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M. Emmet Walsh
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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).
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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).
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Ironside
The X-Files
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Twilight Zone
Frasier
The Waltons
Sneaky Pete
The Outer Limits
Starsky & Hutch
Bonanza
Nichols
Amazing Stories
Damages
The Hitchhiker
McMillan and Wife
Home Improvement
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
The Rockford Files
The Bob Newhart Show
Adventure Time
Ed
Early Edition
Tales from the Crypt
Little House on the Prairie
American Gigolo
All in the Family
The Righteous Gemstones
Empire
Arnie
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
The Flash
AfterMASH
Tracey Takes On...
Midnight Cowboy
Serpico
The Civil War
A Time to Kill
Silkwood
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
Knives Out
Clean and Sober
Wildcats
Romeo + Juliet
Twilight
The Gambler
The Flash
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
A Question of Guilt
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
The Gift
Reds
Mikey and Nicky
Harry and the Hendersons
The Jerk
Grandview, U.S.A.
Brothers
The Mind of the Married Man
Calvary
Big Stan
Fletch
The Sandy Duncan Show
Fourth Story
Camp Nowhere
Red Alert
My Best Friend's Wedding
Brotherhood of the Rose
Probable Cause
Ordinary People
Wild Wild West
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
Snow Dogs
Blade Runner
Night Partners
Christmas with the Kranks
The Immaculate Room
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