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Denny Miller

Denny Miller

Actor · 1934–2014 · Bloomington, Indiana, USA

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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.

Acted in 79

2010s

  1. 2017

    Tarzan: Lord of the Movies

    Tarzan (Archive Footage)

1990s

  1. 1996

    Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan

    Tarzan (archive footage)

  2. 1993

    Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

    Noah McBride · 2 episodes

    71

1980s

  1. 1986

    Blacke's Magic

    Sonny Schreiber · 1 episode

  2. 1984

    Murder, She Wrote

    Nils Anderson · 1 episode

    74

  3. More Than Murder

    Tallahassee

  4. 1983

    Brainwash

    Uwe

  5. Hardcastle and McCormick

    Blake · 1 episode

    66

  6. Shooting Stars

    Movie

  7. 1982

    Voyagers!

    Little John · 1 episode

    79

  8. Knight Rider

    Big Ed Barton · 1 episode

    71

  9. Matt Houston

    Jerry Fenton, Dolclek · 1 episode

    64
  10. 1981

    Simon & Simon

    Gilbert Dunn · 1 episode

    70
  11. 1980

    Magnum, P.I.

    Leon Platt, Ox, FBI Agent Longdon · 2 episodes

    74

  12. When the Whistle Blows

    TV

  13. Beyond Westworld

    Earl Case · 1 episode

  14. Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

    TV

  15. Caboblanco

    Horst

    53

  16. Stone

    TV

1970s

  1. 1979

    Hart to Hart

    Trammell · 1 episode

    68

  2. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

    Saurus · 1 episode

    70
  3. 1978

    The Norseman

    Rauric

    35

  4. Flying High

    TV · 1 Season · Drama · Comedy

  5. Vega$

    Art Cochran · 1 episode

    69

  6. Battlestar Galactica

    Ser 5-9 · 2 episodes

    72

  7. The Runaways

    TV

  8. Dr. Scorpion

    The Dane

  9. 1977

    What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

    TV

  10. The Incredible Hulk

    John Tobey · 1 episode

    71

  11. Danger in Paradise

    Ross

  12. Quark

    Zoltar · 1 episode

  13. 1976

    Quincy, M.E.

    Ben Chase · 1 episode

    74

  14. Charlie's Angels

    Helmut Klaus, Ed Fellows, Jeff Stanowitch · 1 episode

    66

  15. Alice

    TV · 9 Seasons · Comedy · Drama

    69
  16. 1975

    Wonder Woman

    Carl Schwartz · 1 episode

    70

  17. Bronk

    Mark Lynn · 1 episode

  18. Nick and Nora

    Garrity

  19. 1974

    The Island at the Top of the World

    Town Guard

    59

  20. The Rockford Files

    Norman, Chris Jenks · 2 episodes

    80

  21. The Dion Brothers

    Rex

  22. The Six Million Dollar Man

    Stellen, Jeremy Burke · 1 episode

    72
  23. 1973

    Barnaby Jones

    Dixon · 1 episode

    69
  24. 1972

    The Streets of San Francisco

    Harvey Ross, Sims' Driver · 1 episode

    72

  25. M*A*S*H

    Military Policeman · 1 episode

    83

  26. Buck and the Preacher

    Floyd

    69

  27. Emergency!

    Brock Caine · 1 episode

    78

  28. Doomsday Machine

    Col. Don Price

    28
  29. 1971

    Cannon

    Phil Sedakis · 1 episode

    68

  30. Making It

    Skeeter

  31. Vanished

    Big Bubba Toubo · 2 episodes

  32. Sarge

    The Rockhead · 1 episode

  33. 1970

    McCloud

    Murphy Michaels · 1 episode

    70

1950s

  1. 1959

    Tarzan, the Ape Man

    Tarzan

  2. The Deputy

    Bill Jason · 1 episode

  3. 1958

    Some Came Running

    Dewey Cole (uncredited)

  4. The Rifleman

    Reuben Miles · 1 episode

    80
  5. 1957

    Wagon Train

    Duke Shannon · 112 episodes

    73

  6. Have Gun, Will Travel

    Svenska - Swede · 1 episode

    81
  7. 1955

    Gunsmoke

    Lijah · 1 episode

    77
  8. 1953

    General Electric Theater

    Bud Hastings · 1 episode

  9. The Life Of Riley

    Moose · 1 episode

Appearances2

1990s

  1. 1998

    In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross

    Self

  2. 1997

    Investigating Tarzan

    Self