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Marvin Miller (Actor)

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The Resume

    (July 18, 1913-February 8, 1985)
    Born in St. Louis, Missouri
    Appeared on ‘Mysteries of Chinatown,’ ‘Space Patrol (1950),’ and ‘The Millionaire’
    Narrator for ‘Gerald McBoing-Boing,’ ‘The F.B.I.,’ ‘Pink Panther Show’ (bumpers), ‘Electra Woman and Dyna Girl,’ and ‘Police Squad’
    Appeared in ‘Blood on the Sun,’ ‘The Corpse Came C.O.D.,’ ‘Hong Kong,’ ‘Swing Shift,’ and ‘Hell Squad’
    Voice of Robby the Robot in ‘Forbidden Planet’ (uncredited) and ‘The Invisible Boy’
    5 ft 10 in (1,79 m)
    Born Marvin Elliott Mueller

Why he might be annoying:

    This lovely bit of a 1973 radio interview: ‘When I got to Chicago, they simply said, well, what are you? Are you an actor or are you an announcer? You can’t be both.’
    His heavyset underworld-worthy frame – which often got him cast as an Asiatic antagonist – belied a clear baritone voice.
    He regarded his role on The Millionaire as his career-killer just as much as more than one casting agent did (as in, the audience expecting him to give away a cheque like that).
    His final motion picture (‘Hell Squad’) was released nearly 11 months after his fatal heart attack.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He scored a radio gig, for which he was initially rejected, on the strength of a sketch he’d written — voicing all of the ethnically diverse characters therein.
    Before he left for the big time, Variety Magazine would dub him Chicago’s ‘one-man radio industry.’
    He recorded several Dr. Seuss stories, which won him a Grammy for three years running.
    He is the one to beat for the earliest documented recording of the entire Holy Bible (as in, Old and New Testaments).
    His one marriage – in his 40s, to a woman 25 years younger – bore him two children.

Credit: Cool It All Right?


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    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
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