Marvin Miller
Miller in 1958
Born	Marvin Mueller (1913-07-18)July 18, 1913 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	February 8, 1985(1985-02-08) (aged 71) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor announcer
Years active	1945–1985
Spouse	Elizabeth Florence Dawson ​ ​ (m. 1937; div. 1965)​
Children	2

Marvin Elliott Miller (bornMarvin Mueller; July 18, 1913 – February 8, 1985) was an American actor. Possessing a deep baritone voice, he began his career in radio inSt. Louis, Missouri, before becoming a Hollywood actor. He is remembered for voicingRobby the Robot in thescience fiction filmForbidden Planet (1956), a role he reprised in the lesser-knownThe Invisible Boy (1957).

Miller's next most notable role is that ofMichael Anthony, the loyal assistant ofPaul Frees' generous millionaire John Beresford Tipton Jr., on the TV seriesThe Millionaire (1955–1960).

Born in St. Louis, Miller graduated fromWashington University before commencing his career in radio. When a singer named Marvin Miller debuted on another St. Louis radio station, he began using his middle initial to distinguish himself from the newcomer. For theMutual Broadcasting System, he narrated a daily 15-minute radio show titledThe Story Behind the Story, which offered historical vignettes. He also served as announcer on several Old Time Radio shows of the 1940s and 1950s, includingThe Jo Stafford Show^[1] and the long-running mystery seriesThe Whistler.^[2]

Miller played Dr. Lee Markham onThe Woman in White onNBC radio and Howard Andrews onMidstream on theBlue Network^[3] and appeared as "The voice of the Past" on the May 21, 1942 broadcast of The Right to Happiness. In 1945–47, he was the announcer forSongs by Sinatra.^[4] He played two characters and was the announcer onThe Billie Burke Show (1943–1946).^[5]

In 1952, Miller had a one-man program,Armchair Adventures, onCBS Radio. He did "all voices and narration" in the 15-minute dramatic anthology.^[6] He also recorded 260 episodes of a program described in a 1950 trade publication as "Marvin Miller: Famous radio voice in series of five minute vignettes about famous people." The program was syndicated viaelectrical transcription by The Cardinal Company.^[7]

He also wonGrammy Awards in 1965 and 1966 for his recordings ofDr. Seuss stories on RCA Records: in 1967 for Dr Seuss Presents –If I Ran the Zoo andSleep Book and 1966 for Dr Seuss PresentsFox in Socks andGreen Eggs and Ham.^[8] He also readBartholomew and the Oobleck,Horton Hatches the Egg,The Sneetches and Other Stories, andYertle the Turtle and Other Stories.,^[9]

In the mid-1970s, Miller even lent his voice to sports films, narrating the officialIndianapolis 500 films in 1975 and 1976.

In films, the heavyset Miller was often cast as a villain, many times playing Asian roles. He portrayed a sadistic henchman in the 1947Humphrey Bogart filmDead Reckoning and was Yamada in the 1945James Cagney filmBlood on the Sun.^[10] In 1946's film noirDeadline at Dawn he plays Sleepy Parsons, a blind pianist.^[11] Miller played George "Gusty" Gustafson in theGeorge Raftfilm noir classicJohnny Angel.^[12]

Additionally, he also appeared in "Red Planet Mars" (1952), "Forbidden" (1953), "Time Stood Still" (1956) and "When the Girls Take Over" (1962).

Miller also did a great deal of voice work in animation from the 1950s into the 1970s, from the narration on the 1950Academy Award-winningUnited Productions of America cartoonGerald McBoing Boing and the 1952 Chamber of Commerce filmThe Story of Creative Capital to the 1970The Ant and the Aardvark cartoonScratch a Tiger.^[13][14]

From 1949 to 1950 Miller starred as Dr. Yat Fu on the short-livedABC seriesMysteries of Chinatown, withGloria Saunders cast as his niece, Ah Toy.^[15] In 1961, Miller guest-starred as Johnny Kelso, withErin O'Brien, in "The Marble Slab" episode of theFrederick Ziv-,United Artists-, andMGM-producedBat Masterson, starringGene Barry.^[16] Original air date was May 11, 1961.^[17]

Further, in television, he was a narrator on "The F.B.I.", "Police Squad", "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl", plus appeared on "Land of the Lost" and "Love, American Style".

Miller voiced "Mr. Sun" in theAT&T educational filmOur Mr. Sun, and "Hemo" in theAT&T educational filmHemo the Magnificent, parts of a series featuring Dr.Frank C. Baxter and directed byFrank Capra, which was shown on American network television in 1956 and 1957.^[18][19] Miller crossed paths with other prolific voice-over artists many times in his career, includingJune Foray, playing "Deer" inHemo the Magnificent and in the TV seriesRocky and Bullwinkle along withPaul Frees, who voiced "Boris Badenov" in that program.^[20] Miller and Frees also performed in separate segments on the audio recordingStan Freberg Presents The United States of America Volume One The Early Years.^[21]

Miller made a guest appearance in 1963 onPerry Mason as unscrupulous attorney F.J. Weatherby in "The Case of the Lover's Leap".^[18]

Miller voicedAquaman for theFilmation studio for their 1967 seriesThe Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure.^[18] He was also the voice of pilot/scientist Busby Birdwell in the company's animated seriesFantastic Voyage.^[22]

He was the voice of the arrogant alien "Zarn" in three episodes of the second season ofLand of the Lost.^[23] Miller also lent his distinct voice toThe Pink Panther Show, often talking with the feline offscreen and asking questions, while also voicing The Inspector, his second Deux Deux and their boss The Commissioner.^[24]

He also won Grammy Awards in 1965 and 1966, for his recordings of stories by Dr. Seuss.

In more than 200 episodes ofThe Millionaire, Miller played Michael Anthony, conveying the wishes of the "fabulously wealthy" John Beresford Tipton Jr., voiced by Paul Frees.^[25]

Miller died in 1985 at the age of 71 from aheart attack.^[25]

For his contribution to the television industry, Marvin Miller has a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame at 6101Hollywood Boulevard.^[26]

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