VALPARAISO | He drives around in a Miller High Life delivery truck, revoking snooty people's right to sell his beer.

He tells those who post a $20 cover charge or price a hamburger at $11.50, "Mess with the High Life and the High Life will mess with you."

He is Windell, and on Sunday afternoon he came to visit patrons at the Franklin House in Valparaiso and other bars in Porter and Lake counties.

He says it's a tough job, but someone has to do it.

"If you call drinking Miller High Life and visiting with people a hard job, then sure, it's a hard job," jokes Windell Middlebrooks, who resides in Los Angeles.

This beer delivery guy is really an actor, who trained in Shakespeare, shoots movies and even sings the national anthem at pro football games. He has appeared on such shows as "Hannah Montana," "The Entourage," "The Bernie Mac Show" and "My Name is Earl."

But it's the beer commercials that have made Windell somewhat of a cult figure.

Those who came to see him Sunday say they think he's an OK guy.

"I'm a Miller High Life drinker for many years, and I wanted to see him," Rick Leyba, of Portage, said after calling his wife and sending her a photo of Windell on his cell phone.

"Guess who that is? That's the beer delivery guy!" Leyba said to his wife.

Windell took photos with customers and signed autographs for the crowd of about 200 people.

"This is a beer of the people. It's economy priced and a quality beer. It fits in well here in Northwest Indiana because it's a working man's beer," said Scott Milligan, on-premise manager.

People like Pinky Elkins, of Valparaiso, just wanted to see their working man, Windell.

"I wanted to hear him say, 'Y'all must be crazy,'" Elkins said.

Windell didn't let his fans down.