M. Emmet Walsh
Birthday: 1935-03-22
Deathday: 2024-03-19
Birthplace: Ogdensburg, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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 film Blade Runner (1982), Barry Sonnenfeld's steampunk western Wild Wild West (1999) and Brad Bird's animated film The Iron Giant (1999).
Credits
| Year | Title | Character | |
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Roney's Point | Lance McKyle | |
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Madness of Method | Rudolph Thorndyke | |
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Silverfox | Charles Blankenship | |
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2025-01-31 | Green and Gold | Scotty |
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2024-10-10 | Brothers | Judge Farful |
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2024-03-01 | Outlaw Posse | Catfish |
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2023-05-19 | Dotty and Soul | Harold Eichelbaum |
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2023-03-03 | A Little White Lie | Arthur Baldwin |
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2022-08-19 | The Immaculate Room | Kate's Father |
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2021-02-05 | The Mimic | The Director |
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2019-11-27 | Knives Out | Mr. Proofroc |
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2019-06-20 | South of Bix | Grandpa |
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2019-04-12 | Raising Buchanan | Larry Kiesling |
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2019-03-15 | Faith, Hope & Love | Fr. John |
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2019-03-08 | Sorry, Not Sorry | Harry's Father |
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2018-10-19 | Change in the Air | Walter Lemke |
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2018-08-01 | Toto | Toto |
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2018-03-23 | Shifting Gears | Hank |
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2015-09-29 | Boiling Pot | Dean Marison |
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2015-01-09 | The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power | Gorak |
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2014-04-11 | Calvary | The Writer |
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2012-11-15 | Love Sick Love | Ed |
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2012-09-07 | Arthur Newman | Zazek |
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2012-08-15 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Uncle Bub |
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2011-01-04 | Sam Steele and the Junior Detective Agency | Chief Van Owen |
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2010-07-16 | Chasing 3000 | Chuck Ireland |
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2010-06-15 | The Assignment | Mr. Beudreaux |
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2009-09-11 | Youth in Revolt | Mr. Saunders |
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2009-04-24 | Don McKay | Samuel |
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2008-11-20 | Haunted Echoes | Neil |
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2008-06-13 | Your Name Here | Kroger |
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2007-11-03 | Big Stan | Lew Popper |
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2007-01-27 | Man in the Chair | Mickey Hopkins |
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2005-06-25 | Greener Mountains | Muggs |
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2005-01-06 | Racing Stripes | Woodzie |
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2004-11-24 | Christmas with the Kranks | Walt Scheel |
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2003-08-09 | Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales | Wally Westland |
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2003-03-01 | Baggage | Sandy Westphall |
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2002-01-18 | Snow Dogs | George |
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2001-04-06 | Eyeball Eddie | Coach Cook |
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2001-01-21 | Christmas in the Clouds | Stu O'Malley |
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2000-12-01 | Poor White Trash | Judge Pike |
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2000-11-02 | Jack of Hearts | Comissioner Menlo Boyce |
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1999-10-08 | Random Hearts | Billy (uncredited) |
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1999-09-12 | Monster! | Lloyd Reeves |
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1999-08-06 | The Iron Giant | Earl Stutz (voice) |
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1999-07-10 | Me and Will | Dean |
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1999-06-30 | Wild Wild West | Coleman |
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1998-08-17 | Nightmare in Big Sky Country | Marshal Jim Phillips |
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1998-08-16 | Men in White | Stanley |
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1998-06-13 | Erasable You | Ralph Worth |
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1998-03-13 | Chairman of the Board | Freemont |
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1998-03-06 | Twilight | Lester Ivar |
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1997-06-19 | My Best Friend's Wedding | Joe O'Neal |
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1997-05-27 | The Killing Jar | Sheriff Foley |
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1997-01-17 | Albino Alligator | Dino |
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1997-01-01 | Retroactive | Sam |
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1996-11-01 | Romeo + Juliet | Apothecary |
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1996-09-29 | The Lottery | Chief Davis |
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1996-07-24 | A Time to Kill | Willard Tyrell Bass (uncredited) |
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1996-05-21 | Portraits of a Killer | Raymond Garrison |
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1996-02-15 | Criminal Hearts | Martin |
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1995-10-03 | Relative Fear | Earl Ladelle |
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1995-07-19 | Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home | Bill Wilcox |
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1995-06-06 | From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Morris |
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1995-05-03 | Panther | Dorsett |
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1995-03-28 | Dead Badge | Sergeant Miller Hoskins |
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1994-11-20 | Probable Cause | Sadler |
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1994-09-16 | The Glass Shield | Det. Jesse Hall |
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1994-08-26 | Camp Nowhere | T.R. Polk |
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1994-04-15 | Cops & Robbersons | Captain Ted Corbett (uncredited) |
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1993-11-03 | Bitter Harvest | Sheriff Bob |
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1993-08-20 | Wilder Napalm | Fire Chief |
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1993-06-23 | The Music of Chance | Calvin Murks |
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1992-12-07 | Four Eyes and Six-Guns | |
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1992-09-29 | The Naked Truth | Garcia / Gesundheim |
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1992-09-18 | Equinox | Pete Petosa |
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1992-08-03 | Wild Card | Mose |
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1992-04-24 | White Sands | Bert Gibson |
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1992-03-01 | Killer Image | John Kane |
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1991-01-19 | Fourth Story | Harry |
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1990-11-04 | The Flash | Henry Allen |
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1990-09-21 | Narrow Margin | Sergeant Dominick Benti |
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1990-04-20 | Chattahoochee | Morris |
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1990-03-18 | Love and Lies | Clyde Wilson |
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1989-10-14 | Catch Me If You Can | Johnny Phatmun |
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1989-09-01 | Thunderground | Wedge |
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1989-05-18 | Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat | Mort |
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1989-02-17 | The Mighty Quinn | Fred Miller |
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1988-12-24 | Red Scorpion | Dewey Ferguson |
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1988-09-15 | War Party | Colin Ditweiler |
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1988-08-10 | Clean and Sober | Richard Dirks |
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1988-04-29 | Sunset | Chief Marvin Dibner |
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1988-03-18 | The Milagro Beanfield War | Governor |
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1987-10-23 | No Man's Land | Captain Haun |
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1987-06-05 | Harry and the Hendersons | George Henderson Sr. |
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1987-05-03 | Murder Ordained | Vern Humphrey |
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1987-03-13 | Raising Arizona | Machine Shop Ear-Bender |
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1987-03-08 | Abduction | Don Nichols |
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1987-01-28 | Broken Vows | Detective Mulligan |
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1986-06-13 | Back to School | Coach Turnbull |
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1986-05-04 | The Deliberate Stranger | Det. Sam Davies |
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1986-04-27 | Resting Place | Sarge |
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1986-04-11 | Critters | Harv |
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1986-02-14 | Wildcats | Walt Coes |
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1986-01-31 | The Best of Times | Charlie |
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1986-01-13 | The Right of the People | Sindaco |
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1985-05-31 | Fletch | Dr. Joseph Dolan |
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1984-11-16 | Missing in Action | Tuck |
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1984-11-16 | Courage | Colonel Crouse |
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1984-08-03 | Grandview, U.S.A. | Mr. Clark |
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1984-07-09 | The Outlaws | Warden MacDonald |
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1984-06-22 | The Pope of Greenwich Village | Burns |
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1984-03-26 | Blood Simple | Loren Visser |
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1984-01-29 | Scandalous | Simon Reynolds |
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1983-12-14 | Silkwood | Walt Yarborough |
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1983-10-11 | Night Partners | Joe Kirby |
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1983-02-09 | The Woman Who Willed a Miracle | Joe Lemke |
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1982-06-25 | Blade Runner | Bryant |
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1982-05-28 | The Escape Artist | Fritz |
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1982-05-11 | Fast-Walking | Sergeant Sanger |
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1982-02-12 | Cannery Row | Mack |
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1981-12-25 | Reds | Speaker at Liberal Club |
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1981-03-13 | Back Roads | Arthur |
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1981-03-10 | Hellinger's Law | Mr. Graebner |
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1980-11-15 | High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane | Harold Patton |
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1980-09-19 | Ordinary People | Swim Coach |
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1980-08-01 | Raise the Titanic | Master Chief Vinnie Walker |
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1980-06-20 | Brubaker | C.P. Woodward |
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1980-03-30 | City in Fear | Sheldon Lewis |
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1980-01-06 | Skag | Moran |
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1979-12-15 | The Gift | Legion Commander |
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1979-12-14 | The Jerk | Madman |
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1979-11-06 | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh | Wally Cantrell |
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1979-03-27 | Dear Detective | Capt. Gorcey |
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1979-03-24 | No Other Love | DeFranco |
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1978-03-18 | Straight Time | Earl Frank |
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1978-02-21 | A Question of Guilt | Inspector McCartney |
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1978-01-09 | Superdome | Whitley |
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1977-05-18 | Red Alert | Sheriff Sweeney |
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1977-03-11 | Airport '77 | Dr. Williams |
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1977-02-25 | Slap Shot | Dickie Dunn |
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1976-12-21 | Nickelodeon | "Father" Logan |
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1976-12-21 | Mikey and Nicky | Bus Driver |
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1976-12-05 | Bound for Glory | Husband |
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1976-07-31 | The Invasion of Johnson County | Irvine |
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1975-04-03 | Crime Club | Jack Doyle |
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1975-03-14 | The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Doorman |
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1975-03-01 | At Long Last Love | Harold |
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1975-02-11 | Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic | Mr. Peterson |
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1974-10-02 | The Gambler | Las Vegas gambler |
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1973-12-18 | Serpico | Gallagher |
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1973-01-31 | Kid Blue | Barber |
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1972-06-07 | Get to Know Your Rabbit | Mr. Wendel |
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1972-03-09 | What's Up, Doc? | Arresting Officer |
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1971-06-09 | They Might Be Giants | 1st Sanitation Man |
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1971-05-20 | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Aide |
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1971-02-19 | Cold Turkey | Art |
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1970-12-23 | Little Big Man | Shotgun Guard |
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1970-10-01 | The Traveling Executioner | Warden Brodski |
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1970-02-10 | End of the Road | Crab Man / Tutu Man |
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1969-08-20 | Alice's Restaurant | Group W Sergeant |
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1969-07-30 | Stiletto | Racing Partner (uncredited) |
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1969-05-25 | Midnight Cowboy | Bus Passenger (uncredited) |