{"id":13111,"date":"2024-03-19T21:54:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T21:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13111"},"modified":"2024-03-23T21:58:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T21:58:39","slug":"m-emmet-walsh-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2024\/03\/19\/m-emmet-walsh-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"M. Emmet Walsh Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/03\/m-emmet-walsh-dead-blade-runner-actor-1235864005\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Deadline<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">M. Emmet Walsh Dies: Prolific Actor In \u2018Blade Runner\u2019, \u2018Ordinary People\u2019, Coen Brothers Pics &amp; Hundreds More Was 88<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/author\/epedersen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Erik Pedersen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bill Parker\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lRu0OCub5m0?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/m-emmet-walsh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">M. Emmet Walsh<\/a>, the familiar character actor in\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/blade-runner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blade Runner<\/a>, Blood Simple<\/em>, Best Picture Oscar winner\u00a0<em>Ordinary People<\/em>,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/knives-out\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Knives Out<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0<em>My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding, Slap Shot<\/em>\u00a0and more than 200 other films and TV shows spanning a half-century, died Tuesday, his rep said. He was 88.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walsh himself is quoted as saying: \u201cI approach each job thinking it might be my last, so it better be the best work possible. I want to be remembered as a working actor. I\u2019m being paid for what I\u2019d do for nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born on March 22, 1935, in Ogdensburg, NY, Walsh was raised in rural Vermont. He began his screen career guesting on late-1960s TV series before landing bit parts in films including\u00a0<em>Alice\u2019s Restaurant, Little Big Man\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Escape from the Planet of the Apes<\/em>. He continued to guest-star in episodes of popular 1960s and \u201970s series including\u00a0<em>Bonanza, All in the Family, Ironside, The Bob Newhart Show, McMillan &amp; Wife, The Rockford Files, The Waltons, Starsky and Hutch, James at 16, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman\u00a0<\/em>and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also appeared on the big screen in such \u201970s hits as&nbsp;<em>Serpico, The Jerk, They Might Be Giants, Straight Time, What\u2019s Up, Doc?<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Slap Shot,&nbsp;<\/em>in which he played sportswriter Dickie Dunn, who was \u201cJust trying to capture the spirit of the thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He continued to work regularly into the 1980s up to the 2020s, appearing in popular pics including the Coen brothers\u2019 1984 debut\u00a0<em>Blood Simple,<\/em>\u00a0for which won the inaugural Independent Spirit Award, and their sophomore feature\u00a0<em>Raising Arizona\u00a0<\/em>(1987). He also appeared in the Robert Redford prison drama\u00a0<em>Brubaker\u00a0<\/em>(1980), Academy Award winner\u00a0<em>Ordinary People<\/em>\u00a0(1980), Best Picture Oscar nominee\u00a0<em>Reds\u00a0<\/em>(1981), Ridley Scott\u2019s sci-fi classic\u00a0<em>Blade Runner<\/em>\u00a0(1982), Chevy Chase comedy\u00a0<em>Fletch\u00a0<\/em>(1985), horror pic\u00a0<em>Critters\u00a0<\/em>(1986) and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/03\/m-emmet-walsh-dead-blade-runner-actor-1235864005\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at Deadline<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Deadline M. Emmet Walsh Dies: Prolific Actor In \u2018Blade Runner\u2019, \u2018Ordinary People\u2019, Coen Brothers Pics &amp; Hundreds More Was 88 By\u00a0Erik Pedersen M. 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