Worthington Miner (November 13, 1900[citation needed] – December 11, 1982) was an American film producer, screenwriter, actor and director.
[citation needed] Prior to his work in television, Miner - known as 'Tony' - directed more than 30 plays in about 10 years, starting with Up Pops the Devil in 1929 and including Reunion in Vienna, starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne; Both Your Houses, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Maxwell Anderson; On Your Toes, the Ray Bolger musical; Jane Eyre (starring Katharine Hepburn), and For Love or Money.
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.
[citation needed] Miner realized that television could not 'be made to fit into preconceived patterns of motion pictures, theater or radio.
Television offers, instead, a superlative opportunity to absorb every type of experiment in all other entertainment media,' he said, adding that 'there is no limit to the scope of its coverage.