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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 almost every film made by Dante. Miller's main roles have been in films such as ''Gremlins'', ''Gremlins 2: The New Batch'', ''The Explorers'', ''Piranha'', ''The Howling'', ''A Bucket of Blood'', ''The Little Shop of Horrors'', ''Chopping Mall'', ''Night of the Creeps'', ''The Terminator'', ''The 'Burbs'' and ''Small Soldiers''. ==Life and career== Miller was born in The Bronx, New York and attended the City College of New York as well as Columbia University.〔(Dick Miller Biography - Yahoo! Movies )〕 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. One of his earliest acting roles was in ''Apache Woman'' (1955). He played one of the town's people and also a separate role as an Indian. In an action scene his town person character shot his Indian character, as related in the documentary ''Corman's World''.〔(Dick Miller in person for retrospective including “THAT GUY” docu, “GREMLINS” reunion, Fango appearance & more! )〕 Richard Miller is also credited for being in a Sega CD video game called ''Prize Fighter'' in which he plays the role of a corner man for the main character. His roles in movies include ''White Line Fever'', ''The Terminator'', ''All The Right Moves'', ''Night of the Creeps'', ''Small Soldiers'', ''It Conquered the World'', ''A 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''.〔(“THAT GUY DICK MILLER” kicks off exclusive engagement; Dick Miller to attend. )〕 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. He also appeared in Rod Stewart's music video for the song "Infatuation" in 1984, with Mike Mazurki and Kay Lenz. His television credits include ''V: The Final Battle'' as Dan Pascal, and appearances on ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' in the season 1 episode "The Big Goodbye" as the newspaper stand man in the holodeck, ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' in the season 3 two-part episode "Past Tense" as Vin, ''Time of Your Life'', as a prison guard in ''Soap'' (1979) and he voiced the gangster Chuckie Sol in the animated feature film ''Batman: Mask of the Phantasm''. Miller has also directed television shows, including "The Fix" a 1986 episode of the series ''Miami Vice''.〔 In 2000, Miller was featured alongside former collaborators including Roger Corman, Sam Arkoff and Peter Bogdanovich in the documentary ''SCHLOCK! The Secret History of American Movies'', a film about the rise and fall of American exploitation cinema. 2014 appeared in the documentary film over his life ''That Guy Dick Miller''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dick Miller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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