Actor, Artist and TV personality. As a young man he studied dance and performed with the Memphis Open Air Theatre in Overton Park. In the fall of 1941, he enrolled as a freshman at Northwestern University’s School of Speech but his education was interrupted two years later when he went to serve in World War II. Moving back to Memphis in 1953, he returned to the stage in the Memphis Little Theatre production of “The Happy Time.” During the run of this production an old friend saw Miller’s performance and suggested that he audition for a new children’s show that the local ABC-TV affiliate was developing. Happy Hal was born! The Happy Hal Funhouse ran five days a week for the next seventeen years on Channel 13 in Memphis. With two sock puppets by his side (Little Bo and Monkey), he introduced a new generation of viewers to The Mighty Hercules, Popeye and The Three Stooges. Cause of death: Cancer
Actor, Artist and TV personality. As a young man he studied dance and performed with the Memphis Open Air Theatre in Overton Park. In the fall of 1941, he enrolled as a freshman at Northwestern University’s School of Speech but his education was interrupted two years later when he went to serve in World War II. Moving back to Memphis in 1953, he returned to the stage in the Memphis Little Theatre production of “The Happy Time.” During the run of this production an old friend saw Miller’s performance and suggested that he audition for a new children’s show that the local ABC-TV affiliate was developing. Happy Hal was born! The Happy Hal Funhouse ran five days a week for the next seventeen years on Channel 13 in Memphis. With two sock puppets by his side (Little Bo and Monkey), he introduced a new generation of viewers to The Mighty Hercules, Popeye and The Three Stooges. Cause of death: Cancer
Bio by: Kim Inboden
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