M. Emmet Walsh

M. Emmet Walsh

1935-03-22 Ogdensburg, New York, USA 167 Credits

Biography

Michael Emmet Walsh (March 22, 1935 – March 19, 2024) was an American character actor who has appeared in over 200 films and television series, including supporting roles in dozens of major studio features of the 1970s and 1980s. He starred in Blood Simple (1984), the Coen Brothers' first film for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He also appeared in Carl Reiner's comedy The Jerk (1979), Robert Redford's drama Ordinary People (1980), Ridley Scott's science fiction fil...

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Green and Gold

Green and Gold

2025

as Scotty

7.5
Acting

With American farms disappearing, a fourth-generation dairy farmer and his granddaughter fight to preserve their way of life. Facing foreclosure, they...

Brothers

Brothers

2024

as Judge Farful

6.0
Acting

A reformed criminal's attempt at going straight is derailed when he reunites with his sanity-testing twin brother on a road trip for the score of a li...

Outlaw Posse

Outlaw Posse

2024

as Catfish

5.3
Acting

1908. Chief returns from years of hiding in Mexico to claim stolen reparations gold hidden in the hills of Montana but is chased by Angel, whose ratio...

Dotty and Soul

Dotty and Soul

2023

as Harold Eichelbaum

3.4
Acting

Ethan Cox is poised to sell his self-driving car company when his problematic Halloween costume goes viral, nearly ending his career. Desperate to fig...

A Little White Lie

A Little White Lie

2023

as Arthur Baldwin

5.7
Acting

A handyman living in New York City is mistaken for a famous and famously reclusive writer and brought to a university where he is to deliver a keynote...

The Immaculate Room

The Immaculate Room

2022

as Kate's Father

5.3
Acting

Mike and Kate, a young couple, get the once-in-a lifetime chance to win a cool five million dollars. The challenge: Live for 50 days in a blank space....

The Mimic

The Mimic

2021

as The Director

4.1
Acting

Based on a true story, ‘the Narrator’ is befriended by his young new neighbor, after he joins the local newspaper team. Obsessed with the idea that ‘t...

Knives Out

Knives Out

2019

as Mr. Proofroc

7.8
Acting

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit B...

South of Bix

South of Bix

2019

as Grandpa

Acting

Molly returns home to say goodbye to her dying grandfather, from whom she's been estranged.

Raising Buchanan

Raising Buchanan

2019

as Larry Kiesling

5.7
Acting

A desperate woman steals the corpse of former US president James Buchanan, hoping to net a large ransom. Complications arise when it seems no one is p...

Faith, Hope & Love

Faith, Hope & Love

2019

as Fr. John

7.5
Acting

Faith, a recent divorcee, enters a dance contest to save her dance studio, where she meets Jimmy and starts rediscovering her faith and dreams.

Sorry, Not Sorry

Sorry, Not Sorry

2019

as Harry's Father

6.0
Acting

A couple's oneupmanship reaches unbelievable heights after a man eats his wife's plums.

Change in the Air

Change in the Air

2018

as Walter Lemke

5.7
Acting

A peaceful community is forever changed when a mysterious young woman moves in. As the quirky locals embrace her, their lives soon improve. But, they ...

Toto

Toto

2018

as Toto

Acting

The career of an embittered former horror star who longs for his glory days comes gruesomely full circle.

Shifting Gears

Shifting Gears

2018

as Hank

6.5
Acting

Tom, an over-worked husband and father, abandons his dead-end job to follow his dream of owning his own business. The only problem: he invested everyt...

Boiling Pot

Boiling Pot

2015

as Dean Marison

5.2
Acting

On a college campus in modern America, ideas that have long been neglected as "issues of the past" emerge as racial tensions and frictions grow betwee...

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

2015

as Gorak

5.1
Acting

When he is betrayed by a trusted friend, Mathayus must marshal all his strength and cunning to outwit a formidable opponent who will stop at nothing t...

Calvary

Calvary

2014

as The Writer

7.1
Acting

After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.

Love Sick Love

Love Sick Love

2012

as Ed

5.2
Acting

Dori and Norman, two stunning and sophisticated serial daters, are destined to endure a terrifying journey through perfect couple-hood: Valentine's, E...

Arthur Newman

Arthur Newman

2012

as Zazek

5.7
Acting

A story of a man who fakes his own death and assumes a new identity in order to escape his life, who then moves in with a woman who is also trying to ...

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

2012

as Uncle Bub

7.0
Acting

A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all ...

Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency

Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency

2011

as Chief Van Owen

4.8
Acting

13-year-old Sam Steele Jr. forms his own private detective agency to emulate his father, Des Moines detective Sam Steele, and helps track down a jewel...

Chasing 3000

Chasing 3000

2010

as Chuck Ireland

5.9
Acting

As the 1972 baseball season draws to a close and star player Roberto Clemente prepares to knock hit number 3,000 out of the park, two brothers -- one ...

The Assignment

The Assignment

2010

as Mr. Beudreaux

6.5
Acting

After acceptance to a prestigious music school, Eliza's world is rocked when she discovers a shocking mystery about her family.

Youth in Revolt

Youth in Revolt

2009

as Mr. Saunders

6.2
Acting

As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to...

Don McKay

Don McKay

2009

as Samuel

4.9
Acting

Everything appears off-kilter when a man returns to his hometown after 25 years to visit his former lover.

Haunted Echoes

Haunted Echoes

2008

as Neil

4.2
Acting

Laura (Sean Young) and Guy (David Starzyk) are devastated by grief when their 8-year-old daughter, Kimberly, is murdered. Hoping to repair their tatte...

Your Name Here

Your Name Here

2008

as Kroger

3.3
Acting

The lines between reality and perception blur in this comic journey into the life and mind (literally!) of one of sci-fi's most brilliant authors. Par...

A True Character

2008

as Self

Acting

M. Emmet Walsh discusses his memories of making Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat and his career in film.

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

2007

as Self

7.9
Acting

The definitive 3½-hour documentary about the troubled creation and enduring legacy of the science fiction classic 'Blade Runner', culled from 80 inter...

Big Stan

Big Stan

2007

as Lew Popper

6.6
Acting

A weak con man panics when he learns he's going to prison for fraud. He hires a mysterious martial arts guru who helps transform him into a martial ar...

Man in the Chair

Man in the Chair

2007

as Mickey Hopkins

6.4
Acting

The story of an aspiring young filmmaker's encounter with a grumpy fount of movie lore.

Greener Mountains

Greener Mountains

2005

as Muggs

5.2
Acting

Greener Mountains is a family friendly, coming-of-age story about finding your place in the world.

Racing Stripes

Racing Stripes

2005

as Woodzie

5.9
Acting

Shattered illusions are hard to repair -- especially for a good-hearted zebra named Stripes who's spent his life on a Kentucky farm amidst the sorely ...

Christmas with the Kranks

Christmas with the Kranks

2004

as Walt Scheel

6.1
Acting

When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank decide to book an island cruise to beat the yuletide blues and just skip ...

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales

2003

as Wally Westland

7.8
Acting

Comedy special spotlighting Tracey Ullman’s larger than life character Ruby Romaine from HBO's “Tracey Takes On”. After an illustrious career, vetera...

Baggage

Baggage

2003

as Sandy Westphall

Acting

A drama about how to let go of our emotional "baggage" and start living in the moment.

Snow Dogs

Snow Dogs

2002

as George

5.6
Acting

When a Miami dentist inherits a team of sled dogs, he's got to learn the trade or lose his pack to a crusty mountain man.

Eyeball Eddie

Eyeball Eddie

2001

as Coach Cook

6.0
Acting

"Eyeball Eddie" is the story of the stormy relationship between a prosthetic glass eye and the insecure boy stuck behind it. What follows is a dark co...

Christmas in the Clouds

Christmas in the Clouds

2001

as Stu O'Malley

6.1
Acting

A classic comedy of mistaken identity and romance set during the holiday season at a ski resort that is owned and operated by a Native American Nation...

Poor White Trash

Poor White Trash

2000

as Judge Pike

4.0
Acting

Mike and Lenny are two buddies who dream of getting out of the trailer park. Out of desperation they resort to burglary as a means of financing Mike's...

Jack of Hearts

Jack of Hearts

2000

as Comissioner Menlo Boyce

1.5
Acting

A cop looking for a chance to redeem himself comes up against a man who has built a fortune out of corruption.

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

2000

as Self

7.2
Acting

This is the rare UK Channel 4 documentary about Blade Runner, giving insights into it's history with interviews of Ridley Scott, the writers and nearl...

Random Hearts

Random Hearts

1999

as Billy (uncredited)

5.5
Acting

After losing their spouses in a plane crash, an internal affairs cop and a congresswoman find each other's keys in each other's loved ones' possession...

Monster!

Monster!

1999

as Lloyd Reeves

4.7
Acting

Tragedy strikes a small town's monster movie festival when the monster featured in the films comes to life.

The Iron Giant

The Iron Giant

1999

as Earl Stutz (voice)

8.0
Acting

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfi...

Me and Will

Me and Will

1999

as Dean

5.5
Acting

Two women with a passion for motorcycles meet while going through rehab. When they discover they've both longed to ride Captain America's red, white, ...

Wild Wild West

Wild Wild West

1999

as Coleman

5.3
Acting

Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President Ulysses S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: ...

Nightmare in Big Sky Country

Nightmare in Big Sky Country

1998

as Marshal Jim Phillips

Acting

A Montana judge has to protect her family from a militia group after she challenges their leader.

Men in White

Men in White

1998

as Stanley

3.4
Acting

National Lampoon's Men in White is a straight-to-television satirical parody of contemporary science fiction movies, mainly spoofing Men in Black and ...

Erasable You

1998

as Ralph Worth

Acting

A man hires an assassin to kill his money-grabbing first wife.

Chairman of the Board

Chairman of the Board

1998

as Freemont

3.6
Acting

Surfer Edison isn't able to make ends meet with his inventions or his lifestyle. But then he meets billionaire Armand McMillian, who takes a shine to ...

Twilight

Twilight

1998

as Lester Ivar

6.1
Acting

A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds.

My Best Friend's Wedding

My Best Friend's Wedding

1997

as Joe O'Neal

6.6
Acting

When she receives word that her longtime platonic pal Michael O'Neal is getting married to debutante Kimberly Wallace, food critic Julianne Potter rea...

The Killing Jar

The Killing Jar

1997

as Sheriff Foley

3.8
Acting

Michael Sanford and his wife move to his old town so he can take over the family business. However, gruesome murders of children start to happen. Mean...

Albino Alligator

Albino Alligator

1997

as Dino

5.7
Acting

While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the...

Retroactive

Retroactive

1997

as Sam

6.2
Acting

A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.

Romeo + Juliet

Romeo + Juliet

1996

as Apothecary

6.8
Acting

In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the...

The Lottery

The Lottery

1996

as Chief Davis

5.4
Acting

Returning to his small hometown of Icara, Maine, a man discovers its horrible secret -- a bizarre, clandestine ritual that led to his mother's early d...

A Time to Kill

A Time to Kill

1996

as Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited)

7.4
Acting

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

Portraits of a Killer

Portraits of a Killer

1996

as Raymond Garrison

2.3
Acting

An attorney takes the lawyer/client relationship too seriously. She ends up falling for her client, a very charming photographer who has been charged ...

Criminal Hearts

Criminal Hearts

1996

as Martin

4.8
Acting

A jilted woman out for revenge picks up a hitchhiker running from police. An innocent road trip becomes mixed with passion and danger.

Relative Fear

Relative Fear

1995

as Earl Ladelle

4.3
Acting

Linda and Peter Pratman's son Adam is autistic, but they still love him and hope that he'll at least start talking some day. However he's teased and a...

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

1995

as Bill Wilcox

5.9
Acting

Jesse becomes reunited with Willy three years after the whale's jump to freedom as the teenager tries to rescue the killer whale and other orcas from ...

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

1995

as Morris

7.0
Acting

Two runaway kids hide in a museum. Once they are locked inside overnight, they try to solve a mystery about a statue supposedly carved by Michaelangel...

Panther

Panther

1995

as Dorsett

6.2
Acting

Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Pa...

Dead Badge

Dead Badge

1995

as Sergeant Miller Hoskins

6.8
Acting

After a cop dies, his shield goes back on duty. They call it a "dead badge" - a way to honor a fallen officer. Badge #2424 used to belong to Many Tor...

Probable Cause

Probable Cause

1994

as Sadler

4.8
Acting

A series of cop murders plagues the city. The remaining officers on the force are increasingly worried as the deaths increase with no leads. As the de...

The Glass Shield

The Glass Shield

1994

as Det. Jesse Hall

4.9
Acting

J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s...

Camp Nowhere

Camp Nowhere

1994

as T.R. Polk

5.9
Acting

Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp, and would do anything ...

Cops & Robbersons

Cops & Robbersons

1994

as Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited)

5.1
Acting

When the police discover that a mob hitman has moved in next door to the Robbersons, they set up a stakeout in the Robbersons' home. Hard-nosed, tough...

Madness of Method

1994

as Rudolph Thorndyke

Acting

Starring Spin City's Richard Kind and veteran character actor M. Emmet Walsh, this award-winning short film tells the story of an actor seeking the gu...

Bitter Harvest

Bitter Harvest

1993

as Sheriff Bob

4.5
Acting

Travis has just buried his father, when Kelly, an attractive hitchhiker walks into his life. At the same time, another attractive blonde, Jolene, star...

Wilder Napalm

Wilder Napalm

1993

as Fire Chief

5.5
Acting

Wilder and Wallace are brothers and pyrokinetics. Ever since childhood they've been able to start fires with their minds but following a tragedy in wh...

The Music of Chance

The Music of Chance

1993

as Calvin Murks

6.5
Acting

Two men face the consequences of gambling after playing with men beyond their league.

Four Eyes and Six-Guns

Four Eyes and Six-Guns

1992

2.5
Acting

Ernest Albright opens his eyeglass store in what he thinks is a thriving community, but soon discovers that his store is just a shabby shack in Tombst...

The Naked Truth

The Naked Truth

1992

as Garcia / Gesundheim

2.6
Acting

Two friends, both named Frank, accidentally obtain a suitcase at the airport. It contains incriminating evidence against a mafia boss, who sends his T...

Equinox

Equinox

1992

as Pete Petosa

5.6
Acting

Estranged twins Henry and Freddy navigate their drastically different lives— one a troubled bookworm, the other a hardened criminal. As a young writer...

Wild Card

Wild Card

1992

as Mose

4.0
Acting

Thriller about a former preacher, now a professional gambler, who heads down New Mexico way to visit an old buddy, only for him to be killed. It is no...

White Sands

White Sands

1992

as Bert Gibson

5.9
Acting

A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigat...

Killer Image

Killer Image

1992

as John Kane

4.3
Acting

When Max Oliver learns his photographer brother has been killed, he suspects it was no random murder. And when he finds his brothers' last photos of a...

Silverfox

1991

as Charles Blankenship

Acting

Unsold series pilot about a former secret service agent, turned government spy, who can't seem to retire. Cases always keep coming his way to solve.

Fourth Story

Fourth Story

1991

as Harry

5.6
Acting

Valerie's husband Darryl leaves for work as usual, but never returns. She hires private eye Shepard to find him. Soon he discovers that David had a se...

The Flash

The Flash

1990

as Henry Allen

6.5
Acting

A laboratory accident endows a police scientist with the ability to move at superhuman speed which he uses to battle a menacing gang as a superhero.

Narrow Margin

Narrow Margin

1990

as Sergeant Dominick Benti

6.4
Acting

An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically ...

Chattahoochee

Chattahoochee

1990

as Morris

5.7
Acting

In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.

Love and Lies

Love and Lies

1990

as Clyde Wilson

Acting

Fact-based story of real-life detective Kim Paris who was assigned to work undercover to find the murderers of an elderly couple who were shot in thei...

Catch Me... If You Can

Catch Me... If You Can

1989

as Johnny Phatmun

5.1
Acting

A hotshot teenage car racer persuades the class president of a small Minnesota high school to gamble on illegal car races to raise money for their sch...

Thunderground

Thunderground

1989

as Wedge

2.3
Acting

A con-artist meets a tough fighter and sees him as her ticket to a better life. The two make an agreement and head off to New Orleans to arrange a mat...

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat

1989

as Mort

6.1
Acting

Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town. They wear sunscreen to protect themselves. A descendant of Van Helsing arrives with hilarious con...

The Mighty Quinn

The Mighty Quinn

1989

as Fred Miller

6.1
Acting

Police chief Xavier Quinn investigates the gruesome murder of Donald Pater, one of the wealthiest residents on a Caribbean island. He was found decapi...

Red Scorpion

Red Scorpion

1988

as Dewey Ferguson

6.0
Acting

A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has a change of heart when he sees how the Russians a...

War Party

War Party

1988

as Colin Ditweiler

6.2
Acting

One hundred years after the Battle of Milk River, both sides agree to reenact it. The cavalry are supposed to shoot blanks & the Indians weren't s...

Clean and Sober

Clean and Sober

1988

as Richard Dirks

6.3
Acting

Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide fr...

Sunset

Sunset

1988

as Chief Marvin Dibner

5.6
Acting

Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.

The Milagro Beanfield War

The Milagro Beanfield War

1988

as Governor

6.5
Acting

The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real ...

No Man's Land

No Man's Land

1987

as Captain Haun

6.0
Acting

A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy t...

Harry and the Hendersons

Harry and the Hendersons

1987

as George Henderson Sr.

6.1
Acting

Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they exa...

Murder Ordained

Murder Ordained

1987

as Vern Humphrey

5.0
Acting

This is the story of a minister who's feeling unhappy in his marriage who then has an affair with a church employee, who is also married, and who also...

Raising Arizona

Raising Arizona

1987

as Machine Shop Ear-Bender

7.1
Acting

When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicate...

Abduction

Abduction

1987

as Don Nichols

5.5
Acting

Based on the shocking true story of Olympic medalist Kari Swenson who was abducted by two "Mountain Men" while jogging in the foothills of the Rockies...

Broken Vows

Broken Vows

1987

as Detective Mulligan

5.0
Acting

When Father Joseph Hennessey visits the home of one of his parishioners to offer last rights,he becomes embroiled in a plot which ultimately shakes hi...

Hero in the Family

Hero in the Family

1986

as General Presser

6.1
Acting

A teenage son of an astronaut tries to help his father after he and a chimpanzee switch brains as the result of a space flight mis-hap in which the bo...

Back to School

Back to School

1986

as Coach Turnbull

6.3
Acting

Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fe...

The Deliberate Stranger

The Deliberate Stranger

1986

as Det. Sam Davies

6.2
Acting

Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seatt...

Resting Place

Resting Place

1986

as Sarge

6.1
Acting

A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the...

Critters

Critters

1986

as Harv

6.5
Acting

Carnivorous aliens arrive unannounced at a Kansas family farm; two intergalactic bounty hunters soon follow, determined to blow them off the planet.

Wildcats

Wildcats

1986

as Walt Coes

6.2
Acting

High school track coach Molly McGrath knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant,...

The Best of Times

The Best of Times

1986

as Charlie

5.6
Acting

A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.

The Right of the People

The Right of the People

1986

as Sindaco

4.0
Acting

The Second Amendment of the Constitution forms the basis of this drama that follows the crusade of a lawyer to allow citizens to carry handguns. He la...

Fletch

Fletch

1985

as Dr. Joseph Dolan

6.7
Acting

When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy bu...

Missing in Action

Missing in Action

1984

as Tuck

5.9
Acting

American servicemen are still being held captive in Vietnam and it's up to one man to bring them home in this blistering, fast-paced action/adventure ...

Courage

Courage

1984

as Colonel Crouse

5.4
Acting

Three marathon runners on a seventy-two mile run through the deserts of New Mexico are pursued by right-wing survivalist militants who call themselves...

Grandview, U.S.A.

Grandview, U.S.A.

1984

as Mr. Clark

5.8
Acting

Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to...

The Outlaws

The Outlaws

1984

as Warden MacDonald

Acting

Eugene Griswold is an average, suburban nine-to-five guy tired of working long hours for his income. Then Eugene gets mixed up in his inventor friend ...

The Pope of Greenwich Village

The Pope of Greenwich Village

1984

as Burns

6.3
Acting

Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. Th...

Blood Simple

Blood Simple

1984

as Loren Visser

7.2
Acting

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings,...

Scandalous

Scandalous

1984

as Simon Reynolds

2.5
Acting

An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts.

Silkwood

Silkwood

1983

as Walt Yarborough

7.0
Acting

The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possi...

Night Partners

Night Partners

1983

as Joe Kirby

7.0
Acting

Elizabeth and Lauren are two Bakersfield housewives who volunteer to help the local police by working with crime victims to help catch criminals.

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

1983

as Joe Lemke

10.0
Acting

Based on the true story of May Lemke. Her adopted son Leslie was born with cerebral palsy. May teaches him basic survival skills through the years. In...

Blade Runner

Blade Runner

1982

as Bryant

7.9
Acting

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have ...

The Escape Artist

The Escape Artist

1982

as Fritz

6.2
Acting

The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from prison within an hour. What follows is a flashback show...

Fast-Walking

Fast-Walking

1982

as Sergeant Sanger

5.9
Acting

A dirty corrections officer gets involved in a murder plot involving one of the inmates.

Cannery Row

Cannery Row

1982

as Mack

5.9
Acting

Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giv...

Reds

Reds

1981

as Speaker at Liberal Club

6.9
Acting

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical co...

Back Roads

Back Roads

1981

as Arthur

5.4
Acting

A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.

Hellinger's Law

Hellinger's Law

1981

as Mr. Graebner

7.5
Acting

A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrat...

High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane

1980

as Harold Patton

4.2
Acting

Former Marshal Will Kane and his Amish bride, Amy, return to Hadleyville a year after he resigned and find the town in the grip of a bounty-hunting ma...

Ordinary People

Ordinary People

1980

as Swim Coach

7.5
Acting

Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the e...

Raise the Titanic

Raise the Titanic

1980

as Master Chief Vinnie Walker

5.3
Acting

To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.

Brubaker

Brubaker

1980

as C.P. Woodward

7.1
Acting

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

City in Fear

City in Fear

1980

as Sheldon Lewis

5.1
Acting

A psycho-on-the-loose story, about a burned-out newspaper columnist and his circulation-hungry publisher who wants him to turn the killer into Page On...

Skag

Skag

1980

as Moran

Acting

Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his life...

The Gift

The Gift

1979

as Legion Commander

Acting

A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s Brooklyn.

The Jerk

The Jerk

1979

as Madman

6.9
Acting

After discovering he's not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson sets off on a hilarious misadventure that takes him ...

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

1979

as Wally Cantrell

5.6
Acting

The Pittsburgh basketball team is hopeless. Maybe with the aid of an astrologer, and some new astrologically compatible players, they can become winne...

Dear Detective

Dear Detective

1979

as Capt. Gorcey

Acting

A female homicide detective is assigned to solve the murders of a series of local officials.

No Other Love

No Other Love

1979

as DeFranco

7.0
Acting

A young marginally intellectually-disabled girl and boy meet, plan to marry, and convince the world that they are entitled to a life of their own -- d...

Straight Time

Straight Time

1978

as Earl Frank

7.1
Acting

After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at ...

A Question of Guilt

A Question of Guilt

1978

as Inspector McCartney

6.2
Acting

A swinging divorcée is prejudged by a police detective and accused of killing her child.

Superdome

Superdome

1978

as Whitley

4.1
Acting

It's the biggest event of the year — the Super Bowl! But the star players for the Cougars, gathered in New Orleans for the big game, are preoccupied w...

Red Alert

Red Alert

1977

as Sheriff Sweeney

4.0
Acting

A computer at a nuclear power plant malfunctions and receives erroneous information of a radiation leak. It seals off the compound, trapping the crew ...

Airport '77

Airport '77

1977

as Dr. Williams

5.6
Acting

Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletio...

Slap Shot

Slap Shot

1977

as Dickie Dunn

6.8
Acting

To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging playe...

Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon

1976

as "Father" Logan

6.1
Acting

In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up wi...

Mikey and Nicky

Mikey and Nicky

1976

as Bus Driver

6.9
Acting

Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Desperate and terrified, h...

Bound for Glory

Bound for Glory

1976

as Husband

6.9
Acting

A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering th...

The Invasion of Johnson County

The Invasion of Johnson County

1976

as Irvine

6.5
Acting

A free-spirited Bostonian recently arrived in the West teams up with a crusty Wyoming cowboy to stop a land baron's attempts to drive out a group of s...

Crime Club

Crime Club

1975

as Jack Doyle

Acting

A Washington DC club comprises specialists who band together to combat crime.

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

1975

as Doorman

6.7
Acting

Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at middle age during an intense NYC heat wave.

At Long Last Love

At Long Last Love

1975

as Harold

5.1
Acting

Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly...

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic

1975

as Mr. Peterson

5.3
Acting

Finding herself unable to cope with the divorce of her parents and the stress of daily life, 15-year-old Sarah Travis starts drinking in secret. At fi...

The Gambler

The Gambler

1974

as Las Vegas Gambler

6.7
Acting

New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling add...

Serpico

Serpico

1973

as Gallagher

7.5
Acting

New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Kid Blue

Kid Blue

1973

as Barber

6.9
Acting

Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's ...

Get to Know Your Rabbit

Get to Know Your Rabbit

1972

as Mr. Wendel

5.1
Acting

A young businessman goes to a magic expert to learn hardness and skill with his cynical and greedy collaborators. He becomes a very good tap dancer, b...

What's Up, Doc?

What's Up, Doc?

1972

as Arresting Officer

7.4
Acting

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants

1971

as 1st Sanitation Man

7.0
Acting

After the death of his wife, wealthy retiree Justin Playfair creates a fantasy world for himself in which he is the legendary detective Sherlock Holme...

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971

as Aide

6.4
Acting

The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans...

Cold Turkey

Cold Turkey

1971

as Art

6.2
Acting

Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everyt...

Little Big Man

Little Big Man

1970

as Shotgun Guard

7.5
Acting

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.

The Traveling Executioner

The Traveling Executioner

1970

as Warden Brodski

5.9
Acting

Jonas Candide performs his job as state executioner in early 20th century Mississippi like a combination preacher and carnival barker, persuading cond...

End of the Road

End of the Road

1970

as Crab Man / Tutu Man

4.6
Acting

Moments after receiving his graduate diploma, Jacob waits at a train station. The future lies ahead, but life abruptly intervenes. Images flash in Jac...

Alice's Restaurant

Alice's Restaurant

1969

as Group W Sergeant

6.3
Acting

After getting kicked out of college, Arlo decides to visit his friend Alice for Thanksgiving dinner. After dinner is over, Arlo volunteers to take the...

Stiletto

Stiletto

1969

as Racing Partner (uncredited)

5.2
Acting

A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he's also a professional Mafia hitman. When he decides it's time to retire from that life, he finds tha...

Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy

1969

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an aili...