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name: "Cliff Osmond"
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born: "26 February 1937"
died: "22 December 2012"
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# Cliff Osmond

Actor. Born 26 February 1937 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. Died 22 December 2012.

## Details

- **Born:** 26 February 1937, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 22 December 2012
- **Active:** 1971–1974
- **Also known as:** Clifford Osman Ebrahim
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Osmond, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1101158, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0652109/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14834

## Biography

Cliff Osmond, born Clifford Osman Ebrahim, was an American character actor, screenwriter and acting teacher. He was born on 26 February 1937 in Jersey City, New Jersey, and died on 22 December 2012 in Pacific Palisades, California.

Osmond appeared in four films directed by Billy Wilder: *Irma la Douce* (1963) as a police sergeant, *Kiss Me, Stupid* (1964) as Barney Milsap, *The Fortune Cookie* (1966) as Purkey, and *The Front Page* (1974) as Officer Jacobi. He had more than 100 film and television credits between 1962 and 1996, including guest roles in series such as *The Twilight Zone*, *Gunsmoke* and *Murder, She Wrote*.

He also wrote for television, including an episode of *The Streets of San Francisco*, and wrote and directed the 1988 feature *The Penitent*. Osmond taught acting for many years and estimated that he had taught more than 10,000 students.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Front Page* (1974), Fi1m 60, as Officer Jacobi — [page](https://film.one/film/the-front-page.md)
- *All in the Family* (1971), Fi1m 82, as Nick Howard — [page](https://film.one/tv/all-in-the-family.md)

## Complete filmography (75)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Blaylock House* (2012), Director
- *Bodies of Evidence* (1992), series, Actor
- *Civil Wars* (1991), series, Actor
- *The Penitent* (1988), Director, Writer
- *Copacabana* (1985), as Angelo
- *Hell Town* (1985), series, Actor
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Kris Karas
- *Mama's Family* (1983), series, Actor
- *Knight Rider* (1982), series, as Jim Courtney
- *Matt Houston* (1982), series, Actor
- *Incident at Crestridge* (1981), as Bill McLaren
- *California Gold Rush* (1981), as Harry Love
- *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* (1981), as Pap
- *The Adventures of Nellie Bly* (1981), as Stanfil
- *Hangar 18* (1980), as Sheriff Barlow
- *Beggarman, Thief* (1979), series, as Sagerac
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, as Vasquez
- *The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again* (1979), as Wes Hardin
- *The North Avenue Irregulars* (1979), as Big Chin
- *Power Play* (1978), Writer
- *Vega$* (1978), series, Actor
- *The Great Brain* (1978), as Mr. Kokovinis
- *The Mouse and His Child* (1977), as C. Serpentina (voice)
- *CHiPs* (1977), series, as Michael
- *Guardian of the Wilderness* (1976), as McCollough
- *Joe Panther* (1976), as Rance
- *The Art of Crime* (1975), as Nanoosh
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), series, Actor
- *Sharks' Treasure* (1975), as Lobo
- *The Front Page* (1974), as Officer Jacobi — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-front-page.md)
- *Movin' On* (1974), series, Actor
- *The Manhunter* (1974), series, Actor
- *Rhoda* (1974), series, Actor
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, as Sheriff Bob Kemp
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Gino — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Oklahoma Crude* (1973), as Massive Man
- *Invasion of the Bee Girls* (1973), as Captain Peters
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor
- *The Heist* (1972), as Tom Logan
- *The Bob Newhart Show* (1972), series, as Leonard de Paolo
- *The Rookies* (1972), series, Actor
- *Sweet Sugar* (1972), as Burgos
- *Emergency!* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Partners* (1971), series, Actor
- *The Chicago Teddy Bears* (1971), series, Actor
- *Walt Whitman: Poet for a New Age* (1971), as Walt Whitman
- *All in the Family* (1971), series, as Nick Howard — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/all-in-the-family.md)
- *The Odd Couple* (1970), series, as Effram
- *The Devil's Eight* (1969), as Bubba
- *Three Guns for Texas* (1968), as Running Antelope
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, Actor
- *Here's Lucy* (1968), series, as Jake
- *Land of the Giants* (1968), series, as Grotius, Jolo
- *Alexander The Great* (1968), as Memnon
- *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor
- *The Fortune Cookie* (1966), as Purkey
- *Shane* (1966), series, as Joshua Spicer
- *Batman* (1966), series, as Andante
- *Hogan's Heroes* (1965), series, as Marko
- *Laredo* (1965), series, Actor
- *Kiss Me, Stupid* (1964), as Barney Milsap
- *The Rogues* (1964), series, as Sheriff Todd
- *Wild and Wonderful* (1964), as Hercule
- *The Raiders* (1963), as Private Jean Duchamps
- *Glynis* (1963), series, Actor
- *Arrest and Trial* (1963), series, Actor
- *Irma la Douce* (1963), as Police Sergeant
- *The Dakotas* (1963), series, Actor
- *How the West Was Won* (1962), as Bartender (uncredited)
- *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Robert Slade
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Manolo — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor
- *The Rifleman* (1958), series, Actor
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Actor
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Bo Remick, Chunk, Ben Sommars, Daniel Sadler, Tom Macomb

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