Roger Miller

Roger Miller Headshot

Singer • Songwriter

Birth Date: January 2, 1936

Death Date: October 25, 1992 — 56 years old

Birth Place: Fort Worth, Texas

Grammy-winning Roger Miller was an exceptionally talented musician. Miller worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Burt Reynolds' Late Show" (NBC, 1973-74), "Im Lauf der Zeit" (1976) starring Rudiger Vogler and "John Denver: Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (ABC, 1976-77). He also contributed to "Robin Hood" (1973), "Superman III" with Christopher Reeve (1983) and "The Ice Palace" (CBS, 1970-71).

In the eighties and the nineties, Miller's music continued to appear on the silver screen, including in films like the thriller "Maximum Overdrive" (1986) with Emilio Estevez, the Terence Hill comedy "Lucky Luke" (1994) and the Jon Favreau dramatic comedy "Swingers" (1996). Miller's music was also featured in "Hide and Seek" (1997), the dramatic adventure "Traveller" (1997) with Bill Paxton and "Men of Honor" (2000). His music was also featured in the action picture "Shanghai Knights" (2003) with Jackie Chan. Miller's music was most recently used in the Johnny Knoxville documentary "Being Evel" (2015).

Credits

Disruption

Original Music
Movie
2014

Granito: How to Nail a Dictator

Original Music
Movie
2011

The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court

Original Music
Movie
2009

America 2-Night

Guest Star
Series
1978

Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas DonkeyStream

Voice
Speiltoe/Narrator
Special
1977
56%

Trolls of the Christmas Express

Narrator
Movie
1977

Robin Hood

Original Music
Movie
1973

Robin Hood

Original Music
Movie
1973

Robin Hood - sv.tal

Original Music
Movie
1973

Robin Hood

Original Music
Movie
1973

Robin HoodStream

Original Music
Movie
1973

Robin HoodStream

Voice
Alan-A-Dale
Movie
1973

The Andy Williams Magic Lantern Show Company

Self
Show
1969

The Roger Miller Show

Host
Show
1966

Star Route U.S.A.

Self
Movie
1966

Daniel Boone

Guest Star
Series
1964