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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

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
3.8

The Terminator

1984-10-26

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known

Gremlins
3.6

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
3.3

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
3.4

Innerspace

1987-07-01

Test pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Acci

Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
3.4

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
3.3

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
3.5

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
2.8

Cannonball

1976-07-06

Coy "Cannonball" Buckman and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an undergro

1941
2.9

1941

1979-12-14

In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads

The Howling
3.3

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
2.4

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
3.3

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
2.9

The Trip

1967-08-23

After his wife leaves him, a disillusioned director dives into the drug scene, trying anything his f

The Terror
2.6

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
3.1

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
3.4

The 'Burbs

1989-02-17

When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their p

Piranha
3

Piranha

1978-08-03

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests becom

Matinee
3.3

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
3.2

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
3.4

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
3.3

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
2.8

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
2.4

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
2.7

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
2.9

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
3.1

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
3.1

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
1.9

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
2.5

War of the Satellites

1958-05-18

An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to ce

Atlas
1.6

Atlas

1961-05-01

Evil king Praximedes convinces superhero Atlas to fight for him, but Atlas eventually sees the king'

The Undead
2.2

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
3

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
2.7

Hollywood Boulevard

1976-04-25

A Midwestern ingenue arrives in Hollywood to try her luck as an actress. An incompetent agent hooks

Maximum Surge
0.8

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
2.5

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
3.8

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
2.2

Carnival Rock

1957-09-01

An ocean-side nightclub owner loves a singer who only has eyes for a gambler.

Smokey Bites the Dust
1.1

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
2.8

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
2.8

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
2.9

The Hole

2009-09-12

After moving into a new neighbourhood, brothers Dane & Lucas and their neighbour Julie discover

The Aftermath
2

The Aftermath

1982-03-22

After a lengthy space mission, two astronauts (Steve Barkett and Larry Latham) return to an Earth tr

Armed Response
2.3

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
2.9

Capone

1975-04-16

Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio

Motorama
3.3

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
2.3

Lies

1983-06-01

Struggling actress accepts high paying job to play a rich heiress committed in a lunatic asylum, not

Beach Ball
2.1

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
3.4

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
2.4

Mob Boss

1990-09-16

A nerd becomes the head of his father's crime family.

Darktown Strutters
2.4

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
2.5

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
2.9

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
2.7

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
2.9

Sorority Girl

1957-10-01

An affluent, malevolent girl at an all-female boarding school torments her fellow pupils while navig

The Young Nurses
1.7

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
1.9

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
2.1

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
2.1

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
1.8

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
2.7

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
2.8

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
2.2

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
1.9

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
2.5

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
2.4

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
3.7

After Hours

1985-09-13

Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures d

Body Waves
1.3

Body Waves

1992-05-26

To prove his independence, a cocky teenager bets his father that he can support himself without the

Starhops
1.9

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
3.5

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
0.5

Mona Must Die

1994-05-12

Disillusioned, Eddie is a long-suffering husband who finds passion and happiness with his neighbor,

White Dog
3.3

White Dog

1982-07-07

A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that’s been raised to kill black people.

Space Raiders
2.3

Space Raiders

1983-07-01

A futuristic, sensitive tale of adventure and confrontation when a 10 year old boy is accidentally k

Ghost Writer
2.1

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
3.4

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
3.2

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
3

The Second Civil War

1997-12-04

When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governo

Targets
3.5

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
3

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
1.4

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
2.4

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
2.1

Fly Me

1973-03-16

Stewardesses battle kung fu killers.

National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1.6

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!
2.9

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
3.3

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
1.6

Game Show Models

1977-11-25

Stuart Guber has decided to drop back into society, by leaving his performance artist girlfriend and

Truck Turner
3.2

Truck Turner

1974-06-26

Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hire

Heartbeeps
2.1

Heartbeeps

1981-12-18

Two domestic robots fall in love and run off together.

Night of the Creeps
3.4

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
2.8

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
3.8

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
2.4

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
3.1

Explorers

1985-07-12

Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comi

Unlawful Entry
3.1

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
1.7

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
2.7

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
3.1

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
2.3

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
3.4

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
3.2

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
2

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
2.8

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
3.4

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
0

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
3.3

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
1.2

Number One Fan

1995-09-26

A movie star is being stalked by a one-night stand.

Angel III: The Final Chapter
2.5

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
1.6

Quake

1992-06-23

Set around the tragic events of an earthquake, a young couple experience the horror of being terrori

The Wild Angels
2.8

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
3.1

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
3.1

Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors

1986-01-01

Actors, directors and special effects technicians are interviewed at a horror-film convention.

The Oklahoma Woman
1.6

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
2.9

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
3.2

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
3.1

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
2.5

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
1.7

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
2

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
3.2

Executive Action

1973-11-07

Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot

Vigilante Force
2.4

Vigilante Force

1976-09-09

In a small town in California, the quiet citizens find their lives disrupted by boisterous, lawless

Route 666
2.5

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
2.4

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
2.8

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
2.8

Vortex

1982-09-01

A film noirish atmosphere is created to show detective Lunch (a popular underground musician and poe

The Slams
3.2

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
3.5

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!
3.3

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
3.3

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
0

Hideouser and Hideouser

2019-02-19

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
4

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
1.4

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
3.1

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’
0

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
2.4

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
0

Cutaways

2013-11-23

A character cut from Pulp Fiction meets a characters cut from The Conversation.

Swing Shift
2.8

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
3

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
0

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