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Acting

M. Emmet Walsh

Career: Active from 1970 to 2025, busiest in 1986 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 25
top three billing

Average score: 52/100

Highest rated: The Music of Chance
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 163 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

M. Emmet Walsh Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Melancholy
4.1, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 12
Nostalgic 6
Political Intrigue 5
Social Commentary 5
Family-Friendly 5
Character Study 4
Historical Drama 4
Psychological Drama 4
Crime Drama 4
High Stakes 4
Psychological Thriller 4
Feel-Good Movie 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

218

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

8 titles · average score 48

Green and Gold

60

as Scotty

Brothers

48

as Judge Farful

Outlaw Posse

45

as Catfish

A Little White Lie

53

as Arthur Baldwin

Dotty and Soul

as Harold Eichelbaum

The Immaculate Room

42

as Kate's Father

American Gigolo

49

TV show · as Coleman

The Mimic

43

as The Director

2010s

23 titles · average score 60

Faith, Hope & Love

46

as Fr. John

Knives Out

85

as Mr. Proofroc

Raising Buchanan

as Larry Kiesling

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

37

as Gorak

Boiling Pot

65

as Dean Marison

Empire

70

TV show · as Harold Blakeley

Calvary

78

as The Writer

Arthur Newman

41

as Zazek

Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency

as Chief Van Owen

Pound Puppies

38

TV show · as Olaf (voice)

Adventure Time

93

TV show · as Cosmic Owl (voice)

The Assignment

as Mr. Beudreaux

2000s

24 titles · average score 55

Youth in Revolt

62

as Mr. Saunders

Don McKay

38

as Samuel

Haunted Echoes

26

as Neil

Big Stan

34

as Lew Popper

Man in the Chair

48

as Mickey Hopkins

Damages

83

TV show · as Lyle Hewes

Army Wives

67

TV show · as Bernie Wallacheck

Racing Stripes

47

as Woodzie

Christmas with the Kranks

33

as Walt Scheel

Snow Dogs

40

as George

The Guardian

68

TV show · as Ezra Pence

Jack of Hearts

as Comissioner Menlo Boyce

1990s

57 titles · average score 57

Wild Wild West

37

as Coleman

Men in White

35

as Stanley

My Best Friend's Wedding

64

as Joe O'Neal

Criminal Hearts

47

as Martin

Dead Badge

as Sergeant Miller Hoskins

Camp Nowhere

38

as T.R. Polk

The Music of Chance

87

as Calvin Murks

The X-Files

76

TV show · as Arthur Dales

Killer Image

35

as John Kane

White Sands

45

as Bert Gibson

as Charles Blankenship

Narrow Margin

61

as Sergeant Dominick Benti

1980s

57 titles · average score 60

Unsub

TV show · as Ned Platt

Red Scorpion

33

as Dewey Ferguson

The Abduction of Kari Swenson

59

as Don Nichols

Broken Vows

52

as Detective Mulligan

Critters

55

as Harv

The Deliberate Stranger

69

TV show · as Det. Sam Davies

Blood Simple

83

as Private Detective

Fletch

72

as Dr. Joseph Dolan

Missing in Action

43

as Tuck

Courage

62

as Colonel Crouse

Blade Runner

85

as Bryant

Ordinary People

83

as Swim Coach

1970s

42 titles · average score 63

Straight Time

74

as Earl Frank

Starsky & Hutch

78

TV show · as Freddie / Lloyd Herman Eckworth

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

60

as Mr. Peterson

Baretta

44

TV show

Little House on the Prairie

82

TV show · as Callahan

The Rockford Files

82

TV show · as Edgar Burch

Serpico

83

as Gallagher

The Sandy Duncan Show

TV show

The Waltons

65

TV show · as David Fletcher

The Bob Newhart Show

83

TV show · as Jack Hoover

All in the Family

82

TV show · as Billy Hartfield

The Traveling Executioner

60

as Warden Brodski

1960s

4 titles · average score 60

Midnight Cowboy

82

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Alice's Restaurant

62

as Group W Sergeant

Stiletto

52

as Racing Partner (uncredited)

Ironside

45

TV show · as Telegraph Clerk

1950s

3 titles · average score 79

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Mattheson

The Wonderful World of Disney

81

TV show · as General Presser

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Sarge