Dick Miller
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| Dick Miller | |
 Miller with Al Rodrigo |
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| Born | December 25, 1928 The Bronx, New York |
| Notable roles | The Godfather |
Richard "Dick" Miller (born December 25, 1928) is an American character actor who has appeared in many films, particularly those produced by Roger Corman, and later in films of directors who started their careers with Corman, including Joe Dante and James Cameron.
Miller was born in The Bronx, New York and attended the City College of New York as well as Columbia University.[1] He performed on Broadway and also worked at the Bellevue Mental Hygiene Clinic and the psychiatric department of Queens General Hospital.[1] In 1952, he moved to California seeking work as a writer.
His roles in movies include White Line Fever, The Terminator, Night of the Creeps, The Little Shop of Horrors, Amazon Women on the Moon and The Howling. His best known role was in the movies Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch as Murray Futterman. He appeared in Pulp Fiction as Monster Joe, but his scene and a few others was deleted because of the length of the film. His television credits include V: The Final Battle as Dan Pascal, and appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation in the season 1 episode "The Big Goodbye" as the newspaper stand man in the holodeck, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the season 3 two-part episode "Past Tense" as Vin, Time of Your Life, and many others.
Miller has played a character named "Walter Paisley" in many films, beginning with A Bucket of Blood (1959)
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[edit] External links
- Dick Miller at the Internet Movie Database
- Dick Miller article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
