{"id":520214,"date":"2022-12-03T04:20:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T01:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cliff-emmich-actor-in-payday-and-thunderbolt-and-lightfoot-dies-at-85\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T04:20:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T01:20:51","slug":"cliff-emmich-actor-in-payday-and-thunderbolt-and-lightfoot-dies-at-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cliff-emmich-actor-in-payday-and-thunderbolt-and-lightfoot-dies-at-85\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cliff Emmich, Actor in \u2018Payday\u2019 and \u2018Thunderbolt and Lightfoot,\u2019 Dies at 85"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f7af73c640\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f7af73c640\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cliff-emmich-actor-in-payday-and-thunderbolt-and-lightfoot-dies-at-85\/#Cliff_Emmich_Actor_in_%E2%80%98Payday_and_%E2%80%98Thunderbolt_and_Lightfoot_Dies_at_85\" >Cliff Emmich, Actor in \u2018Payday\u2019 and \u2018Thunderbolt and Lightfoot,\u2019 Dies at 85<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cliff_Emmich_Actor_in_%E2%80%98Payday_and_%E2%80%98Thunderbolt_and_Lightfoot_Dies_at_85\"><\/span>Cliff Emmich, Actor in \u2018Payday\u2019 and \u2018Thunderbolt and Lightfoot,\u2019 Dies at 85<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Cliff Emmich, the fun-loving character actor who made his mark in <em>Payday<\/em>, <em>Thunderbolt and Lightfoot<\/em>, <em>Halloween II<\/em> and <em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em>, has died. He was 85.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Emmich died Monday at his Valley Village home in Los Angeles after a long battle with lung cancer, his rep Steve Stevens told <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In perhaps his most well-known role, Emmich played the driver Chicago, who steered the Cadillac sedan with Rip Torn\u2018s hard-living honky tonk singer Maury Dann in the backseat, in <em>Payday<\/em> (1973).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In Michael Cimino\u2018s <em>Thunderbolt and Lightfoot<\/em> (1974), Emmich portrayed the Western Union security guard with a porn fetish who is attracted to the long-legged, dress-wearing Jeff Bridges. He played another security guard, one who falls victim to a hammer wielded by Michael Myers, in <em>Halloween II<\/em> (1981).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Emmich was at his best on the fifth season of NBC\u2019s <em>Little House on the Prairie<\/em> as an overweight, shy and embarrassed middle-aged guy whose daughter is ashamed of him in the episode \u201cThe Man Inside.\u201d Michael Landon wrote it with Emmich in mind, and it was one of the actor\u2019s favorite roles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:1000px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((563\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cliff-Emmich-Publicity-Embed-2022.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"Cliff Emmich\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cliff-Emmich-Publicity-Embed-2022.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cliff-Emmich-Publicity-Embed-2022.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cliff-Emmich-Publicity-Embed-2022.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Cliff-Emmich-Publicity-Embed-2022.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"563\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\"><span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">Cliff Emmich<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                    <cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Courtesy Rob Word<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Clifford Joseph Emmich was born in Cincinnati on Dec. 13, 1936, and raised in Los Angeles. His father, also named Clifford, sold exotic foreign cars to Hollywood luminaries that included Gary Cooper, Clark Gable and Ozzie Nelson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cCoop had this Duesenberg, and he used to go out with the ladies even though he was married,\u201d Emmich recalled in a 2018 interview with Rob Word for <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kUqu1FSmUXk\">A Word on Westerns<\/a><\/em>. \u201cHe called my dad and said, \u2018Cliff, I got the Duesy out in front, and I\u2019m over at this girl\u2019s house, and if all these gossip columnists in town find out about that car, they\u2019ll know I\u2019m upstairs. I got the keys under the front seat, so if you\u2019ll come and get it and drive it over to the lot, I\u2019ll come over and get it or send someone over to pick it up.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    After graduating from John Muir High School in Pasadena and serving in the U.S. Air Force, Emmich studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse, toured with the American Repertory Players and did summer stock at the Pink Garter Theatre in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    He made his film debut with an uncredited role in Norman Jewison\u2019s <em>Gaily, Gaily<\/em> (1969), starring Beau Bridges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Later, Emmich played the counterfeiter known as \u201cThe Candy Man\u201d on the two-part <em>H<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y Days<\/em> episode \u201cFonzie\u2019s Funeral\u201d in 1979.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    His r\u00e9sum\u00e9 also included the films <em>Invasion of the Bee Girls<\/em> (1973), the Yvette Mimieux-starring <em>Jackson County Jail<\/em> (1976), <em>Barracuda<\/em> (1978), <em>Hellhole<\/em> (1985) and <em>Digital Man<\/em> (1995) and TV stints on everything from <em>The Odd Couple<\/em>, <em>Ironside<\/em>, <em>The FBI<\/em>, <em>Starsky and Hutch<\/em> and <em>Night Court<\/em> to <em>Murder, She Wrote<\/em>, <em>Coach<\/em>, <em>Nash Bridges<\/em> and <em>Walker, Texas Ranger<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Survivors include his nephews, Chuck, Mark and James, and his niece, Shirley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Word noted that Emmich \u201cnever missed a party, a lunch or an Academy screening. And he was always in a joyous mood, filled with wonderful memories of growing up in Hollywood and his acting exploits. He also had the biggest and most infectious laughter of anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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