American actor, M.Emmet Walsh, who starred in Blade Runner and Knives Out, has lost his life at the age of 88.
The American star died from a cardiac arrest on Tuesday at Kerbs Memorial Hospital in St Albans, Vermont, a statement from his manager confirmed.
He played an unscrupulous private detective in Ethan Coen’s Blood Simple two years later, for which he would win the first Film Independent Spirit Award for best male lead.
He also played Dermot Mulroney’s father in My Best Friend’s Wedding, which also starred Julia Roberts, and Dustin Hoffman’s belligerent parole officer in Straight Time.
Born Michael Emmet Walsh, his body of work includes 119 films and 250 TV productions, with recent roles including playing an elderly security guard in Rian Johnson’s 2019 murder-mystery comedy Knives Out, which starred Daniel Craig.
