Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 25, 1934
Place of Birth:
Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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Denny Miller
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
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Tarzan: Lord of the Movies | Tarzan (Archive Footage) |
| 1998 | In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross | Self |
| 1997 | Investigating Tarzan | Self |
| 1996 | Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan | Tarzan (archive footage) |
| 1984 | More Than Murder | Tallahassee |
| 1983 | Shooting Stars | |
| 1980 | Caboblanco | Horst |
| 1978 | Dr. Scorpion | The Dane |
| 1978 | The Norseman | Rauric |
| 1977 | Danger in Paradise | Ross |
| 1975 | Nick and Nora | Garrity |
| 1974 | The Island at the Top of the World | Town Guard |
| 1974 | The Dion Brothers | Rex |
| 1972 | Buck and the Preacher | Floyd |
| 1972 | Doomsday Machine | Col. Don Price |
| 1971 | Making It | Skeeter |
| 1968 | The Party | 'Wyoming Bill' Kelso |
| 1961 | Love in a Goldfish Bowl | Oscar Flegler |
| 1961 | Fury River | Cooper |
| 1959 | Tarzan, the Ape Man | Tarzan |
| 1958 | Some Came Running | Dewey Cole (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Noah McBride |
| 1986 | Blacke's Magic | Sonny Schreiber |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Nils Anderson |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Blake |
| 1982 | Knight Rider | Big Ed Barton |
| 1982 | Voyagers! | Little John |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | Jerry Fenton |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | Dolclek |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon | Gilbert Dunn |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Leon Platt |
| 1980 | Tenspeed and Brown Shoe | |
| 1980 | When the Whistle Blows | |
| 1980 | Beyond Westworld | Earl Case |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Ox |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | FBI Agent Longdon |
| 1980 | Stone | |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Saurus |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | Trammell |
| 1978 | Vega$ | |
| 1978 | Flying High | |
| 1978 | The Runaways | |
| 1978 | Battlestar Galactica | Ser 5-9 |
| 1977 | What Really Happened to the Class of '65? | |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | John Tobey |
| 1977 | Quark | Zoltar |
| 1976 | Alice | |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Ben Chase |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Helmut Klaus |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Ed Fellows |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Jeff Stanowitch |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman | Carl Schwartz |
| 1975 | Bronk | Mark Lynn |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Stellen |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Jeremy Burke |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Norman |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Chris Jenks |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Dixon |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Harvey Ross |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Brock Caine |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Sims' Driver |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | Military Policeman |
| 1971 | Vanished | Big Bubba Toubo |
| 1971 | Sarge | The Rockhead |
| 1971 | Cannon | Phil Sedakis |
| 1970 | McCloud | Murphy Michaels |
| 1969 | The Brady Bunch | Tank Gates |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Mike |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | John Hayes |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Bill Beauregard |
| 1967 | Ironside | Matt Wratten |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Kolos |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Denny Miller |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Arthur Norris |
| 1965 | Mona McCluskey | Mike McCluskey |
| 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie | Moose |
| 1964 | Gilligan's Island | Duke Williams |
| 1964 | Gilligan's Island | Tongo the Ape Man |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Willie Turner |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Joe Terry |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | Welsey Boone |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West | Dunn |
| 1959 | The Deputy | Bill Jason |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Reuben Miles |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Svenska - Swede |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Duke Shannon |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Lijah |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Bud Hastings |
| 1953 | The Life Of Riley | Moose |