M. Emmet Walsh
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M. Emmet Walsh Biography
Michael Emmet Walsh (born March 22, 1935) is an American actor who has appeared in over 100 film and television productions. Walsh, an Irish American, was born in Ogdensburg, New York, the son of Agnes Kathrine (née Sullivan) and Harry Maurice Walsh, Sr., a customs agent. He was raised in a rural area of Vermont. After attending college at Clarkson University, he came to prominence in the 1978 crime drama, Straight Time, in which he played a sadistic parole officer. One of his most acclaimed roles was as Bryant in Ridley Scott`s cult classic Blade Runner. Another notable role is as the double crossing private detective in Blood Simple (1984) for which he won the 1986 Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. Walsh made occasional guest appearances on Home Improvement as Tim Allen`s father-in-law. In Christmas with the Kranks, he played one of Allen`s neighbors. He also appeared as Alex Lembeck, a motorcycle cop who appointed himself as Sandy Stockton`s (Sandy Duncan) chaperone/ protector on The Sandy Duncan Show in 1972. According to Roger Ebert`s Stanton-Walsh Rule, "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad." Ebert later conceded that this rule was broken by 1999`s Wild Wild West.

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    Name M. Emmet Walsh
    (Michael Emmet Walsh)
    Age 74
    Build Large
    Hair Color Grey
    Date of Birth March 22, 1935
    Birthplace Ogdensburg, New York
    Star Sign Aries
    Nationality American
    Ethnicity White
    Occupation Actor
    Celebrity Index M.
    Claim to Fame Blood Simple

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  • I approach each job thinking I may die of a heart attack, so it had better be the best work possible.
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  • I`m being paid for what I`d do for nothing.
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  • I don`t have an ego when I get the work. If I`m playing a doctor I want you to see a doctor. I don`t want you to see an Emmet Walsh doctor and that`s I think been the confusion with my career. People know my work, but they don`t know who I am. I`ve always had fun hiding in the character.
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  • Has been deaf in his left ear since age three.
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  • Critic Roger Ebert so admires him that he created the "Stanton-Walsh Rule," which states that "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad." Ebert later admitted this rule was broken by Wild Wild West (1999), in which Walsh appeared.
    (imdb.com)
  • Attended Tilton School in Tilton, N.H.
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  • Appeared in the pilot episode of "The Bob Newhart Show" (1972).
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  • Graduated from the Clarkson University School of Business.
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  • Keeps a home in rural West Swanton, Vermont.
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  • In Christmas with the Kranks (2004), he plays a neighbor of Tim Allen. He played Allen's father-in-law on "Home Improvement" (1991).
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  • Was roommates with actor William Devane in college.
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