M. Emmet Walsh
M. Emmet Walsh as the private detective in 'Blood Simple'
Birth name	Michael Emmet Walsh
Born	March 22, 1935 (1935-03-22) (age 72) Ogdensburg, New York, USA

Michael Emmet Walsh (born March 22, 1935 in Ogdensburg, New York) is an American character actor who has appeared in over 100 film and television productions. He first came to prominence in the 1978 crime drama, "Straight Time," in which he played a sadistic parole officer. One of his most acclaimed roles was as Bryant in Ridley Scott's cult classic Blade Runner. Another notable role is as the double crossing private detective in Blood Simple (1984) for which he won the 1986 Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. Hustles people at the Champlain Country Club back in his home state of Vermont. He likes to give out silver dimes as ball markers to anyone he plays with. Image File history File links M_Emmet_Walsh_as_the_private_dective_in_the_Coen_brothers_movie_Blood_Simple. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Ogdensburg is a city located in St. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Ogdensburg is a city located in St. ... A character actor is an actor, especially in motion pictures, who predominantly performs in similar roles throughout the course of a career. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30, 1937 in South Shields, County Durham) is an influential Academy Award-nominated English film director, and producer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Blade Runner is a 1982 cyberpunk, neo-noir film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. ... Blood Simple is a neo-noir film, the debut of Joel and Ethan Coen, writers and directors of Fargo, The Man Who Wasnt There, and Raising Arizona, among others. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Founded in 1984, the Independent Spirit Awards were originally known as the FINDIE (Friends of Independents) Awards and presented winners with Plexiglas pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. ...

Selected Filmography

• What's Up Doc?, (1972) Arresting Officer
• Get to Know Your Rabbit, (1972) Mr. Wendel
• Kid Blue, (1973) Jonesy
• Serpico, (1973) Chief Ghallagher
• Doctor Dan, (1974) Mr. Wallace
• At Long Last Love, (1975) Harold
• Crime Club, (1975) Lt. Jack Doyle
• The Invasion of Johnson County, (1976) Irvine
• Mikey and Nicky, (1976) Bus Driver
• Slap Shot, (1976) Dickie Dunn
• Airport '77, (1977) Dr. Williams
• Red Alert, (1977) Sherrif Sweeney
• Superdome, (1978) Whitley
• A Question of Guilt, (1978) McCarthy
• Straight Time, (1978) Earl Frank
• Dear Detective, (1979) Capt. Gorcey
• The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, (1979) Wally Cantrell
• The Jerk, (1979) Madman
• Brubaker, (1980) C.P. Woodward
• Raise the Titanic, (1980) Master Chief Walker
• Ordinary People, (1980) Coach Salan
• Black Roads, (1981) Arthur
• Cannery Row, (1982) Mack
• The Escape Artist, (1982) Fritz
• Blade Runner, (1982) Bryant
• Fast-Walking, (1983) Sergeant Sanger
• Silkwood, (1983) Walt Yarborough
• Courage, (1984) Colonel Crouse
• Grandview, U.S.A., (1984) Mr. Clark
• The Pope of Greenwich Village, (1984) Burns
• Blood Simple, (1984) Loren Vesser
• Missing in Action, (1984) Tuck
• Fletch, (1985) Dr. Joseph Dolan
• Wildcats, (1986) Walt Coes
• Critters, (1986) Harv
• Back to School, (1986) Coach Turnbull
• Harry and the Hendersons, (1987) George Henderson Sr.
• No Man's Land, (1987) Capt. Haun
• Clean and Sober, (1988) Richard Dirks
• War Party, (1988) Colin Ditwelier
• Red Scorpion, (1989) Dewey Furguson
• Chattahoochee, (1989) Morris
• Love and Lies, (1990) Clyde Wilson
• The Flash, (1990) Henry Allen
• Fourth Story, (1991) Harry
• Silverfox, (1991) Charles Blankenship
• The Naked Truth, (1992) Garcia
• Killer Image, (1992) John Kane
• White Sands, (1992) Bert Gibson
• Bitter Harvest, (1993) Sherrif Bob
• Relative Fear, (1994) Earl Ladelle
• Camp Nowhere, (1994) T.R. Polk
• The Glass Shield, (1994) Hal
• Criminal Hearts, (1995) Martin
• Dead Badge, (1995) Sgt. Miller Hoskins
• Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, (1995) Bil Wilcox
• The Killing Jar, (1996) Sherrif Foley
• Portraits of a Killer, (1996) Raymond Garrison
• Albino Alligator, (1996) Dino
• William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, (1996) Apothecary
• Retroactive, (1997) Sam
• My Best Friend's Wedding, (1997) Joe O'Neal
• Erasable You, (1998) Ralph Worth
• Nightmare in Big Sky Country, (1998) Marshal Phillips
• Wild Wild West, (1999) Coleman
• The Iron Giant, (1999) Earl Stutz (voice)
• Eyeball Eddie, (2000) Coach Cook
• Jack of Hearts, (2000) Menlo Boyce
• Christmas in the Clouds, (2001) Stu O'Malley
• Snow Dogs, (2002) George Murphy
• Baggage, (2003) Sandy Westphall
• Greener Mountains, (2004) Muggs
• Christmas with the Kranks, (2004) Walt Sheel
• Racing Stripes, (2005) Woodzie
• Chasing 3000, (2006) Chuck Ireland
• Man in the Chair, (2007) Michael Hopkins
• Sherman's Way, (2007) Hoyt

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Trivia

• Walsh made occasional guest appearances on Home Improvement as Tim Allen's father-in-law.

• In Christmas with the Kranks, he plays one of Allen's neighbors.

• Stanton-Walsh Rule: according to Roger Ebert "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad". Ebert later conceded that this rule was broken by 1999's Wild Wild West.

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External links

• M. Emmet Walsh at the Internet Movie Database