This writer, actor and director followed the incredible success of his play "That Championship Season" (1971), his collegiate, sentimental tribute to male friendship and basketball with the role of Father Karras in "The Exorcist" (1973), a role he reprised in "The Exorcist III" (1990) as Patient X. His writing and directing career continued with Miller helming the film version of "That Championship Season" (1982) starring Bruce Dern and Stacy Keach. In addition, Miller has written screenplays for TV movies such as "Reward" (1980) and "A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story" (1989). As an actor, he has played a variety of roles on the tube and on the screen including the writers F. Scott Fitzgerald and Arthur Miller in "F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood" (1976) and "Marilyn: The Untold Story" (1980), respectively.
Profession(s):
screenwriter, playwright, Actor, director, theatrical artistic director, producer, poet
Sometimes Credited As:
John Anthony Miller
Family
daughter:Jennifer Miller (born c. 1964; mother, Linda G Miller)
father:John Miller
mother:Mary Miller
son:Jason Patric (born on June 17, 1966 in Queens, New York; mother, Linda G Miller)
son:Jordan Miller (born c. 1968; mother, Linda G Miller)
son:Joshua Miller (born in December 1974; mother, Sue Bernard; wrote novel "The Mao Game" which he later adapted as motion picture)
wife:Linda Miller (married in 1963; divorced; daughter of Jackie Gleason; appeared in "An Unmarried Woman")
Companion(s)
Dana Oxley
, Companion
, ```..survived him
Sue Bernard
, Companion
, ```..together in the mid-1970s; daughter of photographer Bruno Bernard
Education
St Patrick's High School Scranton, Pennsylvania
Catholic University of America Washington, DC
University of Scranton Scranton, Pennsylvania BA 1961
Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Playwriting Award "That Championship Season" 1973
Pulitzer Prize in Drama "That Championship Season" 1973
Tony Best Play "That Championship Season" 1973
Drama Desk Award Most Promising Playwright "That Championship Season" 1972
New York Drama Critics Award Best Play "That Championship Season" 1971 - 1972
1997 Starred in and wrote play "Barrymore's Ghost"; produced at Seattle's Empty Space; originally written for Stacy Keach who was unable to act the role
1982 Feature directorial and screenwriting debut "That Championship Season"
1976 First TV starring role "F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood"
1975 TV acting debut "A Home of Our Own"
1973 Early feature role of Father Karras in feature "The Exorcist"
1971 Wrote the award winning play, "That Championship Season"
1970 Play "Nobody Hears a Broken Drum" produced Off-Broadway
1969 Made acting debut off-Broadway in "Pequod"
Became artistic director of the Scranton (Pennsylvania) Public Theatre
