Ken Miller obit

Kenny Miller, Actor in ‘I Was a Teenage Werewolf,’ Dies at 85

He worked on another American International Pictures cult classic, 'Attack of the Puppet People.'

 

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Kenny Miller, who appeared in the 1950s drive-in classics I Was a Teenage Werewolf and Attack of the Puppet People, has died. He was 85.

Miller died Monday of pneumonia at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, his friend and former publicist, Nancy Streebeck, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Miller was attacked by Michael Landon, played the bongos and sang “Eeny, Meeny, Miny Mo” in I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) and was one of the shrunken victims of a deranged doll-maker (John Hoyt) in Attack of the Puppet People (1958). Both low-budget films were released by American International Pictures.

Miller also appeared as one of the young toughs in Orson Welles‘ Touch of Evil (1958) and portrayed a sentry in The Buccaneer (1958), starring Yul Brynner.

His film resume also included The Human Jungle (1954), The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956), Rockabilly Baby (1957), Rally ‘Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) and Surf Party (1964).

On television, Miller was on such shows as Dragnet, Rat Patrol, Father Knows Best and B.L. Stryker, and he had a nightclub act in which he sang and danced.

A native of Springfield, Ohio, Miller was the son of a Protestant minister. His autobiography, Surviving Teenage Werewolves, Puppet People and Hollywood, was published in 1999.

Survivors include his niece Vicky and nephews Keith and James. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Doris Day Animal Foundation.

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It Came from Trafalgar

7.0

Victor Van

2009

 

Perfect Copy

Short

Ned Portman

2007

 

Burt Reynolds in B.L. Stryker (1989)

B.L. Stryker

6.1

TV Series

Wallace Wardell (as Kenny Miller)

1989–1990

2 episodes

 

Blood Stalkers (1976)

Blood Stalkers

4.4

Daniel (as Kenny Miller)

1976

 

Karen Black and Fabian in Little Laura and Big John (1973)

Little Laura and Big John

3.5

Hanford

1973

 

The Gallant One

(as Kenny Miller)

1964

 

Surf Party (1964)

Surf Party

4.3

Milo Talbot (as Kenny Miller)

1964

 

Anna Sten and Robert Webber in The Nun and the Sergeant (1962)

The Nun and the Sergeant

5.2

Oliver Quill

1962

 

Linda Hutchings, Luana Patten, Jimmie Rodgers, and Chill Wills in The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1961)

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

6.0

Reuben

1961

 

This Rebel Breed (1960)

This Rebel Breed

5.6

Winnie (as Kenny Miller)

1960

 

Battle Flame (1959)

Battle Flame

5.8

Orlando

1959

 

Paul Newman, Joan Collins, Jack Carson, and Joanne Woodward in Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

5.9

Delinquent (uncredited)

1958

 

Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner in The Buccaneer (1958)

The Buccaneer

6.4

Young Sentry

1958

 

Attack of the Puppet People (1958)

Attack of the Puppet People

5.2

Stan

1958

 

Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, and Janet Leigh in Touch of Evil (1958)

Touch of Evil

8.0

Gang Member (uncredited)

1958

 

Going Steady (1958)

Going Steady

5.3

Woody Simmons

1958

 

Father Knows Best (1954)

Father Knows Best

7.4

TV Series

Joe

1958

1 episode

 

Official Detective (1957)

Official Detective

8.4

TV Series

Usher

1957

1 episode

 

Les Brown, Virginia Field, and Douglas Kennedy in Rockabilly Baby (1957)

Rockabilly Baby

6.4

Ray Hill

1957

 

Dino (1957)

Dino

6.9

Danny (uncredited)

1957

 

Michael Landon and Yvonne Lime in I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

5.1

Vic

1957

 

Dragnet (1951)

Dragnet

7.5

TV Series

1956

1 episode

 

The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956)

The Search for Bridey Murphy

6.0

Duncan Murphy Jr. - Age 17-19 (uncredited)

1956

 

Perry Lopez, Gloria Talbott, and Russ Tamblyn in The Young Guns (1956)

The Young Guns

5.6

Young Gunman (uncredited)

1956

 

Away All Boats (1956)

Away All Boats

6.2

Boy in Mess Hall (uncredited)

1956

 

Duncan Renaldo in The Cisco Kid (1950)

The Cisco Kid

7.1

TV Series

Jay Jones (as Kenneth Miller)

1955

1 episode

 

Running Wild (1955)

Running Wild

6.1

Boy in Arkie's Gang (uncredited)

1955

 

East of Eden (1955)

East of Eden

7.8

Student (uncredited)

1955

 

Irene Champlin, Steve Holland, and Joseph Nash in Flash Gordon (1954)

Flash Gordon

5.6

TV Series

Luck Hogan

1954

1 episode

 

Jan Sterling, Chuck Connors, and Gary Merrill in The Human Jungle (1954)

The Human Jungle

5.9

Juvenile (uncredited)

1954

 

Public Defender (1954)

Public Defender

7.5

TV Series

Hot Dog Man

1954

1 episode

 

Janet Leigh and Carleton Carpenter in Fearless Fagan (1952)

Fearless Fagan

5.9

Soldier (uncredited)

1952

 

Music Department

Burt Reynolds in B.L. Stryker (1989)

B.L. Stryker

6.1

TV Series

vocal by (as Kenny Miller)

1989

1 episode

 

Soundtrack

Parker Posey, Malcolm Gets, Chris Kattan, and Cary Curran in Adam & Steve (2005)

Adam & Steve

5.8

writer: "The Good Ones are Always Taken"

2005

 

A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001)

A Nero Wolfe Mystery

8.4

TV Series

writer: "King Swing" (uncredited)

2002

2 episodes

 

Surf Party (1964)

Surf Party

4.3

performer: "Pearly Shells"

1964

 

Gary Conway, Alana Ladd, Jody McCrea, James Mitchum, and Chill Wills in Young Guns of Texas (1962)

Young Guns of Texas

4.9

performer: "Young Guns Of Texas" (as Kenny Miller)

1962

 

Michael Landon and Yvonne Lime in I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

5.1

performer: "Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo"

1957