BIRTHDAY: November 20, 1925
BIRTHPLACE: Houston, TX
DEATH DATE: Sep 9, 2022 (age 96)
BIRTH SIGN: Scorpio
About
Best remembered as Jim Nash on NBC’s Please Don’t Eat the Daisies and as Bill Hooten on ABC’s Guestward, Ho!, he also had a career as a film actor and screenwriter, starring in and penning the 1982 comedy film Savannah Smiles.
Before Fame
Early in his acting career, he appeared in episodes of Gunsmoke and The Inner Flame.
Trivia
He wrote a 2010 play titled Amorous Crossings.
Family Life
His first marriage, to costumer Beatrice Ammidown, resulted in three daughters: Savannah, Marisa, and actress Penelope Ann Miller. In 1976, he married Barbara Stanger.
Associated With
He wrote the screenplay for the 1995 Keanu Reeves feature A Walk in the Clouds.