# Anyone remember Denny Miller? 'Cause he's dead. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682 "2014-09-16T19:37:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/1 "2014-09-16T19:37:11Z")
[Denny Miller](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Miller) Working from home today, so I have the TV on in the background. I looked up to see a character on _The Rockford Files_ and wanted to know who he was. Denny Miller. He popped up a bit in various TV shows in the '60s and '70s. He died last week, of ALS, at the age of 80. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/2 "2014-09-16T19:46:31Z")
Oh, OK. Not Dennis Miller. That would be a shock. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/3 "2014-09-16T21:16:35Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Oh, OK. Not Dennis Miller. That would be a shock. There hasn’t been a moment that scary since Agrippina found out she couldn’t get daycare. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/4 "2014-09-16T23:14:25Z")
He was a Tarzan, I definitely remember him. RIP Denny. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/5 "2014-09-16T23:28:46Z")
He was a former UCLA Bruins basketball star, and he was also the Gorton fish sticks fisherman. ---
**Author:** ![henker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/46a35a/32.png) [@henker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/henker)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/6 "2014-09-17T00:27:00Z")
Scared me for a second. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/7 "2014-09-17T01:23:56Z")
Howdy Pardner in the next life. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/8 "2014-09-17T01:53:50Z")
He lived right here in Las Vegas, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/9 "2014-09-17T02:22:36Z")
Big blond guy, right? I remember him from a lot of TV. Considering when he was active, it’s amazing he never did Star Trek. I do remember that when Dennis Miller started acting in the occasional movie, there was a problem because his name was too similar to Denny Miller’s and SAG rules insist on a certain level of uniqueness. Mr. Miller (the younger) was able to argue that he was already established as a public persona using that name. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/10 "2014-09-17T03:26:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > He was a former UCLA Bruins basketball star, and he was also the Gorton fish sticks fisherman. Coincidentally, the last two websites I went to as a result of reading threads on this board both mentioned the Gorton fisherman. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/11 "2014-09-17T03:32:25Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Oh, OK. Not Dennis Miller. That would be a shock. That was my first reaction as well. Then I saw the OP’s mention of _The Rockford Files_ so my next reaction was that the actor who played Rockford’s cop friend (who was named Dennis Becker) was dead. But I checked and that’s Joe Santos and he’s still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/12 "2014-09-17T06:05:33Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > There hasn’t been a moment that scary since Agrippina found out she couldn’t get daycare. Caligula’s mum, or Nero’s? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/13 "2014-09-17T11:07:57Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Big blond guy, right? I remember him from a lot of TV. Considering when he was active, it’s amazing he never did Star Trek. He wore the Gorn suit. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/14 "2014-09-17T11:19:20Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Howdy Pardner in the next life. Oh, you got me right in the pantaloons, partner. Bang Hardy Partner! ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/15 "2014-09-17T12:11:24Z")
[Obligatory Gortons Fisherman Meme](https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7031/6792703579_9e11676638_z.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/16 "2014-09-18T03:36:32Z")
> [@Ms\_Boods](#): > > Caligula’s mum, or Nero’s? 😛 I haven’t seen a choice that pointless since Thomas Becket’s barber asked “So, a little off the top?” ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-denny-miller-cause-hes-dead/698682/17 "2014-09-18T10:30:42Z")
I remember him from The Brady Bunch as Carol’s old boyfriend, the quarterback. The old Statue of Liberty play.