Knives Out2019
As Mr. Proofroc
TMDb 7.8 / 10
M. Emmet Walsh
Born
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 (168)
Blade Runner1982
As Bryant
TMDb 7.9 / 10
The Iron Giant1999
As Earl Stutz (voice)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
A Time to Kill1996
As Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
My Best Friend's Wedding1997
As Joe O'Neal
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Romeo + Juliet1996
As Apothecary
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Big Stan2007
As Lew Popper
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Ordinary People1980
As Swim Coach
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Wild Wild West1999
As Coleman
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Raising Arizona1987
As Machine Shop Ear-Bender
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Racing Stripes2005
As Woodzie
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Odd Life of Timothy Green2012
As Uncle Bub
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Blood Simple1985
As Private Detective
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Random Hearts1999
As Billy (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Escape from the Planet of the Apes1971
As Aide
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Serpico1973
As Gallagher
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Critters1986
As Harv
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Christmas with the Kranks2004
As Walt Scheel
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Midnight Cowboy1969
As Bus Passenger (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Harry and the Hendersons1987
As George Henderson Sr.
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home1995
As Bill Wilcox
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Back to School1986
As Coach Turnbull
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Slap Shot1977
As Dickie Dunn
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Missing in Action1984
As Tuck
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power2015
As Gorak
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Brothers2024
As Judge Farful
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Camp Nowhere1994
As T.R. Polk
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Fletch1985
As Dr. Joseph Dolan
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Brubaker1980
As C.P. Woodward
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Narrow Margin1990
As Sergeant Dominick Benti
TMDb 6.4 / 10
What's Up, Doc?1972
As Arresting Officer
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Youth in Revolt2009
As Mr. Saunders
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Snow Dogs2002
As George
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Raise the Titanic1980
As Master Chief Vinnie Walker
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Red Scorpion1988
As Dewey Ferguson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
No Man's Land1987
As Captain Haun
TMDb 6.0 / 10
White Sands1992
As Bert Gibson
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Straight Time1978
As Earl Frank
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Little Big Man1970
As Shotgun Guard
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Wildcats1986
As Walt Coes
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Silkwood1983
As Walt Yarborough
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Calvary2014
As The Writer
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Jerk1979
As Madman
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Reds1981
As Speaker at Liberal Club
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Milagro Beanfield War1988
As Governor
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Resting Place1986
As Sarge
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Airport '771977
As Dr. Williams
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Gambler1974
As Las Vegas Gambler
TMDb 6.7 / 10
A Little White Lie2023
As Arthur Baldwin
TMDb 5.6 / 10
They Might Be Giants1971
As 1st Sanitation Man
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Pope of Greenwich Village1984
As Burns
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Mighty Quinn1989
As Fred Miller
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Arthur Newman2012
As Zazek
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Best of Times1986
As Charlie
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Twilight1998
As Lester Ivar
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Panther1995
As Dorsett
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Prisoner of Second Avenue1975
As Doorman
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Immaculate Room2022
As Kate's Father
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Flash1990
As Henry Allen
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Retroactive1997
As Sam
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Glass Shield1994
As Det. Jesse Hall
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner2007
As Self
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Sunset1988
As Chief Marvin Dibner
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Change in the Air2018
As Walter Lemke
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Mikey and Nicky1976
As Bus Driver
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Grandview, U.S.A.1984
As Mr. Clark
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Cold Turkey1971
As Art
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Albino Alligator1997
As Dino
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Clean and Sober1988
As Richard Dirks
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Faith, Hope & Love2019
As Fr. John
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Alice's Restaurant1969
As Group W Sergeant
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat1991
As Mort
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Deliberate Stranger1986
As Det. Sam Davies
TMDb 6.3 / 10
At Long Last Love1975
As Harold
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Relative Fear1994
As Earl Ladelle
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Nickelodeon1976
As "Father" Logan
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Wilder Napalm1993
As Fire Chief
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Killer Image1992
As John Kane
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Cops & Robbersons1994
As Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Me and Will1999
As Dean
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Hero in the Family1986
As General Presser
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Crime Club1975
As Jack Doyle
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Wild Card1992
As Mose
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Poor White Trash2000
As Judge Pike
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Raising Buchanan2019
As Larry Kiesling
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Chairman of the Board1998
As Freemont
TMDb 3.6 / 10
The Lottery1996
As Chief Davis
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Back Roads1981
As Arthur
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Mimic2021
As The Director
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Eyeball Eddie2001
As Coach Cook
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Men in White1998
As Stanley
TMDb 3.8 / 10
A Question of Guilt1978
As Inspector McCartney
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Murder Ordained1987
As Vern Humphrey
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Green and Gold2025
As Scotty
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Bound for Glory1976
As Husband
TMDb 6.9 / 10
War Party1988
As Colin Ditweiler
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Don McKay2009
As Samuel
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Traveling Executioner1970
As Warden Brodski
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh1979
As Wally Cantrell
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Catch Me... If You Can1989
As Johnny Phatmun
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Abduction of Kari Swenson1987
As Don Nichols
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Courage1984
As Colonel Crouse
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Kid Blue1973
As Barber
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Boiling Pot2015
As Dean Marison
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Man in the Chair2007
As Mickey Hopkins
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Outlaw Posse2024
As Catfish
TMDb 4.7 / 10
City in Fear1980
As Sheldon Lewis
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Dead Badge1995
As Sergeant Miller Hoskins
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Equinox1992
As Pete Petosa
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Fast-Walking1982
As Sergeant Sanger
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Get to Know Your Rabbit1972
As Mr. Wendel
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Invasion of Johnson County1976
As Irvine
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Portraits of a Killer1996
As Raymond Garrison
TMDb 4.2 / 10
The Music of Chance1993
As Calvin Murks
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Scandalous1984
As Simon Reynolds
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Shifting Gears2018
As Hank
TMDb 6.5 / 10
No Other Love1979
As DeFranco
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Probable Cause1994
As Sadler
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Cannery Row1982
As Mack
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Broken Vows1987
As Detective Mulligan
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Gift1979
As Legion Commander
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Fourth Story1991
As Harry
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Naked Truth1992
As Garcia / Gesundheim
TMDb 3.1 / 10
Superdome1978
As Whitley
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Hellinger's Law1981
As Mr. Graebner
TMDb 8.8 / 10
The Killing Jar1997
As Sheriff Foley
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Chasing 30002010
As Chuck Ireland
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Dear Detective1979
As Capt. Gorcey
TMDb 10.0 / 10
End of the Road1970
As Crab Man / Tutu Man
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Escape Artist1982
As Fritz
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic1975
As Mr. Peterson
TMDb 5.7 / 10
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'2000
As Self
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Christmas in the Clouds2001
As Stu O'Malley
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Silverfox
Silverfox1991
As Charles Blankenship
Greener Mountains2005
As Muggs
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Stiletto1969
As Racing Partner (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Four Eyes and Six-Guns1992
As Mayor Thornbush
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales2003
As Wally Westland
TMDb 7.9 / 10
South of Bix2019
As Grandpa
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Red Alert1977
As Sheriff Sweeney
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Criminal Hearts1996
As Martin
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Chattahoochee1990
As Morris
TMDb 5.7 / 10
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane1980
As Harold Patton
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Haunted Echoes2008
As Neil
TMDb 4.2 / 10
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle1983
As Joe Lemke
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Thunderground1989
As Wedge
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Right of the People1986
As Sindaco
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Dotty and Soul2023
As Harold Eichelbaum
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Your Name Here2008
As Kroger
TMDb 3.3 / 10
The Outlaws1984
As Warden MacDonald
Toto2018
As Toto
Skag1980
As Moran
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler1995
As Morris
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Night Partners1983
As Joe Kirby
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Love and Lies1990
As Clyde Wilson
Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency2011
As Chief Van Owen
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Baggage2003
As Sandy Westphall
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Erasable You
Erasable You1998
As Ralph Worth
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Assignment2010
As Mr. Beudreaux
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Bitter Harvest1993
As Sheriff Bob
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Jack of Hearts2000
As Comissioner Menlo Boyce
TMDb 2.9 / 10
Monster!1999
As Lloyd Reeves
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn1985
As Rocco
Nightmare in Big Sky Country1998
As Marshal Jim Phillips
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Sorry, Not Sorry2019
As Harry's Father
TMDb 5.7 / 10
A True Character
A True Character2008
As Self
Madness of Method
Madness of Method1994
As Rudolph Thorndyke
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Love Sick Love2012
As Ed
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb