Denny Miller
Acting
- Born:
- 1934-04-25
- Died:
- 2014-09-09
- Place of birth:
- Bloomington, Indiana, USA
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
Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
Investigating Tarzan
Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Blacke's Magic
Murder, She Wrote
More Than Murder
Brainwash
Hardcastle and McCormick
Shooting Stars
Voyagers!
Knight Rider
Matt Houston
Simon & Simon
Magnum, P.I.
When the Whistle Blows
Beyond Westworld
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Caboblanco
Stone
Hart to Hart
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
The Norseman
Flying High
Vega$
Battlestar Galactica
The Runaways
Dr. Scorpion
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
The Incredible Hulk
Danger in Paradise
Quark
Quincy, M.E.
Charlie's Angels
Alice
Wonder Woman
Bronk
Nick and Nora
The Island at the Top of the World
The Rockford Files
The Dion Brothers
The Six Million Dollar Man
Barnaby Jones
The Streets of San Francisco
M*A*S*H
Buck and the Preacher
Emergency!
Doomsday Machine
Cannon
Making It
Vanished
Sarge
McCloud
Love, American Style
The Brady Bunch
Hawaii Five-O
The Name of the Game
The Party
The High Chaparral
Ironside
Mission: Impossible
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
I Dream of Jeannie
Mona McCluskey
Gilligan's Island
The Fugitive
The Virginian
Ben Casey
Fury River
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Stagecoach West
Tarzan, the Ape Man
The Deputy
Some Came Running
The Rifleman
Wagon Train
Have Gun, Will Travel
Gunsmoke
General Electric Theater
The Life Of Riley