SO LONG, M. EMMET WALSH

You redefined the meaning of "character" in character actor, becoming a familiar but convertible face through decades of film. 

No one will forget your performances in Blade Runner; Escape from the Planet of the Apes; Critters; Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat; Relative Fear; City in Fear; Blood Simple; The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power; The Iron Giant; Harry and the Hendersons; They Might Be Giants; Midnight Cowboy; The Traveling Executioner; The Milagro Beanfield War; Albino Alligator; Shifting Gears; Get to Know Your Rabbit; Arthur Newman; Don McKay; Christmas with the Kranks; Christmas in the Clouds; Airport '77; The Mimic; Outlaw Posse; Serpico; Straight Time; Clean and Sober; Sunset; Knives Out; Fletch; East of Eden 1981; Back to School; Ordinary People; Reds; Silkwood, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home; Cops and Robbersons; Camp Nowhere; Nickelodeon; Narrow Margin; The Mighty Quinn; My Best Friend's Wedding; Little Big Man; Bound for Glory; Slap Shot; Back Roads; Kid Blue; Raising Arizona; Romeo & Juliet 1996; Snow Dogs; The Prisoner of Second Avenue; Alice's Restaurant; The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh; The Invasion of Johnson County; The Gambler 1974; Stiletto; What's Up, Doc?; The Escape Artist; Mikey and Nicky; Chattahoochee; High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane; At Long Last Love; Fast-Walking; Missing in Action; Red Scorpion; Thunderground; Poor White Trash; Equinox 1992; Random Hearts; Big Stan; Youth in Revolt; Chasing 3000; Wilder Napalm; Racing Stripes; The Pope of Greenwich Village; The Immaculate Room; Brotherhood of the Rose; The Jerk; Grandview USA; and The Odd Life of Timothy Green.  

Indeed, you were here, there and everywhere, and for television, guest shots, you covered all the bases as well, with stints on The Flash 1990; Bonanza; Little House on the Prairie; The Waltons; Gibbsville; Early Edition; Ironside, NYPD Blue; Julia; All in the Family; The Don Rickles Show; The Bob Newhart Show; The Sandy Duncan Show; The Jimmy Stewart Show; Baretta; The Rockford Files; McMillian & Wife; The Doctors; The X-Files; The Hitchhiker; The Twilight Zone 1985; The Outer Limits 1996; Amazing Stories, Tales from the Crypt; Big Guy and Rusty the Robot; and more. 

You deserve to be placed on a pedestal, Mr. Walsh, admired and praised for your ability to hit it out of the park time and again. And for those who revisit your work, you'll continue to do so far into the future. After all, legends of your caliber never fade; they just become more beloved.