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He was brilliantly horrible in the Coens' Blood Simple.Prolific character actor who went under the radar largely.
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M Emmet Walsh was both a mesmerising everyman and an indelible gargoyle. How Iâll miss those poached-egg eyes
Always good as either an antagonist or malign authority figure, Walsh – best known as loathsome PI Visser in Blood Simple – was a singular, brilliant icon