Dick Miller (

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Dick Miller

Birth Name:
Richard Miller

Date of Birth:
December 25, 1928,

Height:
5' 5" (1.65 m)

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Dick Miller Biography

A native of the Bronx, New York, Richard "Dick" Miller served in the U.S. Navy for a few years and earned a prize title as a middleweight boxer. He settled in Los Angeles in the mid-1950s, where he was noticed by producer/director Roger Corman, who cast him in most of his low-budget films, usually playing unlikeable sorts, such as a vacuum-cleaner salesman in Not of This Earth (1957). His most memorable role would have to be that of the mentally unstable, busboy/beatnik artist Walter Paisley, whose clay sculptures are suspiciously lifelike in A Bucket of Blood (1959) (a rare starring role for him), and he is also fondly remembered for his supporting role as the flower-eating Vurson Fouch in Corman's legendary The Little Shop of Horrors (1960). Miller spent the next 20 years working in Corman productions, and starting in the late 1970s was often cast in films by director Joe Dante, appearing in credited and uncredited walk-on bits as quirky chatterboxes, and stole every scene he appeared in. He has played many variations on his famous Walter Paisley role, such as a diner owner (Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)) or a janitor (Chopping Mall (1986)). One of his best bits is the funny occult-bookshop owner in The Howling (1981). Being short (so he never played a romantic lead or a threatening villain) with wavy hair, long sideburns, a pointed nose and a face as trustworthy as a used-car dealer's, he was, and is to this day, an immediately recognizable character actor whose one-scene appearances in countless movies and TV shows guarantee audience applause.

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Dick Miller filmography

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1. Midnight Runaround (1994)
TV O'Doul

actor

2. Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1994)
TV Officer Paisley

actor

3. Prize Fighter (1993)
VG Cornerman

actor

4. Quake (1993)
V Storekeeper

actor

5. Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (1992)
V Fosnight

actor

6. Mob Boss (1990)
V Mike

actor

7. Night of the Creeps (1986)
Walter Wolf - Police Armorer

actor

8. W*A*L*T*E*R (1984)
TV Theater Owner

actor

9. "V: The Final Battle" (1984)
Dan Pascal

actor

10. Smokey Bites the Dust (1981)
Owner of Vehicle

actor

11. Heartbeeps (1981)
Factory Watchman

actor

12. 11th Victim (1979)
TV Investigator Ned

actor

13. The Lady in Red (1979)
Patek

actor

14. Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
Police Chief

actor

15. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Sergeant Brenner

actor

16. Piranha (1978)
Buck Gardner

actor

17. Mr. Billion (1977)
Bernie

actor

18. Game Show Models (1977)
Joe Lippen, the Game Show Host

actor

19. Hollywood Boulevard (1976)
Walter Paisley

actor

20. "Alice" (1976)
(1 episode, 1979)

actor

21. White Line Fever (1975)
Birdie

actor

22. Crazy Mama (1975)
Wilbur Janeway

actor

23. Candy Stripe Nurses (1974)
Spectator

actor

24. Summer School Teachers (1974)
Sam

actor

25. Fly Me (1973)
Taxi Driver

actor

26. The Student Teachers (1973)
Coach Harris

actor

27. The Slams (1973)
Taxi Driver

actor

28. Night Call Nurses (1972)
Mr. Jensen

actor

29. The Andersonville Trial (1970)
TV Sketch artist

actor

30. The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
uncredited Reporter at Press Party

actor

31. The Trip (1967)
Cash

actor

32. Wild Wild Winter (1966)
Rilk

actor

33. Ski Party (1965)
uncredited Taxi driver

actor

34. Beach Ball (1965)
Cop #1

actor

35. The Terror (1963)
as Richard Miller Stefan

actor

36. X (1963)
uncredited Heckler

actor

37. "General Hospital" (1963)
Hotel clerk (unknown episodes, 1982)

actor

38. Premature Burial (1962)
Mole

actor

39. "The Virginian" (1962)
Jon Blake (1 episode, 1964)

actor

40. Atlas (1961)
Greek soldier

actor

41. Capture That Capsule (1961)
Ed Nowak

actor

42. A Bucket of Blood (1959)
Walter Paisley

actor

43. War of the Satellites (1958)
Dave Boyer

actor

44. Naked Paradise (1957)
Mitch

actor

45. Carnival Rock (1957)
Benny

actor

46. Not of This Earth (1957)
as Richard Miller Joe Piper (vacuum cleaner salesman)

actor

47. The Undead (1957)
as Richard Miller The Leper

actor

48. Rock All Night (1957)
Shorty

actor

49. Sorority Girl (1957)
Mort

actor

50. "Wagon Train" (1957)
Michael (1 episode, 1964)

actor

51. The Oklahoma Woman (1956)

actor

52. Gunslinger (1956)
as Richard Miller Pony Express Rider

actor

53. It Conquered the World (1956)
Sgt. Neil

actor

54. Apache Woman (1955)
Tall Tree - Indian wearing hat/Ed - Townsman

actor

55. "Dragnet"
(1 episode, 1958)

actor

56. "The Gale Storm Show"
(1 episode, 1957)

actor

57. "Our Man Higgins"
Brandy (1 episode, 1963)

actor

58. "The Lawless Years"
Happy Mione (1 episode, 1961)

actor

59. T.N.T. Jackson (1975)
writer

writer

60. Four Rode Out (1970)
story (as Richard Miller)

writer

61. Which Way to the Front? (1970)
story (as Richard Miller)

writer

62. The Hole (2009)

63. Trail of the Screaming Forehead (2007)

64. Trapped Ashes (2006)

65. Welcome to Werewolfland (2004)

66. Unleashing the Beast: Making 'The Howling' (2003)

67. Maximum Surge Movie (2003)

68. Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

69. Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001)

70. Route 666 (2001)

71. The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1998)

72. Small Soldiers (1998)

73. The Second Civil War (1997)

74. 100 Years of Horror (1996)

75. Number One Fan (1995)

76. Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)

77. Mona Must Die (1994)

78. Runaway Daughters (1994)

79. Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women (1994)

80. Pulp Fiction (1994)
scenes deleted

81. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
voice

82. Matinee (1993)

83. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993)
2 episodes, 1995

84. Body Waves (1992)

85. Amityville 1992: It's About Time (1992)

86. Evil Toons (1992)

87. "Batman" (1992)
2 episodes, 1994

88. Unlawful Entry (1992)

89. Motorama (1991)

90. The Woman Who Sinned (1991)

91. "The Flash" (1990)
6 episodes, 1990-1991

92. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

93. Ghost Writer (1989)

94. Far from Home (1989)

95. Under the Boardwalk (1989)

96. The 'burbs (1989)

97. Dead Heat (1988)
uncredited

98. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988)
uncredited

99. Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988)

100. Innerspace (1987)

101. Project X (1987)

102. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

103. Chopping Mall (1986)

104. Armed Response (1986)

105. After Hours (1985)
Pete

106. Explorers (1985)

107. The Terminator (1984)

108. Gremlins (1984)

109. Space Raiders (1983)

110. All the Right Moves (1983)

111. Get Crazy (1983)

112. Heart Like a Wheel (1983)

113. Lies (1983)

114. Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

115. The Aftermath (1982)
voice

116. White Dog (1982)

117. Vortex (1982)

118. National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982)
"Success Wanters"

119. The Howling (1981)

120. Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980)

121. Used Cars (1980)

122. The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980)

123. 1941 (1979)
as Richard Miller

124. Corvette Summer (1978)

125. Starhops (1978)

126. "Taxi" (1978)
2 episodes, 1979-1982

127. New York, New York (1977)

128. Moving Violation (1976)

129. Cannonball! (1976)

130. Vigilante Force (1976)
uncredited

131. Vigilante Force (1976)
uncredited

132. Darktown Strutters (1975)

133. Capone (1975)

134. Truck Turner (1974)

135. Big Bad Mama (1974)

136. Executive Action (1973)

137. The Young Nurses (1973)

138. The Wild Racers (1968)

139. Targets (1968)
uncredited

140. A Time for Killing (1967)

141. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
uncredited

142. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
uncredited

143. The Wild Angels (1966)

144. The Girls on the Beach (1965)
uncredited

145. The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

146. Dick Miller: Thespian (2003)
V Himself

self

147. It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001)
TV Himself

self

148. 100 Years of Horror: The Evil Unseeable (1996)
V Himself

self

149. 100 Years of Horror: The Count and Company (1996)
V Himself

self

150. 100 Years of Horror: The Aristocrats of Evil (1996)
V Himself

self

151. 100 Years of Horror: Sorcerers (1996)
V Himself

self

152. 100 Years of Horror: Mutants (1996)
V Himself

self

153. 100 Years of Horror: Freaks (1996)
V Himself

self

154. 100 Years of Horror: Blood-Drinking Beings (1996)
V Himself

self

155. 100 Years of Horror: Aliens (1996)
V Himself

self

156. Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors (1986)
V Himself

self

157. The Making of 'Terminator' (1984)
TV Himself

self

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