Mark Miller, the prolific actor and screenwriter writer best known for Please Don’t Eat The Daisies and Guestward, Ho! has died. His daughter, actress Penelope Ann Miller, confirmed the news on Twitter. He was 97.
Miller portrayed college professor Jim Nash on Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, which ran from 1965-1967 and then in syndication. The NBC-MGM sitcom, which ran for 58 half-hour episodes, was loosely based on the theatrical film of the same name starring Doris Day and David Niven. The series did well initially, but its ratings took a hit in Season 2 when it was moved opposite The Jackie Gleason Show.
Miller had substantial runs on other big shows, most notably Desilu’s Guestward Ho! on ABC in 1960. He played one half of a New York City couple, the Hootens, who relocate to a dude ranch in New Mexico. Guestward Ho! ran for one season alongside The Donna Reed Show on Thursday evenings.
Miller portrayed college professor Jim Nash on Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, which ran from 1965-1967 and then in syndication. The NBC-MGM sitcom, which ran for 58 half-hour episodes, was loosely based on the theatrical film of the same name starring Doris Day and David Niven. The series did well initially, but its ratings took a hit in Season 2 when it was moved opposite The Jackie Gleason Show.
Miller had substantial runs on other big shows, most notably Desilu’s Guestward Ho! on ABC in 1960. He played one half of a New York City couple, the Hootens, who relocate to a dude ranch in New Mexico. Guestward Ho! ran for one season alongside The Donna Reed Show on Thursday evenings.
- 9/14/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Film and television actress and producer Gail Kobe died yesterday at the age of 82. Her first major film was Cecil B. DeMille’s epic The Ten Commandments in 1956. She went on to appear in dozens of TV shows throughout her career, earning an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of Dr. Anne Warner on the 1960s TV series Dr. Kildare. Her other TV credits include soaps Peyton Place and Bright Promise. She also starred in such TV classics The Twilight Zone, The Fugitive, Bewitched, Hogan’s Heroes, The Mod Squad, Mission Impossible and The Outer Limits and appeared in over 50 Westerns, including, Rawhide, The Virginian, Maverick, Daniel Boone and Gunsmoke. She moved into producing daytime dramas during the 1970s and 80s with credits including Days of Our Lives, Texas, Another World, The Bold And The Beautiful, and Guiding Light, for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award. For the past two years,...
- 8/3/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Name: Anthony Geary
Rank: 1
Soap Roles: Luke Spencer, General Hospital (1978-1984, 1993-present); Luke Spencer, Port Charles (1998); Bill Eckert, General Hospital (1991-1993); George Curtis, The Young And The Restless (1973); David Lockhart, Bright Promise (1971-1972)
Awards:
2009 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2008 Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2007 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2006 Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2006 TV Land Award nomination for Most Wonderful Wedding
2004 Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2003 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2002 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2000 Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2000 Soap Opera Digest Award win for Outstanding Lead Actor
1999 Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series...
Rank: 1
Soap Roles: Luke Spencer, General Hospital (1978-1984, 1993-present); Luke Spencer, Port Charles (1998); Bill Eckert, General Hospital (1991-1993); George Curtis, The Young And The Restless (1973); David Lockhart, Bright Promise (1971-1972)
Awards:
2009 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2008 Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2007 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2006 Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2006 TV Land Award nomination for Most Wonderful Wedding
2004 Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2003 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2002 Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2000 Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2000 Soap Opera Digest Award win for Outstanding Lead Actor
1999 Daytime Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series...
- 7/24/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
On this date in...
1939: Radio soap opera The Affairs Of Anthony debuted on the Blue Network. Henry Hunter starred as Anthony.
2006: Todd's execution aired on One Life To Live earning rave reviews for Trevor St. John.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Anthony Geary (Luke, General Hospital; ex-George, The Young And The Restless; ex-David, Bright Promise) - 64
Tracey E. Bregman (Lauren, The Young And The Restless; ex-Lauren, The Bold And The Beautiful; ex-Donna, Days Of Our Lives) - 48
Mark Hapka (Nathan, Days Of Our Lives) - 25
Kristen Alderson (Starr, One Life To Live) - 20...
1939: Radio soap opera The Affairs Of Anthony debuted on the Blue Network. Henry Hunter starred as Anthony.
2006: Todd's execution aired on One Life To Live earning rave reviews for Trevor St. John.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Anthony Geary (Luke, General Hospital; ex-George, The Young And The Restless; ex-David, Bright Promise) - 64
Tracey E. Bregman (Lauren, The Young And The Restless; ex-Lauren, The Bold And The Beautiful; ex-Donna, Days Of Our Lives) - 48
Mark Hapka (Nathan, Days Of Our Lives) - 25
Kristen Alderson (Starr, One Life To Live) - 20...
- 5/29/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
Six-time Emmy winner Anthony Geary was voted the Greatest Soap Actor of All-Time by a panel of 15 past and present soap critics assembled by We Love Soaps TV. While soap fans will always think of him as the bad-boy-turned-sort-of-good-turned-especially-bad-lately Luke Spencer on General Hospital, Geary has made an impact in all mediums, from the theater to daytime to primetime episodics to movies. His latest musical, "Into The Woods," opens on Friday, October 22, where Geary will be playing the Narrator / Mysterious man. In this exclusive two-part new interview with We Love Soaps TV, Geary previews the new musical and reflects on a long and storied career spanning four decades.
We Love Soaps TV: So, congratulations on your new show ("Into The Woods").
Anthony Geary: Thank you.
We Love Soaps TV: When we did our countdown of the 50 Greatest Actors, we published some classic articles on you and there was one...
We Love Soaps TV: So, congratulations on your new show ("Into The Woods").
Anthony Geary: Thank you.
We Love Soaps TV: When we did our countdown of the 50 Greatest Actors, we published some classic articles on you and there was one...
- 10/31/2010
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Earlier this month, We Love Soaps TV spoke with legendary actor Anthony Geary about his long and illustrious career in theater, television and film. Geary first burst onto the national scene in an episode of All In The Family where he guest-starred with Philip Carey. He appeared on a number of primetime shows in the 1970s and had roles on Bright Promise and The Young And The Restless before landing his most famous role to date - Luke Spencer on General Hospital. He is returning to his musical theater roots in a new show, "Into the Woods," that is running in Los Angeles through November 20. In our exclusive two-part interview, Geary talks about the musical as well as some of the highlights from his career.
Part 1 - Geary discusses his first professional break ("The Subject Was Roses"), his All In The Family classic episode, his early soap roles and landing...
Part 1 - Geary discusses his first professional break ("The Subject Was Roses"), his All In The Family classic episode, his early soap roles and landing...
- 10/29/2010
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
In Part One of the We Love Soaps TV interview with Anthony Geary, the legendary actor and six-time Emmy winner discussed his first professional break, his All In The Family classic episode, his early soap roles and landed what was intended to be the short-term role of Luke Spencer on General Hospital. In the final part below, Geary shares his thoughts on his new play, "Into the Woods," which is opening tonight at Big Art Labs in Los Angeles. Geary also shares his thoughts on dealing with fame at the height of the Gh phenomenon in the early 1980s, how the character of Luke had helped him out, writing prose and the changing landscape of television and the web.
We Love Soaps TV: "Into the Woods" debuted on Broadway in 1987. It won several Tony awards.
Anthony Geary: Yes.
We Love Soaps TV: There have been many different versions of it.
We Love Soaps TV: "Into the Woods" debuted on Broadway in 1987. It won several Tony awards.
Anthony Geary: Yes.
We Love Soaps TV: There have been many different versions of it.
- 10/27/2010
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
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