Denny Miller

Acting

Denny Miller

Born 1934-04-25 · Bloomington, Indiana, USA

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.

Acting credits

The Party poster
7.3

Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film producer. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with compounding effect.

The Party

1968

Some Came Running poster
7.0

A former novelist returns to his small Midwest town after serving in the Army during WWII, to the chagrin of his social-climbing brother, and becomes close with an easy-going professional gambler and torn between two very different women.

Some Came Running

1958

Buck and the Preacher poster
6.3

A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.

Buck and the Preacher

1972

Caboblanco poster
5.3

Giff Hoyt, a cafe owner in Cabo Blanco, Peru after World War II is caught between refuge-seeking Nazis and their enemies. After the murder of a sea explorer is passed off as accidental death by the corrupt local police, Giff becomes suspicious. The police chief also intimidates a new arrival Marie, and Giff intervenes to help her. Giff suspects Beckdorff, a Nazi refugee living in the area. Beckdorff, it emerges, is seeking to uncover sunken treasure.

Caboblanco

1980

The Island at the Top of the World poster
6.5

A Victorian gentleman hopes to find his long-lost son, who vanished while searching for a mysterious Viking community in a volcanic valley somewhere in uncharted Arctic regions. The gentleman puts together an expedition team to go on the search, but when they reach their destination they must escape from some Viking descendants who will kill to keep their existence a secret.

The Island at the Top of the World

1974

Brainwash poster
6.3

A group of husbands with their wives participate in a reunion where everybody will find his hidden secret. The methods used are terrible, but usually work. Just usually.

Brainwash

1983

The Norseman poster
3.4

An 11th-century Viking prince sails to America to find his father, who on a previous voyage had been captured by Indians.

The Norseman

1978

Shooting Stars poster
5.0

Two television actors who play detectives are fired when the show's star gets upset that they are getting the better parts to play. So, they decide to try it for real.

Shooting Stars

1983

Dr. Scorpion poster
7.0

A retired spy is reluctantly lured back into action to take down a mad scientist living on a tropical island.

Dr. Scorpion

1978

More Than Murder poster
5.1

Private eye Mike Hammer tries to clear his friend, Captain Chambers, who has been framed for cocaine possession.

More Than Murder

1984

Nick and Nora poster
NR

Retired detective Nick Charles and his wife set out to solve a murder mystery after a corpse wearing white gloves is found in a hotel pool.

Nick and Nora

1975

Doomsday Machine poster
3.2

Following the discovery of a doomsday machine capable of destroying Earth, the launch of a US space mission to Venus is taken over by the military.

Doomsday Machine

1972

The Dion Brothers poster
5.5

Two rural West Virginia brothers leave home, rob an armored car and become fugitives.

The Dion Brothers

1974

Fury River poster
6.3

Rogers Rangers fight the French & Indians in Canada while searching for a waterway which will lead to this ocean.

Fury River

1961

Tarzan, the Ape Man poster
4.5

An English colonel's daughter meets the lord of the jungle who makes her his mate.

Tarzan, the Ape Man

1959

Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan poster
NR

Hollywood remembers the other Tarzans. A history of Hollywood Tarzans featuring profiles of the many actors who played the role, from the silent era to the most recent movie versions.

Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan

1996

Making It poster
4.3

A cocky high school student thinks nothing of using the people around him to satisfy his self-centered needs, until someone in his life gets pregnant.

Making It

1971

Danger in Paradise poster
7.0

A young man has to battle his greedy stepmother for control of his father's huge estate.

Danger in Paradise

1977

Tarzan: Lord of the Movies poster
NR

The history of the Tarzan films is presented through behind-the-scenes footage and scenes from the Jungle King’s many classic movies.

Tarzan: Lord of the Movies

2017

Investigating Tarzan poster
10.0

A look at the history and cultural impact of Tarzan.

Investigating Tarzan

1997

Love in a Goldfish Bowl poster
5.5

Two platonic college friends spend a weekend away together. One is romanced by a member of the coast guard.

Love in a Goldfish Bowl

1961

In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross poster
NR

A look at Tarzan on the big and small screen with interviews with some of those who have played him.

In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross

1998