Richard Miller (December 25, 1928 – January 30, 2019) was an American character actor who appeared in more than 180 films, including many produced by Roger Corman. He later appeared in the films of directors who began their careers with Corman, including Joe Dante, James Cameron, and Martin Scorsese, with the distinction of appearing in every film directed by Dante. He was known for playing the beleaguered everyman, often in one-scene appearances. Miller's main roles in films included Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Explorers, Piranha, The Howling, A Bucket of Blood, The Little Shop of Horrors, Not of This Earth, Chopping Mall, Night of the Creeps, The Terminator, The 'Burbs, Small Soldiers and Quake.

Filmography

• 2020The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault — (archive footage)
• 2019Hanukkah — Rabbi Walter Paisley
• 2019Hideouser and Hideouser — Waitress (voice) (archive footage)
• 2015The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster — Walter
• 2014Burying the Ex — Grumpy Cop
• 2013Cutaways
• 20093rd Shift: Michael's Lament — The Sculptor
• 2009The Hole — Pizza Delivery Guy
• 2007Trail of the Screaming Forehead — Eddie
• 2006Trapped Ashes — Max (segment "Wraparound")
• Justice League Unlimited — Oberon (voice)
• 2003Looney Tunes: Back in Action — Security Guard
• 2003Maximum Surge — Boxing Cornerman
• 2003Unleashing the Beast: Making ‘The Howling’
• 2001Route 666 — Bartender
• Snoops — Jolie
• SportsCentury
• Time of Your Life
• 1998Small Soldiers — Joe
• 1997The Second Civil War — Eddie O'Neill
• Clueless — Ralph
• 1996The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy — Peddler
• 1995Number One Fan — Night Manager
• 1995Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight — Uncle Willy
• 1994Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women — Officer Murphy
• ER — Mr. Ackerman
• 1994Midnight Run Around — O'Doul
• 1994Mona Must Die — Father Stilicato
• Rebel Highway — Roy Farrell, Officer Paisley
• 1994Runaway Daughters — Roy Farrell
• 1994Shake, Rattle and Rock! — Officer Paisley
• Sister, Sister — Mr. Eichelberger
• Weird Science
• 1993Batman: Mask of the Phantasm — Chuckie Sol (voice)
• Fallen Angels — Carl, Morris Hornbeck
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Mike Lane
• 1993Matinee — Herb
• NYPD Blue — Carl Bode
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Vin
• 1992Amityville 1992: It's About Time — Mr. Anderson
• Batman: The Animated Series — Boxy Bennett (voice)
• 1992Body Waves — Mr. Matthews
• 1992Evil Toons — Burt Wentworth
• 1992Quake — Storekeeper
• 1992The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade — Fosnight
• 1992Unlawful Entry — Impound Clerk
• Eerie, Indiana — Al
• 1991Halloween Monster Bash — Stefan (archive footage)
• 1991Motorama — Horseshoe Player
• 1991The Woman Who Sinned — Thomas
• 1990Gremlins 2: The New Batch — Murray Futterman
• 1990Mob Boss — Mike
• The Flash — Fosnight
• 1989Far from Home — Sheriff Bill Childers
• 1989Ghost Writer — Club Manager
• 1989The 'Burbs — Vic, Garbageman #1
• 1989Under the Boardwalk — Official
• 1988Angel III: The Final Chapter — Nick Pellegrini
• 1988Dead Heat — Cemetery Security Guard (uncredited)
• 1988Elvira: Mistress of the Dark — Sgt. Neill
• 1988Face Like a Frog — Max (voice)
• Freddy's Nightmares — Al Kramer
• Sonny Spoon — Director
• 1987Amazon Women on the Moon — Danny Clayton (segment "The French Ventriloquist's Dummy") (uncredited)
• 1987Innerspace — Cab Driver
• 1987Project X — Max King
• Star Trek: The Next Generation — Vendor
• 1986Armed Response — Steve
• 1986Chopping Mall — Walter Paisley
• 1986Night of the Creeps — Walt
• 1985After Hours — Waiter
• Amazing Stories — Fred
• 1985Explorers — Charlie Drake
• Moonlighting — Pickup Guy
• 198411th Victim — Investigator Ned
• 1984Gremlins — Mr. Futterman
• Miami Vice — Director
• 1984Swing Shift — Wallflower at the Swing Shift Jamboree (uncredited)
• Tales from the Darkside — Seymour Furman
• 1984The Terminator — Pawnshop Clerk
• V: The Final Battle — Dan Pascal
• 1983All the Right Moves — Teacher in Auditorium
• 1983Get Crazy — Susie's Dad
• 1983Heart Like a Wheel — Mickey White
• 1983Lies — Producer
• 1983Space Raiders — Crazy Mel
• 1983Twilight Zone: The Movie — Walter Paisley
• Fame
• 1982National Lampoon's Movie Madness — Dr. Hans Kleiner ("Success Wanters")
• Police Squad! — Vic
• 1982The Aftermath — Broadcaster (voice)
• 1982Vortex — Bit Part
• 1982White Dog — Animal Trainer
• 1981Heartbeeps — Factory Watchman
• 1981Smokey Bites the Dust — Owner of Vehicle
• 1981The Howling — Walter Paisley - Bookstore Owner
• 1980Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype — Irsil / Orson
• 1980The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood — New York Cop
• 1980Used Cars — Man In Bed
• 19791941 — Officer Miller
• Knots Landing — Al Spanky
• 1979Rock 'n' Roll High School — Police Chief
• 1979The Lady in Red — Patek
• 1978Corvette Summer — Mr. Lucky
• 1978I Wanna Hold Your Hand — Sergeant Brenner
• 1978Piranha — Buck Gardner
• 1978Starhops — Jerry
• Taxi — Ernie the Waiter, Fergie
• 1977Game Show Models — Joe Lippin - Game Show Host
• Hunter
• 1977Mr. Billion — Bernie
• 1977New York, New York — Palm Club Owner
• Alice — Customer #3
• 1976Cannonball — Bennie Buckman
• 1976Hollywood Boulevard — Walter Paisley
• 1976Moving Violation — Mac
• 1976Vigilante Force — Pianist (uncredited)
• 1975Capone — Joe Pryor
• 1975Crazy Mama — Wilbur Janeway
• 1975Darktown Strutters — Officer Hugo
• 1975White Line Fever — Birdie
• 1974Big Bad Mama — Bonney
• 1974Candy Stripe Nurses — Spectator
• Police Woman — Matt
• 1974Summer School Teachers — Sam
• 1974TNT Jackson — Writer
• 1974Truck Turner — Fogarty
• 1973Executive Action — Rifleman - Team B
• 1973Fly Me — Taxi Driver
• 1973The Slams — Taxi Driver
• 1973The Student Teachers — Coach Harris
• 1973The Young Nurses — Cop
• 1972Night Call Nurses — Mr. Jensen
• 1971The Grissom Gang — Reporter
• McCloud
• 1970The Andersonville Trial — Sketch Artist
• 1970Which Way to the Front? — Story
• 1969Four Rode Out — Writer
• 1968Targets — Stefan (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1968The Legend of Lylah Clare — Reporter at Press Party
• 1968The Wild Racers — Pit Crew Mechanic
• 1967A Time for Killing — Zollicoffer
• Dragnet — Harry Johnson
• Mannix — Fashion Photographer (uncredited)
• 1967The Dirty Dozen — MP at Hanging (uncredited)
• 1967The St. Valentine's Day Massacre — Gangster Dressed as a Cop (uncredited)
• 1967The Trip — Cash
• 1966The Wild Angels — Oil Rigger
• 1966Wild, Wild Winter — Rilk
• 1965Beach Ball — Cop #1
• Branded
• 1965Ski Party — Taxi Driver (uncredited)
• 1965The Girls on the Beach — First Waiter
• 1963The Terror — Stefan
• 1963X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes — John Trask (uncredited)
• Combat! — Young Soldier
• 1962The Premature Burial — Mole
• The Virginian — Jon Blake
• 1961Atlas — Greek Soldier (uncredited)
• 1961Capture That Capsule — Ed Nowak
• 1960The Little Shop of Horrors — Burson Fouch
• 1959A Bucket of Blood — Walter Paisley
• The Lawless Years
• 1958War of the Satellites — Dave Boyer
• 1957Carnival Rock — Benny
• M Squad — Pete Castro
• 1957Naked Paradise — Mitch
• 1957Not of This Earth — Joe Piper
• 1957Rock All Night — Shorty
• 1957Sorority Girl — Mort
• 1957The Undead — The Leper
• Wagon Train — Michel
• 1956Gunslinger — Jimmy Tonto
• 1956It Conquered the World — Sgt. Neil
• 1956The Oklahoma Woman — Bartender
• 1955Apache Woman — Tall Tree
• Dragnet

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2021Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster — Self
• 2020AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1 — Self
• 2014That Guy Dick Miller — Self
• 2011Corman's World — Self - Actor
• 2010Machete Maidens Unleashed! — Self
• 2003Dick Miller: Thespian — Self
• 2001It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures — Self
• 2001Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies — Himself
• 1986Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self