Denny Miller
- Acting
- April 25, 1934 · Bloomington, Indiana, USA
- September 9, 2014
Biography
Born in Bloomington, Indiana, on April 25, 1934, Denny Miller's family eventually settled in Los Angeles. As a 6'4" college student, Miller found success as the star player of UCLA's basketball team and earned a degree in physical education from the university. Following a stint in the Army, by chance Miller was discovered by a talent agent in 1958 while working a summer job and signed a multi-year contract with MGM. Miller's first starring film role was Tarzan, the Ape Man, released by MGM in 1959. Although Miller's film career never achieved great momentum, he did lots of television, including guest appearances on Gilligan's Island, The Brady Bunch, Wonder Woman, and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, to name a few. Until 2005, Miller was seen on Gorton's commercials as the Gorton's fisherman. After a lengthy battle with ALS, Denny Miller passed away on September 9, 2014, at age 80.
Known for
Filmography
- Tarzan: Lord of the Movies · Tarzan (Archive Footage)
- In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross · Self
- Investigating Tarzan · Self
- Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan · Tarzan (archive footage)
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman · Noah McBride
- Blacke's Magic · Sonny Schreiber
- Murder, She Wrote · Nils Anderson
- More Than Murder · Tallahassee
- Brainwash · Uwe
- Hardcastle and McCormick · Blake
- Shooting Stars
- Voyagers! · Little John
- Knight Rider · Big Ed Barton
- Matt Houston · Jerry Fenton, Dolclek
- Simon & Simon · Gilbert Dunn
- Magnum, P.I. · Leon Platt, Ox
- When the Whistle Blows
- Beyond Westworld · Earl Case
- Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
- Caboblanco · Horst
- Stone
- Hart to Hart · Trammell
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century · Saurus
- The Norseman · Rauric
- Flying High
- Vega$ · Art Cochran
- Battlestar Galactica · Ser 5-9
- The Runaways
- Dr. Scorpion · The Dane
- What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
- The Incredible Hulk · John Tobey
- Danger in Paradise · Ross
- Quark · Zoltar
- Quincy, M.E. · Ben Chase
- Charlie's Angels · Helmut Klaus, Ed Fellows
- Alice
- Wonder Woman · Carl Schwartz
- Bronk · Mark Lynn
- Nick and Nora · Garrity
- The Island at the Top of the World · Town Guard
- The Rockford Files · Norman, Chris Jenks
- The Dion Brothers · Rex
- The Six Million Dollar Man · Stellen, Jeremy Burke
- Barnaby Jones · Dixon
- The Streets of San Francisco · Harvey Ross, Sims' Driver
- M*A*S*H · Military Policeman
- Buck and the Preacher · Floyd
- Emergency! · Brock Caine
- Doomsday Machine · Col. Don Price
- Cannon · Phil Sedakis
- Making It · Skeeter
- Vanished · Big Bubba Toubo
- Sarge · The Rockhead
- McCloud · Murphy Michaels
- Love, American Style · Mike
- The Brady Bunch · Tank Gates
- Hawaii Five-O · John Hayes
- The Name of the Game · Bill Beauregard
- The Party · 'Wyoming Bill' Kelso
- The High Chaparral · Kolos
- Ironside · Matt Wratten
- Mission: Impossible · Arthur Norris
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. · Denny Miller
- I Dream of Jeannie · Moose
- Mona McCluskey · Mike McCluskey
- Gilligan's Island · Duke Williams, Tongo the Ape Man
- The Fugitive · Willie Turner
- The Virginian · Joe Terry
- Ben Casey · Welsey Boone
- Fury River · Cooper
- Love in a Goldfish Bowl · Oscar Flegler
- Stagecoach West · Dunn
- Tarzan, the Ape Man · Tarzan
- The Deputy · Bill Jason
- Some Came Running · Dewey Cole (uncredited)
- The Rifleman · Reuben Miles
- Wagon Train · Duke Shannon
- Have Gun, Will Travel · Svenska - Swede
- Gunsmoke · Lijah
- General Electric Theater · Bud Hastings