
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

AfterMASH

The Flash

Tracey Takes On...

Midnight Cowboy

Serpico

The Civil War

A Time to Kill

Silkwood

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

Knives Out

The Gambler

Clean and Sober

Wildcats

Romeo + Juliet

The Flash

Twilight

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

A Question of Guilt

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

The Jerk

The Gift

Harry and the Hendersons

Mikey and Nicky

Reds

Grandview, U.S.A.

Nichols

Calvary

The Sandy Duncan Show

The Mind of the Married Man

Fletch

Big Stan

Camp Nowhere

Fourth Story

My Best Friend's Wedding

Red Alert

Brothers

Brotherhood of the Rose

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

Ordinary People

Snow Dogs

Blade Runner

Probable Cause

Wild Wild West

The Immaculate Room

Christmas with the Kranks

Night Partners

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