"No movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad.”
Michael Emmet Walsh (March 22, 1935 – March 19, 2024) was an American character actor, voice artist, and comedian who appeared in more than 200 films and TV series.
Walsh died from cardiac arrest in 2024, three days shy of his 89th birthday.
Partial filmography:
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Film roles
- Midnight Cowboy (1969) as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
- Alice's Restaurant (1969) as Group W Sergeant
- Little Big Man (1970) as Shotgun Guard
- Cold Turkey (1971) as Art
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) as Aide
- They Might Be Giants (1971) as 1st Sanitation Man
- What's Up, Doc? (1972) as Arresting Officer
- Serpico (1973) as Gallagher
- The Gambler (1974) as Las Vegas Gambler
- At Long Last Love (1975) as Harold
- Bound for Glory (1976) as Husband in Trailer Automobile
- Mikey and Nicky (1976) as Bus Driver
- Nickelodeon (1976) as 'Father' Logan
- Slap Shot (1977) as Dickie Dunn
- Airport '77 (1977) as Dr. Williams
- Straight Time (1978) as Earl Frank
- The Jerk (1979) as Madman
- Brubaker (1980) as C.P. 'Woody' Woodward
- Raise the Titanic! (1980) as MCPO Vinnie Walker
- Ordinary People (1980) as Coach Salan
- Reds (1981) as Liberal Club Speaker
- Cannery Row (1982) as Mack
- Blade Runner (1982) as Bryant
- Silkwood (1983) as Walt Yarborough
- Blood Simple (1984) as Loren Visser
- The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) as Burns
- Missing in Action (1984) as Jack Tucker
- Fletch (1985) as Dr. Dolan
- The Best of Times (1986) as Charlie
- Wildcats (1986) as Coes
- Critters (1986) as Harv
- Back to School (1986) as Coach Turnbull
- Raising Arizona (1987) as Machine Shop Ear-Bender
- Harry and the Hendersons (1987) as George Henderson Sr.
- The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) as Governor
- Sunset (1988) as Chief Marvin Dibner
- Red Scorpion (1988) as Dewey Ferguson
- Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989) as Mort
- Narrow Margin (1990) as Sgt. Dominick Benti
- White Sands (1992) as Bert Gibson
- Wilder Napalm (1993) as Fire Chief
- Camp Nowhere (1994) as T.R. Polk
- Relative Fear (1994) as Earl Ladelle
- Panther (1995) as Dorsett
- Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995) as Wilcox
- A Time to Kill (1996) as Dr. Willard Tyrell (uncredited)
- William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996) as Apothecary
- Retroactive (1997) as Sam
- My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) as Joe O'Neal
- Chairman of the Board (1998) as Freemont
- Wild Wild West (1999) as Coleman
- The Iron Giant (1999) as Earl Stutz (voice)
- Random Hearts (1999) as Billy (uncredited)
- Monster! (1999) as Lloyd Reeves
- Snow Dogs (2002) as George
- Christmas with the Kranks (2004) as Walt Scheel
- Racing Stripes (2005) as Woodzie
- Big Stan (2007) as Lew Popper
- Youth in Revolt (2009) as Mr. Saunders
- The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) as Uncle Bob
- Calvary (2014) as The Writer
- The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015) as Gorak
- Knives Out (2019) as Mr. Proofroc
Television roles
- Julia (2 episodes, 1971) as Gus Anderson
- All in the Family (1 episode, 1971) as Billy Hartfield
- Ironside (1 episode, 1971) as Telegraph Clerk
- Bonanza (1 episode, 1971) as Mattheson
- Nichols (5 episodes, 1971–72) as Gabe McCutcheon
- The Bob Newhart Show (1 episode, 1972) as Jack Hoover
- McMillan & Wife (1 episode, 1974) as Officer Ames
- The Rockford Files (1 episode, 1975) as Edgar Burch
- The Waltons (1 episode, 1975) as David Fletcher
- Baretta (2 episodes, 1975–76) as Potter/McDade
- Starsky & Hutch (2 episodes, 1976–78) as Lloyd Herman Eckworth/Freddie
- Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (2 episodes, 1977) as Sgt. Malloy
- Superdome (TV movie, 1978) as Whitley
- East of Eden (3 episdoes, 1981) as Sheriff Horace Quinn
- Little House on the Prairie (1 episode, 1981) as Callahan
- AfterMASH (1 episode, 1984) as Rev. Horn
- The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 1985) as Peter
- The Hitchhiker (1 episode, 1986) as Det. Underhill
- The Deliberate Stranger (2 episodes, 1986) as Det. Sam Davies
- The Disney Sunday Movie (1 episode, 1986) as Gen. Presser
- Amazing Stories (1 episode, 1986) as Grandpa
- Tales from the Crypt (1 episode, 1989) as Jonas
- The Civil War (9 episodes, 1990) as Various (voice)
- The Flash (2 episodes, 1990) as Henry Allen
- Home Improvement (2 episodes, 1994) as Col. Fred Patterson
- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (TV movie, 1995) as Morris
- The Outer Limits (1 episode, 1996) as Sanford Vallé
- The Lottery (TV movie, 1996) as Chief Davis
- Early Edition (1 episode, 1996) as Santa
- Tracey Takes On... (1 episode, 1998) as Jimmy Duff
- National Lampoon's Men in White (TV movie, 1998) as Junior Assistant Dispatch Trainee Stanley Snyder
- The X-Files (1 episode, 1999) as Arthur Dales
- The Wild Thornberrys (1 episode, 1999) as Gemsbock #1 (voice)
- NYPD Blue (1 episode, 2000) as Joe Kroft
- Ed (1 episode, 2000) as Mayor Wally Kendricks
- Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (26 episodes, 1999–2001) as Mack (voice)
- Night Visions (1 episode, 2001) as Gus
- Frasier (1 episode, 2001) as Rick Koechner
- What's New, Scooby-Doo? (1 episode, 2002) as Jeb (voice)
- The Guardian (1 episode, 2003) as Ezra Pence
- 'Til Death (1 episode, 2010) as Uncle Rudolph
- Pound Puppies (46 episodes, 2010–13) as Olaf (voice)
- Army Wives (1 episode, 2012) as Bernie Wallacheck
- Damages (3 episodes, 2012) as Lyle Hewes
- Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories (1 episode, 2014) as Detective
- Adventure Time (4 episodes, 2012–15) as Cosmic Owl (voice)
- Empire (1 episode, 2015) as Harold Blakeley
- Elena of Avalor (2016-2020)
- Sneaky Pete (7 episodes, 2019) as Tex Hopkins
- The Righteous Gemstones (2 episodes, 2019–22) as Roy Gemstone (voice)
Web video roles
- 5 Second Films (1 episode, 2014) as Soup-Eating Man
