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