Denny Miller
Acting • Born 1934-04-25 – Died 2014-09-09
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.
Filmography
90 credits
Caboblanco
Movie • 1980
Horst
Buck and the Preacher
Movie • 1972
Floyd
The Island at the Top of the World
Movie • 1974
Town Guard
Love in a Goldfish Bowl
Movie • 1961
Oscar Flegler
More Than Murder
Movie • 1984
Tallahassee
Tarzan, the Ape Man
Movie • 1959
Tarzan
Nick and Nora
Movie • 1975
Garrity
Shooting Stars
Movie • 1983
Danger in Paradise
Movie • 1977
Ross
Dr. Scorpion
Movie • 1978
The Dane
The Norseman
Movie • 1978
Rauric
In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross
Movie • 1998
Self
The Party
Movie • 1968
'Wyoming Bill' Kelso
Making It
Movie • 1971
Skeeter
The Dion Brothers
Movie • 1974
Rex
Some Came Running
Movie • 1958
Dewey Cole (uncredited)
Investigating Tarzan
Movie • 1997
Self
Fury River
Movie • 1961
Cooper
Doomsday Machine
Movie • 1972
Col. Don Price
Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
Movie • 2017
Tarzan (Archive Footage)
Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan
Movie • 1996
Tarzan (archive footage)
Brainwash
Movie • 1983
Uwe
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Nils Anderson
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Leon Platt
Alice
TV • 1976
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
TV • 1980
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1966
Denny Miller
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
John Hayes
The Brady Bunch
TV • 1969
Tank Gates
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Big Ed Barton
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Ben Chase
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV • 1979
Saurus
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Helmut Klaus
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Lijah
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TV • 1993
Noah McBride
Wonder Woman
TV • 1975
Carl Schwartz
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Arthur Norris
Voyagers!
TV • 1982
Little John
Ironside
TV • 1967
Matt Wratten
Vega$
TV • 1978
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Svenska - Swede
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Willie Turner
The High Chaparral
TV • 1967
Kolos
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Reuben Miles
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Welsey Boone
Mona McCluskey
TV • 1965
Mike McCluskey
Vanished
TV • 1971
Big Bubba Toubo
Flying High
TV • 1978
When the Whistle Blows
TV • 1980
The Runaways
TV • 1978
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
TV • 1977
Bronk
TV • 1975
Mark Lynn
The Deputy
TV • 1959
Bill Jason
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Duke Shannon
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Stellen
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Jeremy Burke
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Bill Beauregard
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Norman
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Joe Terry
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Chris Jenks
Barnaby Jones
TV • 1973
Dixon
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Harvey Ross
Beyond Westworld
TV • 1980
Earl Case
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Ed Fellows
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Jeff Stanowitch
Sarge
TV • 1971
The Rockhead
I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965
Moose
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Trammell
Battlestar Galactica
TV • 1978
Ser 5-9
The Incredible Hulk
TV • 1977
John Tobey
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Brock Caine
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Bud Hastings
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Mike
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
Ox
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
Jerry Fenton
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Sims' Driver
Quark
TV • 1977
Zoltar
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
Gilbert Dunn
Magnum, P.I.
TV • 1980
FBI Agent Longdon
Stone
TV • 1980
M*A*S*H
TV • 1972
Military Policeman
Blacke's Magic
TV • 1986
Sonny Schreiber
Hardcastle and McCormick
TV • 1983
Blake
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
Dolclek
Gilligan's Island
TV • 1964
Duke Williams
Gilligan's Island
TV • 1964
Tongo the Ape Man
Stagecoach West
TV • 1960
Dunn
The Life Of Riley
TV • 1953
Moose
McCloud
TV • 1970
Murphy Michaels
Cannon
TV • 1971
Phil Sedakis