Harvey Miller, film & TV writer
DESSCRIBE1
"Razzie" nominations in the course of his career, has passed on at the age of
63. In addition to his numerous writing credits, he also directed two feature
films and played small roles in several more (see filmography below).
Erich
From AP:
Harvey Miller
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Television comedy writer Harvey Miller, who won an Oscar
nomination for the screenplay ``Private Benjamin,'' died Jan. 8 of heart
failure. He was 63.
Miller's film, television and stage career started in the 1960s. On the side,
he started writing and selling material to standup comics, and to his own
astonishment, sold material to comedian Dick Gregory, Shecky Greene, Alan King,
Sandy Baron and others.
Baron brought Miller with him to Hollywood in 1967 to work on the television
series ``Hey Landlord!'' Through that show, Miller met the writer-producer team
of Jerry Belson and Garry Marshall, building a relationship that would last
through several television shows over many years.
Miller wrote, produced and directed ``The Odd Couple'' in 1973, for which he
was nominated for two Emmy Awards. He was also nominated for an Emmy for work
on ``Love, American Style.'' Other television credits include writing and
directing ``Taxi'' and ``The Tracey Ullman Show.''
In 1980, the Writers Guild of America honored the hit movie ``Private
Benjamin,'' which starred Goldie Hawn, as the year's best screenplay. Miller
co-wrote the screenplay, which was later was nominated for an Oscar.
In 1998, Miller opened a one-man show called ``A Cheap Date With Harvey
Miller'' at the Court Theatre in Los Angeles. The show had been scheduled for
an off-Broadway run in the spring.
From his IMDB filmography:
Actor filmography
(1990s) (1980s)
1.Definite Maybe, The (1997) .... Arthur
2.Odd Couple: Together Again, The (1993) (TV) .... Dr. Hegler
3.This Is My Life (1992) .... Lester
4.Frankie and Johnny (1991) .... Mr. Rosen
5.Awakenings (1990) .... Hospital Director
6.New Year's Day (1989) .... Lucy's Father
7.Big (1988) .... Personnel Director
8.Beaches (1988) .... Movie Director
... aka Forever Friends (1988)
9.License to Drive (1988) .... The Professor
10.Glitter Dome, The (1984) (TV) .... Harvey Himmelfarb
11.Hollywood Knights, The (1980) .... Dr. J.
Writer filmography
(1990s) (1980s)
1.Getting Away with Murder (1996)
2.Bad Medicine (1985)
3.Cannonball Run II (1984)
4.Protocol (1984)
5.Jekyll & Hyde... Together Again (1982)
6.Private Benjamin (1980)
Director filmography
(1990s) (1980s) (1970s)
1.Getting Away with Murder (1996)
2."League of Their Own, A" (1993) TV Series (episode "Drinking Problem (1993)")
3.Bad Medicine (1985)
4."Taxi" (1978) TV Series
5."Odd Couple, The" (1970) TV Series
Producer filmography
(1980s) (1960s)
1.Student Bodies (1981) (executive)
2.Private Benjamin (1980)
3."Love, American Style" (1969) TV Series
King Daevid MacKenzie, UltimaJock!
dessc...@aol.com (DESSCRIBE1) sez:
□ Harvey Miller, a film and television writer who garnered Oscar, Emmy, and
□ "Razzie" nominations in the course of his career, has passed on at the age of
□ 63. In addition to his numerous writing credits, he also directed two
feature
□ films and played small roles in several more (see filmography below).
□
□ [snippety-doo-dah]
□
□ 11.Hollywood Knights, The (1980) .... Dr. J.
...of all the people I've ever seen playing disc jockeys in movies,
including *real-life* jocks like Wolfman Jack (AMERICAN GRAFFITI) and
Geoff Edwards (WUSA), only Miller's appearance as Dr. J. in THE HOLLYWOOD
KNIGHTS actually looked and sounded like a real disc jockey does...
--
King Daevid MacKenzie, UltimaJock!
Chicago WSBC/Chicago Heights WCFJ/Whitewater WSUW
ultim...@england.com http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/7853
"If I've offended you, you needed it." ROBIN TYLER
walker
info on here sound suspiciously similar.
Charlene & Gary Marshall
"Humble Harve" is doing fine,
ra...@owens.ridgecrest.ca.us
Humble Harv is working at the CBS oldies station in Phila.
(I think)
Ray Arthur
In article <F694o...@news2.new-york.net> l...@put.com (Louis Epstein) writes:
>From: l...@put.com (Louis Epstein)
>Subject: Re: :"Humble Harv" Miller?
>Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 04:05:23 GMT
>DESSCRIBE1 (dessc...@aol.com) wrote:
>: >They're two completely different Millers.
>: >"Humble Harve" is doing fine,
>: >
>:
>: I wasn't aware that there was a disc jockey named Harvey Miller...this
>: revelation leads me to suspect that it was probably "Humble Harv" and not
>: Harvey Miller the writer who appeared in "The Hollywood Knights," and quite
>: possibly some of the other titles the IMDB lists under that name. (That's one
>: of the IMDB's biggest problems, mixing up the credits of different people with
>: the same name.)
>Yes,the nonagenarian character actor Charles Lane's most recent credit,
>the Computer Wore Tennis Shoes remake,was credited to a much younger
>namesake last I saw.
>: Does anyone know for certain?
>:
>: Erich
DESSCRIBE1
>"Humble Harve" is doing fine,
>
I wasn't aware that there was a disc jockey named Harvey Miller...this
revelation leads me to suspect that it was probably "Humble Harv" and not
Harvey Miller the writer who appeared in "The Hollywood Knights," and quite
possibly some of the other titles the IMDB lists under that name. (That's one
of the IMDB's biggest problems, mixing up the credits of different people with
the same name.) Does anyone know for certain?
Erich
Louis Epstein
: >They're two completely different Millers.
Yes,the nonagenarian character actor Charles Lane's most recent credit,
the Computer Wore Tennis Shoes remake,was credited to a much younger
namesake last I saw.
: Does anyone know for certain?
:
: Erich