ACTOR

Dick Miller

1928 - 2019

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick Miller has received more than 1,172,208 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Dick Miller is the 2,981st most popular actor (down from 2,719th in 2019), the 4,563rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,328th in 2019) and the 1,349th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dick Millers by language

Over the past year Dick Miller has had the most page views in the with 145,261 views, followed by German (12,640), and French (11,032). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (76.08%), Serbo-Croatian (72.37%), and Southern Azerbaijani (52.94%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dick Miller ranks 2,981 out of 13,578. Before him are Andrew Robinson, Nick Cassavetes, Gordon Liu, Andréa Parisy, August Schellenberg, and Rolf Hoppe. After him are Akio Ōtsuka, Bo Hopkins, Dominic Purcell, Takehito Koyasu, Steven Hill, and Lauren Cohan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Dick Miller ranks 288. Before him are Mitchell Ryan, Ian Bannen, Arthur Melvin Okun, Elio Sgreccia, Bill Mollison, and Clifford Edmund Bosworth. After him are Pedro Casaldáliga, Frank Frazetta, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Umberto Maglioli, Bob Crane, and Gunnar Andersson. Among people deceased in 2019, Dick Miller ranks 225. Before him are Fahrudin Jusufi, Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, Elio Sgreccia, John Tate, Alain Barrière, and Gene Wolfe. After him are Johnny Clegg, Peter Snell, Luciano De Crescenzo, Carlo Maria Abate, Julie Adams, and Ram Dass.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dick Miller ranks 4,563 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard E. Stearns (1936), Gene Wolfe (1931), Pete Maravich (1947), Bobby Vinton (1935), Ben Adams (1890), and Michael Chang (1972). After him are Stephen J. Cannell (1941), Bo Hopkins (1942), Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829), Frank Frazetta (1928), Joss Whedon (1964), and Steven Hill (1922).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dick Miller ranks 1,349. Before him are Dennis Weaver (1924), John Phillip Law (1937), Zendaya (1996), Pamela Tiffin (1942), Andrew Robinson (1942), and Nick Cassavetes (1959). After him are Bo Hopkins (1942), Steven Hill (1922), Lauren Cohan (1982), Brooke Adams (1949), Thom Barry (1950), and Steve James (1952).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Terminator
Pawnshop Clerk
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?
Oct 26o 19847.665 / 10
Gremlins
Murray Futterman
When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, unleashing a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
Jun 8o 19847.105 / 10
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Murray Futterman
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!
Jun 15o 19906.439 / 10