

Age 35 (now 88)

The Traveling Executioner

1970 5.9

as Warden Brodski

Age 35 (now 88)

End of the Road

1970 5.1

as Crab Man / Tutu Man

Age 34 (now 88)

Alice's Restaurant

1969 6.3

as Group W Sergeant

Age 34 (now 88)

Stiletto

1969 5.3

as Racing Partner (uncredited)

Age 34 (now 88)

Midnight Cowboy

1969 7.5

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Age 34 (now 88)