Blade Runner star M. Emmet Walsh passes away

Blood Simple and Blade Runner star M. Emmet Walsh passed away on Thursday at the age of 88.

His death was confirmed by the manager who said that the actor had suffered a cardiac arrest at Kerbs Memorial Hospital in St. Albans, Vermont.

Walsh worked for six decades on stage, film and television.  The Jerk, Critters, and My Best Friend’s Wedding was some of his iconic work.

“Walsh’s tremendous body of work includes 119 feature films and more than 250 television productions,” his manager shared in a statement.

“Among his most recent credits are his scene-stealing performance as the elderly security guard in Rian Johnson’s murder-mystery comedy ‘Knives Out’ and roles in ‘Brothers’ with Brendan Fraser for Legendary Films, the independent feature ‘God Loves the Green Bay Packers’ and ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ for HBO.”