@celebrity.death.s: He was an actor who appeared in over 200 films and television series, including supporting roles as Earl Frank in Straight Time (1978), the Madman in The Jerk (1979), Captain Bryant in Blade Runner (1982), Harv in Critters (1986), and Walt Scheel in Christmas with the Kranks (2004). He starred as private detective Loren Visser in Blood Simple (1984), Walsh's other numerous film appearances include Midnight Cowboy (1969), Little Big Man (1970), What's Up, Doc? (1972), Serpico (1973), The Gambler (1974), Bound for Glory (1976), Slap Shot (1977), Airport '77 (1977), Brubaker (1980), Ordinary People (1980), Reds (1981), Silkwood (1983), Fletch (1985), Back to School (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Romeo + Juliet (1996), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), The Iron Giant (1999), Calvary (2014), and Knives Out (2019). Michael Emmet Walsh was born on March 22, 1935, in Ogdensburg, New York, He underwent a mastoid operation at age 3, which left Walsh deaf in his left ear. He graduated from Clarkson University in 1958 (B.A., Business Administration), in 1998 According to his manager, Sandy Joseph, "Walsh's tremendous body of work includes 119 feature films and more than 250 television productions One of his best-known roles was Captain Harry Bryant in Ridley Scott's cult film Blade Runner (1982) Walsh spent years honing his craft in movie bit parts and on stage. Alice's Restaurant (1969),Little Big Man (1970), Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Other prominent film roles include a prostate examining doctor in the Chevy Chase film Fletch (1985),a college diving coach in the Rodney Dangerfield film Back to School (1986), a police chief in the horror film Critters (1986), John Lithgow’s father in the Bigfoot comedy Harry and the Hendersons (1987), father of the groom in the romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) the voice of Earl Stutz in animated film The Iron Giant (1999),the adventure film Snow Dogs (2002), and the Christmas comedy film Christmas with the Kranks (2004) He appeared in an episode of the NBC drama series Gibbsville in 1976 and Little House on the Prairie in 1981.[18] Walsh also made occasional guest appearances on Home Improvement as Tim Taylor's father-in-law in 1994. Other appearances included Early Edition, The X-Files, Ed, and Frasier. He also appeared as Dr. Joseph Krofft, a medical examiner with a grudge against Andy Sipowicz, on an episode of NYPD Blue. Walsh died of cardiac arrest at Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, Vermont, on March 19, 2024, at the age of 88.

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