Harvey Miller

Harvey was born as Harvey Skolnik. He grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. Harvey started his career in New York City as comedian Sandy Baron's manager. Harvey furthered his career by working with his close longtime friends: Garry Marshall, Penny Marshall, Albert Brooks, James L. Brooks and Jerry Belson, Harvey helped create Love American Style with Bill Idelson. Harvey also loved meeting celebrities so when he was head writer and director of TV's The Odd Couple, his invigoration of the show by introducing big name talent served dual purposes. Harvey was responsible for integrating the following people into the show: Howard Cosell, Bobby Riggs, Billie Jean King, Paul Williams, Betty White, Allen Ludden and many others. Harvey first met Burt Reynolds on Cannonball Run. There is a very famous episode of The Dating Game whereby the bachelorette, due to her attraction to his charm and razor sharp humor, chooses Harvey over Burt Reynolds. When the bachelorette meets and sees that she didn't choose Burt, she is devastated. When the host announces her date as Harvey Skolnik from Plainfield, NJ she Is crestfallen. Harvey was a fairly attractive man, but the meet became enormously funny. From that day on when attending industry events or parties, he would always ask if Reynolds was going to be there, so that Reynolds couldn't vengefully express his embarrassment for losing to Harvey. Harvey bought and lived in Harrison Ford's old house. Before he became a movie star, Harrison was a carpenter and built a lovely country style home in LA. Harvey made classic cameos in The Odd Couple as the penguin in the bathtub in the nude off Broadway show episode whereby Felix secretly attends his girlfriend's only to embarrass her by covering her up when she appears naked. He also made classic cameo appearances in the Laverne and Shirley whereby he played a shyster producer who steals Laverne's heirloom earrings. Since he was so close with Penny Marshall, Albert Brooks, Garry Marshall, Jerry Belson and others he always made brief mostly comedic appearances in their TV Shows and Movies. A few of them included: Young Doctors in Love, Beaches, Modern Romance, Awakenings, and Others. Harvey was always the life of every party and set. He was a unique talent and irrepressible spirit. This world is now a far less interesting place without him. He will be sorely missed.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1935-06-15

Died: 1999-01-09

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1976	The Selling of Vince D'Angelo	Vince's Lawyer	40
2	1981	Modern Romance	Harvey (as Harvey Skolnik)	68
3	1984	The Glitter Dome	Harvey Himmelfarb	45
4	1984	The Ratings Game	Network Rep #2	57
5	1988	Big	Personnel Director	72
6	1988	License to Drive	The Professor	66
7	1988	Beaches	The Movie Director	67
8	1990	New Year's Day	Lucy's Father	46
9	1990	Awakenings	Hospital Director	78
10	1991	Frankie and Johnny	Mr. Rosen	68
11	1992	This Is My Life	Lester	59
12	1993	The Odd Couple: Together Again	Dr. Hegler	0
13	1997	The Definite Maybe	Arthur	20
14	1999	The Other Sister	Dr. Johnson	64

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1970	The Odd Couple	Rubber Ducky	78
2	1970	The Odd Couple	Maitre D'	78
3	1978	Taxi	The Attendant	73

Harvey Miller

Film

Television