Denny Miller Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles with a degree in Kinesiology
• Originally intended to become a basketball coach and played at UCLA under legendary head coach John Wooden
• Got his part in "Tarzan, the Ape Man" after a talent agent saw him moving furniture for his job at a storage company and arranged for him to have a screen test at MGM
• Quote: "I got a lot of work, usually because of my size․ I got beat up by everybody in town․"
• Quote: "(On choosing a career in acting): "I was a kid․ Ride that elephant․ Kiss that pretty girl․ Why me, God?""
• Best known for his role as Duke Shannon in "Wagon Train" and as the title character in the 1959 film "Tarzan, the Ape Man․"
• During his later career he appeared in several commercials, most notably as the bearded fisherman in a yellow rain slicker for Gorton's Seafood