Acting
Cliff Emmich
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
Holiday Road Trip
Film · 2013
Crossing Jordan
Series · 2001
Inspector Gadget
Film · 1999
Legalese
Film · 1998
Bug Buster
Film · 1998
MouseHunt
Film · 1997
Best of the Best 2
Film · 1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
Series · 1993
Rachel Gunn, R.N.
Series · 1992
California Dreams
Series · 1992
Coach
Series · 1989
Return to Horror High
Film · 1987
A Different World
Series · 1987
It's Garry Shandling's Show
Series · 1986
Hellhole
Film · 1985
227
Series · 1985
Hunter
Series · 1984
Night Court
Series · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Automan
Series · 1983
Knight Rider
Series · 1982
Matt Houston
Series · 1982
Halloween II
Film · 1981
...All the Marbles
Film · 1981
Falcon Crest
Series · 1981
Simon & Simon
Series · 1981
Bret Maverick
Series · 1981
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
Film · 1980
Undercover with the KKK
Film · 1979
The Streets of L.A.
Film · 1979
Trapper John, M.D.
Series · 1979
Knots Landing
Series · 1979
Barracuda
Film · 1978
Stingray
Film · 1978
Vega$
Series · 1978
Fantasy Island
Series · 1978
Bad Georgia Road
Film · 1977
CHiPs
Series · 1977
CHiPs
Series · 1977
The Incredible Hulk
Series · 1977
Jackson County Jail
Film · 1976
Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence
Film · 1976
The Macahans
Film · 1976
Charlie's Angels
Series · 1976
Shell Game
Film · 1975
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
Film · 1975
Starsky & Hutch
Series · 1975
Baretta
Series · 1975
Our Time
Film · 1974
Slither
Film · 1974
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Film · 1974
Little House on the Prairie
Series · 1974
Happy Days
Series · 1974
Happy Days
Series · 1974
Police Woman
Series · 1974
Police Woman
Series · 1974
Police Woman
Series · 1974
Payday
Film · 1973
Invasion of the Bee Girls
Film · 1973
Police Story
Series · 1973
Hot Summer Week
Film · 1972
Cool Million
Series · 1972
Inside O.U.T.
Film · 1971
The Feminist and the Fuzz
Film · 1971
Columbo
Series · 1971
The Odd Couple
Series · 1970
The Odd Couple
Series · 1970
Ironside
Series · 1967
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965