Person
M. Emmet Walsh
Acting · 1935-03-22 · † 2024-03-19 · Ogdensburg, New York, USA
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).
Filmography (100)
| Year | Film | As |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Green and Gold | Scotty |
| 2024 | Brothers | Judge Farful |
| 2024 | Outlaw Posse | Catfish |
| 2023 | A Little White Lie | Arthur Baldwin |
| 2022 | Dotty & Soul | Harold Eichelbaum |
| 2022 | The Immaculate Room | Kate's Father |
| 2019 | Knives Out | Mr. Proofroc |
| 2019 | Raising Buchanan | Larry Kiesling |
| 2018 | Shifting Gears | Hank |
| 2018 | Change in the Air | Walter Lemke |
| 2016 | The Man for the Part | Self |
| 2015 | The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power | Gorak |
| 2015 | Boiling Pot | Dean Marison |
| 2014 | Calvary | The Writer |
| 2012 | Arthur Newman | Zazek |
| 2012 | Love Sick Love | Ed |
| 2012 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Uncle Bub |
| 2010 | Chasing 3000 | Chuck Ireland |
| 2010 | The Assignment | Mr. Beudreaux |
| 2009 | Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency | Chief Van Owen |
| 2009 | Youth in Revolt | Mr. Saunders |
| 2009 | Don McKay | Samuel |
| 2008 | Sherman's Way | Hoyt |
| 2008 | Your Name Here | Kroger |
| 2007 | Big Stan | Lew Popper |
| 2007 | Man in the Chair | Mickey Hopkins |
| 2005 | Racing Stripes | Woodzie |
| 2005 | Greener Mountains | Muggs |
| 2004 | Christmas with the Kranks | Walt Scheel |
| 2003 | Baggage | Sandy Westphall |
| 2002 | Snow Dogs | George |
| 2001 | Eyeball Eddie | Coach Cook |
| 2001 | Christmas in the Clouds | Stu O'Malley |
| 1999 | Jack of Hearts | Commissioner Menlo Boyce |
| 1999 | Wild Wild West | Coleman |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Billy (uncredited) |
| 1999 | The Iron Giant | Earl Stutz (voice) |
| 1998 | Erasable You | Ralph Worth |
| 1997 | Retroactive | Sam |
| 1997 | Albino Alligator | Dino |
| 1997 | My Best Friend's Wedding | Joe O'Neal |
| 1997 | Chairman of the Board | Freemont |
| 1996 | A Time to Kill | Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited) |
| 1996 | Romeo + Juliet | Apothecary |
| 1995 | Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home | Bill Wilcox |
| 1994 | Camp Nowhere | T.R. Polk |
| 1994 | Relative Fear | Earl Ladelle |
| 1993 | Wilder Napalm | Fire Chief |
| 1993 | Bitter Harvest | Sheriff Bob Brody |
| 1993 | The Music of Chance | Calvin Murks |
| 1992 | Killer Image | John Kane |
| 1992 | The Naked Truth | Garcia |
| 1992 | The Naked Truth | Gesundheim |
| 1992 | White Sands | Bert Gibson |
| 1992 | Equinox | Pete Petosa |
| 1990 | Narrow Margin | Sergeant Dominick Benti |
| 1989 | The Mighty Quinn | Fred Miller |
| 1989 | Catch Me If You Can | Johnny Phatmun |
| 1989 | Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat | Mort |
| 1989 | Chattahoochee | Morris |
| 1989 | Brotherhood of the Rose | Hardy |
| 1988 | Clean and Sober | Richard Dirks |
| 1988 | Sunset | Chief Marvin Dibner |
| 1988 | Red Scorpion | Dewey Ferguson |
| 1987 | No Man's Land | Captain Haun |
| 1987 | Harry and the Hendersons | George Henderson Sr. |
| 1987 | Raising Arizona | Machine Shop Ear-Bender |
| 1986 | Critters | Harv |
| 1986 | The Best of Times | Charlie |
| 1986 | Back to School | Coach Turnbull |
| 1985 | Blood Simple | Private Detective |
| 1985 | Fletch | Dr. Joseph Dolan |
| 1984 | Scandalous | Simon Reynolds |
| 1984 | The Pope of Greenwich Village | Burns |
| 1984 | Courage | Colonel Crouse |
| 1984 | Missing in Action | Tuck |
| 1984 | Grandview, U.S.A. | Mr. Clark |
| 1983 | Silkwood | Walt Yarborough |
| 1982 | Cannery Row | Mack |
| 1982 | Fast-Walking | Sergeant Sanger |
| 1982 | Blade Runner | Bryant |
| 1982 | The Escape Artist | Fritz |
| 1981 | Reds | Speaker at Liberal Club |
| 1981 | Back Roads | Arthur |
| 1980 | Ordinary People | Swim Coach |
| 1980 | Brubaker | C.P. Woodward |
| 1980 | Raise the Titanic | Master Chief Vinnie Walker |
| 1979 | The Jerk | Madman |
| 1978 | Straight Time | Earl Frank |
| 1977 | Airport '77 | Dr. Williams |
| 1977 | Slap Shot | Dickie Dunn |
| 1976 | Mikey and Nicky | Bus Driver |
| 1974 | The Gambler | Las Vegas Gambler |
| 1973 | Serpico | Gallagher |
| 1972 | What's Up, Doc? | Arresting Officer |
| 1971 | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Aide |
| 1971 | They Might Be Giants | 1st Sanitation Man |
| 1970 | Little Big Man | Shotgun Guard |
| 1970 | The Traveling Executioner | Warden Brodski |
| 1969 | Midnight Cowboy | Bus Passenger (uncredited) |