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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Lynn Milgrim to Rob Morrow
Jason Miller Biography (1939-2001)
Born April 22, 1939, in Scranton, PA; son of John (an electrician) and Mary Claire (a teacher) Miller; married Linda Gleason, 1963 (divorced, 1973); married Ruth Josem (a model; marriage ended); children: (first marriage) Jennifer,Jason Patric (an actor), Jordan; (with Susan Bernard) Joshua. Addresses: Contact: c/o Aaron Productions, Inc., Brooks Bldg., Suite 600, 436 SpruceSt., Scranton, PA 18503-1842.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, writer
- Birth Details
- April 22, 1939
- Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
- Death Details
- May 13, 2001
- Scranton, Pennsylvania
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
- (Off-Broadway debut) Pip, Pequod, Mercury Theatre, 1969
- The assistant, The Happiness Cage, New York Shakespeare Festival,Estelle Newman Theatre, New York City, 1970
- Paryfon Rogozhin, Subject to Fits, New York Shakespeare Festival,Public Theatre, New York City, 1971
- Edmund Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night, Hartke Theatre,Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 1971
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Juno and the Paycock, Hartke Theatre, 1971
- Coach, That Championship Season, Montage, PA, 1987
- Elwood P. Dowd, Harvey, Pennsylvania Summer Theatre Festival, Scranton, 1994
- Appeared at Windmill Dinner Theatre, Fort Worth, TX, 1970; also performedwith Champlain Shakespeare Festival, Burlington, VT, Cincinnati ShakespeareFestival, Cincinnati, OH, and at the Center Stage, Baltimore, MD.
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Major Tours
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Barrymore's Ghost (solo show), U.S. cities, 1997
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Stage Director
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California Suite, Scranton Public Theatre, Scranton, 1996
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The Driveway, Scranton Public Theatre, 2000
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Barrymore's Ghost (solo show), U.S. cities, 1997
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Film Appearances
- Father Damien Karras, The Exorcist, Warner Bros., 1973 , recut version released as The Exorcist: The Version You Haven't Seen Yet (also known as The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen), 2000
- Cooper, The Nickel Ride, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
- Aristides Ungria, El Perro (also known as The Dog and Vengeance), 1976
- Dr. Aldo Meyer, Des Teufels Advokat (also known as The Devil's Advocate), 1977
- Lieutenant Frankie Reno, The Ninth Configuration (also known as Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane), 1980
- Don Appolini, Monsignor, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982
- Sarge, Toy Soldiers, 1984
- Benjamin Rasnick, Light of Day, 1987
- Patient X, The Exorcist III (also known as The Exorcist III: Legion and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist III), 1990
- Mikie, Small Kill, 1992
- Ara Parseghian, Rudy, 1993
- Detective Rollins, Murdered Innocence, 1994
- Lieutenant March, Mommy, 1995
- Doctor, Trance (also known as The Eternal), Trimark, 1998
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Slice, 2000
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Film Work
- Director, That Championship Season, Cannon, 1982
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Television Appearances
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Movies
- Father William Wasson, A Home of Our Own, 1975
- Title role, F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood, 1976
- John Rawlins, Vampire, 1979
- Dr. Tom Henderson, The Henderson Monster, 1980
- Arthur Miller, Marilyn: The Untold Story, 1980
- Clay Orlovsky, The Best Little Girl in the World, 1981
- Garret Locke, A Touch of Scandal, CBS, 1984
- Dr. Miles Keefer, Deadly Care, CBS, 1987
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Other Television Appearances
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Miniseries
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The Bell System Family Theater, 1975
- Owen Fitzstephan, The Dain Curse (miniseries; also known as Dashiell Hammett's "The Dain Curse"), 1978
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The Horror Hall of Fame (special), 1990
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The Fear of God: The Making of the Exorcist (special), 1998
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Television Appearances
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Episodic
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The Lot, AMC, 1999
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WRITINGS
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Plays
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Lou Gehrig Did Not Die of Cancer,
Perfect Son, and The Circus Lady (triple-bill), produced at Triangle Theatre, New York City, 1967 , published in one volume by Dramatists Play Service (New York City), 1971
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Nobody Hears a Broken Drum, produced at Fortune Theatre, New YorkCity, 1970 , published by Dramatists Play Service, 1971
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That Championship Season, New York Shakespeare Festival, Estelle Newman Theatre, then Booth Theatre, New York City, 1972 , later Garrick Theatre, London, 1974 , published by Dramatists Play Service, 1972
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Barrymore's Ghost (solo show), produced at Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, WA, then toured U.S. cities, all 1997
- Also author of It's a Sin to Tell a Lie.
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Screenplays
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That Championship Season (adapted from his play of the same title), Cannon, 1982
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Television Movies
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Marilyn: The Untold Story, 1980
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The Reward, 1980
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A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story, NBC, 1989
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That Championship Season (adapted from his play), Showtime, 1999
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Other Writings
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Stone Step (poetry), privately printed, 1968
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:
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People Weekly, November 23, 1987, p. 58.
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Philadelphia Magazine, August 23, 1994 P. 33.
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