
M. Emmet Walsh
0 FOLLOWERS • 78 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

Starsky & Hutch

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Twilight Zone

Frasier

The Waltons

Sneaky Pete

The Outer Limits

Bonanza

Nichols

Amazing Stories

The Wild Thornberrys

Damages

The Hitchhiker

Home Improvement

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

The Rockford Files

Adventure Time

The Bob Newhart Show

Ed

Early Edition

Tales from the Crypt

Little House on the Prairie

American Gigolo

All in the Family

The Righteous Gemstones

Empire

Arnie

McMillan & Wife

The Flash

AfterMASH

Tracey Takes On...

Midnight Cowboy

Serpico

The Civil War

A Time to Kill

Silkwood

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

Knives Out

Clean and Sober

Romeo + Juliet

Wildcats

Twilight

The Gambler

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

A Question of Guilt

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

The Gift

Mikey and Nicky

Reds

Harry and the Hendersons

The Jerk

Grandview, U.S.A.

Big Stan

Calvary

The Mind of the Married Man

The Sandy Duncan Show

Fletch

Red Alert

Brotherhood of the Rose

My Best Friend's Wedding

Fourth Story

Brothers

Camp Nowhere

Blade Runner

Probable Cause

Wild Wild West

Snow Dogs

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

Ordinary People

Christmas with the Kranks

The Flash

The Immaculate Room

Night Partners

Missing in Action

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
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