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M. Emmet Walsh attends the premiere of “Knives Out” at Regency Village Theater on November 14, 2019 in Los Angeles.
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M. Emmet Walsh, a celebrated character actor with credits including “Bounty hunter”, “Blood Simple” and “Knives Out” are dead. She was 88 years old.
The news was confirmed by Walsh’s manager, Sandra L. Joseph, who said the actor died Tuesday in a Vermont hospital after going into cardiac arrest.
Walsh’s career spanned six decades and saw the actor perform on screens big and small, racking up more than 230 credits on IMDb, as well as in theater.
Among many notable film roles, the actor will be remembered for playing the groom’s father in the late ’90s Julia Roberts film “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” and as the local sheriff in the B-movie horror comedy from the 80s “Critters”. His role as the stern Los Angeles police chief to Harrison Ford’s agent in Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic “Blade Runner” helped give the sci-fi film its unmistakable noir edge.
On television, Walsh appeared in a host of beloved comedies and dramas, including “Frasier,” “The X-Files,” “NYPD Blue,” “Damages,” “The Twilight Zone” and “The Bob Newhart Show.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.