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M. Emmet Walsh, 'Blade Runner' and 'Knives Out' Actor, Dead at 88

The actor also played Dermot Mulroney's dad in 'My Best Friend's Wedding.'

Of his other credits, Walsh portrayed Harrison Ford's Los Angeles Police Department boss in Ridley Scott's 1982 futuristic thriller, Blade Runner, and had a role in the Coen Brothers' 1984 movie, Blood Simple. As for TV, Walsh was a series regular on Sneaky Pete and The Mind of the Married Man and also had guest roles on Frasier, Home Improvement, The X-Files, NYPD Blue, Army Wives, Damages, McMillan & Wife, The Twilight Zone, The Bob Newhart Show, The Rockford Files and The Waltons. More recently, Walsh played an elderly security guard in Rian Johnson's 2019 murder-mystery comedy, Knives Out, and also had parts in Brothers,God Loves the Green Bay Packers and The Righteous Gemstones.

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