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M. Emmet Walsh

M. Emmet Walsh

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).

Personal information

Birthday

1935-03-22

Birth Place

Ogdensburg, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Little White Lie

A Little White Lie

2023

5.6

Movie
A Question of Guilt

A Question of Guilt

1978

6.2

Movie
A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill

1996

7.4

Movie
Abduction

Abduction

1987

5.5

Movie
poster

Adventure Time

2010

8.5

TV
poster

AfterMASH

1983

5.1

TV
Airport '77

Airport '77

1977

5.6

Movie
Albino Alligator

Albino Alligator

1997

5.7

Movie
Alice's Restaurant

Alice's Restaurant

1969

6.2

Movie
poster

All in the Family

1971

7.8

TV
poster

Amazing Stories

1985

7.5

TV
poster

American Gigolo

2022

6.9

TV
poster

Arnie

1970

3.0

TV
Arthur Newman

Arthur Newman

2012

5.6

Movie
At Long Last Love

At Long Last Love

1975

5.4

Movie
Back Roads

Back Roads

1981

5.6

Movie
Back to School

Back to School

1986

6.3

Movie
Baggage

Baggage

2003

0.0

Movie
poster

Baretta

1975

6.4

TV
poster

Baseball

1994

7.3

TV
Big Stan

Big Stan

2007

6.6

Movie
Bitter Harvest

Bitter Harvest

1993

4.7

Movie
Blade Runner

Blade Runner

1982

7.9

Movie
Blood Simple

Blood Simple

1984

7.2

Movie
Boiling Pot

Boiling Pot

2015

5.8

Movie
poster

Bonanza

1959

7.5

TV
Bound for Glory

Bound for Glory

1976

6.8

Movie
Broken Vows

Broken Vows

1987

5.3

Movie
poster

Brotherhood of the Rose

1989

6.4

TV
Brothers

Brothers

2024

6.0

Movie
Brubaker

Brubaker

1980

7.1

Movie
Calvary

Calvary

2014

7.1

Movie
Camp Nowhere

Camp Nowhere

1994

5.9

Movie
Cannery Row

Cannery Row

1982

5.9

Movie
Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can

1989

5.1

Movie
Chairman of the Board

Chairman of the Board

1998

3.7

Movie
Change in the Air

Change in the Air

2018

5.7

Movie
poster

Charlie Lawrence

2003

7.0

TV
Chasing 3000

Chasing 3000

2010

5.4

Movie
Chattahoochee

Chattahoochee

1990

5.7

Movie
Christmas in the Clouds

Christmas in the Clouds

2001

6.2

Movie
Christmas with the Kranks

Christmas with the Kranks

2004

6.1

Movie
City in Fear

City in Fear

1980

6.2

Movie
Clean and Sober

Clean and Sober

1988

6.3

Movie
Cold Turkey

Cold Turkey

1971

6.2

Movie
Cops & Robbersons

Cops & Robbersons

1994

5.1

Movie
Courage

Courage

1984

5.4

Movie
Crime Club

Crime Club

1975

0.0

Movie
Criminal Hearts

Criminal Hearts

1996

5.4

Movie
Critters

Critters

1986

6.5

Movie
poster

Damages

2007

7.4

TV
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

2007

7.9

Movie
Dead Badge

Dead Badge

1995

8.3

Movie
Dear Detective

Dear Detective

1979

0.0

Movie
Don McKay

Don McKay

2009

5.0

Movie
Dotty and Soul

Dotty and Soul

2023

4.0

Movie
poster

Early Edition

1996

7.3

TV
poster

East of Eden

1981

7.5

TV
poster

Ed

2000

7.7

TV
poster

Empire

2015

7.2

TV
End of the Road

End of the Road

1970

5.2

Movie
Equinox

Equinox

1992

5.6

Movie
Erasable You

Erasable You

1998

0.0

Movie
Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971

6.4

Movie
Eyeball Eddie

Eyeball Eddie

2001

6.0

Movie
Faith, Hope & Love

Faith, Hope & Love

2019

7.7

Movie
Fast-Walking

Fast-Walking

1982

5.9

Movie
Fletch

Fletch

1985

6.7

Movie
Four Eyes and Six-Guns

Four Eyes and Six-Guns

1992

2.5

Movie
Fourth Story

Fourth Story

1991

5.6

Movie
poster

Frasier

1993

7.7

TV
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

1995

5.9

Movie
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

1995

7.0

Movie
Get to Know Your Rabbit

Get to Know Your Rabbit

1972

5.1

Movie
Grandview, U.S.A.

Grandview, U.S.A.

1984

6.0

Movie
Green and Gold

Green and Gold

2024

0.0

Movie
Greener Mountains

Greener Mountains

2005

5.2

Movie
poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.7

TV
Harry and the Hendersons

Harry and the Hendersons

1987

6.1

Movie
Haunted Echoes

Haunted Echoes

2008

4.6

Movie
Hellinger's Law

Hellinger's Law

1981

7.5

Movie
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

1980

4.2

Movie
poster

Home Improvement

1991

7.4

TV
poster

Ironside

1967

6.9

TV
Jack of Hearts

Jack of Hearts

2000

1.5

Movie
Kid Blue

Kid Blue

1973

6.9

Movie
Killer Image

Killer Image

1992

4.8

Movie
Knives Out

Knives Out

2019

7.8

Movie
Little Big Man

Little Big Man

1970

7.5

Movie
poster

Little House on the Prairie

1974

8.0

TV
Love and Lies

Love and Lies

1990

0.0

Movie
Love Sick Love

Love Sick Love

2012

5.2

Movie
Madness of Method

Madness of Method

0.0

Movie
Man in the Chair

Man in the Chair

2007

6.9

Movie
poster

McMillan & Wife

1971

7.3

TV
Me and Will

Me and Will

1999

6.2

Movie
Men in White

Men in White

1998

3.6

Movie
Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy

1969

7.5

Movie
Mikey and Nicky

Mikey and Nicky

1976

6.8

Movie
Missing in Action

Missing in Action

1984

5.8

Movie
Monster!

Monster!

1999

5.1

Movie
Murder Ordained

Murder Ordained

1987

5.0

Movie
poster

Murder Ordained

1987

5.5

TV
My Best Friend's Wedding

My Best Friend's Wedding

1997

6.6

Movie
Narrow Margin

Narrow Margin

1990

6.4

Movie
poster

Nichols

1971

5.0

TV
Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon

1976

6.0

Movie
Night Partners

Night Partners

1983

7.0

Movie
poster

Night Visions

2001

7.2

TV
Nightmare in Big Sky Country

Nightmare in Big Sky Country

1998

0.0

Movie
No Man's Land

No Man's Land

1987

6.0

Movie
No Other Love

No Other Love

1979

7.0

Movie
poster

NYPD Blue

1993

7.0

TV
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

2000

7.2

Movie
Ordinary People

Ordinary People

1980

7.5

Movie
Outlaw Posse

Outlaw Posse

2024

6.1

Movie
Panther

Panther

1995

6.2

Movie
Poor White Trash

Poor White Trash

2000

4.2

Movie
Portraits of a Killer

Portraits of a Killer

1996

2.3

Movie
poster

Pound Puppies

2010

5.2

TV
Probable Cause

Probable Cause

1994

4.8

Movie
Racing Stripes

Racing Stripes

2005

5.9

Movie
Raise the Titanic

Raise the Titanic

1980

5.3

Movie
Raising Arizona

Raising Arizona

1987

7.1

Movie
Raising Buchanan

Raising Buchanan

2019

5.7

Movie
Random Hearts

Random Hearts

1999

5.5

Movie
Red Alert

Red Alert

1977

4.0

Movie
Red Scorpion

Red Scorpion

1988

5.9

Movie
Reds

Reds

1981

6.9

Movie
Relative Fear

Relative Fear

1995

5.0

Movie
Resting Place

Resting Place

1986

6.2

Movie
Retroactive

Retroactive

1997

6.1

Movie
Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet

1996

6.8

Movie
Roney's Point

Roney's Point

0.0

Movie
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency

Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency

2011

4.8

Movie
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

1975

5.2

Movie
Scandalous

Scandalous

1984

4.0

Movie
Serpico

Serpico

1973

7.5

Movie
Shifting Gears

Shifting Gears

2018

6.5

Movie
Silkwood

Silkwood

1983

6.9

Movie
Silverfox

Silverfox

0.0

Movie
Skag

Skag

1980

0.0

Movie
Slap Shot

Slap Shot

1977

6.8

Movie
poster

Sneaky Pete

2015

7.5

TV
Snow Dogs

Snow Dogs

2002

5.6

Movie
Sorry, Not Sorry

Sorry, Not Sorry

2019

6.0

Movie
South of Bix

South of Bix

2019

0.0

Movie
poster

Starsky & Hutch

1975

7.2

TV
Stiletto

Stiletto

1969

5.2

Movie
Straight Time

Straight Time

1978

7.1

Movie
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

1989

6.1

Movie
Sunset

Sunset

1988

5.6

Movie
Superdome

Superdome

1978

4.2

Movie
poster

Tales from the Crypt

1989

8.0

TV
The Assignment

The Assignment

2010

6.5

Movie
The Best of Times

The Best of Times

1986

5.6

Movie
poster

The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot

1999

7.5

TV
poster

The Bob Newhart Show

1972

7.4

TV
poster

The Civil War

1990

8.1

TV
The Deliberate Stranger

The Deliberate Stranger

1986

6.5

Movie
The Escape Artist

The Escape Artist

1982

6.1

Movie
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

1979

5.5

Movie
The Flash

The Flash

1990

6.5

Movie
poster

The Flash

1990

7.4

TV
poster

The French Atlantic Affair

1979

7.0

TV
The Gambler

The Gambler

1974

6.7

Movie
The Gift

The Gift

1979

0.0

Movie
The Glass Shield

The Glass Shield

1994

4.8

Movie
poster

The Hitchhiker

1983

6.1

TV
The Immaculate Room

The Immaculate Room

2022

5.3

Movie
The Invasion of Johnson County

The Invasion of Johnson County

1976

6.5

Movie
The Iron Giant

The Iron Giant

1999

8.0

Movie
The Jerk

The Jerk

1979

6.9

Movie
The Killing Jar

The Killing Jar

1997

4.5

Movie
The Lottery

The Lottery

1996

5.4

Movie
The Mighty Quinn

The Mighty Quinn

1989

6.2

Movie
The Milagro Beanfield War

The Milagro Beanfield War

1988

6.4

Movie
The Mimic

The Mimic

2021

4.6

Movie
The Music of Chance

The Music of Chance

1993

6.7

Movie
The Naked Truth

The Naked Truth

1992

2.0

Movie
The Odd Life of Timothy Green

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

2012

7.0

Movie
poster

The Outer Limits

1995

7.7

TV
The Outlaws

The Outlaws

1984

0.0

Movie
The Pope of Greenwich Village

The Pope of Greenwich Village

1984

6.3

Movie
The Prisoner of Second Avenue

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

1975

6.7

Movie
The Right of the People

The Right of the People

1986

4.0

Movie
poster

The Righteous Gemstones

2019

7.4

TV
poster

The Rockford Files

1974

7.5

TV
poster

The Sandy Duncan Show

1972

0.0

TV
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

2015

5.2

Movie
The Traveling Executioner

The Traveling Executioner

1970

5.9

Movie
poster

The Twilight Zone

1985

7.7

TV
poster

The Waltons

1972

7.1

TV
poster

The West

1996

8.4

TV
poster

The Wild Thornberrys

1998

6.8

TV
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

1983

10.0

Movie
poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

7.6

TV
poster

The X-Files

1993

8.4

TV
They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants

1971

6.9

Movie
Thunderground

Thunderground

1989

3.0

Movie
poster

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

2014

7.4

TV
Toto

Toto

2018

0.0

Movie
poster

Tracey Takes On...

1996

8.5

TV
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

2003

7.8

Movie
Twilight

Twilight

1998

6.1

Movie
poster

Unsub

1989

7.5

TV
War Party

War Party

1988

6.2

Movie
poster

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

2002

7.9

TV
What's Up, Doc?

What's Up, Doc?

1972

7.3

Movie
White Sands

White Sands

1992

5.9

Movie
Wild Card

Wild Card

1992

4.0

Movie
Wild Wild West

Wild Wild West

1999

5.3

Movie
Wildcats

Wildcats

1986

6.3

Movie
Wilder Napalm

Wilder Napalm

1993

5.5

Movie
Your Name Here

Your Name Here

2008

4.5

Movie
Youth in Revolt

Youth in Revolt

2009

6.2

Movie