M. Emmet Walsh Biography

M. Emmet Walsh, born Michael Emmet Walsh in New York, is an American actor and comedian. He has appeared in more than 200 films and television series. He also had small but important supporting roles at many major studios in the 1970s and 1980s.

M. Emmett Walsh Age

Emmett M. Walsh. He was born on March 22, 1935. Therefore, he is 87 years old as of 2023 and celebrates his birthday on March 22 every year.

M. Emmet Walsh Height and Weight

Emmet Walsh M’s height is 5 feet 10 inches (approximately 178 cm). However, his weight is currently under review.

M. Emmett Walsh Family

Emmett M. Walsh He was born in Ogdensburg, New York, to Agnes Katharine (née Sullivan) and Harry Maurice Walsh Sr. (father). His father is a customs officer and is of Irish descent.

M. Emmett Walsh Education

Emmett M. Walsh grew up in rural Swanton, Vermont. He also graduated from Clarkson University in 1958 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He also received the Golden Knight Award from the Clarkson Alumni Association in 1998.

M. Emmet Walsh’s Career

The 1978 crime film “Straight Time” brought Emmet M. into the limelight, playing the role of a prison officer. He also had a small but memorable role as a badass gunman in Steve Martin’s comedy Jerkass. His role as Captain Harry Bryant in Ridley Scott’s cult film Blade Runner is one of his most famous roles. Moreover, the two-bedroom private detective in Easy Blood (1984) is arguably his best work. This earned him the Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor in 1986.

He is also the husband of Tim Taylor, who made a guest appearance on Home Improvement. In 1992, he played a powerful US senator in David Winning’s “Killer Image”. He also played against one of the Kranks’ closest neighbors on Christmas. In the 1972 film “The Sandy Duncan Show,” he played motorcycle cop Alex Lembeck, who appoints himself as Sandy Stockton’s bodyguard and protector. He also appeared in 1981’s “Little House on the Prairie” and in an episode of the 1976 NBC series “Gibbsville.” In an episode of NYPD Blue, Sipowicz and Dr. Joseph Croft.

Also some of his adventures include small-town hockey player Dickie Dunn in the 1977 hockey movie Slap, scenes from Rodney Dangerfield’s movie Back to School, and a college diving coach.

Filmography

• 1969 – Alice’s Restaurant as Group Sergent, Midnight Cowboy as Bus Passenger, Stiletto as Racing Partner
• 1970 – The Traveling Executioner as Warden Brodski, Little Big Man as Shotgun Guard
• 1971 – Escape from the Planet of the Apes as Aide to General Winthrop, They Might Be Giants as 1st Sanitation Man
• 1972 – What’s Up Doc as Arresting Officer, Get To Know Your Rabbit as Mr. Wendel
• 1973 – Kid Blue as Barber, Serpico as Chief Gallagher
• 1974 – The Gambler as Las Vegas Gambler, At Long Last Love as Harold
• 1975 – Crime Club as Harold, The Prisoner of Second Avenue as Joe
• 1976 – Bound for Glory as Husband, Nickelodeon as Father Logan, Mikey, and Nicky as Bus Driver
• 1977 – Slap Shot as Dickie Dunn, Airport 77 as Dr. Williams
• 1978 – Straight Time as Earl Frank
• 1979 – The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh as Wally Cantrell, The Jerk as Madman

• 1980 – Brubaker as C.P. “Woody” Woodward, Raise the Titanic as Master Chief Walker
• 1981 – Reds as Speaker At Liberal Club, Back Roads as Arthur
  1982 – Cannery Row as Mack, The Escape Artist as Fritz, Blade Runner as Captain Bryant
• 1983 – Silkwood as Walt Yarborough
  1984 – Courage as Colonel Crouse, Missing in Action as Jack “Tuck” Tucker
• 1985 – Fletch as Dr. Joseph Dolan
• 1986 – Wildcats as Walt Coes, Critters as Harvey ‘Harv’, Vanishing America as Earl Crockett
  1987 – No Man’s Land as Captain Haun, Raising Arizona as Machine
• Shop Ear-Bender
• 1988 – The Milagro Beanfield War as Governor, Clean and Sober as Richard Dirk
• 1989 – Chattahoochee as Moris, Thunderground as Wedge
• 1990 – Narrow Margin as Sergeant Dominick Benti

• 1992 – The Naked Truth as Garcia, Killer Image as Senator John Kane, Equinox as Pete Petosa
• 1993 – The Music of Chance as Calvin Murks, Wider Napalm as Fire Chief
• 1994 – Cops & Robbersons as Captain Ted Corbett, The Glass Shield a Detective Jessie Hall
• 1995 – Panther as Dorsett, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Hoem as Bill Wilcox
• 1996 – A Time To Kill as Dr. Bass, William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as Apothecary
• 1997 – My Best Friend’s Wedding as Joe O’Neal
• 1998 – Twilight as Lester Ivar, Erasable You as Ralph Worth, Chairman of the Board as Freemont
• 1999 – Random Hearts as Billy, Me and Will as Dean, Jack of Hearts as Commissioner Menlo Boyce
• 2000 – Poor White Trash as Judge Pike

• 2001 – Eyeball Eddie as Coach Cook, Christmas in the Clouds as Stu O’Malley
• 2002 – Snoe Dogs as George Murphy
• 2003 – Baggage as Sandy Westphall
• 2004 – Christmas with the Kranks as Walt Scheel
• 2005 – Greener Mountain as Muggs, Racing Stripes as Woodie
• 2007 – Man in the Chair as Mickey Hopkins, Big Stan as Lew Popper
• 2008 – Sherman’s Way as Hoyt, Your Name Here as Kroger/Maurice Stanz, Haunted Echoes as Neil
• 2009 – Don McKay as Samuel, Youth in Revolt as Mr. Saunders
• 2010 – Chasing 3000 as Chuck Ireland

• 2012 – Love Sick Love as Ed, Arthur Newman as Zazek
• 2013 – Cigar Man as Cigar Man
• 2014 – Calvary as The Writer
• 2015 – Boiling Pot as Dean Marison, The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power as Gorak
• 2018 – Shifting Gears as Hank, Change in the Air as Walter Lemke
  2019 – Raising Buchanan as Larry Kiesling, Knives Out as Mr.
• Proofroc
• 2020 – The Mimic as The Director
• TBA – The Immaculate Room

Television

• 1968 – The Doctors as Jason Randall
• 1969 – N.Y.P.D as Freibisch
• 1970 – Arnie as Cliff
• 1971 – Julia as Gus Anderson, All in the Family as Bill Hartfield, Bonanza as Mattheson
• 1972 – 1972 – Nichols as Gabe McCutcheon
• 1972 – The Don Rickles Show as Kingston, The Sandy Duncan Show as Alex Lembeck
• 1974 – Amy Prentiss as Tom, Doctor Fran as Mr. Wallace
• 1975 – The Waltons as David Fletcher, The Rockford Files as Edgar Burch
• 1975 – 1976 – Baretta as McDade/Potter
• 1976 – Gibbsville as Yostie
• 1976 – 1978 – Starsky and Hutch as Freddie/Lloyd Herman Eckworth
• 1977 – Red Alert as Sheriff Sweeney, Mary Hartman as Officer Malloy
• 1978 – James at 15 as Coach Fenderson
• 1979 – The Drench Atlantic Affair as Harry, No Other Love as DeFranco, The Gift as Legion Commander
• 1980 – Skag as Moran, City in Fear as Sheldon Lewis

• 1981 – East of Eden as Sheriff Horace Quinn, Little House on the Prairie as Callahan
• 1983 – ABC Afterschool Special as Joe Lempke, Night Partners as Joe Kirby
• 1984 – AfterMASH as Samuel Lynn, The Outlaws as Warden MacDonald
• 1985 – The Twilight Zone as Peter, ABC Weekend Special as Rocco
• 1986 – The Hitchhiker as Detective Underhill, Resting Place as Sergent, Amazing Stories as GrandPa
• 1987 – Broken Vows as Detective Mulligan, Murder Ordained as Vern Humphrey
• 1989 – Brotherhood of the Rose as Hardy, Tales from the Crypt as Jonas
• 1990 – True Betrayal as Clyde Wilson, The Civil War as Various(voice), The Flash as Henry Allen

• 1991 – Deadly Identity as Harry, Silverfox as Charles Blankenship
• 1992 – Wild Card as Mose
• 1993 – The Jackie Thomas Show as Arlen Thomas
• 1994 – Home Improvement as Colonel Fred Patterson, Probable Cause as Sadler
• 1995 – From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler as Morris
• 1996 – The Outer Limits as Sanford Valle, Early Edition as Santa, Madness of Method as Rudolph Thorndyke
• 1998 – Tracey Takes On.. as Jimmy Duff, Men in White as Junior Assistant Dispatch Trainee Stanley Snyder
• 1999 – The X-Files as Arthur Dales, The Wild Thornberrys as Gemsbok #1 (voice)
• 2000 – NYPB Blue as Joe Kroft, Ed as Mayor Wally Kendricks

• 2001 – Gideon’s Crossing as Dr. Matthews, Night Visions as Gus, Frasier as Rich Koechner
• 2002 – What’s New, Scooby-Doo as Jeb (voice)
• 2003 – Charlie Lawrence as Cubby, The Guardian as Ezra Pence
• 2010 – ‘Til Death as Uncle Rudolph
• 2010 – 2013 – Pound Puppies as Olaf(voice)
• 2012 – Army Wives as Bernie Wolzoczak
• 2012 – 2015 – Adventure Time as Cosmic Owl (voice)
• 2014 – Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories as Detective
• 2015 – Empire as Harold Blakeley
• 2019 – The Righteous Gemstones as Mr. Gemstone Senior

M. Emmet Walsh’s Net Worth

Emmet Walsh M’s net worth is $1.5 million