{"id":84237,"date":"2024-03-21T04:20:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T04:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/character-actor-m-emmet-walsh-dead-at-88\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T04:20:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T04:20:19","slug":"character-actor-m-emmet-walsh-dead-at-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/character-actor-m-emmet-walsh-dead-at-88\/","title":{"rendered":"Character Actor M. Emmet Walsh Dead at 88"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">M. Emmet Walsh, a veteran character actor who appeared in films like \u201cBlade Runner,\u201d \u201cBlood Simple\u201d and \u201cKnives Out\u201d and played Dermot Mulroney\u2019s dad in \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding,\u201d has died. He was 88. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vFZOOO9Pu9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/vFZOOO9Pu9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7VEmW7nzX5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/7VEmW7nzX5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1770570784005611770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>M. Emmet Walsh, a character actor who appeared in everything from <b>Blade Runner<\/b> to <b>Romeo + Juliet<\/b> to <b>The X-Files<\/b>, died at age 88. He began his acting career in the late 1960&#8217;s and was extremely prolific, with over 200 credits to his name in television, film and voice acting roles. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Emmet came to set with 2 things: a copy of his credits, which was a small-type single spaced double column list of modern classics that filled a whole page, &amp; two-dollar bills which he passed out to the entire crew. \u201cDon\u2019t spend it and you\u2019ll never be broke.\u201d Absolute legend. \u2665\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hP8Ml1fBGi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/hP8Ml1fBGi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rianjohnson\/status\/1770574806317969903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rian Johnson<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The ultimate character actor? More than a character actor?! A totally unique screen presence whose performances were as fun to watch as his name is to say out loud. RIP to the great M. Emmet Walsh. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BdB6Dh015b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/BdB6Dh015b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 edgarwright (@edgarwright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edgarwright\/status\/1770578070933766255?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Edgar Wright<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">M. Emmet Walsh starred in one of our favorite Tales from the Crypt episodes, director Mary Lambert&#8217;s &#8220;Collection Completed.&#8221; Season 1, Episode 6. We&#8217;ll be watching tonight in his honor. Rest in Peace, legend. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Msipw4mw1G\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/Msipw4mw1G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bloody Disgusting (@BDisgusting) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BDisgusting\/status\/1770577354160492907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bloody Disgusting<\/p>\n<p>Source <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1770570784005611770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rianjohnson\/status\/1770574806317969903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edgarwright\/status\/1770578070933766255\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BDisgusting\/status\/1770577354160492907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">4<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/128049208.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M. Emmet Walsh, a veteran character actor who appeared in films like \u201cBlade Runner,\u201d \u201cBlood Simple\u201d and \u201cKnives Out\u201d and played Dermot Mulroney\u2019s dad in \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding,\u201d has died. He was 88. https:\/\/t.co\/vFZOOO9Pu9 pic.twitter.com\/7VEmW7nzX5 \u2014 Variety (@Variety) March 20, 2024 M. Emmet Walsh, a character actor who appeared in everything from Blade Runner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}