Memorable roles by Walsh included a Texas private detective in the Coen brothers' 'Blood Simple' and a doctor who gives Chevy Chase an uncomfortable exam in 'Fletch.'
M. Emmet Walsh, the character actor who brought his unmistakable face and unsettling presence to films including "Blood Simple" and "Blade Runner," has died at age 88, his manager said Wednesday.
M. Emmet Walsh arrives at the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards, March 1, 2014, in Santa Monica, Calif.Joel and Ethan Coen said they wrote the part for Walsh, who would win the first Film Independent Spirit Award for best male lead for the role.Roger Ebert once observed that "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad."
Born Michael Emmet Walsh, his characters led people to believe he was from the American South, but he could hardly have been from any further north. He acted exclusively on the stage, with no intention of doing otherwise, for a decade, working in summer stock and repertory companies. "My agent called with a script written by some kids for a low-budget movie," Walsh told The Guardian in 2017. "It was a Sydney Greenstreet kind of role, with a Panama suit and the hat. I thought it was kinda fun and interesting. They were 100 miles away in Austin, so I went down there early one day before shooting."
In the film he plays Loren Visser, a detective asked to trail a man's wife, then is paid to kill her and her lover.
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