M. Emmet Walsh

Actor

Filmography (All Films)

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Alice's Restaurant (1969): Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Arlo Guthrie, Patricia Quinn, James Broderick…; Loosely built around the adventures of hippie troubadour Arlo Guthrie (son of Woody and star of WOODSTOCK), as he wanders rural America asking…
Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972): Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. John Astin, Tom Smothers, Allen Garfield…; Quirky Brian de Palma comedy about an exec who wants to become a tapdancing magician.
What's Up Doc? (1972): Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn…; Creditable homage to the screwball farces of Hawks and Sturges, with Barbara Streisand as the wildcard in the life of musicologist Ryan O’Neal.…
Mikey and Nicky (1976): Dir. Elaine May
Feat. Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty…; Loosely improvised drama, with a wild–eyed John Cassavetes calling on old pal Peter Falk to help escape the Mob. Turns out he may not be such a…
Slap Shot (1977): Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean…; Violent ice–hockey scenes jostle with profane humour in this ironic sports–flick based around a failing minor–league team, coached…
Straight Time (1978): Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, M. Emmet Walsh, Harry Dean Stanton…; Dustin Hoffman is brilliantly convincing as a convicted felon fighting a losing battle to go straight after a six year jail term, as are most aspects…
Ordinary People (1980): Dir. Robert Redford
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch…; Mary Tyler Moore contends with familial troubles of the well–heeled in Robert Redford's directing debut.
Brubaker (1980): Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Alexander…; Straight–edged prison drama based around the true story of a warden who disguised himself as a convict in order to expose the corruptions of…
East of Eden (TV Mini-series) (1981): Dir. Harvey Hart
Feat. Timothy Bottoms, Jane Seymour, Bruce Boxleitner…; Over six hours long, this sumptuous Emmy and Golden Globe winning mini–series, adapts Steinbeck’s quintessential novel "more fully and…
Blood Simple (1984): Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya…; A humdinger debut from the Coen Brothers, who teasingly draw out the sinister activities of shady activities of shady rednecks before nailing things…
Missing in Action (1984): Dir. Joseph Zito
Feat. Chuck Norris, M. Emmet Walsh; Simplistic but iconic 80s actioner, with Norris as a RAMBO–figure, a Vietnam Vet who returns to liberate POWs from their jungle hellholes.…
Critters (1986): Dir. Stephen Herek
Feat. M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Zane; A gang of teeth–knashing alien fur–balls who have escaped from 'space prison' invade smalltown Kansas and terrorize the locals, cutting…
Clean and Sober (1988): Dir. Glenn Gordon Caron
Feat. Michael Keaton, Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman…; Unflinching, powerful drama with Michael Keaton utterly convincing as a real estate broker who decides to lay low at a drug rehabilitation facility…
Brotherhood Of The Rose (Mini-Series) (1989): Feat. Robert Mitchum, David Morse, Peter Strauss…; Mini–series from author David Morrell about two orphans raised to be super–soldier CIA operatives who become embroiled in an…
Mighty Quinn, The (1989): Dir. Carl Schenkel
Feat. Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, Mimi Rogers…; Entertaining Caribbean caper stars Denzel as the chief of police on a tropical island who is suddenly thrust into action when his crooked best friend…
Narrow Margin (1990): Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B. Sikking…; Gene Hackman stars in this remake of the 1952 classic about a protected witness who must testify against a mob killing. All set on a fast moving…
Flash, The (TV Series) (1991): Feat. John Wesley Shipp, Amanda Pays, M. Emmet Walsh…; Vastly underrated TV adaptation of the DC comicbook hero, in which a forensic detective (Shipp) has a laboratory accident which causes the molecules…
White Sands (1992): Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke…; When Deputy Willem Dafoe discovers a dead man and half a million bucks, we know something is mighty queer. Enter Mickey Rourke and all is explained.
Music of Chance, The (1993): Dir. Philip Haas
Feat. James Spader, Mandy Patinkin, Charles Durning…; Impressively cast against type, James Spader's slimy card shark entices broken family man Mandy Patinkin to accept a poker challenge by two eccentric…
Panther (1995): Dir. Mario Van Peebles
Feat. Kadeem Hardison, Bokeem Woodbine, Joe Don Baker…; Released to some controversy, this relates the saga of the 60s community group–turned–'urban guerillas', the Black Panthers. A violent,…
Albino Alligator (1996): Dir. Kevin Spacey
Feat. Matt Dillon, Viggo Mortensen, Faye Dunaway…; Directing debut for Kevin Spacey, reupholsters a classic crime plot, with all the mordant, cold–blooded wit of his acting. Matt Dillon and his…
Christmas with the Kranks (2004): Dir. Joe Roth
Feat. Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd…; A yuletide chucklefest, with Allen and Curtis playing a suburban couple, the Kranks, who decide to opt out of Christmas celebrations when their…
Racing Stripes (2005): Dir. Frederik Du Chau
Feat. Bruce Greenwood, M. Emmet Walsh, Hayden Panettiere; Likable family comedy has 'Stripes' the zebra (voiced by Frankie Muniz) growing up on a farm believing he is a racehorse and being humoured by other…
Youth in Revolt (2009): Dir. Miguel Arteta
Feat. Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Zach Galifianakis…; Perfectly typecast, Michael Cera plays an adorable, sexually–frustrated "nice guy" who invents a trouble–making alter ego –…
Moment of Truth, The (Don McKay) (2009): Dir. Jake Goldberger
Feat. Thomas Haden Church, Elisabeth Shue, Melissa Leo…; Quirky thriller with a downtrodden janitor lured back to his hometown by a letter from an old flame but upon his return he soon finds things are not…
Odd Life of Timothy Green, The (2012): Dir. Peter Hedges
Feat. Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, CJ Adams…; A married couple struggling to start a new family are greeting in the aftermath of a storm by a curious young boy on their doorstep in this…
Arthur Newman (2012): Dir. Dante Ariola
Feat. Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, Anne Heche…; Two troubled souls trying to leave their pasts behind shack up in this moody American road movie, a fine vehicle for the talents of Colin Firth and…
Calvary (2014): Dir. John Michael McDonagh
Feat. Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly…; A small–town priest has a crisis of faith when a death threat is passed onto him during confessional.

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M. Emmet Walsh

Filmography (All Films)