J. P. Miller


Screenwriter

About

Also Known As
Ted Frontier, James P Miller
Birth Place
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Born
December 18, 1919
Died
November 01, 2001
Cause of Death
Pneumonia

Family & Companions

Ayers Elizabeth Fite
Wife
Divorced.
Juanita Marie Currie
Wife
Divorced.

Bibliography

"The Skook"
J P Miller, Warner Books (1984)
"Liv"
J P Miller, Dial (1973)
"The Race for Home"
J P Miller, Dial (1968)

Biography

Life Events

1941

Served in US Navy

1954

TV writing debut "The Rabbit Test"

1959

Feature film debut as screenwriter "The Rabbit Trap" with Edward Anhalt

Videos

Movie Clip

Days Of Wine And Roses (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Special Qualifications Rebuffed in his attempt to make friends after a bad first meeting, San Francisco party animal and P-R man Joe (Jack Lemmon) expresses his frustration to teetotaling executive secretary Kirsten (Lee Remick), in Blake Edwards Days Of Wine And Roses, 1962.
Days Of Wine And Roses (1962) -- (Movie Clip) This Is The Roach Kingdom? Joe (Jack Lemmon) on his first visit to Kirsten (Lee Remick) at her apartment, her enthusiasm for him and for booze advancing, as he panics bugs and tenants, in Blake Edwards' Days Of Wine And Roses, 1962.
Days Of Wine And Roses (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Has She Got Class? Director Blake Edwards opens with leading man Jack Lemmon in a San Francisco lounge, with buddy Abe (Roger Barrett), hustling up girls for his boss, in Days Of Wine And Roses, 1962, from J.P. Miller’s teleplay, also starring Lee Remick.
Behold A Pale Horse -- (Movie Clip) The Men Who Lost Echoes of Neo-Realism in Spanish Civil War footage with narration opening Fred Zinnemann's Behold A Pale Horse, 1964, from Emeric Pressburger's novel, starring Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn and Omar Sharif.
Behold A Pale Horse -- (Movie Clip) She Must Be Popular Spanish officer Vinolas (Anthony Quinn) prepares a stake out for the exiled rebel Artiguez, borrowing an apartment from working girl Maria (Perrette Pradler) in Behold A Pale Horse, 1964, from Emeric Pressburger's novel.
Behold A Pale Horse -- (Movie Clip) Manuel Artiguez Little Paco (Marietto Angeletti), having snuck into France, finds the dissolute former Spanish Republican fighter Manuel Artiguez (Gregory Peck), his first proper scene in Fred Zinnemann's Behold A Pale Horse, 1964.

Family

Rolland James Miller
Father
Builder.
Rose Jetta Miller
Mother
James P Miller Jr
Son
Mother, Ayers Fite.
John R Miller
Son
Mother, Juanita Currie.
Montgomery A Miller
Son
Mother Juanita Currie.
Lia Marie Miller
Daughter
Mother, Liane Nicolaus.
Anthony Milo Miller
Son
Mother, Liane Nicolaus.
Sophie Jetta Miller-Solarino
Daughter
Mother, Liane Nicolaus.

Companions

Ayers Elizabeth Fite
Wife
Divorced.
Juanita Marie Currie
Wife
Divorced.

Bibliography

"The Skook"
J P Miller, Warner Books (1984)
"Liv"
J P Miller, Dial (1973)
"The Race for Home"
J P Miller, Dial (1968)