Dick Miller
Date of birth: 1928-12-25
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Richard Miller, ディック・ミラー, Richard Dick Miller
Biography
Richard 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.
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The Terminator
1984-10-26
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known
Gremlins
1984-06-08
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three i
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990-06-15
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soo
Innerspace
1987-07-01
Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Acci
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
1988-09-30
Arriving in the small town of Fallwell, Massachusetts to claim her inheritance, horror hostess Elvir
The Grissom Gang
1971-05-28
The Grissom Gang is a remake of the notorious 1949 British melodrama No Orchids For Miss Blandish. K
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021-09-17
Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein’s creation, this documentary compellingly explores t
Cannonball
1976-07-06
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an undergro
1941
1979-12-14
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads
The Howling
1981-01-21
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitati
Evil Toons
1992-01-08
Four sexy young girls are to clean an old house for the new owners. They get delivered an old book f
A Bucket of Blood
1959-10-21
Nerdy Walter Paisley, a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn't fit in with the cool scene ar
The Trip
1967-08-23
After his wife leaves him, a disillusioned director dives into the drug scene, trying anything his f
The Terror
1963-06-17
Lt. Andre Duvalier awakens on a beach to the sight of a strange woman who leads him to the gothic, t
The Little Shop of Horrors
1960-05-04
Seymour works in a skid row florist shop and is in love with his beautiful co-worker, Audrey. He cre
The 'Burbs
1989-02-17
When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their p
Piranha
1978-08-03
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests becom
Matinee
1993-01-29
A showman introduces a small coastal town to a unique movie experience and capitalizes on the Cuban
Rock 'n' Roll High School
1979-04-20
A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to comba
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995-01-13
Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sini
New York, New York
1977-06-21
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and ro
Not of This Earth
1957-02-10
An alien from planet Davanna, whose population has developed a terminal blood disease caused by nucl
It Conquered the World
1956-07-14
An alien from Venus tries to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist, a
Far from Home
1989-06-30
Charlie Cox should have stopped for gas in California. While he's on a cross-country trip with his t
Chopping Mall
1986-11-14
High-tech robots equipped with state-of-the-art security devices have been recruited as the new mech
The Premature Burial
1962-03-07
An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational fear of premature burial consumes him.
Get Crazy
1983-08-05
Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max
Naked Paradise
1957-01-01
Gangster Zac Cotton and his two henchmen, Mitch and Sonny, try to get a boat to get off a tropical i
War of the Satellites
1958-05-18
An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to ce
Atlas
1961-05-01
Evil king Praximedes convinces superhero Atlas to fight for him, but Atlas eventually sees the king'
The Undead
1957-03-01
Two psychics place a prostitute under hypnosis in order to learn about her past-life experiences. Wh
White Line Fever
1975-07-16
An independent trucker with a pregnant wife fights cargo crooks and the big shot they work for.
Hollywood Boulevard
1976-04-25
A Midwestern ingenue arrives in Hollywood to try her luck as an actress. An incompetent agent hooks
Maximum Surge
2003-06-23
When a super computer is linked to a video game network, the computer programmer who designed the ga
Trapped Ashes
2006-09-12
Trapped in a house of horror, seven people discover that the only way they'll get out alive is to te
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
1993-12-25
Andrea Beaumont leaves her father to return to Gotham, rekindling an old romance with Bruce Wayne. A
Carnival Rock
1957-09-01
An ocean-side nightclub owner loves a singer who only has eyes for a gambler.
Smokey Bites the Dust
1981-10-01
Follows the rivalry between a small-town Southern sheriff and a small-town delinquent who steals car
Mr. Billion
1977-03-03
An Italian mechanic finds that he has inherited a billion-dollar company from his dead uncle, but he
Big Bad Mama
1974-09-19
Circumstances force a mother and her two daughters to get into bootlegging and bank robbing, and tra
The Hole
2009-09-12
After moving into a new neighbourhood, brothers Dane & Lucas and their neighbour Julie discover
The Aftermath
1982-03-22
After a lengthy space mission, two astronauts (Steve Barkett and Larry Latham) return to an Earth tr
Armed Response
1986-10-03
One of Tanaka's underlings has stolen a rare statuette that he had planned to use as a peace offerin
Capone
1975-04-16
Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio
Motorama
1991-09-10
A ten year old boy gets tired of life with abusive parents and cashes in his piggy bank and steals a
Lies
1983-06-01
Struggling actress accepts high paying job to play a rich heiress committed in a lunatic asylum, not
Beach Ball
1965-09-29
Edd Byrnes tries to get an ethnic-music-studies grant to buy instruments for his rock and roll group
Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies
2001-04-02
Hollywood is a town of tinsel and glamour; but there is another Hollywood, a place where maverick in
Mob Boss
1990-09-16
A nerd becomes the head of his father's crime family.
Darktown Strutters
1975-10-07
When a prominent abortion clinic owner goes missing along with a string of other black community lea
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
1980-10-01
An ugly, misshapen podiatrist ingests a formula made by a colleague and turns into a handsome, devil
Ski Party
1965-06-30
Two college boys from SoCal attend a spring break vacation at a ski lodge in Idaho to get insider ti
Rock All Night
1957-04-01
Cloud Nine, the local teen hangout, has been taken over by a pair of escaped killers, who hold the l
Sorority Girl
1957-10-01
An affluent, malevolent girl at an all-female boarding school torments her fellow pupils while navig
The Young Nurses
1973-03-01
Sexy young nurses administer a special kind of therapy on their daily rounds as they battle a drug r
Summer School Teachers
1974-08-01
A trio of naive, but eager young Midwestern women go to California to teach summer school classes at
Night Call Nurses
1972-06-01
The sweet and perky Barbara, the sunny Janis, and the responsible Sandra are a trio of young and att
Candy Stripe Nurses
1974-05-01
Young, sexy nurses and their hospital adventures: free-loving Sandy tries to cure a rock star of his
The Student Teachers
1973-09-06
Sexy student teachers at Valley High School give private lessons while being terrorized by a mad rap
Runaway Daughters
1994-08-12
After Mary tells her boyfriend she's pregnant, he enrolls in the Army and skips town, leaving her to
Crazy Mama
1975-06-01
Melba Stokes, her mother Sheba and daughter Cheryl embark on a crime spree after their California be
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women
1994-09-08
Spoof-meister, Julie Brown does a musical send-up of Tonya Harding and Lorena Bobbit's debutante deb
Under the Boardwalk
1989-04-14
It is the final weekend of summer and a group of Californian teenagers are looking forward to an upc
Wild, Wild Winter
1966-01-05
Low-budget beach party rip-off relocated to the slopes, with the plot of Taming of the Shrew loosely
Apache Woman
1955-09-15
A government agent ventures west to look into reports that Apaches are behind a recent wave of front
After Hours
1985-09-13
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures d
Body Waves
1992-05-26
To prove his independence, a cocky teenager bets his father that he can support himself without the
Starhops
1978-03-02
After the owner of a failing drive-in restaurant sells his establishment, two waitresses and a Frenc
That Guy Dick Miller
2014-03-07
Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has
Mona Must Die
1994-05-12
Disillusioned, Eddie is a long-suffering husband who finds passion and happiness with his neighbor,
White Dog
1982-07-07
A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that’s been raised to kill black people.
Space Raiders
1983-07-01
A futuristic, sensitive tale of adventure and confrontation when a 10 year old boy is accidentally k
Ghost Writer
1989-12-07
A writer moves into a Malibu beach house, and comes up against the ghost of an actress who supposedl
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001-05-01
A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded
Twilight Zone: The Movie
1983-06-24
An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the
The Second Civil War
1997-12-04
When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governo
Targets
1968-08-13
An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psycho
The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968-08-21
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biogra
11th Victim
1984-04-14
A news anchorwoman from the Midwest comes to Hollywood to learn the truth about the death of her sis
The Woman Who Sinned
1991-11-17
A woman contemplates having an affair, which leads her into a web of deceit, suspense, and murder.
Fly Me
1973-03-16
Stewardesses battle kung fu killers.
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982-04-23
A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1994-08-26
In 1950s America, teenage rebellion comes easy when something like rock 'n' roll is viewed as sinful
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
1963-07-13
A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous conse
Game Show Models
1977-11-25
Stuart Guber has decided to drop back into society, by leaving his performance artist girlfriend and
Truck Turner
1974-06-26
Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hire
Heartbeeps
1981-12-18
Two domestic robots fall in love and run off together.
Night of the Creeps
1986-08-21
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body,
Burying the Ex
2014-09-04
Before horror enthusiast Max can break things off with his girlfriend Evelyn she dies in a bus accid
The Dirty Dozen
1967-06-15
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy châtea
Amityville 1992: It's About Time
1992-07-16
A hot-shot architect returns home from his latest business trip with a surprise: an ornate old clock
Explorers
1985-07-12
Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comi
Unlawful Entry
1992-06-26
Happily married Michael and Karen Carr call the police after Karen is held at knife point during a f
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980-06-04
Xaviera Hollander has to navigate some sleazy studio politics to see the production of the film vers
Corvette Summer
1978-06-02
Ken loves to design and build exotic cars. When the High School shop class project car, a fully tric
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978-04-01
If they missed Beatles' first appearance in the U.S.A. they would hate themselves for the rest of th
A Time for Killing
1967-08-01
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican borde
The Andersonville Trial
1970-05-17
A dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious Confederate
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
2003-11-14
Fed up with all the attention going to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck quits Hollywood, teams up with recentl
Gunslinger
1956-06-01
After her husband is gunned down, Rose Hood takes his place as sheriff of a small Western town.
The Lady in Red
1979-07-01
A farm girl's life turns upside down after she moves to Chicago and becomes trapped in a vicious cyc
The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade
1992-12-31
The Scarlet Speedster teams up with the city's previous superhero, The Nightshade, in two adventures
The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster
2015-08-16
Feature compilation of four Biffle and Shooster comedy shorts--"The Biffle Murder Case," "Imitation
Small Soldiers
1998-07-10
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their bat
Number One Fan
1995-09-26
A movie star is being stalked by a one-night stand.
Angel III: The Final Chapter
1988-11-10
Molly Stewart is now a successful freelance photographer in New York, and after seeing a familiar wo
Quake
1992-06-23
Set around the tragic events of an earthquake, a young couple experience the horror of being terrori
The Wild Angels
1966-07-20
A motorcycle gang arrives in a small town in search of a motorcycle that has been stolen by a rival
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967-06-30
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised cr
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1986-01-01
Actors, directors and special effects technicians are interviewed at a horror-film convention.
The Oklahoma Woman
1956-06-15
After six years in jail Steve returns to claim a ranch left him in a will. The town is in the middle
All the Right Moves
1983-10-21
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Wes
Used Cars
1980-07-11
When the owner of a struggling used car lot is killed, it's up to the lot's hot-shot salesman to sav
Project X
1987-04-17
A young inductee into the military is given the task of looking after some chimpanzees used in the m
Trail of the Screaming Forehead
2007-06-08
A small town infestation of crawling alien foreheads that begin attaching to people and taking them
The Wild Racers
1968-03-27
Promising young racing car driver Joe Joe Quillico leaves the stock car racing scene in the United S
The Girls on the Beach
1965-05-12
The girls of Alpha Beta need to raise $10,000 in two weeks to save the sorority house. Among their s
Executive Action
1973-11-07
Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot
Vigilante Force
1976-09-09
In a small town in California, the quiet citizens find their lives disrupted by boisterous, lawless
Route 666
2001-10-30
Smith, a mob informer hiding out with the Witness Protection Program, decides to make a break for it
Moving Violation
1976-07-16
A young drifter and small-town waitress witness a corrupt sheriff murder his own deputy. Framed for
Heart Like a Wheel
1983-04-01
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them b
Vortex
1982-09-01
A film noirish atmosphere is created to show detective Lunch (a popular underground musician and poe
The Slams
1973-09-26
Rival prison factions surround a Los Angeles convict who has $1.5 million stashed on the outside.
Corman's World
2011-12-16
A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010-10-15
In the final decades of the 20th century, the Philippines was a country where low-budget exploitatio
Midnight Run Around
1994-03-20
Bounty hunter Jack Walsh heads for a small rural community in Oklahoma to bring back a young bail ju
Hideouser and Hideouser
2019-02-19
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020-04-08
Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1 i
Hanukkah
2019-12-25
A group of Jewish teens are getting ready to party for the holidays but are in for a Festival of Fri
Death Race 2000
1975-04-30
In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which poin
Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
2003-01-01
Documentary featuring director Joe Dante, screenwriter John Sayles, producer Mike Finnell, stars Dee
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
1996-09-20
The time is the 21st century, after the fall of the Galactic Republic. Technology is at a standstill
Cutaways
2013-11-23
A character cut from Pulp Fiction meets a characters cut from The Conversation.
Swing Shift
1984-04-13
In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against h
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987-09-18
Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a s
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020-04-08
THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VH