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