Character actor and playwright Jason Miller had a variety of jobs before he started a writing career and wrote his own play, "That Championship Season", for which he received the Pulitzer Prize Award. Miller gave up his professional writing career in the early seventies to start acting. In 1973, he starred as a troubled priest in the horror film ...
May 13, 2001, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States, May 13, 2001, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
Place Of Birth
Long Island City, New York, USA
Height
5' 7" (1.7 m)
Weight
95 kg
Profession
Actor, Writer, Director
Education
University of Scranton, Catholic University of America
Nationality
American, American
Spouse
Ruth Josem, Susan Bernard, Linda Miller
Children
Jason Patric, Joshua John Miller, Jennifer Miller, Jordan Miller, Jason Patric, Joshua John Miller, Jennifer Miller, Jordan Miller
Parents
John A. Miller, Mary Claire Collins, Mary Claire Collins, John A. Miller
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award for Best Play, Outer Critics Circle Award for John Gassner Playwriting Award, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Playwright, Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Play, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award for Best Play, Outer Critics Circle Award for John Gassne...
Music Groups
Godhead
Nominations
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Movies
The Exorcist, The Exorcist III, The Ninth Configuration, Rudy, The Nickel Ride, Light of Day, That Championship Season, The Dain Curse, Murdered Innocence, Monsignor, Finding Home, Toy Soldiers, The Henderson Monster, A Touch of Scandal, Trance, Terror in the Aisles, Vampire, The Devil's Advocate, M...
Was on the set of The Exorcist (1973) and engrossed in his priest role when he was informed that he had won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for writing "That Championship Season.".
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Won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "That Championship Season".
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Was in rehearsal as Oscar Madison in a revival of "The Odd Couple" when he died of a massive heart attack. Many years earlier, he had been in a different production of "The Odd Couple" (in Fort Worth, Texas) when he wrote his play "That Championship Season.".
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Won Broadway's 1973 Tony Award as author of Best Play winner "That Championship Season."
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Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 130, pp. 292-295. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
As Jack Miller, taught Drama in mid-1960s at Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C.
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A Notre Dame fan, Miller always ended his conversations with "Go Irish!" instead of "Goodbye".
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At the time of his death, he had just finished the first draft of a play with his son Joshua John Miller. The play was about a playwright father who dies, leaving his son to complete the script.
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Has a regional theatre award named after him.
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Established the Pennsylvania Summer Theater Festival in Scranton, PA.
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Writer, actor, director, poet, and producer.
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Graduated from St. Patrick's High School, Scranton, PA; University of Scranton, Scranton, PA; Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
Miller was Co-Artistic Director of The Public Theatre, Scranton Pa. USA.
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Shortly before his death he had returned to writing having reworked his first play, _Nobody Hears a Broken Drum_, and wrote, starred and directed _Barrymore's Ghost_.
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