M. Emmet Walsh

Summary

Michael Emmet Walsh (March 22, 1935 – March 19, 2024) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 films and television series, including supporting roles as Earl Frank in Straight Time (1978), the Madman in The Jerk (1979), Captain Bryant in Blade Runner (1982), Critters (1986), and Walt Scheel in Christmas with the Kranks (2004). He starred as private detective Loren Visser in Blood Simple (1984), the Coen brothers' first film, for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.

M. Emmet Walsh
Walsh at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Born
Michael Emmet Walsh

(1935-03-22)March 22, 1935
DiedMarch 19, 2024(2024-03-19) (aged 88)
Alma materClarkson University, B.A. 1958
OccupationActor
Years active1968–2024

Walsh's other numerous film appearances include Midnight Cowboy (1969) (his first and uncredited role) Little Big Man (1970), What's Up, Doc? (1972), Serpico (1973), The Gambler (1974), Bound for Glory (1976), Slap Shot (1977), Airport '77 (1977), Brubaker (1980), Ordinary People (1980), Reds (1981), Silkwood (1983), Fletch (1985), Back to School (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Romeo + Juliet (1996), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), The Iron Giant (1999), Calvary (2014), and Knives Out (2019). Over seven decades as a character actor, he has credited roles in more than 220 films and television shows.[1]

Early life edit

Michael Emmet Walsh was born on March 22, 1935, in Ogdensburg, New York,[2] the son of Agnes Katharine (née Sullivan) and Harry Maurice Walsh Sr., who was a customs agent, as were his grandfather and brother.[3] He was of Irish descent, and was raised in rural Swanton, Vermont, where he underwent a mastoid operation at age 3, which left Walsh deaf in his left ear.[4]

He graduated from Clarkson University in 1958 (B.A., Business Administration), and in 1998, the Clarkson Alumni Association presented Walsh with the Golden Knight Award.[5] At Clarkson, Walsh had also dabbled in stage productions, and soon after being encouraged by a faculty advisor, he moved to New York City to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He went on to perform in regional theater for the next decade before making his Broadway debut in 1969, with Al Pacino, in Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?.[4]

Career edit

According to his manager, Sandy Joseph, "Walsh's tremendous body of work includes 119 feature films and more than 250 television productions."[6] Being partially deaf in one ear and with an accent harkening from Vermont made it clear to Walsh: "I wasn't going to do Shaw and Shakespeare and Molière — my speech was simply too bad."[4] His persona was a "mesmerising everyman and an indelible gargoyle" who featured "poached-egg eyes."[1]

Walsh specialized in playing villains who were blissfully oblivious to their villainy.[7] He brought a "delightfully menacing presence" to his characters.[8] He was a no-nonsense worker bee in the film industry. Walsh characterized himself as approaching "each job thinking it might be my last, so it better be the best work possible. I want to be remembered as a working actor. I'm being paid for what I'd do for nothing."[2]

Walsh spent years honing his craft in movie bit parts and on stage. After appearances in the films Midnight Cowboy (1969),[1] Alice's Restaurant (1969),[1][2] Little Big Man (1970), Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), They Might Be Giants (1971),[2]What's Up, Doc? (1972),[2]Serpico (1973),[2] The Gambler (1974), and Bound for Glory (1976), Walsh came to prominence in the iconic 1977 hockey comedy film Slap Shot, in which he played the cynical small town sportswriter Dickie Dunn,[1][2][9] and the 1978 crime film Straight Time, in which he played a vicious parole officer opposite Dustin Hoffman.[1][2]USA Today film critic Mike Clark wrote that the film character who was "a cesspool in a flowered shirt" was typically Walsh.[10][11] He also had a small but memorable role as a crazed sniper in the Steve Martin comedy The Jerk (1979),[1][2] followed by roles in the drama films Brubaker (1980),[2] Ordinary People (1980),[2] and Reds (1981).[12][13]

Bigger roles edit

One of his best-known roles was Captain Harry Bryant in Ridley Scott's cult film Blade Runner (1982).[1][14] He characterized Blade Runner as being especially difficult and tiresome to make, given director Ridley Scott's insistence on perfection. As a hard-bitten police commander, Walsh's character brings Deckard (Harrison Ford) out of retirement to "retire" cyborgs,[15] telling Deckard, "I need your magic."[7] Walsh allowed that he was completely confused as Blade Runner was filmed, and did not have any idea where it was going.[14][7]

In 1983, Walsh appeared in Mike Nichols' biographical film Silkwood. In 1984, he was cast as a crooked Texas private eye in the film noir Blood Simple, which was the Coen brothers' first film[1] and resulted in Walsh winning the first Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.[16] Pauline Kael, a film critic for The New Yorker, praised Walsh's portrayal in her film review, stating "his broad buffoonery helps to ground the picture, to keep it jaundiced and low-down."[17] He then reteamed with the Coen brothers for Raising Arizona as a memorable "yakking machine shop worker".[7]

Other prominent film roles include a prostate examining doctor in the Chevy Chase film Fletch (1985),[1][16] a college diving coach in the Rodney Dangerfield film Back to School (1986), Harv in the horror film Critters (1986), the apothecary in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet (1996),[1] the romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (1997),[1] the voice of Earl Stutz in animated film The Iron Giant (1999),[1] the adventure film Snow Dogs (2002), and the Christmas comedy film Christmas with the Kranks (2004), where he played one of the Kranks' neighbors.[1] In 1992, he appeared as a powerful U.S. Senator in David Winning's Killer Image. He later appeared in the Irish comedy-drama film Calvary (2014),[1][18] and the mystery film Knives Out (2019).[1][6]

Television and stage edit

 
Walsh top left as Alex Lembeck on The Sandy Duncan Show1972

On television, Walsh appeared as Alex Lembeck, a motorcycle cop who appointed himself as Sandy Stockton's chaperone and protector on The Sandy Duncan Show in 1972.[19] He appeared in an episode of the NBC drama series Gibbsville in 1976 and Little House on the Prairie in 1981.[18] Walsh also made occasional guest appearances on Home Improvement as Tim Taylor's father-in-law in 1994. Other appearances included Early Edition, The X-Files, Ed, and Frasier.[1] He also appeared as Dr. Joseph Krofft, a medical examiner with a grudge against Andy Sipowicz, on an episode of NYPD Blue.[20] Later appearances included the series Sneaky Pete,[21] and The Righteous Gemstones.[3]

On stage, in 2004, Walsh appeared in the London production of Sam Shepard's Buried Child.[4]

Legacy and accolades edit

Critic Nicolas Rapold called Walsh "a consummate old pro of the second-banana business", while Roger Ebert hailed him as "the poet of sleaze".[4] Ebert also fabricated his "Stanton-Walsh Rule": "No movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad."[1] Walsh was "ham-faced, heavyset" and "often played good old boys with bad intentions".[22]

In 2018, Walsh was inducted into the Character Actor Hall of Fame by his Blade Runner co-star Harrison Ford. Later in the same ceremony he received the Chairman's Lifetime Achievement award.[4]

Walsh had a reputation for generosity and wry wit. He habitually distributed two-dollar bills to the set's crew, with some advice: "Don't spend it, and you'll never be broke."[11]

Death edit

Walsh died of cardiac arrest at Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, Vermont, on March 19, 2024, three days before his 89th birthday.[2][6][7]

Filmography edit

Film edit

Year Title Role Notes References
1969 Alice's Restaurant Group W Sergeant First credited role [1][23][2]
Midnight Cowboy Bus Passenger Uncredited [1]
Stiletto Unknown [24]
1970 End of the Road Crab Man / Tutu Man [18]
The Traveling Executioner Warden Brodski [18]
Little Big Man Shotgun Guard [25][2]
1971 Cold Turkey Art [26]
Escape from the Planet of the Apes Aide to General Winthrop [18][2]
They Might Be Giants 1st Sanitation Man [1][2]
1972 What's Up, Doc? Arresting Officer [2][18]
Get to Know Your Rabbit Mr. Wendel [21]
1973 Kid Blue Barber [21]
Serpico Chief Gallagher [18][2]
1974 The Gambler Las Vegas Gambler [18]
1975 At Long Last Love Harold [18]
Crime Club Lieutenant Jack Doyle [18]
The Prisoner of Second Avenue Joe [27]
1976 Bound for Glory Husband [28]
Nickelodeon Father Logan [18]
The Invasion of Johnson County Irvine [18]
Mikey and Nicky Bus Driver [29]
1977 Slap Shot Dickie Dunn [1][2][9][18]
Airport '77 Dr. Williams [18]
1978 Straight Time Earl Frank [1][2][18]
1979 The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh Wally Cantrell [30][31]
The Jerk Madman [1][2][18]
1980 Brubaker C.P. "Woody" Woodward [32]
Raise the Titanic Master Chief Walker [18]
Ordinary People Coach Salan Best Picture Oscar winner [18][2]
1981 Back Roads Arthur [18]
Reds Speaker At Liberal Club [12][13]
1982 Cannery Row Mack [18]
The Escape Artist Fritz [18]
Blade Runner Captain Bryant [1][14][18]
Fast-Walking Sergeant Sanger [33]
1983 Silkwood Walt Yarborough [18]
1984 Raw Courage Colonel Crouse [18][34]
Missing in Action Jack "Tuck" Tucker [18]
Grandview, U.S.A. Mr. Clark [35]
Blood Simple Private Detective [1][18]
The Pope of Greenwich Village Burns [18]
Scandalous Simon Reynolds [18]
1985 Fletch Dr. Joseph Dolan [1][18]
1986 Wildcats Walt Coes [18]
Critters Harvey "Harv" [1][18]
The Best of Times Charlie [18]
Back to School Coach Turnbull [36]
1987 Harry and the Hendersons George Henderson Sr. [1]
No Man's Land Captain Haun [18]
Raising Arizona Machine Shop Ear-Bender [1][18]
1988 The Milagro Beanfield War Governor [18]
Clean and Sober Richard Dirk [1][18]
Sunset Chief Marvin Dibner [18]
War Party Colin Ditwelier [18]
Red Scorpion Dewey Ferguson [18]
1989 The Mighty Quinn CIA Agent Fred Miller [18]
Catch Me If You Can Johnny Phatmun [18]
Chattahoochee Morris [18]
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat Mort [18]
Thunderground Wedge [37]
1990 Narrow Margin Sergeant Dominick Benti [18]
1992 The Naked Truth Garcia/Gesundheim [38]
Killer Image John Kane [18]
White Sands Bert Gibson [18][39]
Equinox Pete Petosa [18]
Four Eyes and Six Guns Mayor Thornbush [40]
1993 Bitter Harvest Sheriff Bob [18]
The Music of Chance Calvin Murks [18]
Wilder Napalm Fire Chief [18]
1994 Dead Badge Sergeant Miller Hoskins [18]
Relative Fear Earl Ladelle [18]
Camp Nowhere T.R. Polk [41]
The Glass Shield Hal [18]
Cops & Robbersons Unknown Uncredited [42]
1995 Criminal Hearts Martin [18]
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home Wilcox [18]
Panther Dorsett [18]
1996 Portraits of a Killer Raymond Garrison [43]
Albino Alligator Dino [18]
A Time to Kill Dr. Willard Tyrell Bass Uncredited [18]
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet Apothecary [1]
1997 The Killing Jar Sheriff Foley [18]
Retroactive Sam [18]
My Best Friend's Wedding Joe O'Neal [1][18]
1998 Chairman of the Board Freemont [18]
Twilight Lester Ivar [18]
Erasable You Ralph Worth [18]
Nightmare in Big Sky Country US Marshal Phillips [18]
1999 Wild Wild West Train Engineer Coleman [18]
The Iron Giant Earl Stutz Voice [18][44]
Random Hearts Billy Uncredited [45]
Me and Will Dean [18]
Jack of Hearts Commissioner Menlo Boyce [18]
2000 Poor White Trash Judge Pike [18]
2001 Eyeball Eddie Coach Cook Short film [18]
Christmas in the Clouds Stu O'Malley [18]
2002 Snow Dogs George [18]
2003 Baggage Sandy Westphall [46]
2004 Christmas with the Kranks Walt Scheel [18]
2005 Greener Mountain Muggs [18]
Racing Stripes Woodzie [18]
2007 Man in the Chair Mickey Hopkins [18]
Big Stan Lew Popper [18]
2008 Sherman's Way Hoyt [18]
Your Name Here Kroger [18]
Haunted Echoes Neil [18]
2009 Don McKay Samuel [18]
Sam Steele and the Jr. Detective Agency Chief Van Owen [18]
Youth in Revolt Mr. Saunders [47]
2010 Chasing 3000 Chuck Ireland [18]
2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green Uncle Bub [48]
Arthur Newman Zazek [49]
Love Sick Love Ed [18]
2014 Calvary Old Man [1][18]
2015 Boiling Pot Dean Marison [18]
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power Gorak [50]
2018 Shifting Gears Hank [18]
Change in the Air Walter Lemke [18]
2019 Raising Buchanan Larry Kiesling [18]
Faith, Hope & Love Mr. John [18]
Knives Out Mr. Proofroc [1]
South of Bix Grandpa Short film [18]
2020 The Mimic The Director [18]
2022 A Little White Lie Professor Arthur Baldwin [39]
Dotty & Soul Harold Eichelbaum [18]
The Immaculate Room Harry Frith [51]
2024 Outlaw Posse Catfish Final role [1][18]

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes References
1971 Julia Gus Anderson [52]
All in the Family Unknown [2]
The Jimmy Stewart Show Lionel Atkins [53]
Ironside Telegraph Clerk [2][21]
Bonanza Mattheson [2][21]
Nichols Gabe McCutcheon [54]
1972 The Don Rickles Show Arthur Kingston [55]
The Bob Newhart Show Jack Hoover Episode: "P-I-L-O-T" [2][18]
The Sandy Duncan Show Alex Lembeck [19]
1974 McMillan & Wife Unknown [2]
Amy Prentiss Tom [56]
1975 The Rockford Files Arthur Dales [2][21]
Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic Mr. Peterson Television film [18]
The Waltons David Fletcher [2][21]
1976 Gibbsville Guest star [18]
1976–1978 Starsky and Hutch Freddie / Lloyd Herman Eckworth 2 episodes [1][2]
1977 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Officer Malloy [2]
Red Alert Sheriff Sweeney Television film [18]
1978 Superdome Whitley [18]
James at 15 Coach Federson Episode: "Queen of the Silver Dollar" [2][57]
1979 Dear Detective Captain Gorcey Episode: "Pilot" [58]
No Other Love DeFranco Television film [59]
The Gift Commander [60]
1980 City in Fear Sheldon Lewis [18]
Skag Guest star [61]
High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane Harold Patton Television film [18]
1981 East of Eden Sheriff Horace Quinn 3 episodes [62]
Little House on the Prairie Callahan [18]
1983 ABC Afterschool Special Joe Lempke Episode: "The Woman Who Willed a Miracle" [63]
Night Partners Joe Kirby Television film [18]
1984 The Outlaws Warden MacDonald Television film [64]
1985 ABC Weekend Special Rocco Episode: "The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn" [65]
The Twilight Zone Peter [66]
1986 The Hitchhiker Detective Underhill Episode: "Ghostwriter" [67]
The Right of the People Mayor Television film [68]
Resting Place Sergeant [69]
The Disney Sunday Movie General Presser Episode: "Hero in the Family" [70]
The Deliberate Stranger Detective Sam Davies Television film [71]
Amazing Stories Grandpa Episode: "Magic Saturday" [72]
1987 Broken Vows Detective Mulligan Television film [73][74]
The Abduction of Kari Swenson Don Nichols [18]
Murder Ordained Vern Humphrey Miniseries [18]
1989 Brotherhood of the Rose Hardy 2 episodes [18]
Unsub Ned Platt [75]
Tales from the Crypt Jonas Episode: "Collection Completed" [21][76]
1990 True Betrayal Clyde Wilson Television film [18]
The Civil War Various Voice, 9 episodes [2]
The Flash Henry Allen 2 episodes [18]
1991 Deadly Identity Harry Television film [18]
Silverfox Charles Blankenship [77]
1992 Wild Card Mose [78][79]
1993 The Jackie Thomas Show Arlen Thomas [80]
1994 Home Improvement Colonel Fred Patterson 2 episodes [1]
Probable Cause Sadler Television film [21]
1995 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Morris [81]
1996 The Outer Limits Sanford Vallé [18]
Early Edition Santa Claus Episode: "Christmas" [82][83]
1998 Tracey Takes On... Unknown [2]
Men in White Unknown Television film [84]
1999 The X-Files Arthur Dales Episode: "The Unnatural" [18]
The Wild Thornberrys Gemsbok #1 Voice, episode: "Rain Dance" [44][2]
Monster! Lloyd Television film [18]
1999–2001 Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot Mack Voice, 26 episodes [2][21]
2000 NYPD Blue Joe Kroft [18]
Gideon's Crossing Guest star [18]
2001 Night Visions Gus Episode: "Reunion" [85][86]
The Mind of the Married Man Randall Evans 5 episodes [87]
Frasier Rich Koechner Episode: "Bully for Martin" [1]
2002 What's New, Scooby-Doo? Jeb Voice, episode: "Scooby-Doo Christmas" [21][88]
2003 Charlie Lawrence Cubby Episode: "New Kid in School" [89][90]
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales Wally Westland Television special [91]
The Guardian Ezra Pence Episode: "Big Coal" [92]
2010 'Til Death Uncle Rudolph Episode: "Let's Go" [93][21]
2010–2013 Pound Puppies Olaf Voice, 46 episodes [44]
2012 Army Wives Bernie Wallacheck [18]
Damages Lyle Hewes [94]
2012–2015 Adventure Time Cosmic Owl Voice, 4 episodes [1][44][2]
2014 Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories Detective Episode: "Toes" [95]
2019 Sneaky Pete "Tex" Hopkins [21]
2019–2022 The Righteous Gemstones Grandaddy Roy Gemstone 2 episodes [1]
2022 American Gigolo Unknown [4]

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