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