M. Emmet Walsh
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1935-03-22
Place of Birth
Ogdensburg, New York, USA
M. 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 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).
Also Known For
South of Bix
Jun 20, 2019
Brubaker
Jun 20, 1980
The Iron Giant
Aug 06, 1999
Critters
Apr 11, 1986
Alice's Restaurant
Aug 20, 1969
The Best of Times
Jan 31, 1986
The Mighty Quinn
Feb 17, 1989
The Jerk
Dec 14, 1979
Blood Simple
Mar 26, 1984
Slap Shot
Feb 25, 1977
Chairman of the Board
Mar 13, 1998
Straight Time
Mar 18, 1978
Narrow Margin
Sep 21, 1990
Wild Wild West
Jun 30, 1999
Cold Turkey
Feb 19, 1971
Raise the Titanic
Aug 01, 1980
The Pope of Greenwich Village
Jun 22, 1984
Cannery Row
Feb 12, 1982
My Best Friend's Wedding
Jun 19, 1997
Harry and the Hendersons
Jun 05, 1987
Twilight
Mar 06, 1998
Fletch
May 31, 1985
Red Scorpion
Dec 24, 1988
Silkwood
Dec 14, 1983
Retroactive
Jan 01, 1997
Christmas in the Clouds
Jan 21, 2001
No Man's Land
Oct 23, 1987
Big Stan
Nov 03, 2007
Catch Me... If You Can
Oct 14, 1989
Christmas with the Kranks
Nov 24, 2004
Don McKay
Apr 24, 2009
The Outlaws
Jul 09, 1984
Cops & Robbersons
Apr 15, 1994
Man in the Chair
Jan 27, 2007
Missing in Action
Nov 16, 1984
Back to School
Jun 13, 1986
Back Roads
Mar 13, 1981
The Gambler
Oct 02, 1974
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
May 18, 1989
Poor White Trash
Dec 01, 2000
Me and Will
Jul 10, 1999
Fast-Walking
May 11, 1982
Ordinary People
Sep 19, 1980
The Music of Chance
Jun 23, 1993
Camp Nowhere
Aug 26, 1994
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Dec 18, 2007
Reds
Dec 25, 1981
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
Nov 06, 1979
White Sands
Apr 24, 1992
Killer Image
Mar 01, 1992
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Mar 14, 1975
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Aug 15, 2012
War Party
Sep 15, 1988
The Traveling Executioner
Oct 01, 1970
The Deliberate Stranger
May 04, 1986
Grandview, U.S.A.
Aug 03, 1984
City in Fear
Mar 30, 1980
Thunderground
Sep 01, 1989
Random Hearts
Oct 08, 1999
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Jun 06, 1995
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
Jan 04, 2011
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
Nov 15, 1980
Red Alert
May 18, 1977
A Question of Guilt
Feb 21, 1978
Your Name Here
Jun 13, 2008
Scandalous
Jan 29, 1984
Broken Vows
Jan 28, 1987
At Long Last Love
Mar 01, 1975
Nickelodeon
Dec 21, 1976
Love Sick Love
Nov 15, 2012
Monster!
Sep 12, 1999
Skag
Jan 06, 1980
The Naked Truth
Sep 29, 1992
Bitter Harvest
Nov 03, 1993
The Flash
Nov 04, 1990
Abduction
Mar 08, 1987
Baggage
Mar 01, 2003
Haunted Echoes
Nov 20, 2008
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Jul 19, 1995
Calvary
Apr 11, 2014
Probable Cause
Nov 20, 1994
Racing Stripes
Jan 06, 2005
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
Dec 07, 1992
They Might Be Giants
Jun 09, 1971
Youth in Revolt
Sep 11, 2009
Mikey and Nicky
Dec 21, 1976
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Feb 11, 1975
Little Big Man
Dec 23, 1970
Superdome
Jan 09, 1978
A Time to Kill
Jul 24, 1996
Airport '77
Mar 11, 1977
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Jul 15, 2000
Snow Dogs
Jan 18, 2002
Blade Runner
Jun 25, 1982
Relative Fear
Oct 03, 1995
Criminal Hearts
Feb 15, 1996
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
Aug 17, 1998
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
May 20, 1971
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
Jan 09, 2015
Albino Alligator
Jan 17, 1997
Resting Place
Apr 27, 1986
Greener Mountains
Jun 25, 2005
Courage
Nov 16, 1984
Serpico
Dec 18, 1973
Madness of Method
Apr 01, 1994
Outlaw Posse
Mar 01, 2024
Fourth Story
Jan 19, 1991
The Assignment
Jun 15, 2010
Murder Ordained
May 03, 1987
Boiling Pot
Sep 29, 2015
Chattahoochee
Apr 20, 1990
Wildcats
Feb 14, 1986
Brothers
Oct 10, 2024
Panther
May 03, 1995
Sunset
Apr 29, 1988
Erasable You
Jun 13, 1998
The Glass Shield
Sep 16, 1994
What's Up, Doc?
Mar 09, 1972
Portraits of a Killer
May 21, 1996
Wilder Napalm
Aug 20, 1993
Men in White
Aug 16, 1998
Silverfox
Jul 06, 1991
Raising Arizona
Mar 13, 1987
The Escape Artist
May 28, 1982
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Jun 07, 1972
End of the Road
Feb 10, 1970
Chasing 3000
Jul 16, 2010
The Gift
Dec 15, 1979
Midnight Cowboy
May 25, 1969
Hellinger's Law
Mar 10, 1981
Wild Card
Aug 03, 1992
Dear Detective
Mar 27, 1979
Change in the Air
Oct 19, 2018
The Right of the People
Jan 13, 1986
Clean and Sober
Aug 10, 1988
Shifting Gears
Mar 23, 2018
The Invasion of Johnson County
Jul 31, 1976
The Lottery
Sep 29, 1996
Toto
Aug 01, 2018
The Killing Jar
May 27, 1997
Faith, Hope & Love
Mar 15, 2019
Bound for Glory
Dec 05, 1976
Eyeball Eddie
Apr 06, 2001
Knives Out
Nov 27, 2019
Raising Buchanan
Apr 12, 2019
Dead Badge
Mar 28, 1995
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
Feb 09, 1983
Night Partners
Oct 11, 1983
Love and Lies
Mar 18, 1990
Romeo + Juliet
Nov 01, 1996
Equinox
Sep 18, 1992
Jack of Hearts
Nov 02, 2000
No Other Love
Mar 24, 1979
Arthur Newman
Sep 07, 2012
Crime Club
Apr 03, 1975
Sorry, Not Sorry
Mar 08, 2019
The Mimic
Feb 05, 2021
Stiletto
Jul 30, 1969
The Immaculate Room
Aug 19, 2022
Kid Blue
Jan 31, 1973
A Little White Lie
Mar 03, 2023
The Milagro Beanfield War
Mar 18, 1988
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
Aug 09, 2003
Dotty and Soul
May 19, 2023
Green and Gold
Jan 31, 2025
A True Character
Jan 01, 2008
Hero in the Family
Sep 28, 1986
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
Sep 07, 1985
The Flash
Sep 20, 1990
Arnie
Sep 19, 1970
Starsky & Hutch
Sep 10, 1975
Home Improvement
Sep 17, 1991
Little House on the Prairie
Sep 11, 1974
Early Edition
Sep 28, 1996
The Twilight Zone
Sep 27, 1985
All in the Family
Jan 12, 1971
Ed
Oct 08, 2000
Tales from the Crypt
Jun 10, 1989
The Bob Newhart Show
Sep 16, 1972
Tracey Takes On...
Jan 24, 1996
Baretta
Jan 17, 1975
The Civil War
Sep 23, 1990
Frasier
Sep 16, 1993
The X-Files
Sep 10, 1993
Night Visions
Jul 12, 2001
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dec 24, 1951
The Sandy Duncan Show
Sep 17, 1972
The Hitchhiker
Nov 01, 1983
Unsub
Feb 03, 1989
The Outer Limits
Mar 26, 1995
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
Sep 18, 1999
The Wild Thornberrys
Sep 01, 1998
Empire
Jan 07, 2015
Amazing Stories
Sep 29, 1985
The Righteous Gemstones
Aug 18, 2019
McMillan & Wife
Sep 29, 1971
Nichols
Sep 16, 1971
Pound Puppies
Oct 10, 2010
The French Atlantic Affair
Nov 15, 1979
Charlie Lawrence
Jun 15, 2003
Brotherhood of the Rose
Jan 22, 1989
Bonanza
Sep 12, 1959
The Rockford Files
Sep 13, 1974
East of Eden
Feb 08, 1981
Murder Ordained
May 03, 1987
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Sep 14, 2002
American Gigolo
Sep 11, 2022
Damages
Jul 24, 2007
NYPD Blue
Sep 21, 1993
The Waltons
Sep 14, 1972
The West
Sep 15, 1996
Starsky & Hutch
Sep 10, 1975
The Wonderful World of Disney
Oct 27, 1954
Ironside
Mar 28, 1967
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
Sep 18, 2014
AfterMASH
Sep 26, 1983
Adventure Time
Apr 05, 2010
Sneaky Pete
Aug 07, 2015
Gibbsville
Nov 11, 1976
The Guardian
Sep 25, 2001
