Worthington Miner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Worthington Miner

American actor and producer

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1900

Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, United States

Date of Death: 11-Dec-1982

Profession: screenwriter, actor, stage actor, film director, film producer, television actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Worthington Miner

  • Worthington Miner (November 13, 1900 – December 11, 1982) was an American film producer, screenwriter, actor and director.
  • He was married to actress Frances Fuller, with whom he had three children, including producer/director Peter Miner.
  • He was the paternal grandfather of actress Rachel Miner.Prior to his work in television, Mr.
  • Miner - known as 'Tony' - directed more than 30 plays in about 10 years, starting with Up Pops the Devil in 1929 and including Reunion in Vienna, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne; Both Your Houses, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Maxwell Anderson; On Your Toes, the Ray Bolger musical; Jane Eyre (starring Katharine Hepburn), and For Love or Money. In 1939, after more than 10 years in the theater, Mr.
  • Miner publicly criticized it as "highly undemocratic".
  • At a Theatre Guild panel discussion in Williamstown, Massachusetts, he said: "When we speak of the theater, we speak of one city - New York.
  • Yet even within the confines of that one city, the theater isn't democratic.
  • It is a Park Avenue nightclub, a luxury for a selective few with the price of admission.
  • It is for the rich in the richest city of this country, and I believe this situation is deplored by every author, actor and manager in the business."At CBS Television, he created and produced Studio One (also serving as writer and director for numerous episodes); the television version of The Goldbergs; Mr.
  • I Magination, a children's show, and The Toast of the Town, casting Ed Sullivan as master of ceremonies.
  • He also produced The Play of the Week; Playhouse 90 and Kaiser Aluminum Hour.
  • Miner realized that television could not 'be made to fit into preconceived patterns of motion pictures, theater or radio.
  • Television offers, instead, a superlative opportunity to absorb every type of experiment in all other entertainment media,' he said, adding that 'there is no limit to the scope of its coverage.'

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