Sidney Miller

Sidney L. Miller (born Sid Miller; October 22, 1916 – January 10, 2004) was an American actor, director and songwriter. Biography Sid Miller was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. His first acting role was in his early teens in Penrod and Sam (1931), albeit uncredited. Within his first year of screen appearances he became established as a scene-stealing juvenile, usually affecting a Jewish dialect for comic effect. Among his earliest credits are Three on a Match and Penguin Pool Murder (both 1932). He also appeared in three of Educational Pictures' "Frolics of Youth" comedy shorts, which featured the up-and-coming Shirley Temple. Sidney Miller became close friends with Mickey Rooney. Miller had a small, but memorable role, as would-be wrestling announcer Mo Kahn in Rooney's Boys Town (1938), and reprised the character in the sequel, Men of Boys Town (1941). Rooney soon gave Miller roles in his teenage musicals. (Sid is Mickey's orchestra leader in Babes in Arms (1939).)