Cliff Emmich
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 13, 1936
- Died
- November 28, 2022 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Holiday Road Trip
Movie · as Rocky
Crossing Jordan
TV · as Dr. Marlen · 1 ep
Inspector Gadget
Movie · as Out of Control Bus Driver
Legalese
Movie · as Bib Wellingford
Bug Buster
Movie · as Uncle Buck
MouseHunt
Movie · as Mayor McKrinle
Best of the Best 2
Movie · as Texan
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as King · 1 ep
Rachel Gunn, R.N.
TV · as Mr. Bellows · 1 ep
California Dreams
TV · as Mr. Laden · 1 ep
Coach
TV · as Auctioneer · 1 ep
Return to Horror High
Movie · as Dillon
A Different World
TV · as Desk Sergeant · 1 ep
It's Garry Shandling's Show
TV · as Santa Claus · 1 ep
Hellhole
Movie · as Dr. Blume
227
TV · 1 ep
Hunter
TV · as Oscar · 1 ep
Night Court
TV · as Mini Mart Marv · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Harry Tigner · 1 ep
Automan
TV · as Zack · 1 ep
Knight Rider
TV · as Linden · 1 ep
Matt Houston
TV · 1 ep
...All the Marbles
Movie · as Obese Promoter
Halloween II
Movie · as Mr. Garrett
Falcon Crest
TV · as Mr. Lomax · 1 ep
Simon & Simon
TV · 1 ep
Bret Maverick
TV · 1 ep
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
Movie · as Purvis
Undercover with the KKK
Movie · as Orville
The Streets of L.A.
Movie · as Mason
Trapper John, M.D.
TV · 1 ep
Knots Landing
TV · as Mr. Scott · 1 ep
Barracuda
Movie · as Lester
Stingray
Movie · as Roscoe
Vega$
TV · 1 ep
Fantasy Island
TV · as Manny the Turk · 1 ep
Bad Georgia Road
Movie · as Early DePue
CHiPs
TV · as Daniels · 2 eps
The Incredible Hulk
TV · as Earl · 1 ep
Jackson County Jail
Movie · as Mr. Bigelow
Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence
Movie · as Ron Weimer
The Macahans
Movie · as Bartender
Charlie's Angels
TV · as Duece · 2 eps
Shell Game
Movie · as Carmichael
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
Movie · as Cliff Wilson - Used Car Dealer
Starsky & Hutch
TV · as Marshall 'Moo-Moo' Caifano · 1 ep
Baretta
TV · 1 ep
Our Time
Movie · as Hotel Clerk
Slither
Movie · as Fat Stranger
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Movie · as The Fat Man
Little House on the Prairie
TV · as John Bevins · 1 ep
Happy Days
TV · as Candy Man · 1 ep
Police Woman
TV · as Ronald English, Spiro, Whalen · 1 ep
Payday
Movie · as Chicago
Invasion of the Bee Girls
Movie · as Coroner
Police Story
TV · 1 ep
Hot Summer Week
Movie · as Truck Driver
Cool Million
TV · as Paul Davison · 1 ep
Inside O.U.T.
Movie · as Coffee vendor
The Feminist and the Fuzz
Movie · as Key Holder
Columbo
TV · as Tubby Comfort · 1 ep
The Odd Couple
TV · as Harold, Ben · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Jerry Barker · 1 ep
The F.B.I.
TV · as Gerald Guido · 1 ep