By Legendary American character actor M. Emmet Walsh, who has appeared in over 200 films and television series, has died. He was 88.
His manager, Sandy Joseph, confirmed that he died Tuesday, passing away from a cardiac arrest at Kerbs Memorial Hospital in St. Albans, Vermont.
Walsh appeared in 1969 in a small role as a bus passenger in John Schlesinger’s “Midnight Cowboy”. From that point on he never stopped working right up until his final film “Outlaw Posse” which hit digital this month.
He was the lead in the Coen Brothers’ first film “Blood Simple,” had a memorable supporting turn as Captain Bryant in Ridley Scott’s “Blade Runner,” was cynical sports writer Dickie Dunn in “Slap Shot,” a crazed sniper in Steve Martin’s “The Jerk,” a doctor in “Fletch,” and a diving coach in “Back to School”.
His resume is packed with classics (and some not so classics) in which he often played small memorable roles – “Serpico,” “Bound for Glory,” “What’s Up, Doc?,” “The Gambler,” “Escape from the Planet of the Apes,” “Ordinary People,” “Reds,” “Raise the Titanic,” “Missing in Action,” “Silkwood,” “Raising Arizona,” “Critters,” “Harry and the Hendersons,” “Narrow Margin,” “Romeo + Juliet,” “A Time to Kill,” “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “The Iron Giant,” “Wild Wild West,” “Snow Dogs,” “Calvary” and “Knives Out” just to name a few.
He was even more prolific in television with his first role in multiple episodes of “The Doctors” in 1968 through to his final appearance in Showtime’s “American Gigolo” series in 2022. In between he guest starred on countless series from “The X-Files” and “Frasier” to “Damages,” “The Righteous Gemstones,” “NYPD Blue,” “The Flash,” “Home Improvement,” “Tales from the Crypt,” “Starsky and Hutch,” “Baretta,” “Bonanza” and more.
Our sincerest condolences go out to his family and friends and many fans.
Source: USA Today
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