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Roger Miller
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Roger Dean Miller Sr. (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor, widely known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs and his…
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Roger Dean Miller Sr. (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor, widely known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs and his chart-topping country and pop hits "King of the Road", "Dang Me", and "England Swings", all from the mid-1960s Nashville sound era. After growing up in Oklahoma and serving in the United States Army, Miller began his musical career as a songwriter in the late 1950s, writing such hits as "Billy Bayou" and "Home" for Jim Reeves and "Invitation to the Blues" for Ray Price. He later began a recording career and reached the peak of his fame in the mid-1960s, continuing to record and tour into the 1990s, charting his final top 20 country hit "Old Friends" with Price and Willie Nelson in 1982. He also wrote and performed several of the songs for the 1973 Disney animated film Robin Hood. Later in his life, he wrote the music and lyrics for the 1985 Tony Award−winning Broadway musical Big River, in which he acted. Miller died from lung cancer in 1992 and was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame three years later. His songs continued to be recorded by other singers, with covers of "Tall, Tall Trees" by Alan Jackson and "Husbands and Wives" by Brooks & Dunn; both reached the number one spot on country charts in the 1990s. The Roger Miller Museum —now closed— in his home town of Erick, Oklahoma was a tribute to Miller. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Miller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2001
Austin City Limits: Country
TV show
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1992
Lucky Luke
TV show Jolly Jumper / Narrator (voice)
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1991
Lucky Luke
Movie Jolly Jumper
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1988
A Handful of Dust
Movie Vicar
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1985
A Statlers Christmas Present
Movie Self - Special Guest
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1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Sheriff
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1981
The Trolls and the Christmas Express
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1980
Solid Gold
TV show Self
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1978
Mickey's 50
Movie Self
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1977
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
Movie Speiltoe / Narrator (voice)
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1976
Quincy, M.E.
TV show
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1976
The Muppet Show
TV show Self - Special Guest Star
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1974
Dinah!
TV show Self
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1973
Robin Hood
Movie Allan-a-Dale - The Rooster (voice)
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1971
That Good Old Nashville Music
TV show Self
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1970
The Flip Wilson Show
TV show Self
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1969
Love, American Style
TV show Luther
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1969
The Jim Nabors Hour
TV show
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1969
The Johnny Cash Show
TV show Self
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1969
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
TV show Self
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1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV show Self (uncredited)
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1967
Waterhole #3
Movie Balladeer (voice)
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1965
The Big T.N.T. Show
Movie Self
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1964
Daniel Boone
TV show Jonny Appleseed
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1964
The Hollywood Palace
TV show Self - Singer
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1964
Top of the Pops
TV show Self
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1961
The Mike Douglas Show
TV show Self
