Green and Gold
2025 · Movie
as Scotty
M. Emmet Walsh
1935-03-22
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Ogdensburg, New York, USA
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 The Jerk (1979), Ordinary People (1980), Blade Runner (1982), Wild Wild West (1999), and The Iron Giant (1999). His final films included Knives Out (2019) and Brothers (2024).
Filmography
Outlaw Posse
2024 · Movie
as Catfish
Brothers
2024 · Movie
as Judge Farful
A Little White Lie
2023 · Movie
as Arthur Baldwin
Dotty and Soul
2023 · Movie
as Harold Eichelbaum
The Immaculate Room
2022 · Movie
as Kate's Father
American Gigolo
2022 · TV Show
as Coleman
The Mimic
2021 · Movie
as The Director
South of Bix
2019 · Movie
as Grandpa
Faith, Hope & Love
2019 · Movie
as Fr. John
Knives Out
2019 · Movie
as Mr. Proofroc
Raising Buchanan
2019 · Movie
as Larry Kiesling
Sorry, Not Sorry
2019 · Movie
as Harry's Father
The Righteous Gemstones
2019 · TV Show
as Roy Gemstone
Change in the Air
2018 · Movie
as Walter Lemke
Shifting Gears
2018 · Movie
as Hank
Toto
2018 · Movie
as Toto
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
2015 · Movie
as Gorak
Boiling Pot
2015 · Movie
as Dean Marison
Empire
2015 · TV Show
as Harold Blakeley
Sneaky Pete
2015 · TV Show
as Tex Hopkins
Calvary
2014 · Movie
as The Writer
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
2014 · TV Show
as Detective
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012 · Movie
as Uncle Bub
Love Sick Love
2012 · Movie
as Ed
Arthur Newman
2012 · Movie
as Zazek
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency
2011 · Movie
as Chief Van Owen
The Assignment
2010 · Movie
as Mr. Beudreaux
Chasing 3000
2010 · Movie
as Chuck Ireland
Pound Puppies
2010 · TV Show
as Olaf (voice)
Adventure Time
2010 · TV Show
as Cosmic Owl (voice)
Don McKay
2009 · Movie
as Samuel
Youth in Revolt
2009 · Movie
as Mr. Saunders
Your Name Here
2008 · Movie
as Kroger
Haunted Echoes
2008 · Movie
as Neil
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A True Character
2008 · Movie
as Self
Big Stan
2007 · Movie
as Lew Popper
Man in the Chair
2007 · Movie
as Mickey Hopkins
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007 · Movie
as Self
Damages
2007 · TV Show
as Lyle Hewes
Army Wives
2007 · TV Show
as Bernie Wallacheck
'Til Death
2006 · TV Show
as Uncle Rudolph
Racing Stripes
2005 · Movie
as Woodzie
Greener Mountains
2005 · Movie
as Muggs
Christmas with the Kranks
2004 · Movie
as Walt Scheel
Baggage
2003 · Movie
as Sandy Westphall
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
2003 · Movie
as Wally Westland
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Charlie Lawrence
2003 · TV Show
as Cubby
Snow Dogs
2002 · Movie
as George
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002 · TV Show
as Jeb (voice)
Christmas in the Clouds
2001 · Movie
as Stu O'Malley
Eyeball Eddie
2001 · Movie
as Coach Cook
Night Visions
2001 · TV Show
as Gus (segment "Reunion")
The Guardian
2001 · TV Show
as Ezra Pence
Poor White Trash
2000 · Movie
as Judge Pike
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000 · Movie
as Self
Jack of Hearts
2000 · Movie
as Comissioner Menlo Boyce
Ed
2000 · TV Show
as Mayor Wally Kendricks
The Iron Giant
1999 · Movie
as Earl Stutz (voice)
Wild Wild West
1999 · Movie
as Coleman
Me and Will
1999 · Movie
as Dean
Random Hearts
1999 · Movie
as Billy (uncredited)
Monster!
1999 · Movie
as Lloyd Reeves
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
1999 · TV Show
as Mack (voice)
Chairman of the Board
1998 · Movie
as Freemont
Twilight
1998 · Movie
as Lester Ivar
Nightmare in Big Sky Country
1998 · Movie
as Marshal Jim Phillips
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Erasable You
1998 · Movie
as Ralph Worth
Men in White
1998 · Movie
as Stanley
The Wild Thornberrys
1998 · TV Show
as Gemsbok #1 (voice)
My Best Friend's Wedding
1997 · Movie
as Joe O'Neal
Retroactive
1997 · Movie
as Sam
Albino Alligator
1997 · Movie
as Dino
The Killing Jar
1997 · Movie
as Sheriff Foley
A Time to Kill
1996 · Movie
as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
Criminal Hearts
1996 · Movie
as Martin
Portraits of a Killer
1996 · Movie
as Raymond Garrison
The Lottery
1996 · Movie
as Chief Davis
Romeo + Juliet
1996 · Movie
as Apothecary
Early Edition
1996 · TV Show
as Santa
Tracey Takes On...
1996 · TV Show
The West
1996 · TV Show
as Self (voice)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
1995 · Movie
as Morris
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995 · Movie
as Bill Wilcox
Panther
1995 · Movie
as Dorsett
Dead Badge
1995 · Movie
as Sergeant Miller Hoskins
The Outer Limits
1995 · TV Show
as Sanford Vallé
Cops & Robbersons
1994 · Movie
as Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
Camp Nowhere
1994 · Movie
as T.R. Polk
Probable Cause
1994 · Movie
as Sadler
Relative Fear
1994 · Movie
as Earl Ladelle
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Madness of Method
1994 · Movie
as Rudolph Thorndyke
The Glass Shield
1994 · Movie
as Det. Jesse Hall
Baseball
1994 · TV Show
as (voice)
The Music of Chance
1993 · Movie
as Calvin Murks
Bitter Harvest
1993 · Movie
as Sheriff Bob
Wilder Napalm
1993 · Movie
as Fire Chief
Frasier
1993 · TV Show
as Rich Koechner
The X-Files
1993 · TV Show
as Arthur Dales
NYPD Blue
1993 · TV Show
as Joe Kroft
White Sands
1992 · Movie
as Bert Gibson
Killer Image
1992 · Movie
as John Kane
The Naked Truth
1992 · Movie
as Garcia / Gesundheim
Four Eyes and Six-Guns
1992 · Movie
as Mayor Thornbush
Wild Card
1992 · Movie
as Mose
Equinox
1992 · Movie
as Pete Petosa
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat
1991 · Movie
as Mort
Fourth Story
1991 · Movie
as Harry
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Silverfox
1991 · Movie
as Charles Blankenship
Home Improvement
1991 · TV Show
as Colonel
Narrow Margin
1990 · Movie
as Sergeant Dominick Benti
The Flash
1990 · Movie
as Henry Allen
Chattahoochee
1990 · Movie
as Morris
Love and Lies
1990 · Movie
as Clyde Wilson
The Flash
1990 · TV Show
as Henry Allen
The Civil War
1990 · TV Show
as Various (voice)
The Mighty Quinn
1989 · Movie
as Fred Miller
Catch Me... If You Can
1989 · Movie
as Johnny Phatmun
Thunderground
1989 · Movie
as Wedge
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · TV Show
as Jonas
Unsub
1989 · TV Show
as Ned Platt
Brotherhood of the Rose
1989 · TV Show
as Hardy
Red Scorpion
1988 · Movie
as Dewey Ferguson
War Party
1988 · Movie
as Colin Ditweiler
Sunset
1988 · Movie
as Chief Marvin Dibner
Clean and Sober
1988 · Movie
as Richard Dirks
The Milagro Beanfield War
1988 · Movie
as Governor
Harry and the Hendersons
1987 · Movie
as George Henderson Sr.
No Man's Land
1987 · Movie
as Captain Haun
Broken Vows
1987 · Movie
as Detective Mulligan
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
1987 · Movie
as Don Nichols
Murder Ordained
1987 · Movie
as Vern Humphrey
Raising Arizona
1987 · Movie
as Machine Shop Ear-Bender
Murder Ordained
1987 · TV Show
as Vern Humphrey
Critters
1986 · Movie
as Harv
The Best of Times
1986 · Movie
as Charlie
Back to School
1986 · Movie
as Coach Turnbull
The Deliberate Stranger
1986 · Movie
as Det. Sam Davies
Resting Place
1986 · Movie
as Sarge
Wildcats
1986 · Movie
as Walt Coes
The Right of the People
1986 · Movie
as Sindaco
Hero in the Family
1986 · Movie
as General Presser
The Deliberate Stranger
1986 · TV Show
as Det. Sam Davies
Blood Simple
1985 · Movie
as Private Detective
Fletch
1985 · Movie
as Dr. Joseph Dolan
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn
1985 · Movie
as Rocco
The Twilight Zone
1985 · TV Show
as Peter (segment "Dealer's Choice")
Amazing Stories
1985 · TV Show
as Grandpa
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984 · Movie
as Burns
The Outlaws
1984 · Movie
as Warden MacDonald
Missing in Action
1984 · Movie
as Tuck
Grandview, U.S.A.
1984 · Movie
as Mr. Clark
Scandalous
1984 · Movie
as Simon Reynolds
Courage
1984 · Movie
as Colonel Crouse
Silkwood
1983 · Movie
as Walt Yarborough
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
1983 · Movie
as Joe Lemke
Night Partners
1983 · Movie
as Joe Kirby
The Hitchhiker
1983 · TV Show
as Detective Underhill
AfterMASH
1983 · TV Show
as Reverend Horn
Cannery Row
1982 · Movie
as Mack
Fast-Walking
1982 · Movie
as Sergeant Sanger
Blade Runner
1982 · Movie
as Bryant
The Escape Artist
1982 · Movie
as Fritz
Back Roads
1981 · Movie
as Arthur
Reds
1981 · Movie
as Speaker at Liberal Club
Hellinger's Law
1981 · Movie
as Mr. Graebner
East of Eden
1981 · TV Show
as Sheriff Horace Quinn
Brubaker
1980 · Movie
as C.P. Woodward
Raise the Titanic
1980 · Movie
as Master Chief Vinnie Walker
Ordinary People
1980 · Movie
as Swim Coach
City in Fear
1980 · Movie
as Sheldon Lewis
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane
1980 · Movie
as Harold Patton
Skag
1980 · Movie
as Moran
The Jerk
1979 · Movie
as Madman
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979 · Movie
as Wally Cantrell
The Gift
1979 · Movie
as Legion Commander
Dear Detective
1979 · Movie
as Capt. Gorcey
No Other Love
1979 · Movie
as DeFranco
The French Atlantic Affair
1979 · TV Show
as Harry
Straight Time
1978 · Movie
as Earl Frank
A Question of Guilt
1978 · Movie
as Inspector McCartney
Superdome
1978 · Movie
as Whitley
Slap Shot
1977 · Movie
as Dickie Dunn
Red Alert
1977 · Movie
as Sheriff Sweeney
Airport '77
1977 · Movie
as Dr. Williams
Nickelodeon
1976 · Movie
as "Father" Logan
Mikey and Nicky
1976 · Movie
as Bus Driver
The Invasion of Johnson County
1976 · Movie
as Irvine
Bound for Glory
1976 · Movie
as Husband
The Prisoner of Second Avenue
1975 · Movie
as Doorman
At Long Last Love
1975 · Movie
as Harold
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
1975 · Movie
as Mr. Peterson
Crime Club
1975 · Movie
as Jack Doyle
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · TV Show
as Freddie, Lloyd Herman Eckworth
Baretta
1975 · TV Show
The Gambler
1974 · Movie
as Las Vegas Gambler
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · TV Show
as Callahan
The Rockford Files
1974 · TV Show
as Edgar Burch
Serpico
1973 · Movie
as Gallagher
Kid Blue
1973 · Movie
as Barber
What's Up, Doc?
1972 · Movie
as Arresting Officer
Get to Know Your Rabbit
1972 · Movie
as Mr. Wendel
The Bob Newhart Show
1972 · TV Show
as Jack Hoover
No image
The Sandy Duncan Show
1972 · TV Show
The Waltons
1972 · TV Show
as David Fletcher
Cold Turkey
1971 · Movie
as Art
They Might Be Giants
1971 · Movie
as 1st Sanitation Man
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971 · Movie
as Aide
All in the Family
1971 · TV Show
as Billy Hartfield
McMillan & Wife
1971 · TV Show
as Officer Ames
Nichols
1971 · TV Show
as Gabe McCutcheon
The Traveling Executioner
1970 · Movie
as Warden Brodski
Little Big Man
1970 · Movie
as Shotgun Guard
End of the Road
1970 · Movie
as Crab Man / Tutu Man
Arnie
1970 · TV Show
Alice's Restaurant
1969 · Movie
as Group W Sergeant
Midnight Cowboy
1969 · Movie
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Stiletto
1969 · Movie
as Racing Partner (uncredited)
Ironside
1967 · TV Show
as Telegraph Clerk
Bonanza
1959 · TV Show
as Mattheson
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · TV Show
as General Presser
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
as Sarge
