M. Emmet Walsh - biography

“But I’m an actor and I like to just keep working.”

“But I’ve worked where they’ve had animals before, and animal wranglers, the people who raise animals and train animals for films and television, they’re all very, very professional.”

“Hell, I’m an old man.  I’m 70 years old.  I’m supposed to be sitting on a rocking chair watching the sunset.”

“I imagine there are things I wouldn’t do, but I haven’t been offered those recently either.”

“I’m impressed with how professional they are and what they can get an animal to do.  I mean, dogs and cats - that’s one thing.  But when you get into the larger animals, that’s a different thing all together.”

“No, I’m not a horse better.  Every once in a while somebody will give me a sure thing and of course it’s not.”

M. Emmet Walsh has appeared in the following films:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Little Big Man (1970)
Cold Turkey (1971)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
They Might Be Giants (1971)
What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
Serpico (1973)
The Gambler (1974)
At Long Last Love (1975)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
Airport ’77 (1977)
Slap Shot (1977)
Straight Time (1978)
The Jerk (1979)
Brubaker (1980)
Ordinary People (1980)
Raise the Titanic (1980)
Reds (1981)
Back Roads (1981)
Blade Runner (1982)
The Escape Artist (1982)
Cannery Row (1982)
Silkwood (1983)
Scandalous (1984)
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
Grandview, U.S.A. (1984)
Missing in Action (1984)
Fletch (1985)
The Best of Times (1986)
Back to School (1986)
Critters (1986)
Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
No Man’s Land (1987)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Sunset (1988)
The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
Red Scorpion (1988)
War Party (1988)
Chattahoochee (1989)
The Mighty Quinn (1989)
Catch Me If You Can (1989)
Thunderground (1989)
Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1990)
Narrow Margin (1990)
White Sands (1992)
Equinox (1992)
Killer Image (1992)
Wilder Napalm (1993)
The Naked Truth (1993)
Camp Nowhere (1994)
Criminal Hearts (1995)
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
Relative Fear (1995)
A Time to Kill (1996)
Albino Alligator (1996)
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997)
Retroactive (1997)
Twilight (1998)
Nightmare in Big Sky Country (1998)
Chairman of the Board (1998)
Random Hearts (1999)
Wild Wild West (1999)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Jack of Hearts (2000)
Snow Dogs (2002)
Baggage (2003)
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Racing Stripes (2005)
Big Stan (2007)
Man in the Chair (2007)
Sherman’s Way (2008)
Don McKay (2009)
Youth in Revolt (2009)