RIP M Emmet Walsh

*triplexxx* · 03-20-2024, 07:31 PM

Big burly veteran actor M Emmet Walsh, played in many roles over the years, including a lot of sinister characters, has passed at 88. Credits include Ordinary People, Blood Simple, Fletch, Blade Runner, The Jerk, Starsky & Hutch, Serpico, Slap Shot, The Jimmy Stewart Show, The Don Rickles Show, Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Back To School, Raising Arizona, Cops and Robbersons, Home Improvement, Romeo + Juliet, The X-Files, The Iron Giant, and many more, saw him all over. Rest well, M Emmet Walsh.

*IMJ* · 03-20-2024, 08:46 PM

That's a real shame. He was an 80's mini-icon.

*Autbot_Benz* · 03-20-2024, 08:53 PM

I will always remember him from Home Improvement as Jill's Father Colonel Patterson

~~ResidentEvil7~~ · 03-20-2024, 09:52 PM

It's too bad, but 88 (2 days from turning 89) is a good run. I only remember him from 2 episodes of Home Improvement; Snow Dogs and Christmas With The Kranks.

*KROW* · 03-20-2024, 11:27 PM

The man was a film fixture of my childhood. It was as if he was in everything I watched. Great character actor. May he rest in peace.

~~ResidentEvil7~~ · 03-21-2024, 07:04 AM

According to credits and IMDb, he played on Escape From The Planet Of The Apes back in 1971, but because he was a lot younger than I've seen him as, I could never find him in the movie. If anyone knows where he was at in Escape From The Planet Of The Apes, please show a picture?

03-20-2024, 07:31 PM	#1
triplexxx Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,819	RIP M Emmet Walsh Big burly veteran actor M Emmet Walsh, played in many roles over the years, including a lot of sinister characters, has passed at 88. Credits include Ordinary People, Blood Simple, Fletch, Blade Runner, The Jerk, Starsky & Hutch, Serpico, Slap Shot, The Jimmy Stewart Show, The Don Rickles Show, Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Back To School, Raising Arizona, Cops and Robbersons, Home Improvement, Romeo + Juliet, The X-Files, The Iron Giant, and many more, saw him all over. Rest well, M Emmet Walsh.

03-20-2024, 08:46 PM	#2
IMJ Emperor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Midwest, U.S.A. Posts: 8,899	That's a real shame. He was an 80's mini-icon. __________________ Wave 1 Collectibles Online Market Watch Blog Collection Photography

03-20-2024, 08:53 PM	#3
Autbot_Benz Hellblazer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ventura California Posts: 9,194	I will always remember him from Home Improvement as Jill's Father Colonel Patterson __________________ I respect what FW cartoon did for the turtles franchise but it is the most overrated and hard to watch of the 3 turtles cartoons.

03-20-2024, 11:27 PM	#5
KROW Meat-n-Potatoes Man Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: State's Anus, NY Posts: 6,472	The man was a film fixture of my childhood. It was as if he was in everything I watched. Great character actor. May he rest in peace. __________________ - Optimus Acid Trip - Cult of a Half-Shell - Raiden's Bitter Tongue - *I don't try to be funny; I fail at it naturally.* Last edited by KROW; 03-21-2024 at 09:41 PM. Reason: Missed a word due to pseudo parasocial grief.

03-20-2024, 09:52 PM	#4
~~ResidentEvil7~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2023 Location: Suburban Chicago, IL Posts: 629	It's too bad, but 88 (2 days from turning 89) is a good run. I only remember him from 2 episodes of Home Improvement; Snow Dogs and Christmas With The Kranks.

03-21-2024, 07:04 AM	#6
~~ResidentEvil7~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2023 Location: Suburban Chicago, IL Posts: 629	According to credits and IMDb, he played on Escape From The Planet Of The Apes back in 1971, but because he was a lot younger than I've seen him as, I could never find him in the movie. If anyone knows where he was at in Escape From The Planet Of The Apes, please show a picture?