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