Mark Miller is an American television

Television

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 actor

Actor

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/writer

Writer

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 who made more than forty appearances in television programs and film

Film

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s since 1957. He co-starred with Joanne Dru

Joanne Dru

Joanne Dru was an American film and television actress, known for such films as Red River and All the King's Men.-Career:...

 and J. Carroll Naish in the 1960-1961 ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 sitcom series Guestward, Ho!

Guestward, Ho!

Guestward, Ho! is a situation comedy which aired on the ABC network in the 1960-1961 television season, based on the 1956 book of the same title by Patrick Dennis, author of Auntie Mame....

, the story of a New York

New York

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 family named "Hooten" who relocates to New Mexico

New Mexico

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 to operate a dude ranch

Dude ranch

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Miller played college

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 professor

Professor

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 Jim Nash, the leading role opposite Patricia Crowley

Pat Crowley

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, on NBC

NBC

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's Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Please Don't Eat the Daisies (TV series)

Please Don't Eat the Daisies is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 14, 1965 to April 22, 1967. The series was based upon the 1957 book by Jean Kerr and 1960 film starring Doris Day and David Niven....

(1965–1967). He was a sidekick

Sidekick

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 in NBC's The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game (TV series)

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(1969–1970) and was the lead in a 1962 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock

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called "Apex" in which he played a philandering husband intent on killing his wife but unable to actually go through with it. In 1973, he appeared in the episode "Death by Prescription" of Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene , was the stage name of Lyon Himan Green, OC, a Canadian actor.His television roles include Ben Cartwright on the western Bonanza, and Commander Adama in the science fiction movie and subsequent TV Series Battlestar Galactica...

's ABC crime drama Griff

Griff (TV series)

Griff is a 13-episode ABC crime drama starring Lorne Greene and Ben Murphy, which aired from September 29, 1973, to January 4, 1974. Nine months after the expiration of his nearly 14-year role as Ponderosa Ranch patriarch Ben Cartwright on NBC's Bonanza western series, the Canadian native Greene...

. Miller also wrote the story and screenplay

Screenplay

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, and starred in the 1982 movie Savannah Smiles

Savannah Smiles

Savannah Smiles is a 1982 family comedy film starring Bridgette Andersen, Donovan Scott, Mark Miller, Peter Graves and Barbara Stanger.-Plot summary:...

. Bridgette Andersen

Bridgette Andersen

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 and Donovan Scott

Donovan Scott

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 also starred in the movie. He also starred in the 1981 movie Christmas Mountain

Christmas Mountain (film)

Christmas Mountain: The Story of a Cowboy Angel is a 1981 western film about the true meaning of the Christmas spirit. Starring Mark Miller of Savannah Smiles and Slim Pickens in one of his final roles, the film was originally produced and released in 1981. The original 16MM master was then lost...

, along with Slim Pickens

Slim Pickens

Louis Burton Lindley, Jr. , better known by the stage name Slim Pickens, was an American rodeo performer and film and television actor who epitomized the profane, tough, sardonic cowboy, but who is best remembered for his comic roles, notably in Dr...

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Mark Miller is divorce

Divorce

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d from costume designer

Costume Designer

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 and publicist

Publicist

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 Beatrice Ammidown. He has three daughter

Daughter

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s, Marisa, Savannah (for whom the movie Savannah Smiles is named, and who also appeared in a small role in the film), and popular 1990s film star Penelope Ann Miller

Penelope Ann Miller

Penelope Ann Miller , sometimes credited as Penelope Miller, is an American actress...

 (Kindergarten Cop

Kindergarten Cop

Kindergarten Cop is a 1990 American comedy thriller film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger stars as John Kimble, a tough police detective, who must go undercover as a kindergarten teacher to catch drug dealer Cullen Crisp , before Crisp can get to his...

). He is married to Barbara Stanger, who also appeared in Savannah Smiles. The two co-wrote the screenplay for the 1995 movie A Walk in the Clouds

A Walk in the Clouds

A Walk in the Clouds is a 1995 American romantic drama film directed by Alfonso Arau. The screenplay by Robert Mark Kamen, Mark Miller, and Harvey Weitzman is based on the 1942 Italian film Four Steps in the Clouds by Piero Tellini, Cesare Zavattini, and Vittorio de Benedetti.-Plot:Shortly after...

, starring Keanu Reeves

Keanu Reeves

Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor. Reeves is perhaps best known for his roles in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed, Point Break and the science fiction-action trilogy The Matrix...

 and directed by Alfonso Arau

Alfonso Arau

-Biography:Arau was born in Mexico City, the son of a doctor. He directed the films Zapata: The Dream of a Hero, Like Water for Chocolate , A Walk in the Clouds with Keanu Reeves and Anthony Quinn, and the Hallmark Hall of Fame production A Painted House, adapted from the John Grisham novel of the...

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