Dick Miller Movies and Career Information
Dec 25, 1928
The Bronx
Actor
Richard "Dick" Miller (born December 25, 1928) is an American character actor who has appeared in over 100 films, particularly those produced by Roger Corman, and later in films of directors who started their careers with Corman, including James Cameron and Joe Dante, with the distinction of appearing in every film made by Dante. Miller was born in The Bronx, New York and attended the City College of New York as well as Columbia University. He performed on Broadway and also worked at the Bellevue Hospital Mental Hygiene Clinic and the psychiatric department of Queens General Hospital. 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, Small Soldiers, It Conquered the World, Bucket of Blood, The Little Shop of Horrors, the Tales from the Crypt movie Demon Knight, Amazon Women on the Moon, Chopping Mall, The Howling, Piranha and I Wanna Hold Your Hand. 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 were deleted because of the length of the film. His television credits
- Dick Miller Movies before 2012
- Piranha 2010
- Hollywood Boulevard 2000
- Small Soldiers 1998
- Pulp Fiction 1994
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch 1990
- After Hours 1985
- Gremlins 1984
- Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983
- White Dog 1982
- Heartbeeps 1981
- Rock 'n' Roll High School 1979
- I Wanna Hold Your Hand 1978
- Matinee 1977
- Wild, Wild Winter (1966) 1966
- Little Shop of Horrors (1960) 1960
- Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
- Far From Home
- Innerspace
- Bucket of Blood