Name
Cliff Emmich
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1936-12-13
Deathday
2022-11-28 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Biography
Engaging character actor Cliff Emmich first began acting on stage. Veteran character actor Keenan Wynn advised Emmich to enroll at the Pasadena Playhouse. He studied at the Pasadena Playhouse for eight months. Emmich then toured the country with the American Repertory Players and spent a summer performing in summer stock at the Pink Garter Theatre in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He made his film debut in Gaily, Gaily (1969).
Later memorable roles were as a coroner in Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973), as sexist jerk business executive who insults Yvette Mimieux at the beginning of Jackson County Jail (1976), as a bumbling small town deputy in Barracuda (1978), as the ill-fated hospital security guard Mr. Garrett in Halloween II (1981), as an asylum doctor in the trashy Hellhole (1985), and as a small town sheriff in Digital Man (1995). He has appeared in such television shows as Crossing Jordan (2001), Walker, Texas Ranger (1993), Nash Bridges (1996), Coach (1989), Baywatch (1989), Murder, She Wrote (1984), Knots Landing (1979), Night Court (1984), Hunter (1984), Riptide (1984), Simon & Simon (1981), CHiPs (1977), Knight Rider (1982), The Incredible Hulk (1977), Vega$ (1978), Fantasy Island (1977), Happy Days (1974), Little House on the Prairie (1974) (this is one of Emmich's favorite parts), Charlie's Angels (1976), Baretta (1975), Police Woman (1974), and Starsky and Hutch (1975). He is a member of both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Known For
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- 1976 Jackson County Jail as Mr. Bigelow
- 1981 Halloween II as Mr. Garrett
- 1981 ...All the Marbles as Obese Promoter
- 1972 Hot Summer Week as Truck Driver
- 1985 Hellhole as Dr. Blume
- 1977 Bad Georgia Road as Early DePue
- 1978 Barracuda as Lester
- 1973 Payday as Chicago
- 1978 Stingray as Roscoe
- 1971 Inside O.U.T. as Coffee vendor
- 1974 Our Time as Hotel Clerk
- 1980 The $5.20 an Hour Dream as Purvis
- 1976 Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence as Ron Weimer
- 1993 Best of the Best 2 as Texan
- 1997 MouseHunt as Mayor McKrinle
- 1979 Undercover with the KKK as Orville
- 1973 Invasion of the Bee Girls as Coroner
- 1999 Inspector Gadget as Out of Control Bus Driver
- 1987 Return to Horror High as Dillon
- 1975 Shell Game as Carmichael
- 2013 Holiday Road Trip as Rocky
- 1979 The Streets of L.A. as Mason
- 1974 Slither as Fat Stranger
- 1998 Legalese as Bib Wellingford
- 1974 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot as The Fat Man
- 1971 The Feminist and the Fuzz as Key Holder
- 1976 The Macahans as Bartender
- 1975 Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins as Cliff Wilson - Used Car Dealer
- 1981 Falcon Crest ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Lomax
- 1987 A Different World ( 1 episode ) as Desk Sergeant
- 1977 CHiPs ( 2 episodes )
- 1979 Trapper John, M.D. ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Starsky & Hutch ( 1 episode ) as Marshall 'Moo-Moo' Caifano
- 1974 Little House on the Prairie ( 1 episode ) as John Bevins
- 1970 The Odd Couple ( 1 episode ) as Harold
- 1981 Simon & Simon ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Knight Rider ( 1 episode ) as Linden
- 1985 227 ( 1 episode )
- 2001 Crossing Jordan ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Marlen
- 1975 Baretta ( 1 episode )
- 1993 Walker, Texas Ranger ( 1 episode ) as King
- 1976 Charlie's Angels ( 2 episodes ) as Duece
- 1974 Happy Days ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Oscar
- 1978 Vega$ ( 1 episode )
- 1981 Bret Maverick ( 1 episode )
- 1973 Police Story ( 1 episode )
- 1982 Matt Houston ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Jerry Barker
- 1983 Automan ( 1 episode ) as Zack
- 1971 Columbo ( 1 episode ) as Tubby Comfort
- 1992 Rachel Gunn, R.N. ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Bellows
- 1974 Happy Days ( 1 episode ) as Candy Man
- 1984 Night Court ( 1 episode ) as Mini Mart Marv
- 1977 CHiPs ( 1 episode ) as Daniels
- 1992 California Dreams ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Laden
- 1974 Police Woman ( 1 episode ) as Ronald English
- 1974 Police Woman ( 1 episode ) as Spiro
- 1970 The Odd Couple ( 1 episode ) as Ben
- 1977 The Incredible Hulk ( 1 episode ) as Earl
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote ( 1 episode ) as Harry Tigner
- 1979 Knots Landing ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Scott
- 1989 Coach ( 1 episode ) as Auctioneer
- 1972 Cool Million ( 1 episode ) as Paul Davison
- 1986 It's Garry Shandling's Show ( 1 episode ) as Santa Claus
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Gerald Guido
- 1974 Police Woman ( 1 episode ) as Whalen
- 1978 Fantasy Island ( 1 episode ) as Manny the Turk
