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Michael Emmet Walsh is an American character actor and comedian who has appeared in over 200 films and television series. He appeared in the Coen Brothers' first film, Blood Simple (1984). He also appeared in such other films as 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).
Birth Name
Michael Emmet Walsh
Born
Friday, 22 March 1935
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| A Little White Lie | Professor Arthur Baldwin / Arthur Baldwin | 2023 |
| American Gigolo | Coleman | 2022 |
| The Immaculate Room | Kate's Father / Harry Frith | 2022 |
| The Mimic | The Director | 2021 |
| Knives Out | Mr. Proofroc | 2019 |
| The Righteous Gemstones | Roy Gemstone | 2019 |
| Raising Buchanan | Larry Kiesling | 2019 |
| Faith, Hope & Love | Fr. John | 2019 |
| Change in the Air | Walter Lemke | 2018 |
| Shifting Gears | Hank | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| A Little White Lie | Professor Arthur Baldwin / Arthur Baldwin | 2023 |
| American Gigolo | Coleman | 2022 |
| The Immaculate Room | Kate's Father / Harry Frith | 2022 |
| The Mimic | The Director | 2021 |
| Knives Out | Mr. Proofroc | 2019 |
| The Righteous Gemstones | Roy Gemstone | 2019 |
| Raising Buchanan | Larry Kiesling | 2019 |
| Faith, Hope & Love | Fr. John | 2019 |
| Change in the Air | Walter Lemke | 2018 |
| Shifting Gears | Hank | 2018 |
| Boiling Pot | Dean Marison | 2015 |
| Sneaky Pete | Tex Hopkins | 2015 |
| Empire | Harold Blakeley | 2015 |
| The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power | Gorak | 2015 |
| Calvary | The Writer | 2014 |
| Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories | Detective | 2013 |
| Love Sick Love | Ed | 2013 |
| Arthur Newman | Zazek | 2012 |
| The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Uncle Bub | 2012 |
| Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency | Chief Van Owen | 2011 |
| Pound Puppies | Olaf | 2010 |
| Chasing 3000 | Chuck Ireland | 2010 |
| The Assignment | Mr. Beudreaux | 2010 |
| Adventure Time | Cosmic Owl | 2010 |
| Youth in Revolt | Mr. Saunders | 2010 |
| Don McKay | Samuel | 2009 |
| Haunted Echoes | Neil | 2008 |
| Your Name Here | Kroger | 2008 |
| Sherman's Way | Hoyt | 2008 |
| Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner | Self | 2007 |
| Damages | Lyle Hewes | 2007 |
| Big Stan | Lew Popper | 2007 |
| Army Wives | Bernie Wallacheck | 2007 |
| Man in the Chair | Mickey Hopkins | 2007 |
| 'Til Death | Uncle Rudolph | 2006 |
| Greener Mountains | Muggs | 2005 |
| Racing Stripes | Woodzie | 2005 |
| Christmas with the Kranks | Walt Scheel | 2004 |
| Only in LA | Self | 2004 |
| Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales | Wally Westland | 2003 |
| VH1 Goes Inside | Joe O'Neal | 2003 |
| Charlie Lawrence | Cubby | 2003 |
| Baggage | Sandy Westphall | 2003 |
| What's New, Scooby-Doo? | Jeb | 2002 |
| Snow Dogs | George | 2002 |
| The Guardian | Ezra Pence | 2001 |
| The Mind of the Married Man | Randall Evans | 2001 |
| Night Visions | Gus (segment "Reunion") | 2001 |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies | Self | 2001 |
| Christmas in the Clouds | Stu O'Malley | 2001 |
| Gideon's Crossing | Dr. Matthews | 2000 |
| Ed | Mayor Wally Kendricks | 2000 |
| Poor White Trash | Judge Pike | 2000 |
| Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family | Aubrey Lang | 2000 |
| Jack of Hearts | Commissioner Menlo Boyce / Comissioner Menlo Boyce | 1999 |
| Random Hearts | Billy | 1999 |
| Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot | Mack | 1999 |
| Monster! | Lloyd Reeves | 1999 |
| The Iron Giant | Earl Stutz (voice) / Earl Stutz | 1999 |
| Me and Will | Dean | 1999 |
| Wild Wild West | Coleman | 1999 |
| The Wild Thornberrys | Gemsbok #1 | 1998 |
| Men in White | Junior Assistant Dispatch Trainee Stanley Snyder | 1998 |
| Erasable You | Ralph Worth | 1998 |
| Twilight | Lester Ivar | 1998 |
| Chairman of the Board | Freemont | 1997 |
| My Best Friend's Wedding | Joe O'Neal | 1997 |
| The Killing Jar | Sheriff Foley | 1997 |
| Retroactive | Sam | 1997 |
| Romeo + Juliet | Apothecary | 1996 |
| The Lottery | Chief Davis | 1996 |
| Early Edition | Santa | 1996 |
| The West | Self | 1996 |
| Albino Alligator | Dino | 1996 |
| A Time to Kill | Dr. Willard Tyrell 'W.T.' Bass (the Defense Psychologist) | 1996 |
| Portraits of a Killer | Raymond Garrison | 1996 |
| Criminal Hearts | Martin | 1996 |
| Tracey Takes On... | Jimmy Duff | 1996 |
| Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home | Bill Wilcox | 1995 |
| From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Morris | 1995 |
| Panther | Dorsett | 1995 |
| Dead Badge | Sergeant Miller Hoskins | 1995 |
| The Outer Limits | Sanford Vallé | 1995 |
| Relative Fear | Earl Ladelle | 1994 |
| Probable Cause | Sadler | 1994 |
| Baseball | Voice, Various / Voice, Himself / Self / Voice | 1994 |
| The Glass Shield | Detective Jesse Hall | 1994 |
| Camp Nowhere | T.R. Polk | 1994 |
| Cops and Robbersons | Captain Ted Corbett | 1994 |
| Bitter Harvest | Sheriff Bob Brody / Sheriff Bob | 1993 |
| NYPD Blue | Joe Kroft | 1993 |
| Frasier | Rich Koechner | 1993 |
| The X-Files | Arthur Dales | 1993 |
| Wilder Napalm | Fire Chief | 1993 |
| The Music of Chance | Calvin Murks | 1993 |
| Four Eyes and Six-Guns | Mayor Thornbush | 1992 |
| The Jackie Thomas Show | Arlen Thomas | 1992 |
| The Naked Truth | Garcia / Gesundheim | 1992 |
| Equinox | Pete Petosa | 1992 |
| White Sands | Bert Gibson | 1992 |
| Killer Image | John Kane | 1992 |
| Home Improvement | Col. Fred Patterson | 1991 |
| Fourth Story | Harry | 1991 |
| The Civil War | Various | 1990 |
| Narrow Margin | Sgt. Dominick Benti / Sergeant Dominick Benti | 1990 |
| The Flash | Henry Allen | 1990 |
| Love and Lies | Clyde Wilson | 1990 |
| Catch Me If You Can | Johnny Phatmun | 1989 |
| Chattahoochee | Morris | 1989 |
| Thunderground | Wedge | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Jonas | 1989 |
| Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat | Mort | 1989 |
| The Mighty Quinn | Fred Miller | 1989 |
| Unsub | Ned Platt | 1989 |
| Brotherhood of the Rose | Hardy | 1989 |
| War Party | Colin Ditweiler | 1988 |
| Clean and Sober | Richard Dirks | 1988 |
| Sunset | Chief Marvin Dibner | 1988 |
| The Milagro Beanfield War | Governor | 1988 |
| No Man's Land | Captain Haun | 1987 |
| Harry and the Hendersons | George Henderson Sr. | 1987 |
| Red Scorpion | Dewey Ferguson | 1987 |
| Murder Ordained | Vern Humphrey | 1987 |
| Raising Arizona | Machine Shop Ear-Bender | 1987 |
| Broken Vows | Detective Mulligan | 1987 |
| The Abduction of Kari Swenson | Don Nichols | 1987 |
| Back to School | Coach Turnbull | 1986 |
| The Deliberate Stranger | Det. Sam Davies | 1986 |
| Resting Place | Sarge | 1986 |
| Critters | Harv | 1986 |
| Wildcats | Walt Coes / Coes | 1986 |
| The Best of Times | Charlie | 1986 |
| The Right of the People | Mayor / Sindaco | 1986 |
| Amazing Stories | Grandpa | 1985 |
| The Twilight Zone | Peter (segment "Dealer's Choice") | 1985 |
| Fletch | Dr. Joseph Dolan / Dr. Dolan | 1985 |
| Missing in Action | Jack Tucker / Tuck | 1984 |
| Blood Simple | Private Detective Loren Visser / Loren Visser | 1984 |
| Grandview, U.S.A. | Mr. Clark | 1984 |
| The Pope of Greenwich Village | Burns | 1984 |
| You Are the Jury | Samuel Lynn | 1984 |
| Courage | Colonel Crouse | 1984 |
| Scandalous | Simon Reynolds | 1984 |
| Silkwood | Walt Yarborough | 1983 |
| The Hitchhiker | Detective Underhill | 1983 |
| Night Partners | Joe Kirby | 1983 |
| AfterMASH | Reverend Horn | 1983 |
| Blade Runner | Bryant | 1982 |
| The Escape Artist | Fritz | 1982 |
| Fast-Walking | Sergeant Sanger | 1982 |
| Cannery Row | Mack | 1982 |
| Reds | Speaker - Liberal Club / Speaker at Liberal Club | 1981 |
| Back Roads | Arthur | 1981 |
| Hellinger's Law | Mr. Graebner | 1981 |
| East of Eden | Sheriff Horace Quinn | 1981 |
| High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane | Harold Patton | 1980 |
| Ordinary People | Salan - The Swim Coach / Coach Salan | 1980 |
| Raise the Titanic | Master Chief Vinnie Walker | 1980 |
| Brubaker | C.P. 'Woody' Woodward / C.P. Woodward | 1980 |
| City in Fear | Sheldon Lewis | 1980 |
| Skag | Moran | 1980 |
| The Jerk | Madman | 1979 |
| The French Atlantic Affair | Harry | 1979 |
| The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Wally Cantrell | 1979 |
| Dear Detective | Capt. Gorcey | 1979 |
| No Other Love | DeFranco | 1979 |
| Straight Time | Earl Frank | 1978 |
| A Question of Guilt | Inspector McCartney | 1978 |
| Superdome | Whitley | 1978 |
| James at 16 | Coach Federson | 1977 |
| Red Alert | Sheriff Sweeney | 1977 |
| Airport '77 | Dr. Williams | 1977 |
| Slap Shot | Dickie Dunn | 1977 |
| ABC Weekend Specials | Rocco | 1977 |
| Nickelodeon | 'Father' Logan | 1976 |
| Mikey and Nicky | Bus Driver | 1976 |
| Bound for Glory | Husband (Couple in trailer automobile) / Husband | 1976 |
| Gibbsville | Yostie | 1976 |
| Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | Sergeant Malloy | 1976 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Lloyd Herman Eckworth, Freddie | 1975 |
| The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Joe - Doorman / Doorman | 1975 |
| At Long Last Love | Harold | 1975 |
| Baretta | Potter, McDade | 1975 |
| Amy Prentiss | Tom | 1974 |
| The Gambler | Las Vegas Gambler | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Callahan | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Edgar Burch | 1974 |
| Serpico | Gallagher | 1973 |
| Kid Blue | Barber | 1973 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Joe Lempke | 1972 |
| The Sandy Duncan Show | Alex Lembeck | 1972 |
| The Bob Newhart Show | Jack Hoover | 1972 |
| The Waltons | David Fletcher | 1972 |
| Get to Know Your Rabbit | Mr. Wendel | 1972 |
| What's Up, Doc? | Arresting Officer | 1972 |
| The Don Rickles Show | Kingston | 1972 |
| The Jimmy Stewart Show | Lionel Atkins | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Officer Ames | 1971 |
| Nichols | Gabe McCutcheon | 1971 |
| They Might Be Giants | 1st Sanitation Man | 1971 |
| Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Aide | 1971 |
| Cold Turkey | Art | 1971 |
| All in the Family | Billy Hartfield | 1971 |
| Little Big Man | Shotgun Guard / Shot Gun Guard | 1970 |
| The Traveling Executioner | Warden Brodski | 1970 |
| Arnie | Cliff | 1970 |
| End of the Road | Tutu Man / Crab Man | 1970 |
| Alice's Restaurant | Group W Sergeant | 1969 |
| Stiletto | Racing Partner | 1969 |
| Midnight Cowboy | Bus Passenger | 1969 |
| Julia | Gus Anderson | 1968 |
| Ironside | Telegraph Clerk | 1967 |
| N.Y.P.D. | Freibisch | 1967 |
| The Doctors | Jason Randall | 1963 |
| Bonanza | Mattheson | 1959 |
| The Magical World of Disney | General Presser | 1954 |
