M. Emmet Walsh: movies and TV shows
M. Emmet Walsh has 224 credits in the archive: 168 films and 56 TV series, from 1951 to 2025. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2025 · busiest year: 1986 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Green and Gold | Scotty | Film | 7.0 | 90 |
| 2024 | Brothers | Judge Farful | Film | 5.9 | 89 |
| 2024 | Outlaw Posse | Catfish | Film | 4.7 | 89 |
| 2023 | A Little White Lie | Arthur Baldwin | Film | 5.7 | 88 |
| 2023 | Dotty and Soul | Harold Eichelbaum | Film | 4.0 | 88 |
| 2022 | The Immaculate Room | Kate's Father | Film | 5.2 | 87 |
| 2022 | American Gigolo | Coleman | TV | 6.8 | 87 |
| 2021 | The Mimic | The Director | Film | 4.3 | 86 |
| 2019 | The Righteous Gemstones | Roy Gemstone | TV | 7.5 | 84 |
| 2019 | Knives Out | Mr. Proofroc | Film | 7.8 | 84 |
| 2019 | Raising Buchanan | Larry Kiesling | Film | 5.7 | 84 |
| 2019 | Faith, Hope & Love | Fr. John | Film | 7.5 | 84 |
| 2019 | Sorry, Not Sorry | Harry's Father | Film | 6.0 | 84 |
| 2019 | South of Bix | Grandpa | Film | 5.8 | 84 |
| 2018 | Change in the Air | Walter Lemke | Film | 5.7 | 83 |
| 2018 | Toto | Toto | Film | — | 83 |
| 2018 | Shifting Gears | Hank | Film | 6.5 | 83 |
| 2015 | Sneaky Pete | Tex Hopkins | TV | 7.5 | 80 |
| 2015 | Empire | Harold Blakeley | TV | 7.1 | 80 |
| 2015 | The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power | Gorak | Film | 5.1 | 80 |
| 2015 | Boiling Pot | Dean Marison | Film | 5.2 | 80 |
| 2014 | Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories | Detective | TV | 7.1 | 79 |
| 2014 | Calvary | The Writer | Film | 7.1 | 79 |
| 2012 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Uncle Bub | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 2012 | Arthur Newman | Zazek | Film | 5.6 | 77 |
| 2012 | Love Sick Love | Ed | Film | 5.5 | 77 |
| 2011 | Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency | Chief Van Owen | Film | 4.8 | 76 |
| 2010 | Adventure Time | Cosmic Owl (voice) | TV | 8.5 | 75 |
| 2010 | Pound Puppies | Olaf (voice) | TV | 5.3 | 75 |
| 2010 | Chasing 3000 | Chuck Ireland | Film | 6.2 | 75 |
| 2010 | The Assignment | Mr. Beudreaux | Film | 6.5 | 75 |
| 2009 | Youth in Revolt | Mr. Saunders | Film | 6.1 | 74 |
| 2009 | Don McKay | Samuel | Film | 4.9 | 74 |
| 2008 | Your Name Here | Kroger | Film | 3.3 | 73 |
| 2008 | A True Character | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2008 | Haunted Echoes | Neil | Film | 4.2 | 73 |
| 2007 | Army Wives | Bernie Wallacheck | TV | 7.5 | 72 |
| 2007 | Damages | Lyle Hewes | TV | 7.4 | 72 |
| 2007 | Big Stan | Lew Popper | Film | 6.6 | 72 |
| 2007 | Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner | Self | Film | 7.8 | 72 |
| 2007 | Man in the Chair | Mickey Hopkins | Film | 6.5 | 72 |
| 2006 | 'Til Death | Uncle Rudolph | TV | 6.5 | 71 |
| 2005 | Racing Stripes | Woodzie | Film | 5.9 | 70 |
| 2005 | Greener Mountains | Muggs | Film | 5.3 | 70 |
| 2004 | Christmas with the Kranks | Walt Scheel | Film | 6.2 | 69 |
| 2003 | Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales | Wally Westland | Film | 7.9 | 68 |
| 2003 | Charlie Lawrence | Cubby | TV | 8.0 | 68 |
| 2003 | Baggage | Sandy Westphall | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 2002 | What's New, Scooby-Doo? | Jeb (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 67 |
| 2002 | Snow Dogs | George | Film | 5.6 | 67 |
| 2001 | The Guardian | Ezra Pence | TV | 7.1 | 66 |
| 2001 | Night Visions | Gus (segment "Reunion") | TV | 7.1 | 66 |
| 2001 | Eyeball Eddie | Coach Cook | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 2001 | Christmas in the Clouds | Stu O'Malley | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 2000 | Ed | Mayor Wally Kendricks | TV | 7.7 | 65 |
| 2000 | Poor White Trash | Judge Pike | Film | 4.5 | 65 |
| 2000 | On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' | Self | Film | 7.7 | 65 |
| 2000 | Jack of Hearts | Comissioner Menlo Boyce | Film | 2.9 | 65 |
| 1999 | The Iron Giant | Earl Stutz (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1999 | Wild Wild West | Coleman | Film | 5.3 | 64 |
| 1999 | The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot | Mack (voice) | TV | 7.2 | 64 |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Billy (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 64 |
| 1999 | Me and Will | Dean | Film | 5.4 | 64 |
| 1999 | Monster! | Lloyd Reeves | Film | 5.0 | 64 |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Gemsbok #1 (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1998 | Men in White | Stanley | Film | 3.8 | 63 |
| 1998 | Twilight | Lester Ivar | Film | 6.1 | 63 |
| 1998 | Chairman of the Board | Freemont | Film | 3.6 | 63 |
| 1998 | Erasable You | Ralph Worth | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 1998 | Nightmare in Big Sky Country | Marshal Jim Phillips | Film | 10.0 | 63 |
| 1997 | My Best Friend's Wedding | Joe O'Neal | Film | 6.6 | 62 |
| 1997 | The Killing Jar | Sheriff Foley | Film | 4.4 | 62 |
| 1997 | Albino Alligator | Dino | Film | 5.7 | 62 |
| 1997 | Retroactive | Sam | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 1996 | Early Edition | Santa | TV | 7.3 | 61 |
| 1996 | Tracey Takes On... | TV | 8.2 | 61 | |
| 1996 | Romeo + Juliet | Apothecary | Film | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1996 | A Time to Kill | Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 61 |
| 1996 | Portraits of a Killer | Raymond Garrison | Film | 4.2 | 61 |
| 1996 | The West | Self (voice) | TV | 8.4 | 61 |
| 1996 | Criminal Hearts | Martin | Film | 4.8 | 61 |
| 1996 | The Lottery | Chief Davis | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Sanford Vallé | TV | 7.7 | 60 |
| 1995 | Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home | Bill Wilcox | Film | 5.9 | 60 |
| 1995 | Panther | Dorsett | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1995 | Dead Badge | Sergeant Miller Hoskins | Film | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1995 | From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Morris | Film | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1994 | Baseball | (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1994 | Cops & Robbersons | Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited) | Film | 5.2 | 59 |
| 1994 | Relative Fear | Earl Ladelle | Film | 5.2 | 59 |
| 1994 | The Glass Shield | Det. Jesse Hall | Film | 5.2 | 59 |
| 1994 | Camp Nowhere | T.R. Polk | Film | 5.9 | 59 |
| 1994 | Probable Cause | Sadler | Film | 4.6 | 59 |
| 1994 | Madness of Method | Rudolph Thorndyke | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Arthur Dales | TV | 8.4 | 58 |
| 1993 | Frasier | Rich Koechner | TV | 7.7 | 58 |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue | Joe Kroft | TV | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1993 | Wilder Napalm | Fire Chief | Film | 5.6 | 58 |
| 1993 | Bitter Harvest | Sheriff Bob | Film | 4.7 | 58 |
| 1993 | The Music of Chance | Calvin Murks | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1992 | Killer Image | John Kane | Film | 4.3 | 57 |
| 1992 | Wild Card | Mose | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1992 | Equinox | Pete Petosa | Film | 5.7 | 57 |
| 1992 | The Naked Truth | Garcia / Gesundheim | Film | 3.1 | 57 |
| 1992 | White Sands | Bert Gibson | Film | 5.9 | 57 |
| 1992 | Four Eyes and Six-Guns | Mayor Thornbush | Film | 3.5 | 57 |
| 1991 | Home Improvement | Colonel | TV | 7.4 | 56 |
| 1991 | Silverfox | Charles Blankenship | Film | — | 56 |
| 1991 | Fourth Story | Harry | Film | 5.4 | 56 |
| 1991 | Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat | Mort | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 1990 | The Flash | Henry Allen | TV | 7.4 | 55 |
| 1990 | The Civil War | Various (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 55 |
| 1990 | The Flash | Henry Allen | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1990 | Narrow Margin | Sergeant Dominick Benti | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1990 | Chattahoochee | Morris | Film | 5.8 | 55 |
| 1990 | Love and Lies | Clyde Wilson | Film | — | 55 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Jonas | TV | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1989 | The Mighty Quinn | Fred Miller | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1989 | Thunderground | Wedge | Film | 4.3 | 54 |
| 1989 | Unsub | Ned Platt | TV | 8.3 | 54 |
| 1989 | Brotherhood of the Rose | Hardy | TV | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1989 | Catch Me... If You Can | Johnny Phatmun | Film | 5.6 | 54 |
| 1988 | War Party | Colin Ditweiler | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1988 | Red Scorpion | Dewey Ferguson | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1988 | The Milagro Beanfield War | Governor | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1988 | Sunset | Chief Marvin Dibner | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1988 | Clean and Sober | Richard Dirks | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1987 | Raising Arizona | Machine Shop Ear-Bender | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1987 | Harry and the Hendersons | George Henderson Sr. | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1987 | The Abduction of Kari Swenson | Don Nichols | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1987 | No Man's Land | Captain Haun | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1987 | Murder Ordained | Vern Humphrey | TV | 5.1 | 52 |
| 1987 | Broken Vows | Detective Mulligan | Film | 4.8 | 52 |
| 1987 | Murder Ordained | Vern Humphrey | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 1986 | Resting Place | Sarge | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1986 | The Deliberate Stranger | Det. Sam Davies | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1986 | Critters | Harv | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1986 | Hero in the Family | General Presser | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1986 | Back to School | Coach Turnbull | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1986 | The Right of the People | Sindaco | Film | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1986 | The Deliberate Stranger | Det. Sam Davies | TV | — | 51 |
| 1986 | Wildcats | Walt Coes | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1986 | The Best of Times | Charlie | Film | 5.6 | 51 |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Peter (segment "Dealer's Choice") | TV | 7.7 | 50 |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Grandpa | TV | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1985 | Blood Simple | Private Detective | Film | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1985 | Fletch | Dr. Joseph Dolan | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1985 | The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn | Rocco | Film | — | 50 |
| 1984 | Missing in Action | Tuck | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1984 | Grandview, U.S.A. | Mr. Clark | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1984 | Courage | Colonel Crouse | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1984 | The Pope of Greenwich Village | Burns | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1984 | Scandalous | Simon Reynolds | Film | 4.7 | 49 |
| 1984 | The Outlaws | Warden MacDonald | Film | — | 49 |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker | Detective Underhill | TV | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1983 | AfterMASH | Reverend Horn | TV | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1983 | Silkwood | Walt Yarborough | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1983 | The Woman Who Willed a Miracle | Joe Lemke | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1983 | Night Partners | Joe Kirby | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1982 | Blade Runner | Bryant | Film | 7.9 | 47 |
| 1982 | The Escape Artist | Fritz | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1982 | Cannery Row | Mack | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1982 | Fast-Walking | Sergeant Sanger | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1981 | Back Roads | Arthur | Film | 5.4 | 46 |
| 1981 | East of Eden | Sheriff Horace Quinn | TV | 7.4 | 46 |
| 1981 | Reds | Speaker at Liberal Club | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1981 | Hellinger's Law | Mr. Graebner | Film | 8.8 | 46 |
| 1980 | Ordinary People | Swim Coach | Film | 7.4 | 45 |
| 1980 | Brubaker | C.P. Woodward | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1980 | Skag | Moran | Film | — | 45 |
| 1980 | Raise the Titanic | Master Chief Vinnie Walker | Film | 5.4 | 45 |
| 1980 | City in Fear | Sheldon Lewis | Film | 5.7 | 45 |
| 1980 | High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane | Harold Patton | Film | 4.7 | 45 |
| 1979 | The Jerk | Madman | Film | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1979 | No Other Love | DeFranco | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1979 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Wally Cantrell | Film | 5.6 | 44 |
| 1979 | The French Atlantic Affair | Harry | TV | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1979 | The Gift | Legion Commander | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1979 | Dear Detective | Capt. Gorcey | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1978 | Straight Time | Earl Frank | Film | 7.2 | 43 |
| 1978 | A Question of Guilt | Inspector McCartney | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1978 | Superdome | Whitley | Film | 4.7 | 43 |
| 1977 | Slap Shot | Dickie Dunn | Film | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1977 | Airport '77 | Dr. Williams | Film | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1977 | Red Alert | Sheriff Sweeney | Film | 5.5 | 42 |
| 1976 | Mikey and Nicky | Bus Driver | Film | 6.9 | 41 |
| 1976 | Nickelodeon | "Father" Logan | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1976 | Gibbsville | Yostie | TV | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1976 | Bound for Glory | Husband | Film | 6.9 | 41 |
| 1976 | The Invasion of Johnson County | Irvine | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | Freddie | TV | 7.3 | 40 |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | Lloyd Herman Eckworth | TV | 7.3 | 40 |
| 1975 | Baretta | TV | 6.5 | 40 | |
| 1975 | Crime Club | Jack Doyle | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1975 | Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic | Mr. Peterson | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1975 | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Doorman | Film | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1975 | At Long Last Love | Harold | Film | 5.1 | 40 |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie | Callahan | TV | 7.9 | 39 |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Edgar Burch | TV | 7.6 | 39 |
| 1974 | The Gambler | Las Vegas Gambler | Film | 6.7 | 39 |
| 1973 | Serpico | Gallagher | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1973 | Kid Blue | Barber | Film | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1972 | The Waltons | David Fletcher | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1972 | The Bob Newhart Show | Jack Hoover | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1972 | What's Up, Doc? | Arresting Officer | Film | 7.4 | 37 |
| 1972 | Get to Know Your Rabbit | Mr. Wendel | Film | 5.0 | 37 |
| 1972 | The Sandy Duncan Show | TV | 10.0 | 37 | |
| 1971 | All in the Family | Billy Hartfield | TV | 7.8 | 36 |
| 1971 | McMillan & Wife | Officer Ames | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1971 | Nichols | Gabe McCutcheon | TV | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1971 | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Aide | Film | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1971 | They Might Be Giants | 1st Sanitation Man | Film | 6.9 | 36 |
| 1971 | Cold Turkey | Art | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1970 | Arnie | TV | 5.3 | 35 | |
| 1970 | Little Big Man | Shotgun Guard | Film | 7.4 | 35 |
| 1970 | The Traveling Executioner | Warden Brodski | Film | 5.9 | 35 |
| 1970 | End of the Road | Crab Man / Tutu Man | Film | 5.1 | 35 |
| 1969 | Midnight Cowboy | Bus Passenger (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1969 | Stiletto | Racing Partner (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 34 |
| 1969 | Alice's Restaurant | Group W Sergeant | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1967 | Ironside | Telegraph Clerk | TV | 6.9 | 32 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Mattheson | TV | 7.5 | 24 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | General Presser | TV | 7.9 | 19 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Sarge | TV | 8.8 | 16 |