I can't find a photo of him but I have to post about Sidney Miller, who passed away January 10 at the age of 87. Sidney was a director, Sidney was a producer, Sidney was an actor, Sidney was a composer, Sidney was a nice man who did everything. He was best known for a time as Donald O'Connor's sidekick, and he wrote many of the tunes that the late Mr. O'Connor performed. His acting career included movies as diverse as Boys Town (with Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney) and Memories of Me (with Billy Crystal and Alan King). He directed the original Mickey Mouse Club, dozens of sixties' situation comedies and a couple of odd movies, including Lou Costello's 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock. In the seventies and eighties, he was often employed as a kind of Comedy Troubleshooter, called in on a TV show to stage and/or covertly direct scenes on programs officially directed by someone else.
It was in this last capacity that I worked with him a few times on variety shows. The director was great at music but couldn't handle the sketches, so they'd hire Sidney, give him some non-directoral title and have him stage the skits. I liked his efficiency and (of course) the fact that you couldn't mention any movie or TV star of the previous forty years without Sidney summoning up an anecdote about working with them.
Sidney also did cartoon voices. One of many was the key role of The Dungeon Master on the 1983 Dungeons & Dragons animated series. When he saw my name on the pilot script, he erroneously assumed I'd been responsible for casting him and like a novice getting his first break, called to thank me. I thought that was charming. As I told him, it wasn't my idea but as it turned out, it was a good one. Sidney was very good in the role. Sidney was very good in everything he did. Maybe that's why he worked for so long and at so many things. There's a little less "show" in Show Business without him around. Here's a link to a newspaper obit.