Walter Miller (March 9, 1892 – March 30, 1940) was an American actor of the

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and the early sound era. He appeared in nearly 250 films between 1911 and 1940. He was born in

Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Day ...

, and died in

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, from a

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, aged 48. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, Illinois.

Selected filmography

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A Change of Spirit ''A Change of Spirit'' is a 1912 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. Plot Cast * Blanche Sweet as The Young Woman * William J. Butler as The Young Woman's Father * Kate Toncray as The You ...

'' (1912, Short) - The Young Woman's Sweetheart - The Robbery Victim * ''

An Unseen Enemy ''An Unseen Enemy'' is a 1912 Biograph Company short silent film directed by D. W. Griffith, and was the first film to be made starring the actresses Lillian Gish and Dorothy Gish. A critic of the time stated that "the Gish sisters gave charming ...

'' (1912, Short) - The Brother's Friend (uncredited) * ''

Two Daughters of Eve ''Two Daughters of Eve'' is a 1912 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Cast * Claire McDowell - The Mother * Henry B. Walthall - The Father * Florence Geneva - The Actress * Gertrude Bambrick - Backstage * Elmer Booth - Ba ...

'' (1912, Short) - Backstage * '' So Near, Yet So Far'' (1912, Short) - Howard * ''

A Feud in the Kentucky Hills ''A Feud in the Kentucky Hills'' is a 1912 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film, by the Biograph Company, was shot on the Hudson Palisades near Fort Lee, New Jersey when many early film studios in America's first m ...

'' (1912, Short) - A Brother * ''

The Painted Lady ''The Painted Lady'' is a 1912 American short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. A print of the film survives. Plot The story as told by ''The Moving Picture News'' reads: Cast See also * Harry Carey film ...

'' (1912, Short) - At Ice Cream Festival (uncredited) * ''

The Musketeers of Pig Alley ''The Musketeers of Pig Alley'' is a 1912 American short drama and a gangster film. It is directed by D. W. Griffith and written by Griffith and Anita Loos. It is also credited for its early use of follow focus, a fundamental tool in cinemat ...

'' (1912, Short) - The Musician * '' My Baby'' (1912, Short) - Wedding Guest * '' The Informer'' (1912, Short) - The Confederate Captain * '' Brutality'' (1912, Short) - The Young Man * '' A Cry for Help'' (1912, Short) - The Doctor * ''

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'' (1913, Short) - The Boy * ''

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'' (1913, Short) - John - the Idealist's Brother - a Minister * '' Love in an Apartment Hotel'' (1913, Short) - One of the Fiance's Friends * '' The Wrong Bottle'' (1913, Short) - In Road House (uncredited) * ''

Broken Ways ''Broken Ways'' is a 1913 American short silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Henry B. Walthall and Blanche Sweet. A print of the film survives. Cast * Henry B. Walthall as The Road Agent * Blanche Sweet as The Road Agent' ...

'' (1913, Short) - In Town (uncredited) * ''

Near to Earth ''Near to Earth'' is a 1913 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Cast * Lionel Barrymore as Gato * Robert Harron as Gato's Brother * Gertrude Bambrick as Gato's Sweetheart * Mae Marsh as One of Gato's Sweetheart's Friends ...

'' (1913, Short) - The Stranger * ''

The Hero of Little Italy ''The Hero of Little Italy'' is a 1913 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Blanche Sweet. Cast See also * Harry Carey filmography * D. W. Griffith filmography These are the films directed by the pioneering America ...

'' (1913, Short) - In Bar (uncredited) * '' The Little Tease'' (1913, Short) - On Street * ''

A Frightful Blunder ''A Frightful Blunder'' is a 1913 American silent drama film featuring Harry Carey. Cast * Charles West as The Young Businessman * Viola Barry as The Young Woman * Walter Miller as The Pharmacist * Kate Bruce as The Young Woman's Mother * ...

'' (1913, Short) - The Pharmacist * '' The Wanderer'' (1913, Short) - The Other Man * '' The House of Darkness'' (1913, Short) - A Clerk (uncredited) * ''

The Yaqui Cur ''The Yaqui Cur'' is a 1913 American silent Western black and white film directed by D. W. Griffith, written by Stanner E.V. Taylor and starring Robert Harron, Kate Bruce, Walter Miller, Charles Hill Mailes and Victoria Forde. Griffith direc ...

'' (1913, Short) - Ocallo - Strongheart's Friend * ''

Red Hicks Defies the World ''Red Hicks Defies the World'' is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Harry Carey. Cast * Charles Murray - Red Hicks * Edward Dillon - O'Shea, the Fighting Irishman * Dorothy Gish - Hicks' Sweetheart * Kate Toncray - Hick's Mother * ...

'' (1913, Short) - In Crowd (uncredited) * ''

The Mothering Heart ''The Mothering Heart'' is a 1913 American short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art. Plot The film opens by showing a young woman (Lillian Gish) in a garden. She ...

'' (1913, Short) - Joe - the Young Husband * ''

In Diplomatic Circles ''In Diplomatic Circles'' is a 1913 American drama film featuring Harry Carey. Cast * Walter Miller as The Reporter * William J. Butler as The Father * Constance Johnson as The Daughter * Charles West as The Lover * Lionel Barrymore as The ...

'' (1913, Short) - The Reporter * ''

A Gamble with Death ''A Gamble with Death'' is a 1913 American drama film featuring Harry Carey. Cast * Walter Miller as Reed * Claire McDowell as Kate * Charles West as The Gambler (as Charles H. West) * Lionel Barrymore as Jim Benton, the Bartender * Harry ...

'' (1913, Short) - Reed * '' Under the Shadow of the Law'' (1913, Short) - The Bookkeeper * '' Two Men of the Desert'' (1913, Short) - Second Partner * ''

A Modest Hero ''A Modest Hero'' is a 1913 American drama film featuring Harry Carey. Cast * Walter Miller as The Husband * Lillian Gish as The Wife * Charles Hill Mailes as First Thief * John T. Dillon as Second Thief * Charles West as A Crook/Cleaning ...

'' (1913, Short) - The Husband * ''

Lord Chumley ''Lord Chumley'' is a 1914 American short drama film directed by James Kirkwood. Prints of the film survive at the film archive of the Library of Congress. The film began production before November 1913, but it was not released until June 19 ...

'' (1914, Short) - Lt. Hugh Butterworth * '' Tangled Lives'' (1917) * ''

Miss Robinson Crusoe ''Miss Robinson Crusoe'' is a 1917 silent American comedy-drama film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Emmy Wehlen, Walter C. Miller, and Harold Entwistle, and was released on July 30, 1917. Cast list * Emmy Wehlen as Pamela Sayre * Walt ...

'' (1917) * ''

Draft 258 ''Draft 258'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Mabel Taliaferro, Walter Miller, and Earl Brunswick, and was released on November 15, 1917. Cast list Preservation With no prints of ''Draft 258'' locat ...

'' (1917) * '' The Eleventh Commandment'' (1918) * '' With Neatness and Dispatch'' (1918) * '' Thin Ice'' (1919) * ''

A Girl at Bay ''A Girl at Bay'' is a lost 1919 silent film drama directed by Tom Mills and starring Corinne Griffith. It was produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America.Pictorial History of the Silent Screen, p.176 c.1953 by Daniel Blum Cast ...

'' (1919) * ''

The Revenge of Tarzan ''The Revenge of Tarzan'' (1920) is a silent adventure film, originally advertised as ''The Return of Tarzan'', and the third Tarzan film produced. The film was produced by the Great Western Film Producing Company, a subsidiary of the Numa ...

'' (1920) * ''

The Invisible Divorce ''The Invisible Divorce'' is a 1920 American silent drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usuall ...

'' (1920) * '' The Way Women Love'' (1920) * ''

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'' (1921) * ''

The Bootleggers ''The Bootleggers'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Roy Sheldon and starring Walter Miller, Paul Panzer, and Jules Cowles. It is likely a lost film.

'' (1922) * '' Unconquered Woman'' (1922) * '' The Rapids'' (1922) * ''

The Woman Who Believed ''The Woman Who Believed'' is a 1922 American silent drama film, directed by Jack Harvey. It stars Walter Miller and Anna Luther. References External links''The Woman Who Believed''at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviatio ...

'' (1922) * '' Till We Meet Again'' (1922) * '' The Tie That Binds'' (1923) * ''

Unseeing Eyes ''Unseeing Eyes'' is a lost 1923 American silent north country drama film produced by William Randolph Hearst and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures. Edward H. Griffith directed Lionel Barrymore, Seena Owen, Louis Wolheim, and Gustav von Seyffert ...

'' (1923) * ''

Those Who Judge ''Those Who Judge'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Burton L. King and starring Patsy Ruth Miller, Lou Tellegen, and Mary Thurman. Plot As described in a film magazine, any romance between Angelique Dean (Miller) and John Dawso ...

'' (1924) * ''

Playthings of Desire ''Playthings of Desire'' is a 1924 American silent melodrama film produced and directed by Burton L. King and starring Estelle Taylor. Cast Preservation A print listed as being complete of ''Playthings of Desire'' is located in the Library o ...

'' (1924) * ''

Sunken Silver ''Sunken Silver'' is a 1925 American film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and George B. Seitz. The serial is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Brice, a secret service agent ...

'' (1925) * ''

The Sky Raider ''The Sky Raider'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Charles Nungesser, Jacqueline Logan and Gladys Walton. With the interest in the aviators of World War I, producer Gilbert E. Gable and Arcadia Pr ...

'' (1925) * '' Play Ball'' (1925, Serial) * '' The Green Archer'' (1925, Serial) * '' Snowed In'' (1926, Serial) * ''

The Unfair Sex ''The Unfair Sex'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Henri Diamant-Berger and starring Hope Hampton, Holbrook Blinn and Nita Naldi.Munden p.846 Cast * Hope Hampton as Shirley Chamberlain * Holbrook Blinn as Don Calvert * Nita ...

'' (1926) * ''

The Fighting Marine ''The Fighting Marine'' is a 1926 American drama film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, and featured the only screen performance by the boxing heavyweight champion, Gene Tunney. Cast Preservation ''The Fighting Marine'' is now cons ...

'' (1926) * ''

The House Without a Key ''The House Without a Key'' is a 1925 novel by Earl Derr Biggers, the first of the Charlie Chan mysteries. Set in 1920s Hawaii, the novel acquaints the reader with the look and feel of the islands from the standpoint of both white and non-white ...

'' (1926, Serial) * '' Melting Millions'' (1927) * '' Hawk of the Hills'' (1927, Serial) * ''

The Man Without a Face ''The Man Without a Face'' is a 1993 American Drama (film and television), drama film starring and directed by Mel Gibson, in his directorial debut. The film is based on Isabelle Holland's 1972 novel of the same name. Gibson's direction received ...

'' (1928, Serial) * '' The Terrible People'' (1928) * '' Manhattan Knights'' (1928) * ''

Queen of the Northwoods ''Queen of the Northwoods'' is 1929 American silent Western film serial by Pathé, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Storey, with a story by George Arthur Gray. Known cast members were Walter Miller, Ethlyne Clair and Frank Lackteen ...

'' (1929) * '' The Black Book'' (1929, Serial) * ''

The King of the Kongo ''The King of the Kongo'' (1929) is a Mascot film serial, and was the first serial to have sound,Rogue of the Rio Grande ''Rogue of the Rio Grande'' is a 1930 American musical comedy Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring José Bohr, Myrna Loy and Walter Miller.Pitts p.344 Main cast * José Bohr as El Malo * Myrna Loy as Carmita * Walte ...

'' (1930) * ''

The Lone Defender ''The Lone Defender'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code Mascot serial film starring Rin Tin Tin. It was Mascot's first all-sound serial (the second to have any sound at all, after the partial sound in '' The King of the Kongo''). It was Rin Tin Tin' ...

'' (1930) * '' The Utah Kid'' (1930) * ''

King of the Wild ''King of the Wild'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code Mascot Pictures, Mascot Serial (film), movie serial. The complete serial is available on DVD from Alpha Video. A seven-reel feature version of the serial was later released i ...

'' (1931) * ''

Hell's Valley ''Hell's Valley'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Alan James and starring Hal Taliaferro, Virginia Brown Faire and Walter Miller.Pitts, p. 65. It is a remake of '' When a Man Rides Alone'' (1919). Synopsis A Captain in ...

'' (1931) * '' Swanee River'' (1931) * '' The Hurricane Horseman'' (1931) * ''

Sky Raiders ''Sky Raiders'' is a 12-episode 1941 Universal film serial. The serial was directed by Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor. ''Sky Raiders'' stars Donald Woods, Billy Halop, Robert Armstrong and Eduardo Ciannelli. ''Sky Raiders'' has little in common wi ...

'' (1931) * '' The Galloping Ghost'' (1931, Serial) * ''

The Shadow of the Eagle ''The Shadow of the Eagle'' (a.k.a. ''Shadow of the Eagle'') is a 1932 American Pre-Code Mascot 12 episode film serial, directed by Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason and produced by Nat Levine.Farmer 1984, p. 325. The film stars John Wayne in his ...

'' (1932) * ''

The Last of the Mohicans ''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is a historical romance written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826. It is the second book of the ''Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfinder ...

'' (1932) * '' The Face on the Barroom Floor'' (1932) * ''

Ridin' for Justice ''Ridin' for Justice'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Buck Jones, Mary Doran, and Russell Simpson. Plot Buck Randall (Buck Jones), a carefree cowboy whose popularity with the local saloon g ...

'' (1932) * ''

Behind Jury Doors ''Behind Jury Doors'' is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Helen Chandler, William Collier Jr. and Blanche Friderici.Pitts, p. 329 Cast * Helen Chandler as Elsa Lanfield * William Collier Jr. as ...

'' (1932) * '' Ghost City'' (1932) * '' Maizie'' (1933) * ''

The Unknown Ranger ''The Unknown Ranger'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Bob Allen, Martha Tibbetts, and Walter Miller. It was released on October 30, 1936. Cast list * Bob Allen as himself * Martha Tibbetts as ...

'' (1936) * ''

The Fugitive Sheriff ''The Fugitive Sheriff'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Ken Maynard, Beth Marion and Walter Miller.Pitts p.119 Cast * Ken Maynard as Ken Marshall * Beth Marion as June Roberts * Walter Mille ...

'' (1936) * ''

Ranger Courage ''Ranger Courage'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, the film stars Robert Allen, Martha Tibbetts, and Walter Miller. Cast list * Robert Allen as himself * Martha Tibbetts as Alice * Walter Miller as Bull * ...

'' (1936) * ''

Saturday's Heroes ''Saturday's Heroes'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Edward Killy from a screenplay by Paul Yawitz, Charles Kaufman, and David Silverstein based on George Templeton's story. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, the film ...

'' (1937) * ''

Danger Patrol ''Danger Patrol'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Lew Landers from a screenplay by Sy Bartlett based on a story by Helen Vreeland and Hilda Vincent. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, it was released on December 3, 1937 ...

'' (1937) * ''

Wild Horse Rodeo ''Wild Horse Rodeo'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune. Written by Oliver Drake and Betty Burbridge, based on a story by Drake and Gilbert Wright, the film ...

'' (1937) - Colonel Nye * ''

The Secret of Treasure Island ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

'' (1938) * ''

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'' (1938) * '' Lawless Valley'' (1938) * ''

Dick Tracy's G-Men ''Dick Tracy's G-Men'' (1939) is a 15-Chapter Republic movie serial based on the ''Dick Tracy'' comic strip by Chester Gould. It was directed by William Witney and John English. This serial was the fifteenth of the sixty-six produced by Rep ...

'' (1939)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Walter 1892 births 1940 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from Dayton, Ohio 20th-century American male actors Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Evanston, Illinois)