M. Emmet Walsh
Highest Rated: 100% The Music of Chance (1993)
Lowest Rated: 0% War Party (1989)
Birthday: Mar 22, 1935
Birthplace: Ogdensburg, New York, USA
Arguably one of the best character actors of the 20th century, M. Emmet Walsh delivered consistently nuanced and believable turns in a wide and storied body of work on film, ranging from "Straight Time" (1978) and "The Jerk" (1979) to "Ordinary People" (1980), "Blood Simple" (1985), "Clean and Sober" (1988) and "A Time to Kill" (1996). Effortlessly versatile in all manner of roles, Walsh could be convincingly funny in broad comic turns, as well as chilling in cold-blooded roles like his star-making turn as a vicious private eye in "Blood Simple." Over the course of four decades in the business, Walsh escalated from familiar face to scene-stealer and, on more than one occasion, a film's saving grace. Audiences simply accepted that Walsh was telling the truth whenever he appeared on screen, which elevated him to the pantheon of much-loved character performer, a status that he proved over and over in over 150 films.
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| 67% | 80% | The Mimic | Director (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 80% | 81% | Faith, Hope & Love | Fr. John (Character) | $210K | 2019 |
| 71% | 70% | Raising Buchanan | Larry Kiesling (Character) | - | 2019 |
| 11% | 47% | Change in the Air | Walter Lemke (Character) | - | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 97% | Shifting Gears | Hank (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 89% | 80% | Calvary | Old Man (Character) | $3.6M | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Boiling Pot | Dean Marison (Character) | - | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Love Sick Love | Ed (Character) | - | 2012 |
| 36% | 67% | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Uncle Bub (Character) | $51.9M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cursed Be the Day | Director | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | Chasing 3000 | Chuck Ireland (Character) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Assignment | Mr. Beudreaux (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 38% | 23% | Don McKay | Samuel (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency | Chief Van Owen (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 27% | Your Name Here | Kroger (Character) | - | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 4% | Haunted Echoes | Neil (Character) | - | 2008 |
| 33% | 22% | Sherman's Way | Hoyt (Character) | $9.6K | 2008 |
| 11% | 44% | Big Stan | Lew Popper (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 50% | 68% | Man in the Chair | Mickey Hopkins (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 35% | 42% | Racing Stripes | Woodzie (Character) | $49.2M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | Greener Mountains | Muggs (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 5% | 38% | Christmas With the Kranks | Walt Scheel (Character) | $73.7M | 2004 |
| 25% | 39% | Snow Dogs | George (Character) | $81.2M | 2002 |
| 69% | 64% | Christmas in the Clouds | Stu O'Malley (Character) | $78.3K | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eyeball Eddie | Coach Cook (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 60% | 31% | Poor White Trash | Judge Pike (Character) | $3.5K | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jack of Hearts | Commissioner Menlo Boyce (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baggage | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 17% | 28% | Wild Wild West | Coleman, Train Engineer (Character) | $113.8M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Monster! | Lloyd (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 96% | 90% | The Iron Giant | Earl Stutz (Voice) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Erasable You | Ralph Worth (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nightmare in Big Sky Country | Marshal Phillips (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 60% | 30% | Twilight | Lester Ivar (Character) | $15M | 1998 |
| 13% | 20% | Chairman of the Board | Freemont (Character) | $306.7K | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | Me & Will | Dean (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 57% | 47% | Retroactive | Sam (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Killing Jar | Sheriff Foley (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 73% | 73% | My Best Friend's Wedding | Joe O'Neal (Character) | $126.8M | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Portraits of Innocence | Raymond Garrison (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | The Lottery | Chief Davis (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 50% | 42% | Albino Alligator | Dino (Character) | $326.3K | 1996 |
| 67% | 85% | A Time to Kill | Dr. Willard Tyrell Bass (Character) | $108.7M | 1996 |
| 72% | 77% | William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet | Apothecary (Character) | $46.4M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Criminal Hearts | Martin (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 39% | From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Morris (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 27% | 75% | Panther | Dorsett (Character) | $6.3M | 1995 |
| 50% | 42% | Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home | Wilcox (Character) | $28M | 1995 |
| 65% | 40% | The Glass Shield | Hal (Character) | $2.5M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | Relative Fear | Earl Ladelle (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Badge | Sergeant Miller Hoskins (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 100% | 87% | The Music of Chance | Calvin Murks (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 33% | 41% | Equinox | Pete Petosa (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 26% | Bitter Harvest | Sheriff Bob (Character) | - | 1993 |
| 25% | 54% | Wilder Napalm | Fire Chief (Character) | $56.2K | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Four Eyes and Six-Guns | Unknown (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | Killer Image | John Kane (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 44% | 41% | White Sands | Bert Gibson (Character) | $8.2M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deadly Identity | Harry (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fourth Story | Harry (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love and Lies | Clyde Wilson (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | The Flash | Henry Allen (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 57% | 52% | Narrow Margin | Sergeant Dominick Benti (Character) | $10.1M | 1990 |
| 17% | 36% | Red Scorpion | Dewey Ferguson (Character) | $3.5M | 1989 |
| 0% | 76% | War Party | Colin Ditweiler (Character) | $299.3K | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | Catch Me if You Can | Johnny Phatmun (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 88% | 48% | The Mighty Quinn | Fred Miller (Character) | $4M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brotherhood of the Rose | Hardy (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | Sundown, the Vampire in Retreat | Mort (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 14% | 51% | Chattahoochee | Morris (Character) | $17.5K | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thunderground | Wedge (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 23% | 30% | Sunset | Chief Marvin Dibner (Character) | $3.4M | 1988 |
| 59% | 75% | The Milagro Beanfield War | Governor (Character) | $12.7M | 1988 |
| 62% | 62% | Clean and Sober | Richard Dirks (Character) | $8.6M | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Broken Vows | Detective Mulligan (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 50% | 63% | No Man's Land | Capt. Haun (Character) | $1.1M | 1987 |
| 91% | 85% | Raising Arizona | Machine Shop Ear-Bender (Character) | $21.1M | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder Ordained | Vern Humphrey (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Abduction of Kari Swenson | Don Nichols (Character) | - | 1987 |
| 86% | 68% | Back to School | Coach Turnbull (Character) | $89.2M | 1986 |
| 31% | 42% | The Best of Times | Charlie (Character) | $5.8M | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hero in the Family | General Presser (Character) | - | 1986 |
| 50% | 45% | Critters | Harv (Character) | $11.3M | 1986 |
| 22% | 49% | Wildcats | Walt Coes (Character) | $23.6M | 1986 |
| 77% | 81% | Fletch | Dr. Joseph Dolan (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 20% | 42% | Missing in Action | Tuck (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | Raw Courage | Col. Crouse (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 94% | 88% | Blood Simple | Private Detective (Character) | $1.7M | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Scandalous | Simon Reynolds (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 90% | 74% | The Pope of Greenwich Village | Burns (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Partners | Joe Kirby (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 74% | 78% | Silkwood | Walt Yarborough (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 80% | 66% | The Escape Artist | Fritz (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 71% | 71% | Cannery Row | Mack (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 90% | 91% | Blade Runner | Captain Bryant (Character) | $3.9M | 1982 |
| 40% | 36% | Back Roads | Arthur (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 89% | 88% | Ordinary People | Coach Salan (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 38% | 28% | Raise the Titanic | Master Chief Vinnie Walker (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | City in Fear | Sheldon Lewis (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane | Harold Patton (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 83% | 84% | The Jerk | Madman (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dear Detective | Unknown (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Question of Guilt | Inspector McCartney (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 75% | 83% | Straight Time | Earl Frank (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Superdome | Whitley (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 33% | 32% | Airport '77 | Dr. Williams (Character) | - | 1977 |
| 85% | 89% | Slap Shot | Dickie Dunn (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Red Alert | Sheriff Sweeney (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Invasion of Johnson County | Irvine (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 87% | 80% | Mikey and Nicky | Bus Driver (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 9% | 47% | Nickelodeon | 'Father' Logan (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sarah T.: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic | Mr. Peterson (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 20% | 40% | At Long Last Love | Harold (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crime Club | Lieutenant Jack Doyle (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 78% | 77% | The Gambler | Las Vegas gambler (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 90% | 88% | Serpico | Chief Gallagher (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 91% | 89% | What's Up, Doc? | Arresting Officer (Character) | - | 1972 |
| 77% | 53% | Escape From the Planet of the Apes | General Winthrop's Aide (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | End of the Road |
Crab Man/ |
- | 1970 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | 94% | Adventure Time | Cosmic Owl (Guest Voice) | 2012-2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pound Puppies | Olaf (Voice) | 2010-2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Army Wives | Bernie Wallacheck (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 'Til Death | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie Lawrence | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| 93% | 95% | Frasier | Rich Koechner (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Visions | Unknown (Character) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot | Unknown (Voice) | 2001 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ed | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| 50% | No Score Yet | Gideon's Crossing | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| 83% | No Score Yet | NYPD Blue | Joe Kroft (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| 74% | 86% | The X-Files | Arthur Dales (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Early Edition | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Unknown (Character) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Home Improvement | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| 82% | 98% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Amazing Stories | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little House on the Prairie | Callahan (Guest Star) | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Starsky and Hutch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gibbsville | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bob Newhart Show | Jack Hoover (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
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