Dick Miller might not be a household name, but his face is known in millions of households as everything from a busboy/beatnik-turned-murderer to a by-the-book cop, from a pickup artist to a priest. His career spans 6 decades, more than 175 motion pictures, 4 television series, and over 2000 television appearances. Dick has worked for such directors as Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Joe Dante, Roger Corman, James Cameron, Ernest Dickerson, and Sam Fuller, just to name a few. He has shared the silver screen with Boris Karloff, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jack Nicholson, Robert DeNiro, William Sadler, a misbehaving monkey, and The Ramones, among countless others.

In this unprecedented documentary, we follow Dick from his first big role in Bucket of Blood, on to Gremlins, The Terminator, the “E.R.” TV series, to one of his latest roles in Cutaways.

That Guy Dick Miller is the actor’s story in his own words. Whether everyone agrees with those words is up for discussion: an essential part of the conversation is Dick’s irrepressible wife Lainie, who’s been with him from day one (and is a producer on this entertaining and enlightening documentary).

Along with Lainie, we get accounts from Jackie Joseph (“She was my wife in so many movies I thought I was married to her!”), Mary Woronov, Robert Forster, Leonard Maltin, and of course the directors who’ve always had a role for him – including Corman, Dante, and Dickerson.

That Guy Dick Miller is a funny, candid, and upbeat look at a vibrant, mischievous, irreverent actor and ‘everyman’. There is a wealth of rare footage, photos and video, plus never before seen 8mm footage, shot behind the scenes of movies both little and legendary. Augmented by animation, illustration, and hundreds of clips, personal home movies, and 47 interviews – we can see why “that guy’s in everything!”

That Guy Dick Miller
Documentary, biography – NR – 91 min – Tickets $9 – Get tickets online
Fri, April 3: 7:30 p.m.
Sat, April 4: 5:00
Sun, April 5: 3:00
Mon, April 6: 7:30
Tues, April 7: 5:00
Wed, April 8: 5:00
Thurs, April 9: 7:30