Acting · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA · Born December 13, 1936
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.
MovieHoliday Road Trip
2013
as Rocky
TVCrossing Jordan
2001
as Dr. Marlen
MovieInspector Gadget
1999
as Out of Control Bus Driver
MovieLegalese
1998
as Bib Wellingford
MovieMouseHunt
1997
as Mayor McKrinle
TVWalker, Texas Ranger
1993
as King
MovieBest of the Best 2
1993
as Texan
TVCalifornia Dreams
1992
as Mr. Laden
TVRachel Gunn, R.N.
1992
as Mr. Bellows
TVCoach
1989
as Auctioneer
TVA Different World
1987
as Desk Sergeant
MovieReturn to Horror High
1987
as Dillon
TVIt's Garry Shandling's Show
1986
as Santa Claus
TV227
1985
MovieHellhole
1985
as Dr. Blume
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Harry Tigner
TVHunter
1984
as Oscar
TVNight Court
1984
as Mini Mart Marv
TVAutoman
1983
as Zack
TVKnight Rider
1982
as Linden
TVMatt Houston
1982
TVFalcon Crest
1981
as Mr. Lomax
TVBret Maverick
1981
TVSimon & Simon
1981
MovieHalloween II
1981
as Mr. Garrett
Movie...All the Marbles
1981
as Obese Promoter
MovieThe $5.20 an Hour Dream
1980
as Purvis
TVKnots Landing
1979
as Mr. Scott
MovieThe Streets of L.A.
1979
as Mason
MovieUndercover with the KKK
1979
as Orville
TVTrapper John, M.D.
1979
MovieBarracuda
1978
as Lester
TVVega$
1978
MovieStingray
1978
as Roscoe
TVFantasy Island
1978
as Manny the Turk
TVThe Incredible Hulk
1977
as Earl
TVCHiPs
1977
MovieBad Georgia Road
1977
as Early DePue
TVCharlie's Angels
1976
as Duece
MovieJackson County Jail
1976
as Mr. Bigelow
MovieMallory: Circumstantial Evidence
1976
as Ron Weimer
MovieThe Macahans
1976
as Bartender
TVStarsky & Hutch
1975
as Marshall 'Moo-Moo' Caifano
MovieShell Game
1975
as Carmichael
MovieRafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1975
as Cliff Wilson - Used Car Dealer
TVBaretta
1975
TVPolice Woman
1974
as Ronald English
TVLittle House on the Prairie
1974
as John Bevins
MovieThunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974
as The Fat Man
MovieOur Time
1974
as Hotel Clerk
MovieSlither
1974
as Fat Stranger
TVHappy Days
1974
MoviePayday
1973
as Chicago
MovieInvasion of the Bee Girls
1973
as Coroner
TVPolice Story
1973
TVCool Million
1972
as Paul Davison
MovieHot Summer Week
1972
as Truck Driver
TVColumbo
1971
as Tubby Comfort
MovieInside O.U.T.
1971
as Coffee vendor
MovieThe Feminist and the Fuzz
1971
as Key Holder
TVThe Odd Couple
1970
as Harold
TVIronside
1967
as Jerry Barker
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Gerald Guido
