Walter C. Miller

Directing

Walter C. Miller

Born — Died

1926-03-15 — 2020-11-13

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

42 titles

Walter C. Miller was born on March 15, 1926 in New York City, New York, USA as Walter Corwin Miller. He was a director and producer, known for The 51st Annual Tony Awards (1997), The 46th Annual Tony Awards (1992) and Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (1988). He died on November 13, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Known for

For the Boys poster
6.4

Talented USO entertainer Dixie Leonard and comedian Eddie Sparks deal with their relationship over the course of 5 decades from World War II to the Vietnam War era to their twilight era in the 90's.

For the Boys

1991

Sam Kinison: Family Entertainment Hour poster
5.8

Get ready to scream with laughter! Sam Kinison's primal scream will echo down through the comedy hall of fame summing up so much of modernity's horror and stupidity. This concert was taped at the Wiltern Theatre where Sam was joined with the Randy Hansen Band and a salacious slew of sinuous sirens, including his wife Malika. Join Sam Kinison and guests for a concert guaranteed to make you laugh 'til you cry for more - there's something for every member of the family - Sam Kinison style!

Sam Kinison: Family Entertainment Hour

1991

Dolly Parton... Christmas at Home poster
7.0

Dolly Parton returns home to Sevierville and to Dollywood where she joins her family and friends to share songs and memories of the holidays in this 1990 TV special to accompany her Christmas CD Home for the Holidays.

Dolly Parton... Christmas at Home

1990

Comic Relief 2006 poster
7.0

A stand-up comedy benefit concert, which raises funds to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Comic Relief 2006

2006

Magic with the Stars poster
9.0

Hollywood celebrities assist magicians in a program of magic and illusion.

Magic with the Stars

1982

50 Years of Country Music poster
5.0

A three-hour program chronicling the history of country music up to 1978, hosted by Dolly Parton, Glen Campbell, and Roy Clark and featuring performances by many iconic and contemporary stars of the genre, including Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells, Bill Monroe, Ernest Tubb, Crystal Gayle, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, and Johnny Cash.

50 Years of Country Music

1978

Film credits

Behind the camera

Sam Kinison: Family Entertainment Hour poster
5.8

Get ready to scream with laughter! Sam Kinison's primal scream will echo down through the comedy hall of fame summing up so much of modernity's horror and stupidity. This concert was taped at the Wiltern Theatre where Sam was joined with the Randy Hansen Band and a salacious slew of sinuous sirens, including his wife Malika. Join Sam Kinison and guests for a concert guaranteed to make you laugh 'til you cry for more - there's something for every member of the family - Sam Kinison style!

Sam Kinison: Family Entertainment Hour

1991

Sam Kinison: Family Entertainment Hour poster
5.8

Get ready to scream with laughter! Sam Kinison's primal scream will echo down through the comedy hall of fame summing up so much of modernity's horror and stupidity. This concert was taped at the Wiltern Theatre where Sam was joined with the Randy Hansen Band and a salacious slew of sinuous sirens, including his wife Malika. Join Sam Kinison and guests for a concert guaranteed to make you laugh 'til you cry for more - there's something for every member of the family - Sam Kinison style!

Sam Kinison: Family Entertainment Hour

1991

Dolly Parton... Christmas at Home poster
7.0

Dolly Parton returns home to Sevierville and to Dollywood where she joins her family and friends to share songs and memories of the holidays in this 1990 TV special to accompany her Christmas CD Home for the Holidays.

Dolly Parton... Christmas at Home

1990

Dolly Parton... Christmas at Home poster
7.0

Dolly Parton returns home to Sevierville and to Dollywood where she joins her family and friends to share songs and memories of the holidays in this 1990 TV special to accompany her Christmas CD Home for the Holidays.

Dolly Parton... Christmas at Home

1990

Comic Relief 2006 poster
7.0

A stand-up comedy benefit concert, which raises funds to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Comic Relief 2006

2006

Magic with the Stars poster
9.0

Hollywood celebrities assist magicians in a program of magic and illusion.

Magic with the Stars

1982

50 Years of Country Music poster
5.0

A three-hour program chronicling the history of country music up to 1978, hosted by Dolly Parton, Glen Campbell, and Roy Clark and featuring performances by many iconic and contemporary stars of the genre, including Roy Acuff, Kitty Wells, Bill Monroe, Ernest Tubb, Crystal Gayle, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, and Johnny Cash.

50 Years of Country Music

1978

Doug Henning's World of Magic poster
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Doug Henning's World of Magic

1982

Doug Henning's World of Magic poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Doug Henning's World of Magic

1982

Comic Relief VI poster
NR

A TV special to raise money for the homeless, hosted by Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams.

Comic Relief VI

1994

The Belle of 14th Street poster
7.0

Her first television special to feature guest-stars, The Belle of 14th Street celebrates, in ways both comedic and heartfelt, "The Golden Age of Song". A marvelous showcase for such evergreens as Sophie Tucker's "Some of These Days", "How About Me" (written by "a young new talent" Irving Berlin), the poignant "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", and the sublime "My Buddy" - all classics of the vaudeville era, reinvented by "the greatest star" of our time.

The Belle of 14th Street

1967

The Belle of 14th Street poster
7.0

Her first television special to feature guest-stars, The Belle of 14th Street celebrates, in ways both comedic and heartfelt, "The Golden Age of Song". A marvelous showcase for such evergreens as Sophie Tucker's "Some of These Days", "How About Me" (written by "a young new talent" Irving Berlin), the poignant "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", and the sublime "My Buddy" - all classics of the vaudeville era, reinvented by "the greatest star" of our time.

The Belle of 14th Street

1967

Comic Relief VII poster
NR

Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams host a fundraiser for healthcare for the homeless. Featuring Drew Carey; Andrew Clay; Richard Lewis; Dennis Miller; Paula Poundstone; Richard Jeni; Bob Saget.

Comic Relief VII

1995

Rodney Dangerfield: Exposed! poster
7.2

Rodney Dangerfield's third ABC special.

Rodney Dangerfield: Exposed!

1985

Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest poster
6.0

This collection plays host to the best 20 years of Comic Relief. Join Billy, Whoopi, Robin and the rest of the greatest comedians on Earth as they throw their best stuff at a national disaster.

Comic Relief: The Greatest... and the Latest

2008

An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis poster
10.0

Sammy Davis, Jr. and Jerry Lewis perform at Bally's Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis

1988

An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis poster
10.0

Sammy Davis, Jr. and Jerry Lewis perform at Bally's Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis

1988

Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years poster
9.0

Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years is a documentary television special featuring a tribute to Charles M. Schulz and his creation Peanuts. This was the final Peanuts project that Charles M. Schulz ever worked on before his death, and it was originally aired on the CBS Television Network in 2000 making it the last Peanuts special to air on CBS.

Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years

2000

Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years poster
9.0

Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years is a documentary television special featuring a tribute to Charles M. Schulz and his creation Peanuts. This was the final Peanuts project that Charles M. Schulz ever worked on before his death, and it was originally aired on the CBS Television Network in 2000 making it the last Peanuts special to air on CBS.

Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years

2000

George Lucas' Star Tours poster
8.2

Originally aired in late 1986 during NBC's "Disney Sunday Movie."

George Lucas' Star Tours

1986

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8.5

The December 1976 broadcast of Doug Henning’s World of Magic, hosted by Michael Landon

Doug Henning's World of Magic

1976

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8.5

The December 1976 broadcast of Doug Henning’s World of Magic, hosted by Michael Landon

Doug Henning's World of Magic

1976

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6.5

Several celebrity comedians take on sadness in the fourth laugh for charity.

Comic Relief '90

1990

Christmas at Radio City Music Hall poster
NR

1986 HBO special featuring the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. Hosted by Joel Grey with performances by singer Leslie Uggams and skater Peggy Fleming. Credit for description: Captain Mr. Oracle on YouTube.

Christmas at Radio City Music Hall

1986

The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue poster
NR

The Will Rogers Follies is a musical with a book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman. It focuses on the life and career of famed humorist and performer Will Rogers, using as a backdrop the Ziegfeld Follies, which he often headlined, and describes every episode in his life in the form of a big production number. The Rogers character also performs rope tricks in between scenes. The revue contains snippets of Rogers' famous homespun style of wisdom and common sense and tries to convey the personality of this quintessentially American figure whose most famous quote was "I never met a man I didn't like."

The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue

1993

A Steven Wright Special poster
7.1

Steven Wright, the Confucius of Comedy, recorded his first album, I Have A Pony, in 1985. That Grammy - nominated album, along with an HBO special the following year, established Wright as one of the most inventive, peculiar and admired comedians of our era. Surreal and cerebral, his languid voice and deadpan delivery of ironic, witty and sometimes even deeply philosophical one-liners made him a unique and unforgettable performer.

A Steven Wright Special

1985

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NR

Dick Cavett meets famous magicians.

Hocus Pocus, It's Magic

1978

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2 poster
NR

Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a laugh for optimal effect. This second riotous volume in the Partners in Crime collection features more ribald moments culled from Townsend's laugh-filled HBO variety show. Sinbad, David Allen Grier and Damon Wayans also star.

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 2

1988

The People's Command Performance: '77 poster
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A celebrity lineup selected by a “specially conducted nationwide survey” entertains.

The People's Command Performance: '77

1977

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3 poster
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Director Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) knows how to construct and, when necessary, even milk a laugh for optimal effect. This third riotous volume in the Partners in Crime collection features more ribald moments culled from Townsend's laugh-filled HBO variety show. Robin Harris, Tommy Davidson, Shawn Wayans and musical guest Bobby Brown also star.

Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 3

1989

Steven Wright: Wicker Chairs and Gravity poster
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A comedy special starring Steven Wright before an audience in Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre.

Steven Wright: Wicker Chairs and Gravity

1990

Steven Wright: Wicker Chairs and Gravity poster
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A comedy special starring Steven Wright before an audience in Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre.

Steven Wright: Wicker Chairs and Gravity

1990

Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue poster
5.0

A live-action/animated television special produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue

1978

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NR

Music man John Denver shares the stage with classical music’s esteemed stars, Beverly Sills, James Galway, and Itzhak Perlman, in scenic Aspen, CO.

John Denver: Music and the Mountains

1981

Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right poster
6.4

Rodney Dangerfield hosts a showcase of comics including himself, Robert Schimmel, Bill Hicks, and Andrew Dice Clay, among others.

Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right

1988

Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me poster
7.9

Rodney Dangerfield hosted this HBO special which includes fantastic performances by some of the best new talent of 1986. Comedians include Jeff Altman, Roseanne Barr, Sam Kinison, Bob Nelson, Jerry Seinfeld, Robert Townsend, and, of course, Rodney Dangerfield.

Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me

1986

Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man poster
NR

A CBS television special, renowned for its legendary "Yma, Ava....Yma, Uta... Yma, Oona" sequence. Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man (1970) won Anne Bancroft her only Emmy for her portrayal of 14 different woman in 14 musical and comedy sketches. Bancroft's husband Mel Brooks contributed to the script and also appears onscreen.

Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man

1970

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown poster
6.3

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a live-action musical comedy with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip Peanuts. It was an episode of the American TV series Hallmark Hall of Fame.

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

1973

The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978 poster
NR

For his 1978 Christmas special, the third in as many years, Johnny Cash moved the taping of the Christmas Special to Los Angeles, and, predictably, the program takes on a Hollywood feel. Guests include Kris Kristofferson and singer Rita Coolidge, both friends of the Cash family who perform a heartfelt "Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends," and Steve Martin, one of America's hottest new comics at the time. June Carter Cash, as always, performs with her husband, and other family members make appearances in this special as well.

The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1978

1978

Howie from Maui poster
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Zany stand-up comedian Howie Mandel takes center stage at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel in Waikiki where he and his friends stage a one-of-a-kind loony show before a live audience.

Howie from Maui

1987