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M Emmet Walsh, Blade Runner, Blood Simple and Knives Out actor, dies aged 88
Character actor, who appeared in more than 220 roles across seven decades, died in Vermont on Tuesday
He played a sportswriter in the Paul Newman sports comedy Slap Shot (1977), Dustin Hoffman’s parole office in Straight Time (1978), the sniper hunting down Steve Martin in The Jerk (1979), and the LAPD boss who brings Harrison Ford out of retirement in Blade Runner (1982). Photograph: TCD/Prod.DB/AlamyHe played small roles in Fletch (1985), horror flick Critters (1986), Nicolas Cage’s chatty co-worker in Raising Arizona (1987), John Lithgow’s father in Harry and the Hendersons (1987), and Michael Keaton’s sponsor in Clean and Sober (1988). He was known for his dry delivery and ability to talk on both menacing and comedic roles – and sometimes both at the same time, like as Loren Visser, the double-crossing private detective in the Coen brothers’ 1984 feature debut Blood Simple.
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