Mark Miller (born November 20, 1925) is an American television actor and writer who made more than forty appearances in television programs and films since 1957, best known for his roles as Bill Hooten in Guestward, Ho! and Jim Nash in Please Don't Eat the Daisies TV series.

Biography

Miller was born in Houston, Texas.

He co-starred with Joanne Dru, J. Carrol Naish, and Flip Mark in the 1960-1961 ABC sitcom, Guestward, Ho!, the story of a New York City family named "Hooten" who relocates to New Mexico to operate a dude ranch.

Miller guest starred in numerous series, including NBC's western, The Tall Man, with Barry Sullivan and Clu Gulager. He also appeared on Jack Lord's ABC rodeo adventure series, Stoney Burke.



During 1965–1966, he portrayed college professor Jim Nash, the leading role opposite Patricia Crowley, on the NBC-MGM television sitcom, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, loosely based on the former Doris Day film.

He also appeared in numerous other television shows, such as Gunsmoke, The Millionaire, Marcus Welby, M.D., The Andy Griffith Show, General Hospital and I Dream Of Jeannie. He also appeared on the 1963 The Twilight Zone episode entitled "I Dream of Genie".

In 1969–1970, Miller played the role of the sidekick, Ross Craig in NBC's The Name of the Game and starred in a 1962 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents called "Apex" in which he plays a philandering husband intent on killing his wife but is constitutionally unable to carry out the crime. In 1973, he appeared in the episode "Death by Prescription" of Lorne Greene's ABC crime drama Griff.

Miller wrote the story and screenplay, and starred in the 1982 movie Savannah Smiles. He also starred alongside Slim Pickens in the 1981 movie Christmas Mountain.

Miller is divorced from costume designer and publicist Beatrice Ammidown. He has three daughters, Marisa, Savannah (for whom the movie Savannah Smiles is named and who also appeared in a small role in the film), and actress Penelope Ann Miller. He had been married to Barbara Stanger since 1976. The two co-wrote the screenplay for the 1995 film, A Walk in the Clouds, starring Keanu Reeves and directed by Alfonso Arau.

Miller has been retired since the late 1990s, with the exception of having written the play, Amorous Crossings in 2010.