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M. Emmet Walsh, a veteran actor who appeared in more than 150 films, including “Blade Runner,” “Blood Simple” and “Knives Out” and played Dermot Mulroney’s father in “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” has died.
His manager Sandy Joseph confirmed that he died Tuesday in Vermont. He was 88 years old.
In Ridley Scott’s 1982 “Blade Runner,” Walsh was Harrison Ford’s Los Angeles police chief, while he played evil private detective Loren Visser in the Coen brothers’ directorial debut “Blood Simple.” Wearing a sickly yellow suit, Pauline Kael said he was the “only colorful actor” in the film. He builds on the disgusting, but gives it a little twist: a sporty touch.”
His other roles included a corrupt sheriff in the 1986 horror film “Critters” and a small role as a security guard in “Knives Out.”
Walsh appeared in a number of memorable films of the 1970s, including “Little Big Man” with Dustin Hoffman, “What’s Up, Doc?” with Ryan O’Neal and Barbra Streisand, “Slap Shot” with Paul Newman and “The Jerk” with Steve Martin.
The prolific actor with the embarrassed face and distinctive belly appeared in “Fletch,” “Back to School,” “Raising Arizona” and “Twilight.”
Film critic Roger Ebert created the “Stanton-Walsh rule” who maintained that no film with Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be entirely bad, although he admitted that it was not an infallible rule.
Raised in Swanton, Vermont, Walsh made his film debut in “Alice’s Restaurant” in 1969.
He was also active on television, appearing on “Sneaky Pete,” “The Mind of the Married Man” and guest starring on dozens of series, including “Frasier,” “The X-Files,” “NYPD Blue” and “The Bob Newhart.” Show”. .”
He was also in demand as a voice actor, narrating the Ken Burns documentaries “The Civil War” and “Baseball” and providing his voice for “The Iron Giant” and “Pound Puppies.”