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Biography

Worthington Miner

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Overview

  • Born
    November 13, 1900 · Buffalo, New York, USA
  • Died
    December 11, 1982 · New York City, New York, USA
  • Birth name
    Worthington C. Miner
  • Nickname
    • Tony

Biography

    • Worthington Miner is not a name always mentioned in the histories written about the earliest days of network television in America; he hasn't always received the acclaim often accorded to writers like Rod Serling and Paddy Chayefsky and directors like Franklin J. Schaffner and Sidney Lumet. This is no minor historical oversight, for Miner was one of the true pioneers of television. He not only wrote, produced and directed important television programs from the earliest days of the medium, but he also developed many of the crew positions still used in television productions to this day. Miner left CBS for NBC over a contract dispute in 1952, ending his fabled reign at Studio One (1948), one of the most impressive shows during the first decade of network television. At NBC his creative skills were never fully utilized and by the time he left the network he had become disenchanted with the path television was taking.
      - IMDb mini biography by: rtvf (qv's & corrections by A. .Nonymous)

Family

  • Spouse
      Frances Fuller(March 30, 1929 - December 18, 1980) (her death, 3 children)
  • Relatives
      Rachel Miner(Grandchild)

Trivia

  • Miner and his wife Frances Fuller played Mr. and Mrs. Bagg in They Might Be Giants (1971).
  • Grandfather of Peter Miner and Rachel Miner.
  • Father of Peter Miner.

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