M. Emmet Walsh Dies: Prolific Actor In ‘Blade Runner’, ‘Ordinary People’, ‘Blood Simple’ & Hundreds More Was 88
deadline.comM. Emmet Walsh, the familiar character actor in Blade Runner, Blood Simple, Best Picture Oscar winner Ordinary People, Slap Shot and more than 200 other films and TV shows spanning a half-century, died Tuesday, his rep said.
He was 88. Manager Sandy Joseph told Deadline that Walsh died of cardiac arrest at Kerbs Memorial Hospital in St. Albans, VT.
Walsh began his career guesting on late-1960s TV series before landing bit parts in films including Alice’s Restaurant, Little Big Man and Escape from the Planet of the Apes.
He continued to guest-star in episodes of popular 1960s and ’70s series including Bonanza, All in the Family, Ironside, The Bob Newhart Show, McMillan & Wife, The Rockford Files, The Waltons, Starsky and Hutch, James at 16, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and many more. RELATED: David Soul Dies: ‘Starsky & Hutch’ Star Was 80 He also appeared on the big screen in such ’70s hits as Serpico, What’s Up, Doc?
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