Actor, Film Producer, Film Director, and Screenwriter. He will be best remembered for creating and producing such early television series as, "Studio One" (1948-1952), and "Playhouse 90" (1956-1960). He is also best remembered for playing the role of 'Mr. Bagg' in the comedy mystery romance film, "They Might Be Giants" (1971). The film which was directed by Anthony Harvey, which was written for the screen by James Goldman, and which also starred George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford, and Lester Rawlins, and tells the story of a man in a Manhattan, New York, psychiatric hospital, who is convinced he is Sherlock Holmes, and he is treated by a female doctor who happens to be named Watson. He was born one of three children as Worthington Cogswell Miner Jr. in Buffalo, New York, to Worthington Cogswell Miner Sr. (1860-1903), and his Wife Margaret Stanbury Willard Miner (1865-1911), on November 13, 1900. During World War I, he served as a Private for the HQ Company 16th Field Artillery 4th Division. He also was active on Broadway in New York City, New York, as a director and at other theatres in such stage productions of the plays, "Week End" (October 22, 1929, to October 1929), "Top O' The Hill" (November 26, 1929, to December 1929), "Up Pops The Devil" (September 01, 1930, to January 1931), "Sweet Stranger" (October 21, 1930, to November 1930), "The House Beautiful" (March 12, 1931, to June 1931), "Reunion In Vienna" (November 16, 1931, to July 1932), "Wild Waves" (February 19, 1932, to March 1932), "I Loved You Wednesday" (October 11, 1932, to December 03, 1932), "Both Your Houses" (March 06, 1933, to May 06, 1933), "Her Master's Voice" (October 23, 1933, to April 28, 1934), "On To Fortune" (February 04, 1935, to February 1935), "Blind Alley" (September 24, 1935, to January 1936), "Let Freedom Ring" (November 06, 1935, to February 1936), "On Your Toes" (April 11, 1936, to January 23, 1937), "Bury The Dead" (April 18, 1936, to July 1936), "200 Were Chosen" (November 20, 1936, to December 1936), "Excursion" (April 09, 1937, to July 1937), "Father Malachy's Miracle" (November 17, 1937, to March 1938), "Stop-Over" (January 11, 1938, to January 29, 1938)), "Washington Jitters" (May 02, 1938, to May 1938), "Dame Nature" (September 26, 1938,to November 05, 1938), "Jeremiah" (February 03, 1939, to March 1939), "Suzanna And The Elders" (October 29, 1940, to November 23, 1940), "Home Is The Hero" (September 22, 1954, to October 16, 1954), "Four Winds" (September 25, 1957, to October 12, 1957), "The Loud Red Patrick" (1959). During his time working in stage productions he also worked with the likes of Alfred Hesse, Frances Kelly, Bruce MacFarland, Grant Mills, Margaret Mower, Hugh O'Connell, Vivienne Osborne, Warren William, Sydney Booth, Charles D. Brown, Georgia Lee Hall, Virginia Hammond, Claudia Morgan, Lester Vail, Katherine Wilson, Felix Young, Lee Shubert, Frank H. Day, Mel Efird, Clyde Fillmore, Ralph Morgan, Lloyd Nolan, Gertrude Coghlan Pitou, Viola Roache, J. Ascher Smith, Linda Watkins, Paul Streger, Walter Hart, Jay Adler, Paula Bauersmith, France Bendsten, Aldrich Bowker, Dorothy Brackett, Norma Chambers, Edwin Cooper, Will Geer, Samson Gordon, Kathryn Grill, William Hunter, Rose Keane, Joseph A. Kramm, Ray Bolger, Katharine Hepburn, Gordon Nelson, Neill O'Malley, John O'Shaughnessy, Douglas Parkhurst, Mary Perry, Robert Porterfield, David Sands, James Shelburne, Garland F. Smith, Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Lesley Stafford, George Oliver Taylor, Robert Thomsen, Bertram Thorn, Frank Tweddell, Erik Walz, Herta Ware, Booth Whitfield, Robert Williams, Joseph Wolff, David Clarke, J. Edward Shugrue and John O'Shaughnessy, Fred Stewart, among many others. Besides, "They Might Be Giants" (1971), his many other film credits as an actor, producer, director, or writer, include, "After Tonight" (1933), "Let's Try Again" (1934), "Hat, Coat, And Glove" (1934), "The Iceman Cometh" (1960), "The Pawnbroker" (1964), and "Violent Journey" (1965). Besides, "Studio One" (1948-1952), and "Playhouse 90" (1956-1990), his many other television credits as creator, writer, producer, or director include, "CBS Television Quiz" (1941), "Men At Work" (1941), "Wesley" (1949), "The Goldbergs" (1949-1953), Mr. I. Magination" (1949-1950), "The Passionate Pilgrim" (1950), "The Kate Smith Evening Hour" (1952), "Curtain Call" (1952), "Medic" (1954-1956), "The Challenge" (1955), "Frontier" (1955-1956), "The Kaiser Aluminum Hour" (1956-1957), and "Play Of The Week" (1960-1961). He also cast Ed Sullivan as Master of Ceremonies for his television series, "Toast Of The Town," which became "The Ed Sullivan Show," where talents including Elvis Presley, The Doors, The Beatles, and many others would appear as guests over the years. He once said, "When we speak of the theater, we speak of one city - New York. Yet even within the confines of that one city, the theater isn't democratic. It is a Park Avenue nightclub, a luxury for a select few with the price of admission. It is for the rich in the richest city of this country, and I believe this situation is deplored by every author, actor, and manager in the business." He continued to work in theatre, films, and in television, until his death. He passed away in New York, New York, on December 11, 1982, at the age of 82, and he was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York. He was married to the actress Frances Fuller Miner(1907-1980), with whom he had three children, including the film producer and film director Peter Miner. His wife Frances predeceased him passing away in New York City, New York, on December 18, 1980, at the age of 73, and she is also buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York. He is also the grandfather of actress Rachel Miner.