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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
Sneaky Pete
The Outer Limits
Bonanza
Starsky & Hutch
Nichols
Amazing Stories
The Wild Thornberrys
Damages
The Hitchhiker
The Waltons
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
Silkwood
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
Knives Out
The Gambler
Clean and Sober
Wildcats
Romeo + Juliet
Twilight
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
A Question of Guilt
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Reds
Harry and the Hendersons
The Gift
Mikey and Nicky
The Jerk
Grandview, U.S.A.
The Sandy Duncan Show
The Mind of the Married Man
Big Stan
Calvary
Fletch
Camp Nowhere
Brotherhood of the Rose
Brothers
Red Alert
Fourth Story
My Best Friend's Wedding
Blade Runner
Wild Wild West
Ordinary People
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
Probable Cause
Snow Dogs
The Flash
Christmas with the Kranks
The Immaculate Room
Night Partners
Missing in Action
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
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