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M. Emmet Walsh, Actor in ‘Blood Simple’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ Dies at 88
The Spirit Award winner, adept at comedy as well as drama, also was memorable in 'The Jerk,' 'Slap Shot,' 'Brubaker' and 'Critters.'
He played an army recruitment sergeant in Alice’s Restaurant(1969), a prison guard in Little Big Man(1970), a doctor in Airport ’77(1977), Dustin Hoffman ‘s belligerent parole office caught with his pants down in Straight Time(1978), a corrupt lumber merchant in Brubaker(1980), the police chief in Critters(1986), a governor in The Milagro Beanfield War(1988) and a sheriff in Bitter Harvest(1993). Walsh also is fondly remembered for his winning performances as the humble sportswriter Dickie Dunn in Slap Shot(1977), as the relentlessly demented sniper determined to put a bullet in Steve Martin in The Jerk(1979) and as Michael Keaton ‘s sponsor in Clean and Sober(1988). He also kept busy as a voiceover actor ( Ken Burns ‘ 1990 documentary series The Civil War, 1999’s The Iron Giant) and as a guest star on TV ( All in the Family, Ironside, Bonanza, The Bob Newhart Show, The Rockford Files, Little House on the Prairie, Home Improvement, The X-Files, NYPD Blue, Frasier, Empire and The Righteous Gemstones).
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