Dick Miller
Dick Miller
Biography
Dick Miller (December 25, 1928 – January 30, 2019) was an American character actor who appeared in more than 180 films, including many produced by Roger Corman. He later appeared in the films of directors who began their careers with Corman, including Joe Dante, James Cameron, and Martin Scorsese, with the distinction of appearing in every film directed by Dante. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dick Miller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
185
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-12-25 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Acting

2019

Hanukkah as Rabbi Walter Paisley

2019

Hideouser and Hideouser as Waitress (voice)

2014

Burying the Ex as Grumpy Cop

2013

Cutaways as Not available

2011

Corman's World as Self - Actor

2009

The Hole as Pizza Delivery Guy

2006

Trapped Ashes as Max (segment "Wraparound")

2004

Justice League Unlimited as Oberon (voice)

2003

Looney Tunes: Back in Action as Security Guard

2003

Maximum Surge as Boxing Cornerman

2001

Route 666 as Bartender

1999

Time of Your Life as Not available

1999

SportsCentury as Not available

1998

Small Soldiers as Joe

1997

The Second Civil War as Eddie O'Neill

1996

Clueless as Not available

1995

Number One Fan as Night Manager

1994

ER as Mr. Ackerman

1994

Weird Science as Not available

1994

Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women as Officer Murphy

1994

Runaway Daughters as Roy Farrell

1994

Shake, Rattle and Rock! as Officer Paisley

1994

Rebel Highway as Roy Farrell

1994

Rebel Highway as Officer Paisley

1994

Midnight Runaround as O'Doul

1994

Mona Must Die as Father Stilicato

1993

NYPD Blue as Carl Bode

1993

Fallen Angels as Carl

1993

Fallen Angels as Morris Hornbeck

1993

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm as Chuckie Sol (voice)

1993

Matinee as Herb Denning

1992

Batman: The Animated Series as Boxy Bennett (voice)

1992

Evil Toons as Burt Wentworth

1992

Body Waves as Mr. Matthews

1992

Unlawful Entry as Impound Clerk

1992

Quake as Storekeeper

1991

Eerie, Indiana as Not available

1991

Motorama as Horseshoe Player

1991

The Woman Who Sinned as Thomas

1990

Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Murray Futterman

1990

The Flash as Fosnight

1990

Mob Boss as Mike

1989

Far from Home as Sheriff Bill Childers

1989

Under the Boardwalk as Official

1989

Ghost Writer as Club Manager

1989

The 'Burbs as Vic, Garbageman #1

1988

Freddy's Nightmares as Not available

1988

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark as Sgt. Neill

1988

Angel III: The Final Chapter as Nick Pellegrini

1987

Innerspace as Cab Driver

1987

Amazon Women on the Moon as Danny Clayton (segment "The French Ventriloquist's Dummy") (uncredited)

1987

Project X as Max King

1986

Armed Response as Steve

1986

Night of the Creeps as Walt

1986

Chopping Mall as Walter Paisley

1985

Moonlighting as Pickup Guy

1985

Amazing Stories as Fred

1985

Explorers as Charlie Drake

1985

After Hours as Waiter

1984

The Terminator as Pawnshop Clerk

1984

Tales from the Darkside as Seymour Furman

1984

Gremlins as Murray Futterman

1984

V: The Final Battle as Dan Pascal

1984

11th Victim as Investigator Ned

1984

Swing Shift as Wallflower at the Swing Shift Jamboree (uncredited)

1983

Heart Like a Wheel as Mickey White

1983

Get Crazy as Susie's Dad

1983

Space Raiders as Crazy Mel

1983

Lies as Producer

1983

Twilight Zone: The Movie as Walter Paisley

1983

All the Right Moves as Teacher in Auditorium

1982

Fame as Not available

1982

National Lampoon's Movie Madness as Dr. Hans Kleiner ("Success Wanters")

1982

White Dog as Animal Trainer

1982

Police Squad! as Vic

1982

The Aftermath as Broadcaster (voice)

1982

Vortex as Bit Part

1981

Heartbeeps as Factory Watchman

1981

Smokey Bites the Dust as Owner of Vehicle

1981

The Howling as Walter Paisley - Bookstore Owner

1980

The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood as New York Cop

1980

Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype as Irsil / Orson

1980

Used Cars as Man In Bed

1979

Knots Landing as Al Spanky

1979

The Lady in Red as Patek

1979

Rock 'n' Roll High School as Police Chief

1979

1941 as Officer Miller

1978

Taxi as Ernie the Waiter

1978

Taxi as Fergie

1978

Corvette Summer as Mr. Lucky

1978

I Wanna Hold Your Hand as Sergeant Brenner

1978

Piranha as Buck Gardner

1978

Starhops as Jerry

1977

Mr. Billion as Bernie

1977

Hunter as Not available

1977

New York, New York as Palm Club Owner

1977

Game Show Models as Joe Lippin - Game Show Host

1976

Cannonball as Bennie Buckman

1976

Vigilante Force as Pianist (uncredited)

1976

Hollywood Boulevard as Walter Paisley

1976

Moving Violation as Mac

1975

Crazy Mama as Wilbur Janeway

1975

White Line Fever as Birdie

1975

Darktown Strutters as Officer Hugo

1975

Death Race 2000 as Chicken Gang (uncredited)

1975

Capone as Joe Pryor

1974

Police Woman as Matt

1974

Big Bad Mama as Bonney

1974

Truck Turner as Fogarty

1974

Candy Stripe Nurses as Spectator

1973

Executive Action as Rifleman - Team B

1973

The Slams as Taxi Driver

1973

The Student Teachers as Coach Harris

1973

Fly Me as Taxi Driver

1973

The Young Nurses as Cop

1972

Night Call Nurses as Mr. Jensen

1971

The Grissom Gang as Not available

1970

McCloud as Not available

1970

The Andersonville Trial as Sketch Artist

1968

Targets as Stefan (archive footage) (uncredited)

1968

The Legend of Lylah Clare as Reporter at Press Party

1968

The Wild Racers as Pit Crew Mechanic

1967

Mannix as Fashion Photographer (uncredited)

1967

Mannix as Photographer

1967

Dragnet as Harry Johnson

1967

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Gangster Dressed as a Cop (uncredited)

1967

The Trip as Cash

1967

The Dirty Dozen as MP at Hanging (uncredited)

1967

A Time for Killing as Zollicoffer

1966

The Wild Angels as Oil Rigger

1966

Wild, Wild Winter as Rilk

1965

Branded as Not available

1965

Ski Party as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1965

Beach Ball as Cop #1

1965

The Girls on the Beach as First Waiter

1963

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes as John Trask (uncredited)

1963

The Terror as Stefan

1962

Combat! as Young Soldier

1962

The Virginian as Jon Blake

1961

Atlas as Greek Soldier (uncredited)

1960

The Little Shop of Horrors as Burson Fouch

1959

The Lawless Years as Not available

1959

A Bucket of Blood as Walter Paisley

1958

War of the Satellites as Dave Boyer

1957

Have Gun, Will Travel as Not available

1957

Wagon Train as Michel

1957

M Squad as Pete Castro

1957

The Undead as The Leper

1957

Not of This Earth as Joe Piper

1957

Naked Paradise as Mitch

1957

Carnival Rock as Benny

1957

Rock All Night as Shorty

1957

Sorority Girl as Mort

1956

It Conquered the World as Sgt. Neil

1956

Gunslinger as Jimmy Tonto

1956

The Oklahoma Woman as Bartender

1955

Apache Woman as Tall Tree

1951

Dragnet as Not available
Crew

1988

Sonny Spoon Director

1984

Miami Vice Director

1974

TNT Jackson Writer

1969

Four Rode Out Writer