Actor
22 March 1935 to 19 March 2024
An American actor, who earned more than 230 screen credits across a career spanning both film and television. Among some of M Emmet Walsh’s best known work are such films as Serpico (1973), Slap Shot (1977), Straight Time (1978), The Jerk (1979), Brubaker (1980), Ordinary People (1980), Reds (1981), Blade Runner (1982) and Blood Simple (1984). His many television credits included The Sandy Duncan Show (1972), East of Eden (1981), Unsub (1989), Sneaky Pete (2019) and American Gigolo (2022), as well as providing voices for the likes of Pound Puppies (2010-2013) and Adventure Time (2012-2015) and narrating documentaries, including the nine-part The Civil War (1990).
Read M Emmet Walsh's Guardian obituary
