| rdfs:comment | - Richard Kim Milford (February 7, 1951 – June 16, 1988) was an American actor who had been active from 1971 until his death in 1988. Milford is best known to MST3K fans for playing the lead role of Billy Duncan in the 1978 movie Laserblast. In the spring of 1988 Milford had open heart surgery. Several weeks after having surgery Milford died due to heart failure at the age of 37.
- Richard Kim Milford (February 7, 1951 – June 16, 1988) was an American actor, singer-songwriter, and composer. He is best known for his acting in musicals such as The Rocky Horror Show and Jesus Christ Superstar.
- Milford began on-stage in Broadway and off-Broadway shows and tours, starting with the 1967 musical Henry, Sweet Henry. He was in the original Broadway runs of Hair (as a replacement for Woof and Claude) and The Rocky Horror Show (as Rocky), and national tours of 1776 (the courier) and Jesus Christ, Superstar (as Jesus and later Judas). During this period, he also wrote songs with or for Ron Dante, including "She’s Putting Me Through Changes” for The Archies. In early 1972, he spent a stint as vocalist for guitarist Jeff Beck's group.
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| abstract | - Richard Kim Milford (February 7, 1951 – June 16, 1988) was an American actor who had been active from 1971 until his death in 1988. Milford is best known to MST3K fans for playing the lead role of Billy Duncan in the 1978 movie Laserblast. In the spring of 1988 Milford had open heart surgery. Several weeks after having surgery Milford died due to heart failure at the age of 37.
- Milford began on-stage in Broadway and off-Broadway shows and tours, starting with the 1967 musical Henry, Sweet Henry. He was in the original Broadway runs of Hair (as a replacement for Woof and Claude) and The Rocky Horror Show (as Rocky), and national tours of 1776 (the courier) and Jesus Christ, Superstar (as Jesus and later Judas). During this period, he also wrote songs with or for Ron Dante, including "She’s Putting Me Through Changes” for The Archies. In early 1972, he spent a stint as vocalist for guitarist Jeff Beck's group. On-camera, Milford made appearances on The Mod Squad and Mannix, and starred in two 1975 ABC TV movies, as a rock star whose band gets involved in supernaturally-tinged mysteries. In 1978, in addition to Laserblast, he co-starred in Corvette Summer (with Mark Hamill) and had a supporting part in Richard Gere's Blood Brothers. His few later movies were low-budget action or horror entries.
- Richard Kim Milford (February 7, 1951 – June 16, 1988) was an American actor, singer-songwriter, and composer. He is best known for his acting in musicals such as The Rocky Horror Show and Jesus Christ Superstar.
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