Jason Miller Net Worth
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Jason Miller net worth is
$600 thousand
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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 ...
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Is one of 8 actors who have received an Oscar nomination for their performance as a priest. The others, in chronological order, are: Spencer Tracy for San Francisco (1936) and Boys Town (1938); Charles Bickford for The Song of Bernadette (1943); Bing Crosby for Going My Way (1944) and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945); Barry Fitzgerald for Going My Way (1944); Gregory Peck for The Keys of the Kingdom (1944); Karl Malden for On the Waterfront (1954); and Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008). Tracy, Crosby and Fitzgerald all won Oscars for their performances. |
| 2 | He was of Irish, with some German, ancestry. |
| 3 | 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.". |
| 4 | Won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "That Championship Season". |
| 5 | 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.". |
| 6 | Won Broadway's 1973 Tony Award as author of Best Play winner "That Championship Season." |
| 7 | Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Vol. 130, pp. 292-295. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005. |
| 8 | Former son-in-law of Bruno Bernard and Jackie Gleason. |
| 9 | As Jack Miller, taught Drama in mid-1960s at Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C. |
| 10 | A Notre Dame fan, Miller always ended his conversations with "Go Irish!" instead of "Goodbye". |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | Has a regional theatre award named after him. |
| 13 | Established the Pennsylvania Summer Theater Festival in Scranton, PA. |
| 14 | Writer, actor, director, poet, and producer. |
| 15 | Graduated from St. Patrick's High School, Scranton, PA; University of Scranton, Scranton, PA; Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. |
| 16 | Parents: John and Mary Collins Miller. |
| 17 | Children: Jennifer Miller, Jason Patric, Jordan Miller, Joshua John Miller. |
| 18 | He was born in Long Island City, New York, but his parents moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania, when he was an infant. |
| 19 | Father of Joshua John Miller with Sue Bernard. |
| 20 | Miller was Co-Artistic Director of The Public Theatre, Scranton Pa. USA. |
| 21 | 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_. |
| 22 | Married Jackie Gleason's daughter, Linda Miller, and had a son, actor Jason Patric. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finding Home | 2003 | Lester Brownlow | |
| Paradox Lake | 2002 | ||
| The Eternal | 1998 | The Doctor | |
| Murdered Innocence | 1996 | Det. Rollins | |
| Mommy | 1995 | Lt. March | |
| Rudy | 1993 | Ara Parseghian | |
| Small Kill | 1992 | Mikie | |
| The Exorcist III | 1990 | Patient X | |
| Night Heat | 1987 | TV Series | Officer Jack Narin |
| Deadly Care | 1987 | TV Movie | Dr. Miles Keefer |
| Light of Day | 1987 | Benjamin Rasnick | |
| A Touch of Scandal | 1984 | TV Movie | Garrett Locke |
| Toy Soldiers | 1984 | Sarge | |
| Monsignor | 1982 | Don Vito Appolini | |
| The Best Little Girl in the World | 1981 | TV Movie | Clay Orlovsky |
| Marilyn: The Untold Story | 1980 | TV Movie | Arthur Miller |
| The Henderson Monster | 1980 | TV Movie | Dr. Tom Henderson |
| The Ninth Configuration | 1980 | Lt. Frankie Reno | |
| Vampire | 1979 | TV Movie | John Rawlins |
| The Dain Curse | 1978 | TV Mini-Series | Owen Fitzstephan |
| El perro | 1977 | Aristides Ungria | |
| Des Teufels Advokat | 1977 | Dr. Aldo Meyer | |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood | 1975 | TV Movie | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| A Home of Our Own | 1975 | TV Movie | Father William Wasson |
| The Nickel Ride | 1974 | Cooper | |
| The Exorcist | 1973 | Father Karras |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| That Championship Season | 1999 | TV Movie play / teleplay | |
| A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story | 1989 | TV Movie written by | |
| That Championship Season | 1982 | play | |
| Reward | 1980 | TV Movie |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| That Championship Season | 1982 |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Joe Spinell Story | 2001 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / Father Karras |
| The Horror Hall of Fame | 1990 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Good Morning America | 1984 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Don Adams' Screen Test | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 46th Annual Academy Awards | 1974 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role & Co-Presenter: Best Adapted Screenplay |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1974 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 27th Annual Tony Awards | 1973 | TV Special | Himself - Winner |
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Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Golden Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | That Championship Season (1982) | |
| 1974 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The Exorcist (1973) |
Known for movies
The Exorcist (1973)
as Father Karras
The Exorcist III (1990)
as Patient X
The Ninth Configuration (1980)
as Lt. Frankie Reno
Rudy (1993)
as Ara Parseghian
