M. Emmet Walsh
Acting
Born: 1935-03-22 in Ogdensburg, New York, USA
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 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).
Known For
Adventure Time
Cosmic Owl (voice)
The X-Files
Arthur Dales
Frasier
Rich Koechner
NYPD Blue
Joe Kroft
Ironside
Telegraph Clerk
Bonanza
Mattheson
Little House on the Prairie
Callahan
Damages
Lyle Hewes
The Waltons
David Fletcher
The Rockford Files
Edgar Burch
Home Improvement
Colonel
Empire
Harold Blakeley
Army Wives
Bernie Wallacheck
Sneaky Pete
Tex Hopkins
The Wild Thornberrys
Gemsbok #1 (voice)
Tales from the Crypt
Jonas
The Twilight Zone
Peter (segment "Dealer's Choice")
The Outer Limits
Sanford Vallé
Knives Out
Mr. Proofroc
The Righteous Gemstones
Roy Gemstone
Starsky & Hutch
Freddie
Starsky & Hutch
Lloyd Herman Eckworth
The Guardian
Ezra Pence
Early Edition
Santa
Blade Runner
Bryant
The Bob Newhart Show
Jack Hoover
Baretta
The Hitchhiker
Detective Underhill
All in the Family
Billy Hartfield
Pound Puppies
Olaf (voice)
The Iron Giant
Earl Stutz (voice)
Amazing Stories
Grandpa
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Jeb (voice)
Romeo + Juliet
Apothecary
Ed
Mayor Wally Kendricks
The Flash
Henry Allen
A Time to Kill
Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
'Til Death
Uncle Rudolph
Big Stan
Lew Popper
The Civil War
Various (voice)