--- name: "Michael Dunn" canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-dunn" roles: ["Actor"] born: "20 October 1934" died: "30 August 1973" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T04:32:31.898898+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Michael Dunn Actor. Born 20 October 1934 in Shattuck, Oklahoma, USA. Died 30 August 1973. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 20 October 1934, Shattuck, Oklahoma, USA - **Died:** 30 August 1973 - **Also known as:** Gary Neil Miller, Gary Miller, Mike Dunn - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Dunn_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1373859, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242692/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16085 ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*Ship of Fools*](https://film.one/film/ship-of-fools.md) (62) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Michael Dunn (born Gary Neil Miller) was an American actor and singer. He was born on 20 October 1934 in Shattuck, Oklahoma, and died on 30 August 1973 in London. Dunn studied at the University of Michigan and began his career in nightclubs and stage roles before gaining recognition on Broadway. He received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as Cousin Lymon in *The Ballad of the Sad Café* (1963). His film work included the role of Glocken in *Ship of Fools* (1965), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is also known for his recurring television role as Dr. Miguelito Loveless in *The Wild Wild West* (1965–1968). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ibdb.com, catalog.afi.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Ship of Fools* (1965), Fi1m 62, as Glocken — [page](https://film.one/film/ship-of-fools.md) ## Complete filmography (28) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Man in the Mirror* (2008), as Apple Joe - *The Abdication* (1974), as The Dwarf - *House of the Damned* (1974), as Bodo - *The Mutations* (1974), as Burns - *Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks* (1974), as Genz - *The Werewolf of Washington* (1973), as Dr. Kiss - *Goodnight, My Love* (1972), as Arthur Boyle - *Too Small My Friend* (1971), as Tiky Edriss - *Murders in the Rue Morgue* (1971), as Pierre Triboulet - *The Swan Song* (1971), as Theatre Prompter - *Night Gallery* (1970), series, as The Servant - *Justine* (1969), as Mnemjian - *The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal* (1969), as Narses - *The Fight for Rome* (1968), as Narses - *Boom!* (1968), as Rudi - *Madigan* (1968), as Midget Castiglione - *No Way to Treat a Lady* (1968), as Mr. Kupperman - *You're a Big Boy Now* (1966), as Richard Mudd - *Star Trek* (1966), series, as Alexander — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md) - *Tarzan* (1966), series, Actor - *The Monroes* (1966), series, Actor - *Get Smart* (1965), series, as Mr. Big - *The Wild Wild West* (1965), series, as Dr. Loveless, Dr. Miguelito Loveless - *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as George Kowal - *Ship of Fools* (1965), as Glocken — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/ship-of-fools.md) - *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Mr. Sin - *Arrest and Trial* (1963), series, as Vendor - *Bonanza* (1959), series, as George Marshall ## Gallery - ![Michael Dunn](https://film.one/media/person/1242321/gallery-5c88a905bd47.jpg) Michael Dunn — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Michael_Dunn_Wild_Wild_West_1968_%28cropped%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photo of Jim Shane (in background) and Michael Dunn as Dr. Loveless from the television program The Wild Wild West. Dunn's character was a recurring villain in (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/1242321/gallery-df20d90051e7.jpg) Photo of Jim Shane (in background) and Michael Dunn as Dr. Loveless from the television program The Wild Wild West. Dunn's character was a recurring villain in (1968) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Jim_Shane_Michael_Dunn_Wild_Wild_West_1968.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photo of Michael Dunn as Dr. Loveless and Richard Kiel as Voltaire from the television program The Wild Wild West.](https://film.one/media/person/1242321/gallery-e8e717d56fe5.jpg) Photo of Michael Dunn as Dr. Loveless and Richard Kiel as Voltaire from the television program The Wild Wild West. — Top with logo is missing from press release but bottom says, in fine print: "Photo Division, CBS Television Network Press Information, 51 West 52 Street New York, New York 10019.", Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Michael_Dunn_Richard_Kiel_Wild_Wild_West.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Michael Dunn](https://film.one/media/person/1242321/gallery-8f655d258e62.jpg) Michael Dunn — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 1966: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Ship of Fools* ### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 1964: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (nominated) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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