Burton Miller
Burton Miller (born January 17, 1926 in Pennsylvania , † March 5, 1982 in Los Angeles ) was an American costume designer who mainly worked for television.
Life
Burton Miller began his career in the early 1960s. He has worked primarily for television, creating the costumes for television series such as Race with Death , Your Appearance, Al Mundy, and The Six Million Dollar Man . He also worked for the film.
In 1977 he and Edith Head created the costumes for the disaster film Lost in the Bermuda Triangle . The two received an Oscar nomination for this at the 1978 Academy Awards . However, the award went to John Mollo for his work on Star Wars .
Burton Miller died suddenly and unexpectedly on March 5, 1982, aged only 56, after recently complaining of nausea. His last work was on the film Two Boiled Out Crooks , which he did not live to see released.
Filmography (selection)
- Movie
- 1964: Kitten with a Whip
- 1968: The Command (Counterpoint)
- 1974: Earthquake (Earthquake)
- 1977: Lost in the Bermuda Triangle (Airport '77)
- 1977: roller coaster
- 1978: Damien - Omen II (Damien: Omen II)
- 1978: home visits (House calls)
- 1979: Airport '80 - Die Concorde (The Concorde… Airport '79)
- 1980: The Nude Bomb (The Nude Bomb)
- 1982: The Horror Hospital (Visiting Hours)
- 1983: Two Boiled Out Crooks (The Sting II) (posthumous)
- watch TV
- 1962–1964: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Alfred Hitchcock Presents)
- 1962–1971: The People of Shiloh Ranch (The Virginian)
- 1963-1967: Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater
- 1965–1968: Run for Your Life
- 1967–1975: The Boss (Ironside)
- 1968–1970: Your appearance, Al Mundy (It Takes a Thief)
- 1969–1973: Where all roads end (Night Gallery)
- 1970–1977: A sheriff in New York (McCloud)
- 1971-1972: McMillan & Wife
- 1971-1976: Columbo
- 1974-1978: The Six Million Dollar Man (The Six Million Dollar Man)
- 1975–1978: Die Zwei mit der Dreh (the Switch)
- 1980: The Gossip Columnist
Web links
- Burton Miller in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The 50th Academy Awards 1978. Oscars.org, accessed February 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Jay Jorgensen, Donald L. Scoggins: Creating the Illusion (Turner Classic Movies): A Fashionable History of Hollywood Costume Designers . Running Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0-7624-5807-3 ( google.de [accessed February 4, 2018]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Miller, Burton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American costume designer who worked primarily for television |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 1982 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |