Dick Miller (1928)

Dick Miller
General Information
Birth Name	Richard Miller
Gender	Male
Birth Place	The Bronx, New York
Birth Date	December 25, 1928
Death	January 30, 2019
Occupation	Actor, Writer
Years Active	1955–2019

Background

Richard "Dick" Miller (December 25, 1928 – January 30, 2019) was an American character actor who had a 64 year career and appeared in more than 180 films and television shows. He was best known for his colorations with director Joe Dante, having appeared in all his movies. He also appeared in many Roger Corman Projects. He also went to appear in films directed by James Cameron, and Martin Scorsese He was known for playing the beleaguered everyman, often in one-scene appearances.

Miller's main roles in films included Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Explorers, Piranha, The Howling, A Bucket of Blood, The Little Shop of Horrors, Not of This Earth, Chopping Mall, Night of the Creeps, The Terminator, The 'Burbs, Small Soldiers and Quake.

Filmography

• Apache Woman (1955)
• The Oklahoma Woman (1956)
• Gunslinger (1956)
• It Conquered the World (1956)
• Naked Paradise (1957)
• Not of This Earth (1957)
• The Undead (1957)
• Rock All Night (1957)
• Sorority Girl (1957)
• Carnival Rock (1957)
• The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1957-58) 2 episodes
• Whirlybirds (1958) 1 episodes
• M Squad (1958) 1 episode
• War of the Satellites (1958)
• Dragnet (1958) 1 episode
• A Bucket of Blood (1959)
• The Untouchables (1959) 1 episode
• The Fat Man: The Thirty-Two Friends of Gina Lardelli (1959)
• The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
• The Roaring 20's (1961) 1 episode
• Atlas (1961)
• Capture That Capsule (1961)
• The Lawless Years (1961) 1 episode
• Cabana 54 (1961)
• Premature Burial (1962)
• Our Man Higgins (1963) 1 episode
• Bonanza (1963) 1 episode
• The Terror (1963)
• X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
• Gunsmoke (1963) 1 episode
• Wagon Train (1964) 1 episode
• The Virginian (1964)
• The Girls on the Beach (1965)
• Ski Party (1965)
• Beach Ball (1965)
• Wild Wild Winter (1966)
• Branded (1966) 1 episode
• The Wild Angels (1966)
• Combat! (1966) 1 episode
• Dragnet 1967 (1967) 1 episode
• The Dirty Dozen (1967)
• The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
• A Time for Killing (1967)
• The Trip (1967)
• Mannix (1967-68) 2 episodes
• The Wild Racers (1968)
• The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
• The Andersonville Trial (1970)
• McCloud (1972) 1 episode
• Night Call Nurses (1972)
• The Student Teachers (1973)
• The Slams (1973)
• Executive Action (1973)
• The Young Nurses (1973)
• Fly Me (1973)
• Truck Turner (1974)
• Big Bad Mama (1974)
• Candy Stripe Nurses (1974)
• Police Woman (1974) 1 episode
• Summer School Teachers (1974)
• Police Story (1975) 1 episode
• Capone (1975)
• Death Race 2000 (1975)
• White Line Fever (1975)
• Darktown Strutters (1975)
• Crazy Mama (1975)
• Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
• Cannonball! (1976)
• Moving Violation (1976)
• Vigilante Force (1976)
• Mr. Billion (1977)
• Hunter (1977) 1 episode
• New York, New York (1977)
• Game Show Models (1977)
• Starhops (1978)
• I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
• Corvette Summer (1978)
• Piranha (1978)
• Soap (1979) 1 episode
• The Lady in Red (1979)
• Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
• Alice (1979) 1 episode
• 11th Victim (1979)
• 1941 (1979)
• Barnaby Jones (1979) 1 episode
• Taxi (1979-82) 2 episodes
• The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980)
• General Hospital (1980) 1 episode
• Used Cars (1980)
• Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980)
• The Howling (1981)
• Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
• Heartbeeps (1981)
• Open All Night (1982) 1 episode
• Movie Madness (1982)
• White Dog (1982)
• Police Squad! (1982) 1 episode
• Vortex (1982)
• The Aftermath (1982)
• Knots Landing (1983) 1 episode
• The Renegades (1983) 1 episode
• Heart Like a Wheel (1983)
• Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
• Space Raiders (1983)
• Get Crazy (1983)
• All the Right Moves (1983)
• Lies (1983)
• Swing Shift (1984)
• V (1984) 2 episodes
• Gremlins (1984)
• W*A*L*T*E*R (1984)
• The Terminator (1984)
• Fame (1984-87) 30 episodes
• Tales from the Darkside (1985) 1 episode
• Explorers (1985)
• After Hours (1985)
• Chopping Mall (1986)
• Night of the Creeps (1986)
• Armed Response (1986)
• Amazing Stories (1986) 1 episode
• Project X (1987)
• Innerspace (1987)
• Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
• Moonlighting (1987) 1 episode
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988) 1 episode
• Under the Boardwalk (1988)
• Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988)
• The 'Burbs (1989)
• Freddy's Nightmares (1989) 1 episode
• Far from Home (1989)
• Ghost Writer (1989)
• Who's the Boss? (1990) 1 episode
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
• Mob Boss (1990)
• The Flash (1990-91) 6 episodes
• Motorama (1991)
• Roc (1991) 1 episode
• Eerie, Indiana (1991) 1 episode
• The Woman Who Sinned (1991)
• Evil Toons (1992)
• Amityville 1992: It's About Time (1992)
• Body Waves (1992)
• Quake (1992)
• Unlawful Entry (1992)
• Matinee (1993)
• Fallen Angels (1993) 1 episode
• Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
• Midnight Runaround (1994)
• Mona Must Die (1994)
• Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women (1994)
• Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1994)
• Rebel Highway (1994) 2 episodes
• Batman: The Animated Series (1994) 2 episodes
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994) 1 episode
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1995) 2 episodes
• Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
• Number One Fan (1995)
• Weird Science (1996) 1 episode
• Sister, Sister (1996) 1 episode
• The Second Civil War (1997)
• The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1998)
• Small Soldiers (1998)
• ER (1999) 1 episode
• Clueless (1999) 1 episode
• NYPD Blue (1999) 1 episode
• Snoops (1999) 1 episode
• Time of Your Life (1999) 1 episode
• Route 666 (2001)
• Karen Sisco (2003) 1 episode
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
• Justice League Unlimited (2005) 1 episode
• Trapped Ashes (2006)
• Trail of the Screaming Forehead (2007)
• The Hole (2009)
• 3rd Shift: Michael's Lament (2009)
• Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)
• Burying the Ex (2014)
• The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster (2015)
• Schmo Boat (2015)