M. Emmet Walsh Movies

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M. Emmet Walsh (1935-2024) was an American actor.  His name might not be a household name but M. Emmet Walsh appeared in supporting roles for the last 7 decades. His IMDb page shows over 228 acting credits since 1968. This page will rank M. Emmet Walsh movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.  Some of his movies that do not appear to have been in North American theaters were not included.

1984’s Blood Simple

M. Emmet Walsh Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

1982’s Cannery Row

M. Emmet Walsh Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

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  • Sort M. Emmet Walsh movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score.  UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.

Possibly Interesting Facts About M. Emmet Walsh

1. Michael Emmet Walsh was born in Ogdensburg, New York in 1935.

2. M. Emmet Walsh has been deaf in his left ear since the age of 3.

3. M. Emmet Walsh was roommates with actor William Devane in college.  Walsh graduated from the Clarkson University School of Business.

4. Film critic Roger Ebert so admired 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 1999’s Wild Wild West, in which Walsh appeared.

5. M. Emmet Walsh has appeared in four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar®: 1969’s Midnight Cowboy, 1976’s Bound for Glory, 1980’s Ordinary People and 1981’s Reds. Of those, Midnight Cowboy and Ordinary People  are winners in the category.

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  2. I have seen 13 M. Emmet Walsh movies.

    The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Midnight Cowboy.

    The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Reds.

    The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is Cannery Row,

    Favourite M. Emmet Walsh Movies:

    Blade Runner
    Snow Dogs

    Other M. Emmet Walsh Movies I Have Seen:

    Midnight Cowboy
    Ordinary People
    What’s Up Doc?
    The Jerk
    Slap Shot
    Brubaker
    Escape From the Planet of the Apes
    Straight Time
    Harry and the Hendersons
    The Prisoner of Second Avenue
    Cannery Row

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    1. Hey Flora….thanks for the comment on our M. Emmet Walsh page. 13 movies of his is not too bad. Glad to see Blade Runner on your favorites list. I thought Cannery Row would have been on your favorites list as well…..guess I remain being one of the few that liked that one. Granted I have not seen it in years. I have seen 12 of your 13 movies seen…..with Snow Dogs being a possible as well…just not 100% sure I saw that one. Good stuff as always.

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  3. I’ll always remember Walsh best as the captain of the ‘Replicant Detecting Division of the Los Angeles Police Department’ in Blade Runner. I must have watched that film at least a hundred times in the past 4 decades.

    I’ve seen 26 of the 92 films on the chart, more than I expected. Favorites include- Blade Runner, Fletch, The Jerk, Airport 77, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Slap Shot, Serpico, Little Big Man, Knives Out, The Iron Giant and Raise the Titanic.

    I liked the trivia on Ebert’s Stanton-Walsh rule. I watched Wild Wild West again recently, it has not improved with age.

    Good work Bruce. Vote Up!

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    1. HI STEVE: Good post on Emmet.

      As I am sure you would guess most of the films that you’ve mentioned hold no appeal for me though the smart money’s on my loving the majority if not all of any posters you might provide for them.

      No: my own fave Emmet movie is 1988’s Clean and Sober starring Michael Keaton as an alcoholic and Emmet as his sponsor in the rehabilitation clinic that Keaton enters.

      I loved the performance of Walsh and Keaton and the way they bonded in the film but for me the icing on the cake was that the theme song was Domino sung by Belfast’s singing legend Van Morrison.

      I actually lived in Cyprus Avenue for a while and that avenue was the title of one of Van’s most famous numbers: In performance it was a Morrison concert highlight and closer for years to come.

      However I do I prefer Domino as a song.

      Don’t wannna discuss it
      Think it’s time for a change
      You may get disgusted
      Start thinking that I’m strange

      In that case I’ll go underground
      Get some heavy rest
      Never have to worry
      About what is worst or what is best

      Oh oh Domino
      Roll me over, Romeo, there you go
      Lord, have mercy
      I said oh-oh, Domino.

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      1. Hey Bob….good call back on M.E. Walsh’s role in Clean and Sober. I remember when that movie came out…..it got Keaton some Oscar buzz….and was from the creator of Moonlighting which starred Mr. Bruce Willis. Good info on Van Morrison and Cyprus Avenue. Good stuff.

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        1. Thanks for the feedback. I couldn’t risk the opportunity to have a go at Steve’s tastes in films – but I think you guys have become immune to my ‘sarcasm’/wind-ups by now as Steve didn’t bite and even rubbed salt in the wound by giving my post a thumbs up!

          Such a low-life and unsavory character was Keaton ‘s drug addict/alcoholic Daryl Poynter in 1988’s Clean and Sober that when shortly afterwards he was announced for the role of Batman in the 1990 movie reintroduction of that character I though it wouldn’t work and opined the movie would be a flop.

          However your Keaton page records that it had an adjusted worldwide gross of just short of one billion dollars [wow!] and here’s what you have to say about it in your lead-in on the Keaton page.

          “After the success of Beetlejuice, Keaton moved to the world of Bruce Wayne and Batman. Batman would be his biggest hit of his career and Keaton would appear in the 1992 Batman sequel, Batman Returns.” That sequel added another adjustment worldwide $600 million to the Batman franchise coffers.

          Michael is in fact my own personal favorite of all the screen Batmans. Talking about personal idols and favourites the “political animal” in me watched last night a documentary about the late Senator John McCain who ran against Obama in the 2008 US presidential race and McCain said that his own all-time favc book was Hemmingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls and that his lifelong fictitious hero had always been Robert Jordan the central character in the book played by Gary Cooper in the 1943 screen adaptation.

          Incidentally when asked about his all-time favourite movie McCain replied 1952’s Viva Zapata and John singled out Brando’s performance for mention. As I’ve said before Donald Trump is supposed to rate The Godfather as one of his top 3 personal film faves; and in a statement to the press George W Bush publicly mourned Marlon’s passing back in 2004.

          So maybe we should start calling Brando “the presidential choice’; though being a staunch Democrat and a strange character The Great Mumbler might not have over-welcomed flattery from 3 Republicans; and indeed might well have preferred kind words from even Joel instead.

          Anyway the powerful Sinatra once said that he ceded top billing to Rita Hayworth in 1957’s Pal Joely because “A Columbia movie would not be a Columbia picture without Rita.” And this site would not be “Cogerson” if we didn’t find some way of working Hirsch into the script – just as there is always room for a Willis plug! There is anyway a bona fide Joel link to the themes of the overall post: he too praised MB’s performance as Zapata giving it the coveted 4 stars [probably equivalent to 8 stars from most other critics]!

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          1. Hey Bob…..good feedback on M. Emmet Walsh, Michael Keaton and that unknown guy Marlon Brando….lol. Batman was huge back in the day…that is why I like using the adjusted gross versus the actual gross. That way people will realize how big a movie like Batman was back in the day. As for Keaton as Batman….you might get your chance to see him put the Batman suit on again…as there are lots of rumors he is going to do that in a Flash movie. Good feedback as always….look live the legacy of Hirsch.

    2. Hey Steve….I am right there with you on his role in Blade Runner. I think I have seen it a lot of times myself…the first time with my mom in theaters….we did not like the end when Rutger was running and beating up Harrison Ford…especially when he crashed his head through the wall. WoC has never seen it….maybe one day. I actually like the Ford voice over…..but I know not many others do. 26 is a solid total. If you have not seen Blood Simple….I would recommend that one….George from work borrowed my copy of that one……that 20th anniversary DVD features the craziest DVD commentary ever! The Coen brothers wrote an entire commentary that is completely fake. Glad you like the Stanton-Walsh rule. Good stuff as always.

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  4. Back in 2007 I put together a monstrosity based on the Oracle list of that year connecting the top 250 to everyone on the Oracle top 1000. Although M. Emmett was # 57 at that time he connected to over 400 people on the list, more than anyone else. Since then he hasn’t added too many credits so he lost a number of people on subsequent lists and then the changeover of info from the IMDB to Wikipedia which reduced everyone’s connections by about 75%. Now on the 2020 list he’s ranked # 101. Let’s see how he held up and who he’s still connected to on the 2020 list.

    1 CHRISTOPHER LEE Airport ’77 (1977)
    3 CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER KNIVES OUT (2019)
    3 CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Man in the Chair (2007)
    5 DONALD SUTHERLAND A Time to Kill (1996)
    5 DONALD SUTHERLAND Ordinary People (1980)
    12 SAMUEL L. JACKSON A Time to Kill (1996)
    12 SAMUEL L. JACKSON White Sands (1992)
    15 DAVID CARRADINE Big Stan (2007)
    15 DAVID CARRADINE Bound for Glory (1976)
    15 DAVID CARRADINE Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1990)
    16 DENNIS HOPPER Chattahoochee (1989)
    16 DENNIS HOPPER Kid Blue (1973)
    17 MICHAEL MADSEN Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
    18 JOHN GIELGUD Scandalous (1984)
    19 WILLEM DAFOE White Sands (1992)
    20 MORGAN FREEMAN Brubaker (1980)
    20 MORGAN FREEMAN Clean and Sober (1988)
    26 MALCOLM MCDOWELL Sunset (1988)
    28 RUTGER HAUER Blade Runner (1982)
    29 HARRISON FORD Blade Runner (1982)
    29 HARRISON FORD Random Hearts (1999)
    33 SYLVESTER STALLONE The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
    35 ELLIOTT GOULD The Glass Shield (1994)
    39 RODDY MCDOWELL Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
    43 CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Camp Nowhere (1994)
    44 CHRISTOPHER WALKEN The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
    45 GEORGE KENNEDY Airport ’77 (1977)
    51 BRUCE WILLIS Sunset (1988)
    52 NED BEATTY Back to School (1986)
    52 NED BEATTY Chattahoochee (1989)
    52 NED BEATTY Mikey and Nicky (1976)
    56 SUSAN SARANDON Twilight (1998)
    57 HARRY DEAN STANTON Straight Time (1978)
    61 BURT REYNOLDS At Long Last Love (1975)
    61 BURT REYNOLDS Nickelodeon (1976)
    71 NICOLAS CAGE Raising Arizona (1987)
    78 GENE HACKMAN Narrow Margin (1990)
    78 GENE HACKMAN Reds (1981)
    78 GENE HACKMAN Twilight (1998)
    79 BRUCE MCGILL Silkwood (1983)
    79 BRUCE MCGILL Wildcats (1986)
    83 JACK NICHOLSON Reds (1981)
    85 F. MURRAY ABRAHAM Serpico (1973)
    85 F. MURRAY ABRAHAM The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
    85 F. MURRAY ABRAHAM They Might Be Giants (1971)
    89 DANNY TREJO Dead Badge (1995)
    96 JACK PALANCE Cops and Robbersons (1994)
    102 ORSON WELLES Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
    105 JAMES WOODS Fast-Walking (1982)
    105 JAMES WOODS The Gambler (1974)
    111 STACY KEACH End of the Road (1970)
    111 STACY KEACH The Traveling Executioner (1970)
    112 KIEFER SUTHERLAND A Time to Kill (1996)
    114 JASON ROBARDS Raise the Titanic (1980)
    121 WHOOPI GOLDBERG Racing Stripes (2005)
    122 DENNIS QUAID Wilder Napalm (1993)
    123 JOHN GOODMAN Raising Arizona (1987)
    124 ROBERT WAGNER Man in the Chair (2007)
    125 LIEV SCHREIBER Twilight (1998)
    130 STEVE BUSCEMI Youth in Revolt (2009)
    133 MERYL STREEP Silkwood (1983)
    134 ERIC ROBERTS The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
    135 BEN GAZZARA Jack of Hearts (2000)
    136 SHANE RIMMER Reds (1981)
    138 FAYE DUNAWAY Albino Alligator (1996)
    138 FAYE DUNAWAY Little Big Man (1970)
    140 MICKEY ROURKE The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
    140 MICKEY ROURKE White Sands (1992)
    143 JACK WARDEN Chairman of the Board (1998)
    147 RICHARD JENKINS Random Hearts (1999)
    150 KEITH DAVID Chasing 3000 (2010)
    150 KEITH DAVID Don McKay (2009)
    152 WOODY HARRELSON Wildcats (1986)
    156 BRAD PITT No Man’s Land (1987)
    160 JULIA ROBERTS My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)
    163 CLINT HOWARD Twilight (1998)
    164 NICK NOLTE Cannery Row (1982)
    168 JAMES HONG Blade Runner (1982)
    168 JAMES HONG Bound for Glory (1976)
    168 JAMES HONG Missing in Action (1984)
    169 GARY OLDMAN Chattahoochee (1989)
    177 KATHY BATES Straight Time (1978)
    186 DAVID STRAITHAIRN Silkwood (1983)
    187 JAMES EARL JONES End of the Road (1970)
    194 CHARLES DURNING Stiletto (1969)
    194 CHARLES DURNING The Music of Chance (1993)
    196 CLORIS LEACHMAN The Iron Giant (1999)
    198 JOHN CUSACK Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
    200 MARTIN BALSAM Little Big Man (1970)
    207 JEFF COREY Little Big Man (1970)
    208 ROBIN WILLIAMS The Best of Times (1986)
    210 TOMMY LEE JONES Back Roads (1981)
    221 SEYMOUR CASSEL Chasing 3000 (2010)
    221 SEYMOUR CASSEL Me and Will (1999)
    223 JAMES COBURN Snow Dogs (2002)
    224 PAUL NEWMAN Slap Shot (1977)
    224 PAUL NEWMAN Twilight (1998)
    228 JOHN RATZENBERGER Reds (1981)
    228 JOHN RATZENBERGER SHIFTING GEARS (2018)
    229 KURT RUSSELL Silkwood (1983)
    229 KURT RUSSELL The Best of Times (1986)
    231 DUSTIN HOFFMAN Little Big Man (1970)
    231 DUSTIN HOFFMAN Racing Stripes (2005)
    231 DUSTIN HOFFMAN Straight Time (1978)
    234 RANDY QUAID Bound for Glory (1976)
    234 RANDY QUAID No Man’s Land (1987)
    234 RANDY QUAID What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
    236 PAUL SORVINO Reds (1981)
    236 PAUL SORVINO Romeo Juliet (1996)
    236 PAUL SORVINO The Gambler (1974)
    237 PETER FALK Mikey and Nicky (1976)
    241 GEOFFREY LEWIS Catch Me If You Can (1989)
    242 DAN AYKROYD Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
    250 BILLY ZANE Critters (1986)
    251 XANDER BERKELEY The Killing Jar (1997)
    252 KEANU REEVES Me and Will (1999)
    253 RANCE HOWARD Chairman of the Board (1998)
    268 BURGESS MEREDITH Camp Nowhere (1994)
    274 DAN HEDAYA Blood Simple. (1984)
    280 AUSTIN PENDLETON Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
    280 AUSTIN PENDLETON What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
    282 BILL PULLMAN Your Name Here (2008/I)
    291 EDWARD HERRMANN Reds (1981)
    293 DENZEL WASHINGTON The Mighty Quinn (1989)
    296 JAMES GARNER Sunset (1988)
    296 JAMES GARNER Twilight (1998)
    299 JOE DON BAKER Fletch (1985)
    299 JOE DON BAKER Panther (1995/I)
    300 JOE PANTOLIANO Racing Stripes (2005)
    304 JOHN HEARD The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
    309 JOHN LEGUIZAMO Romeo Juliet (1996)
    310 JACK LEMMON Airport ’77 (1977)
    310 JACK LEMMON The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
    311 SCOTT WILSON Big Stan (2007)
    314 PAUL GIAMATTI My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)
    320 RAY LIOTTA Chasing 3000 (2010)
    320 RAY LIOTTA Youth in Revolt (2009)
    322 ROBERT REDFORD Brubaker (1980)
    323 BRIAN DENNEHY Romeo Juliet (1996)
    325 ANNE BANCROFT The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
    332 OLIVER PLATT A Time to Kill (1996)
    334 PETER JASON Sunset (1988)
    340 MELANIE GRIFFITH The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
    341 LEONARDO DICAPRIO Romeo Juliet (1996)
    342 JENNIFER JASON LEIGH Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
    343 PETER BOYLE Kid Blue (1973)
    345 ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Back to School (1986)
    346 GARY BUSEY Straight Time (1978)
    348 WILL PATTON Silkwood (1983)
    356 STOCKARD CHANNING The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
    356 STOCKARD CHANNING Twilight (1998)
    357 BURT YOUNG Back to School (1986)
    357 BURT YOUNG The Gambler (1974)
    357 BURT YOUNG The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
    364 BRUCE GREENWOOD Racing Stripes (2005)
    369 STEVE MARTIN The Jerk (1979)
    370 DARYL HANNAH Blade Runner (1982)
    370 DARYL HANNAH The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
    386 PAUL GUILFOYLE (II) Random Hearts (1999)
    393 OLYMPIA DUKAKIS Dead Badge (1995)
    393 OLYMPIA DUKAKIS Stiletto (1969)
    394 PETER COYOTE Random Hearts (1999)
    396 ROY SCHEIDER Stiletto (1969)
    397 MIRIAM MARGOLYES Reds (1981)
    397 MIRIAM MARGOLYES Romeo Juliet (1996)
    412 RICHARD RIEHLE Big Stan (2007)
    412 RICHARD RIEHLE Your Name Here (2008/I)
    413 JOSEPH COTTEN Airport ’77 (1977)
    414 JOE MANTEGNA Albino Alligator (1996)
    417 VINCENT SCHIAVELLI Baggage (2003/I)
    419 ALEC GUINNESS Raise the Titanic (1980)
    430 AL PACINO Serpico (1973)
    433 CHARLIE SHEEN No Man’s Land (1987)
    435 MATTHEW MODINE Equinox (1992)
    438 RUPERT EVERETT MY BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING (1997)
    440 SALMA HAYEK Wild Wild West (1999)
    441 TERI GARR The Escape Artist (1982)
    444 MICHAEL MURPHY What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
    445 JAMES GAMMON The Iron Giant (1999)
    445 JAMES GAMMON The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
    447 TRACEY WALTER Man in the Chair (2007)
    447 TRACEY WALTER Serpico (1973)
    448 HARRIS YULIN End of the Road (1970)
    448 HARRIS YULIN Narrow Margin (1990)
    459 ROBERT DAVI Cops and Robbersons (1994)
    466 CHARLES NAPIER Your Name Here (2008/I)
    468 KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS Random Hearts (1999)
    469 PETE POSTLEWAITE Romeo Juliet (1996)
    471 MATT DILLON Albino Alligator (1996)
    475 BRITT EKLAND Stiletto (1969)
    477 LIN SHAYE Critters (1986)
    486 JOHN LITHGOW Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
    487 FRED WARD Equinox (1992)
    487 FRED WARD Silkwood (1983)
    491 LARRY MILLER Chairman of the Board (1998)
    493 HOLLY HUNTER RAISING ARIZONA (1987)
    499 CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD The Iron Giant (1999)
    500 WILLIAM FORSYTHE Raising Arizona (1987)
    510 JOHN IRELAND Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1990)
    518 JOHN VERNON The Naked Truth (1993)
    519 JAMES BROLIN Relative Fear (1995)
    525 RAQUEL WELCH Chairman of the Board (1998)
    531 TONI COLLETTE KNIVES OUT (2019)
    532 DUB TAYLOR The Best of Times (1986)
    543 CHEECH MARIN Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
    545 TIMOTHY HUTTON Ordinary People (1980)
    548 WESLEY SNIPES Wildcats (1986)
    558 MICHAEL WINCOTT Panther (1995/I)
    563 MICHAEL SHANNON KNIVES OUT (2019)
    572 SALLY KELLERMAN Back to School (1986)
    573 KEVIN SPACEY A Time to Kill (1996)
    574 CHARLES S. DUTTON A TIME TO KILL (1996)
    574 CHARLES S. DUTTON RANDOM HEARTS (1999)
    576 TED LEVINE WILD WILD WEST (1999)
    579 GEORGE C. SCOTT They Might Be Giants (1971)
    598 DERMOT MULRONEY MY BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING (1997)
    598 DERMOT MULRONEY SUNSET (1988)
    600 DOLPH LUNDGREN Red Scorpion (1988)
    602 MARISA TOMEI Equinox (1992)
    605 FRANCES MCDORMAND Blood Simple. (1984)
    605 FRANCES MCDORMAND Chattahoochee (1989)
    605 FRANCES MCDORMAND Raising Arizona (1987)
    606 TONY PLANA The Best of Times (1986)
    607 ELIZABETH MCGOVERN ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980)
    614 ROB SCHNEIDER Big Stan (2007)
    617 GRACE ZABRISKIE Me and Will (1999)
    619 CAMERON DIAZ My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)
    623 BRION JAMES Blade Runner (1982)
    623 BRION JAMES Bound for Glory (1976)
    623 BRION JAMES Nickelodeon (1976)
    623 BRION JAMES Red Scorpion (1988)
    623 BRION JAMES The Killing Jar (1997)
    625 JAMES REBHORN Don McKay (2009)
    625 JAMES REBHORN Silkwood (1983)
    625 JAMES REBHORN White Sands (1992)
    626 BEN JOHNSON Kid Blue (1973)
    630 CLIFTON JAMES Kid Blue (1973)
    631 DIANE KEATON Reds (1981)
    641 SNOOP DOGG RACING STRIPES (2005)
    646 CHRIS PENN The Music of Chance (1993)
    646 CHRIS PENN The Music of Chance (1993)
    648 RICHARD JORDAN Raise the Titanic (1980)
    651 PRUITT TAYLOR VANCE Don McKay (2009)
    652 VIGGO MORTENSEN Albino Alligator (1996)
    655 KEVIN KLINE Wild Wild West (1999)
    658 JOSEF SOMMER Reds (1981)
    658 JOSEF SOMMER Silkwood (1983)
    659 PATRICK SWAYZE Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
    665 JAMES SPADER THE MUSIC OF CHANCE (1993)
    668 JOAN CUSACK GRANDVIEW, U.S.A. (1984)
    673 C. THOMAS HOWELL Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
    673 C. THOMAS HOWELL SHIFTING GEARS (2018)
    682 DYLAN BAKER Random Hearts (1999)
    683 ALLEN GARFIELD Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
    694 TOM BOWER The Killing Jar (1997)
    695 SALLY KIRKLAND Big Stan (2007)
    696 JAMIE LEE CURTIS Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
    696 JAMIE LEE CURTIS Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
    696 JAMIE LEE CURTIS KNIVES OUT (2019)
    702 PAUL DOOLEY Slap Shot (1977)
    704 MYKELTI WILLIAMSON FREE WILLY 2: THE ADVENTURE HOME (1995)
    704 MYKELTI WILLIAMSON WILDCATS (1986)
    705 CHRIS COOPER A Time to Kill (1996)
    710 SALLY FIELD Back Roads (1981)
    712 FRANKIE FAISON Albino Alligator (1996)
    714 GIANCARLO ESPOSITO Twilight (1998)
    722 JOHN HUSTON Cannery Row (1982)
    724 MICHAEL KEATON Clean and Sober (1988)
    729 MATT CLARK Brubaker (1980)
    732 RICHARD EDSON Jack of Hearts (2000)
    733 MICHAEL IRONSIDE Killer Image (1992)
    733 MICHAEL IRONSIDE Portraits of a Killer (1996)
    733 MICHAEL IRONSIDE The Glass Shield (1994)
    733 MICHAEL IRONSIDE Thunderground (1989)
    734 MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY A Time to Kill (1996)
    735 DANIEL CRAIG KNIVES OUT (2019)
    738 CHEVY CHASE Cops and Robbersons (1994)
    738 CHEVY CHASE Fletch (1985)
    744 ANNE ARCHER Narrow Margin (1990)
    744 ANNE ARCHER Raise the Titanic (1980)
    749 KATHLEEN FREEMAN The Best of Times (1986)
    753 PAUL RUDD Romeo Juliet (1996)
    754 RYAN O’NEAL Nickelodeon (1976)
    754 RYAN O’NEAL What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
    761 WILFORD BRIMLEY BRUBAKER (1980)
    767 HARRY SHEARER My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)
    767 HARRY SHEARER The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
    771 WILL FERRELL Criminal Hearts (1995)
    780 JOHN DEHNER Stiletto (1969)
    781 WARREN OATES Kid Blue (1973)
    783 DEE BRADLEY BAKER RACING STRIPES (2005)
    790 ELYA BASKIN Raise the Titanic (1980)
    795 WILL SMITH Wild Wild West (1999)
    798 DIANNE WIEST COPS AND ROBBERSONS (1994)
    800 BRIAN DOYLE-MURRAY Snow Dogs (2002)
    801 RICHARD KIND Big Stan (2007)
    805 KEYE LUKE The Mighty Quinn (1989)
    806 HENRY GIBSON Big Stan (2007)
    808 JOANNA CASSIDY Blade Runner (1982)
    809 SEAN YOUNG Blade Runner (1982)
    809 SEAN YOUNG Poor White Trash (2000)
    827 DAVID SUCHET HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS (1987)
    835 BILL COBBS Random Hearts (1999)
    835 BILL COBBS Silkwood (1983)
    836 JAMES RUSSO Panther (1995/I)
    839 KENNETH BRANAGH WILD WILD WEST (1999)
    853 MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN RACING STRIPES (2005)
    854 CUBA GOODING JR. Snow Dogs (2002)
    857 KURTWOOD SMITH A Time to Kill (1996)
    865 PHILIP BOSCO My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)
    865 PHILIP BOSCO The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
    873 BUD CORT The Traveling Executioner (1970)
    878 RICHARD PORTNOW Chattahoochee (1989)
    879 JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME Missing in Action (1984)
    885 DAVID KEITH Back Roads (1981)
    885 DAVID KEITH Brubaker (1980)
    887 MADELINE KAHN At Long Last Love (1975)
    887 MADELINE KAHN What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
    902 KENNETH WELSH Portraits of a Killer (1996)
    905 WILLIAM FICHTNER Albino Alligator (1996)
    908 BETH GRANT A Time to Kill (1996)
    908 BETH GRANT White Sands (1992)
    918 ANGELA BASSETT PANTHER (1995/I)
    920 HOWARD HESSEMAN Kid Blue (1973)
    921 KATHLEEN QUINLAN Airport ’77 (1977)
    921 KATHLEEN QUINLAN Sunset (1988)
    922 THERESA RUSSELL Straight Time (1978)
    925 MIMI ROGERS The Mighty Quinn (1989)
    925 MIMI ROGERS White Sands (1992)
    926 PATRICK O’NEAL Stiletto (1969)
    928 YAPHET KOTTO Brubaker (1980)
    928 YAPHET KOTTO Dead Badge (1995)
    929 JANE ALEXANDER BRUBAKER (1980)
    934 RICHARD ANDERSON The Glass Shield (1994)
    940 J.T. WALSH Narrow Margin (1990)
    943 BERT REMSEN Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1990)
    945 MANDY PATINKIN The Music of Chance (1993)
    952 BRIAN KEITH Nickelodeon (1976)
    956 LEE GRANT Airport ’77 (1977)
    960 KATHY BAKER CLEAN AND SOBER (1988)
    964 DIANE VENORA ROMEO JULIET (1996)
    965 EDWARD JAMES OLMOS BLADE RUNNER (1982)
    966 GEORGE WENDT FLETCH (1985)
    970 RON SILVER (I) SILKWOOD (1983)
    984 JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT KNIVES OUT (2019)
    985 DONALD MOFFAT The Best of Times (1986)
    987 MARY KAY PLACE BOUND FOR GLORY (1976)
    987 MARY KAY PLACE YOUTH IN REVOLT (2009)
    989 KEVIN J. O’CONNOR EQUINOX (1992)
    995 LOIS CHILES Courage (1984)
    1000 FRED WILLARD YOUTH IN REVOLT (2009)

    Michael aka M appeared with 61 Oscar winners.

    AL PACINO Serpico (1973)
    ALEC GUINNESS Raise the Titanic (1980)
    ANNE BANCROFT The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
    BARBRA STREISAND What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
    BEN JOHNSON Kid Blue (1973)
    BRAD PITT No Man’s Land (1987)
    CHER Silkwood (1983)
    CHRIS COOPER A Time to Kill (1996)
    CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER KNIVES OUT (2019)
    CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER Man in the Chair (2007)
    CHRISTOPHER WALKEN The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
    CLORIS LEACHMAN The Iron Giant (1999)
    CUBA GOODING JR. Snow Dogs (2002)
    DENZEL WASHINGTON The Mighty Quinn (1989)
    DIANE KEATON Reds (1981)
    DIANNE WIEST COPS AND ROBBERSONS (1994)
    DON AMECHE Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
    DUSTIN HOFFMAN Little Big Man (1970)
    DUSTIN HOFFMAN Midnight Cowboy (1969)
    DUSTIN HOFFMAN Racing Stripes (2005)
    DUSTIN HOFFMAN Straight Time (1978)
    F. MURRAY ABRAHAM Serpico (1973)
    F. MURRAY ABRAHAM The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
    F. MURRAY ABRAHAM They Might Be Giants (1971)
    FAYE DUNAWAY Albino Alligator (1996)
    FAYE DUNAWAY Little Big Man (1970)
    FRANCES MCDORMAND Blood Simple. (1984)
    FRANCES MCDORMAND Chattahoochee (1989)
    FRANCES MCDORMAND Raising Arizona (1987)
    GARY OLDMAN Chattahoochee (1989)
    GEENA DAVIS FLETCH (1985)
    GENE HACKMAN Narrow Margin (1990)
    GENE HACKMAN Reds (1981)
    GENE HACKMAN Twilight (1998)
    GEORGE C. SCOTT They Might Be Giants (1971)
    GEORGE KENNEDY Airport ’77 (1977)
    GERALDINE PAGE The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
    GOLDIE HAWN Wildcats (1986)
    HOLLY HUNTER RAISING ARIZONA (1987)
    JACK LEMMON Airport ’77 (1977)
    JACK LEMMON The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
    JACK NICHOLSON Reds (1981)
    JACK PALANCE Cops and Robbersons (1994)
    JAMES COBURN Snow Dogs (2002)
    JAMES STEWART Airport ’77 (1977)
    JASON ROBARDS Raise the Titanic (1980)
    JOHN GIELGUD Scandalous (1984)
    JON VOIGHT Midnight Cowboy (1969)
    JULIA ROBERTS My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)
    KATHY BATES Straight Time (1978)
    KEVIN KLINE Wild Wild West (1999)
    KEVIN SPACEY A Time to Kill (1996)
    LEE GRANT Airport ’77 (1977)
    LEONARDO DICAPRIO Romeo Juliet (1996)
    MARISA TOMEI Equinox (1992)
    MARTIN BALSAM Little Big Man (1970)
    MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY A Time to Kill (1996)
    MAUREEN STAPLETON Reds (1981)
    MERYL STREEP Silkwood (1983)
    MORGAN FREEMAN Brubaker (1980)
    MORGAN FREEMAN Clean and Sober (1988)
    NICOLAS CAGE Raising Arizona (1987)
    OCTAVIA SPENCER A TIME TO KILL (1996)
    OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND Airport ’77 (1977)
    OLYMPIA DUKAKIS Dead Badge (1995)
    OLYMPIA DUKAKIS Stiletto (1969)
    PAUL NEWMAN Slap Shot (1977)
    PAUL NEWMAN Twilight (1998)
    REESE WITHERSPOON Twilight (1998)
    ROBIN WILLIAMS The Best of Times (1986)
    SALLY FIELD Back Roads (1981)
    SANDRA BULLOCK A Time to Kill (1996)
    SUSAN SARANDON Twilight (1998)
    TIMOTHY HUTTON Ordinary People (1980)
    TOMMY LEE JONES Back Roads (1981)
    WHOOPI GOLDBERG Racing Stripes (2005)

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    1. Hey Dan. Thanks for the epic lists on the great M. Emmet Walsh. I can easily see that he has been moving down the Oracle list…as he seems to have slowed up compared to how many movies he appeared in the 70s, 80s and 90s. The late Brion James has the Oracle lead with 5 movies with him…with Bladerunner easily being the most famous and the best of those 5. While putting the page together, I kept noticing how many Oscar winning co-stars he had….like I said in my comment…I had counted around 50. Good stuff as always.

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  5. Been a fan of his work since his stellar performance in Blood Simple.

    I have seen 58 of the movies listed above.

    I count a little over 50 Oscar winning co-stars…I suspect many more have escaped me.

    My Top 5 M. Emmet Walsh Movies in ABC Order
    #14 Bladerunner…..one of the great science fiction movies
    #25 Blood Simple….the movie that put the Coen brothers on the map
    #41 Cannery Row…..a movie that time has forgotten…in my mind worth tracking down
    #16 Fletch…..the height of Chevy Chase’s movie career….”Moooon….River”
    #12 Slap Shot….one of the best sports movies….he made a few sports movies…Best of Times with Williams and Russell and Wildcats with Goldie (saw that one in theaters) just to name two more.

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