Cliff Emmich
Born: 1936-12-13 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died: 2022-11-28
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2013
- Holiday Road Trip as Rocky
2001
- Crossing Jordan as Dr. Marlen
1999
- Inspector Gadget as Out of Control Bus Driver
1998
- Legalese as Bib Wellingford
1997
- MouseHunt as Mayor McKrinle
1993
- Walker, Texas Ranger as King
- Best of the Best 2 as Texan
1992
- California Dreams as Mr. Laden
- Rachel Gunn, R.N. as Mr. Bellows
1989
- Coach as Auctioneer
1987
- A Different World as Desk Sergeant
- Return to Horror High as Dillon
1986
- It's Garry Shandling's Show as Santa Claus
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Harry Tigner
- Night Court as Mini Mart Marv
- Hunter as Oscar
1983
- Automan as Zack
1982
- Knight Rider as Linden
- Matt Houston
1981
- Falcon Crest as Mr. Lomax
- Simon & Simon
- ...All the Marbles as Obese Promoter
- Bret Maverick
- Halloween II as Mr. Garrett
1980
- The $5.20 an Hour Dream as Purvis
1979
- Knots Landing as Mr. Scott
- Trapper John, M.D.
- Undercover with the KKK as Orville
- The Streets of L.A. as Mason
1977
- The Incredible Hulk as Earl
- CHiPs
- Bad Georgia Road as Early DePue
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Duece
- Jackson County Jail as Mr. Bigelow
- The Macahans as Bartender
- Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence as Ron Weimer
1975
- Starsky & Hutch as Marshall 'Moo-Moo' Caifano
- Baretta
- Shell Game as Carmichael
- Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins as Cliff Wilson - Used Car Dealer
1974
- Little House on the Prairie as John Bevins
- Happy Days
- Police Woman as Ronald English
- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot as The Fat Man
- Our Time as Hotel Clerk
- Slither as Fat Stranger
1973
- Police Story
- Invasion of the Bee Girls as Coroner
- Payday as Chicago
1972
- Cool Million as Paul Davison
- Hot Summer Week as Truck Driver
1971
- Columbo as Tubby Comfort
- Inside O.U.T. as Coffee vendor
- The Feminist and the Fuzz as Key Holder
1970
- The Odd Couple as Harold
1967
- Ironside as Jerry Barker
1965
- The F.B.I. as Gerald Guido