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Post by petrolino on May 8, 2020 0:29:06 GMT
If I personally think of Charles Durning as the consummate character actor, M. Emmet Walsh isn't far off (though he can't dance like Durning). One of Walsh's greatest supporters was film critic Roger Ebert who felt he could pretty much do it all.
Do you have any special memories of M. Emmet Walsh?
"He hates these cans!"
Thanks.
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Post by jervistetch on May 8, 2020 0:56:19 GMT
As Dustin Hoffman’s parole officer in STRAIGHT TIME  As the private dick in BLOOD SIMPLE  |
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Post by Captain Spencer on May 8, 2020 0:57:11 GMT
I think it's safe to say that M. Emmet Walsh stole the show in Blood Simple as the slimy private investigator. Great in every scene he was in.
And he was memorable in Slap Shot as sports journalist Dickie Dunn. So funny when he says to the Hansons "I tried to capture the spirit of the thing" and they just glare at him.
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Post by rudeboy on May 8, 2020 1:13:46 GMT
It has always seemed unfair that Walsh's great performance in Blood Simple came along years before the Coens found favour with the Academy. To me he is far more memorable than Javier Bardem in NCFOM. A great performance, really which would surely have been Oscar nominated had the film been released 15-20 years later.
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Post by Prime etc. on May 8, 2020 1:27:59 GMT
Escape From the Planet of the Apes.
He brought oranges to the space apes.
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Post by london777 on May 8, 2020 3:30:21 GMT
I think it's safe to say that M. Emmet Walsh stole the show in Blood Simple as the slimy private investigator. Great in every scene he was in. Totally agree. I did not really know him by face until "Blood Simple". Before that I used to get him confused with J.T.Walsh, who had a similar sort of career.  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on May 8, 2020 4:09:19 GMT
Harrison Ford's police chief in the futuristic thriller Blade Runner (1982).   The "M" stands for Michael |
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Post by wmcclain on May 8, 2020 11:15:45 GMT
Cannery Row. 
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Post by politicidal on May 8, 2020 13:41:52 GMT
Most recent appearance was as Mr. Proofroc in Knives Out (2019)
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Post by petrolino on Mar 23, 2024 4:55:13 GMT
Rest in Everlasting Peace
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