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Cliff Emmich
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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 Pasade…
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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
Movies and shows, newest first
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2013
Holiday Road Trip
Movie Rocky
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2001
Crossing Jordan
TV show Dr. Marlen
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1999
Inspector Gadget
Movie Out of Control Bus Driver
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1998
Legalese
Movie Bib Wellingford
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1997
MouseHunt
Movie Mayor McKrinle
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1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV show King
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1993
Best of the Best 2
Movie Texan
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1992
California Dreams
TV show Mr. Laden
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1992
Rachel Gunn, R.N.
TV show Mr. Bellows
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1989
Coach
TV show Auctioneer
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1987
A Different World
TV show Desk Sergeant
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1987
Return to Horror High
Movie Dillon
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1986
It's Garry Shandling's Show
TV show Santa Claus
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1985
227
TV show
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1985
Hellhole
Movie Dr. Blume
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1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Harry Tigner
More credits
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1984
Hunter
TV show Oscar
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1984
Night Court
TV show Mini Mart Marv
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1983
Automan
TV show Zack
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1982
Knight Rider
TV show Linden
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1982
Matt Houston
TV show
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1981
Falcon Crest
TV show Mr. Lomax
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1981
Bret Maverick
TV show
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1981
Simon & Simon
TV show
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1981
Halloween II
Movie Mr. Garrett
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1981
...All the Marbles
Movie Obese Promoter
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1980
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
Movie Purvis
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1979
Knots Landing
TV show Mr. Scott
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1979
The Streets of L.A.
Movie Mason
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1979
Undercover with the KKK
Movie Orville
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1979
Trapper John, M.D.
TV show
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1978
Barracuda
Movie Lester
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1978
Vega$
TV show
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1978
Stingray
Movie Roscoe
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1978
Fantasy Island
TV show Manny the Turk
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1977
The Incredible Hulk
TV show Earl
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1977
CHiPs
TV show
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1977
Bad Georgia Road
Movie Early DePue
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1976
Charlie's Angels
TV show Duece
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1976
Jackson County Jail
Movie Mr. Bigelow
