Cliff Emmich

Clifford Joseph Emmich was born on December 13, 1936, in Cincinnati, Ohio.[1][2] He began his career on stage, as he was a student at the Pasadena Playhouse.[3] While mainly appearing on stage, Emmich performed in summer stock theaters, such as the Pink Garter Theatre, as he had played Molly's Father on the play I Ain't Down Yet in Jackson, Wyoming.[4] He had toured on 153 cities at 23 states with the American Repertory Players.[4]

Emmich began his film and television career in 1969, when he played an uncredited role in the film Gaily, Gaily. As he later appeared in numerous television programs including The Odd Couple, Ironside, Trapper John, M.D., 227, Murder, She Wrote, Happy Days, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, CHiPs, Starsky and Hutch, Little House on the Prairie, Fantasy Island, Who's the Boss?, Charlie's Angels, Columbo, Walker, Texas Ranger, Knots Landing, Police Woman and Baywatch.[2] He also appeared in films such as, Payday (1973),[5] Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974), Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975), Aloha Bobby and Rose (1975), Bad Georgia Road (1977), Stingray (1978), Barracuda (1978), Halloween II (1981), Hellhole (1985), Return to Horror High (1987), Mouse Hunt (1997) and Inspector Gadget (1999).[2]

In 1978, when Emmich guest-starred on Little House on the Prairie, he stated that "there was nothing even funny about being fat".[6] He spent most of his life on a healthy diet, which he later abandoned.[6]

Emmich died of lung cancer on November 28, 2022, shortly before his 86th birthday, at his home in the Valley Village neighborhood of Los Angeles.[1]

• Cliff Emmich at IMDb
• Cliff Emmich at the TCM Movie Database
• Cliff Emmich at AllMovie
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