M. Emmet Walsh
165 movies · 53 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 22, 1935
- Died
- Mar 19, 2024 (age 88)
- Place of birth
- Ogdensburg, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Michael Emmet Walsh
Biography
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).
Profiles IMDb
Known for
M. Emmet Walsh: movies and TV shows
Acting (218)
- 2025 Green and Gold
as Scotty
- 2024 Brothers
as Judge Farful
- 2024 Outlaw Posse
as Catfish
- 2023 Dotty and Soul
as Harold Eichelbaum
- 2023 A Little White Lie
as Arthur Baldwin
- 2022
- 2022 The Immaculate Room
as Kate's Father
- 2021 The Mimic
as The Director
- 2019 Knives Out
as Mr. Proofroc
- 2019
- 2019 South of Bix
as Grandpa
- 2019 Raising Buchanan
as Larry Kiesling
- 2019 Faith, Hope & Love
as Fr. John
- 2019 Sorry, Not Sorry
as Harry's Father
- 2018 Change in the Air
as Walter Lemke
- 2018 Toto
as Toto
- 2018 Shifting Gears
as Hank
- 2015 Boiling Pot
as Dean Marison
- 2015
- 2015 The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
as Gorak
- 2015
- 2014
- 2014 Calvary
as The Writer
- 2012 Love Sick Love
as Ed
- 2012 Arthur Newman
as Zazek
- 2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Uncle Bub
- 2011 Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
as Chief Van Owen
- 2010
- 2010 Chasing 3000
as Chuck Ireland
- 2010 The Assignment
as Mr. Beudreaux
- 2010
- 2009 Youth in Revolt
as Mr. Saunders
- 2009 Don McKay
as Samuel
- 2008 Haunted Echoes
as Neil
- 2008 Your Name Here
as Kroger
- 2007 Big Stan
as Lew Popper
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007 Man in the Chair
as Mickey Hopkins
- 2006
- 2005 Greener Mountains
as Muggs
- 2005 Racing Stripes
as Woodzie
- 2004 Christmas with the Kranks
as Walt Scheel
- 2003 Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
as Wally Westland
- 2003
- 2003 Baggage
as Sandy Westphall
- 2002
- 2002 Snow Dogs
as George
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001 Eyeball Eddie
as Coach Cook
- 2001 Christmas in the Clouds
as Stu O'Malley
- 2000 Poor White Trash
as Judge Pike
- 2000 Jack of Hearts
as Comissioner Menlo Boyce
- 2000
- 1999 Random Hearts
as Billy (uncredited)
- 1999
- 1999 Monster!
as Lloyd Reeves
- 1999 The Iron Giant
as Earl Stutz (voice)
- 1999 Me and Will
as Dean
- 1999 Wild Wild West
as Coleman
- 1998
- 1998 Nightmare in Big Sky Country
as Marshal Jim Phillips
- 1998 Men in White
as Stanley
- 1998 Erasable You
as Ralph Worth
- 1998 Chairman of the Board
as Freemont
- 1998 Twilight
as Lester Ivar
- 1997 My Best Friend's Wedding
as Joe O'Neal
- 1997 The Killing Jar
as Sheriff Foley
- 1997 Retroactive
as Sam
- 1997 Albino Alligator
as Dino
- 1996 Romeo + Juliet
as Apothecary
- 1996 The Lottery
as Chief Davis
- 1996
- 1996 A Time to Kill
as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
- 1996 Portraits of a Killer
as Raymond Garrison
- 1996 Criminal Hearts
as Martin
- 1996
- 1995 Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
as Bill Wilcox
- 1995
- 1995 Panther
as Dorsett
- 1995 Dead Badge
as Sergeant Miller Hoskins
- 1995
- 1994 Relative Fear
as Earl Ladelle
- 1994 Probable Cause
as Sadler
- 1994
- 1994 The Glass Shield
as Det. Jesse Hall
- 1994 Camp Nowhere
as T.R. Polk
- 1994 Cops & Robbersons
as Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
- 1994 Madness of Method
as Rudolph Thorndyke
- 1993 Bitter Harvest
as Sheriff Bob
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993 Wilder Napalm
as Fire Chief
- 1993 The Music of Chance
as Calvin Murks
- 1992 Four Eyes and Six-Guns
as Mayor Thornbush
- 1992 The Naked Truth
as Garcia / Gesundheim
- 1992 Equinox
as Pete Petosa
- 1992 Wild Card
as Mose
- 1992 White Sands
as Bert Gibson
- 1992 Killer Image
as John Kane
- 1991 Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
as Mort
- 1991
- 1991 Silverfox
as Charles Blankenship
- 1991 Fourth Story
as Harry
- 1990 The Flash
as Henry Allen
- 1990
- 1990 Narrow Margin
as Sergeant Dominick Benti
- 1990
- 1990 Chattahoochee
as Morris
- 1990 Love and Lies
as Clyde Wilson
- 1989 Catch Me... If You Can
as Johnny Phatmun
- 1989 Thunderground
as Wedge
- 1989
- 1989 The Mighty Quinn
as Fred Miller
- 1989
- 1989
- 1988 Red Scorpion
as Dewey Ferguson
- 1988 War Party
as Colin Ditweiler
- 1988 Clean and Sober
as Richard Dirks
- 1988 Sunset
as Chief Marvin Dibner
- 1988 The Milagro Beanfield War
as Governor
- 1987 No Man's Land
as Captain Haun
- 1987 Harry and the Hendersons
as George Henderson Sr.
- 1987 Murder Ordained
as Vern Humphrey
- 1987
- 1987 Raising Arizona
as Machine Shop Ear-Bender
- 1987 The Abduction of Kari Swenson
as Don Nichols
- 1987 Broken Vows
as Detective Mulligan
- 1986 Hero in the Family
as General Presser
- 1986 Back to School
as Coach Turnbull
- 1986 The Deliberate Stranger
as Det. Sam Davies
- 1986
- 1986 Resting Place
as Sarge
- 1986 Critters
as Harv
- 1986 Wildcats
as Walt Coes
- 1986 The Best of Times
as Charlie
- 1986 The Right of the People
as Sindaco
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985 Fletch
as Dr. Joseph Dolan
- 1984 Missing in Action
as Tuck
- 1984 Courage
as Colonel Crouse
- 1984 Grandview, U.S.A.
as Mr. Clark
- 1984 The Outlaws
as Warden MacDonald
- 1984 The Pope of Greenwich Village
as Burns
- 1984 Blood Simple
as Private Detective
- 1984 Scandalous
as Simon Reynolds
- 1983 Silkwood
as Walt Yarborough
- 1983
- 1983 Night Partners
as Joe Kirby
- 1983
- 1983 The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
as Joe Lemke
- 1982 Blade Runner
as Bryant
- 1982 The Escape Artist
as Fritz
- 1982 Fast-Walking
as Sergeant Sanger
- 1982 Cannery Row
as Mack
- 1981 Reds
as Speaker at Liberal Club
- 1981 Back Roads
as Arthur
- 1981 Hellinger's Law
as Mr. Graebner
- 1981
- 1980 High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
as Harold Patton
- 1980 Ordinary People
as Swim Coach
- 1980 Raise the Titanic
as Master Chief Vinnie Walker
- 1980 Brubaker
as C.P. Woodward
- 1980 City in Fear
as Sheldon Lewis
- 1980 Skag
as Moran
- 1979 The Gift
as Legion Commander
- 1979 The Jerk
as Madman
- 1979
- 1979 The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
as Wally Cantrell
- 1979 Dear Detective
as Capt. Gorcey
- 1979 No Other Love
as DeFranco
- 1978 Straight Time
as Earl Frank
- 1978 A Question of Guilt
as Inspector McCartney
- 1978 Superdome
as Whitley
- 1977 Red Alert
as Sheriff Sweeney
- 1977 Airport '77
as Dr. Williams
- 1977 Slap Shot
as Dickie Dunn
- 1976 Nickelodeon
as "Father" Logan
- 1976 Mikey and Nicky
as Bus Driver
- 1976 Bound for Glory
as Husband
- 1976 The Invasion of Johnson County
as Irvine
- 1975
- 1975 Crime Club
as Jack Doyle
- 1975 The Prisoner of Second Avenue
as Doorman
- 1975 At Long Last Love
as Harold
- 1975 Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
as Mr. Peterson
- 1975
- 1974 The Gambler
as Las Vegas Gambler
- 1974
- 1974
- 1973 Serpico
as Gallagher
- 1973 Kid Blue
as Barber
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 Get to Know Your Rabbit
as Mr. Wendel
+ 18 more credits
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 2008
- 2007
- 2000
- 1996 The West
1 episode