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Mark Miller (born Claude Herbert Miller Jr.; November 20, 1924 – September 9, 2022) was an American stage and television actor and writer who starred in over 30 plays and made more than forty appearances in television programs and films since 1953. He is best known for his roles as Bill Hooten in Guestward, Ho!, as Jim Nash in the Please Don't Eat the Daisies TV series and as Alvie in the movie he wrote and produced, Savannah Smiles. Early life and career Miller was born in Houston, Texas. He graduated from New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1952. After graduation he was immediately cast in the revival of The Philadelphia Story in Newport, Rhode Island, at the Casino Playhouse and began a long-lasting career acting on stage and in television. He co-starred with Joanne Dru and J. Carrol Naish in the 1960–61 ABC sitcom Guestward, Ho!, the story of a New York City family named "Hooten" who relocates to New Mexico to operate a dude ranch. Miller guest-starred in numerous series, including NBC's Western The Tall Man, with Barry Sullivan and Clu Gulager. He had a role in the film Youngblood Hawke (1964), and appeared on Jack Lord's ABC rodeo adventure series, Stoney Burke. In 1965-66, he portrayed college professor Jim Nash, the leading role opposite Patricia Crowley, on the NBC-MGM television sitcom Please Don't Eat the Daisies, loosely based on the theatrical film starring Doris Day and David Niven. He played various roles in numerous other television shows, including The Millionaire, Gunsmoke, Marcus Welby, M.D., The Andy Griffith Show, General Hospital and I Dream Of Jeannie. From 1969 to 1970, Miller played the role of sidekick Ross Craig in NBC's The Name of the Game. He starred in a 1962 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents titled "Apex" in which he plays a philandering husband intent on killing his wife. In 1973, he appeared in the episode "Death by Prescription" of Lorne Greene's ABC crime drama Griff. The following year he wrote, produced and appeared in the film Ginger in the Morning, starring Sissy Spacek. He appeared in the feature films Mr. Sycamore (1975) and Dixie Dynamite (1976). Miller produced and starred in the 1982 movie Savannah Smiles, for which he also wrote the story and screenplay. He starred alongside Slim Pickens in Christmas Mountain (1981). Personal life and death In December 1959, Miller married costume designer and publicist Beatrice Hudson Ammidown, daughter of architect Henry Philip Ammidown and Beatrice Hudson Embiricos. The couple had three daughters together: Marisa Miller, Penelope Ann and Savannah Miller. The two older girls both became actors. The curly blonde hair of youngest daughter Savannah gave Miller the initial idea for the movie Savannah Smiles, and she ended up having a small role in it as well. The couple divorced in 1975.Miller remarried in 1976, to actress Barbara Stanger. The two co-wrote the screenplay for the 1995 film A Walk in the Clouds, starring Keanu Reeves and Anthony Quinn, and directed by Alfonso Arau. The couple divorced in 1998. Miller had six grandchildren.Miller retired from Hollywood in the late 1990s and moved to Taos, New Mexico, with Stanger. In 2010, he wrote the play Amorous Crossings, that starred Loretta Swit and premiered at the Alhambra Theater in Jacksonville, Florida. The play ran for four weeks to sold-out audiences. In 2014, he moved back to Los Angeles, where he formed the production company Gypsy Moon Entertainment, and he continued to write and sell screenplays.Miller died in Santa Monica on September 9, 2022, at the age of 97. Filmography References External links Mark Miller at IMDb Mark Miller at AllMovie Mark Miller profile on TVGuide.com. Discover the Mark Miller popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Mark Miller books.

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  • The Basis of Everything synopsis, comments

    The Basis of Everything

    Andrew Ramsey

    Before the Manhattan Project, before nuclear warfare and the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there was the twentieth century's great scientific quest to fathom the secrets of th...

  • Dos amores para Cassie synopsis, comments

    Dos amores para Cassie

    Mark Miller

    La vida de Cassie transcurría de forma sosegada y relajada. Abstraída en su planeta propio, le ha entregado algo más que su corazón a Patrick, un rebelde sin causa. Es a él a quien...

  • John Mark Miller v. State Florida synopsis, comments

    John Mark Miller v. State Florida

    First District. District Court of Appeal of Florida

    Does Article VIII, Section 1(h) of the Florida Constitution, as implemented by Section 125.01(6)(a), (b), Florida Statutes (1975), impose a limitation only on the power of counties...

  • A Guide to the Beasts of East Africa synopsis, comments

    A Guide to the Beasts of East Africa

    Nicholas Drayson

    For lovers of Alexander McCall Smith, the engaging follow up to Nicholas Drayson's muchloved A Guide to the Birds of East Africa sees the return of Mr Malik and the East African Or...

  • Cuando menos lo esperaba synopsis, comments

    Cuando menos lo esperaba

    Mark Miller

    Tania es una chica que ha dejado de creer en el amor. Su vida se basa en utilizar a los hombres a su antojo, solo sirven para el sexo. ¿Y el amor? No hay nada más falso… Armando, l...

  • Growing Up Getty synopsis, comments

    Growing Up Getty

    James Reginato

    An enthralling and comprehensive look into the contemporary state of one of the wealthiestand most misunderstoodfamily dynasties in the world, perfect for fans of Succession and Ho...

  • Prepare To Sell Your Company synopsis, comments

    Prepare To Sell Your Company

    L.B. Buckingham

    Selling your company is a trying time, similar to selling your house. For those unfamiliar with this process, the challenging thoughts will be: 'How do I start?'; 'Who can help me?...

  • The Boys and Me synopsis, comments

    The Boys and Me

    Mark Miller, Robert Noland & Kurt Warner

    The Boys and Me is the behindthescenes, untold story of front man and lead singer Mark Miller and his bandcountry music icons Sawyer Brown!Before The Voice and American Idol, there...

  • Cruel Enchantment synopsis, comments

    Cruel Enchantment

    Janine Ashbless

    Cruel Enchantment is a stunning collection of unique and breathtakingly beautiful erotic fairy tales. Winged demonesses, otherworldly lovers and a dragon with an enormous sexual ap...

  • Be Still synopsis, comments

    Be Still

    Amy Reinhold

    Stop Breathe Listen Be Still In a world that moves too fast and places little value on quiet times, the practice of contemplative prayer offers rest to your soul and invites God's...

  • Lynette Fitzgerald Miller v. Mark Shugart synopsis, comments

    Lynette Fitzgerald Miller v. Mark Shugart

    Supreme Court of Minnesota

    1. When an insured, whose insurer is disputing coverage, settles directly with the plaintiff claimant and stipulates to a judgment incorporating the settlement terms, the plaintiff...

  • Wicked Words 9 synopsis, comments

    Wicked Words 9

    Various Artists

    Wicked Words a collection of saucy and compelling short storiesWicked Words 9 is the latest in our everpopular series of Black Lace short story collections.Fun, filthy and sizzlin...

  • The King of Late Night synopsis, comments

    The King of Late Night

    Greg Gutfeld

    Greg Gutfeld, fivetime New York Times bestselling author and host of the #1 rated late night show GUTFELD!, returns with a witty and tongueincheek essay collection that is part mem...

  • For Cap and Country synopsis, comments

    For Cap and Country

    Jesse Hogan, Simon Auteri & Andrew Faulkner

    The personal stories behind one of Australia's most beloved sporting icons the baggy green.Australian Test players, past and present, open up about the road from their backyards t...

  • Great Short Novels of Henry James synopsis, comments

    Great Short Novels of Henry James

    Henry James & Philip Rahv

    Henry James was one of the greatest and most prolific American authors ever to have lived.Henry James believed that the short novel was the perfect literary form, and his achieveme...

  • Humphry Clinker synopsis, comments

    Humphry Clinker

    Tobias Smollett

    With an essay by Harold Bloom.'What is the society of London, that I should be tempted, for its sake, to mortify my senses, and compound with such uncleanness as my soul abhors?'Sm...

  • How to Stage a Military Coup synopsis, comments

    How to Stage a Military Coup

    Ken Connor & David Hebditch

    Fed up with taxes? Angered and disappointed by corrupt leaders? How to Stage a Military Coup lays down practical strategies that have proven themselves around the globe. David Hebd...

  • How to Stage a Military Coup synopsis, comments

    How to Stage a Military Coup

    Ken Connor

    Fed up with taxes? Angered and disappointed by corrupt leaders? How to Stage a Military Coup lays down practical strategies that have proven themselves around the globe. David Hebd...

  • State Utah v. John Richard Mark Miller synopsis, comments

    State Utah v. John Richard Mark Miller

    Supreme Court Of Utah

    Defendant appeals from his conviction of the crime of issuing a check against insufficient funds. He was sentenced April 7, 1969, to the Utah State Prison for an indeterminate term...

  • Mark E. Miller v. State Texas synopsis, comments

    Mark E. Miller v. State Texas

    Fifth District, Dallas Court of Appeals of Texas

    Appellant appeals a conviction for aggravated rape in which the jury assessed appellants punishment at fifty years in the Texas Department of Corrections. We vacate our November 8,...