
M. Emmet Walsh
0 FOLLOWERS • 79 CREDITS • MAR 22, 1935 - MAR 19, 2024 • 88
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 Carl Reiner's comedy The Jerk (1979), Robert Redford's drama Ordinary People (1980), Ridley Scott's science fiction film Blade Runner (1982), Barry Sonnenfeld's steampunk western Wild Wild West (1999) and Brad Bird's animated film The Iron Giant (1999).
Known For

Ironside

The X-Files

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Twilight Zone

Frasier

Sneaky Pete

The Outer Limits

Bonanza

Starsky & Hutch

Amazing Stories

The Wild Thornberrys

Damages

The Hitchhiker

The Waltons

McMillan & Wife

Home Improvement

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

The Rockford Files

Adventure Time

Ed

The Bob Newhart Show

Early Edition

Tales from the Crypt

Little House on the Prairie

American Gigolo

All in the Family

The Righteous Gemstones

Gibbsville

Empire

Arnie

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

The Flash

AfterMASH

Tracey Takes On...

Midnight Cowboy

Serpico

The Civil War

A Time to Kill

Silkwood

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

The Gambler

Knives Out

Clean and Sober

Wildcats

Romeo + Juliet

The Flash

Twilight

A Question of Guilt

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

The Gift

Harry and the Hendersons

Mikey and Nicky

Reds

The Jerk

Nichols

Grandview, U.S.A.

Big Stan

The Sandy Duncan Show

Fletch

Calvary

The Mind of the Married Man

Fourth Story

Red Alert

Brothers

Camp Nowhere

My Best Friend's Wedding

Brotherhood of the Rose

Ordinary People

Blade Runner

Snow Dogs

Probable Cause

Wild Wild West

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

The Immaculate Room

Christmas with the Kranks

Night Partners

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