Herman Miller (Writer)

The Beverly Hillbillies

Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.

Release Date1962-09-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count121

MacGyver

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.

Release Date1985-09-29

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count861

Knight Rider

Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arranges life-saving surgery, including a new face and a new identity--that of Michael Knight. Michael is then given a special computerized and indestructible car called the Knight Industries Two Thousand (nicknamed KITT), and a mission: apprehend criminals who are beyond the reach of the law. The series depicts Michael's exploits as he and KITT battle the forces of evil on behalf of the Foundation for Law and Government.

Release Date1982-09-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count1313

McCloud

Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a special investigator.

Release Date1970-02-17

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count51

Man from Atlantis

Atlantis survivor Mark Harris breathes underwater, withstands extreme depth pressures and wields superhuman strength.

Release Date1977-09-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count63

T.H.E. Cat

T.H.E. Cat is an American action drama that aired during the 1966-1967 television season on NBC, co-sponsored by R.J. Reynolds and Lever Brothers. The series was created by Harry Julian Fink, the creator of Dirty Harry . Robert Loggia starred as the title character, Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat. T. H. E. Cat is a forerunner of television characters such as The Equalizer, who skirt the edges of the law and bring skills from earlier careers on behalf of those needing more help than the police can offer. The series preceded the 1968-1970 ABC television series It Takes a Thief, which was also about a cat burglar who used his skills for good.

Release Date1966-09-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Kung Fu

The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.

Release Date1972-10-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count220

Coogan's Bluff

Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads into the city to recapture him.

Release Date1968-10-02

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count338

The Violent Ones

When a girl in a town that's populated by Hispanics is attacked, the only thing she says before falling into a coma is that her attacker is an outsider, a Caucasian. So the sheriff arrests the only outsiders there are. All he can do is hope that one of them will admit to being the attacker or that the girl can wake up long enough to identify him. But at the same time her father is preparing a lynch mob.

Release Date1967-10-01

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count2

Crosscurrent

Two San Francisco detectives investigating a murder committed on one of the city's famous cable cars discover that the victim was the son of a shipping tycoon. The trail leads to a drug dealer, a shady physician and a nervous police captain

Release Date1971-11-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Scruples

Sequel to the 1980 mini-series, taking up the plot where it -- and Judith Krantz's source novel -- left off. Billy Ikehorn (Shelley Smith) is the owner of a chic Beverly Hills boutique against which romantic, corporate and political power plays unfold in the classic soap opera tradition. It was the pilot to a prospective series.

Release Date1981-05-22

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Mongo's Back in Town

Professional killer is hired by his brother, a gang boss, to wipe out a rival gangster.

Release Date1971-12-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count3

Dalton: Code of Vengeance II

Sequel to Code of Vengeance in which Vietnam vet-turned-loner David Dalton goes off this time in pursuit of his crazy former commanding officer and his trigger-happy paramilitary group, the New Patriots, who are planning a war against the U.S. Government, which they feel let them down in Vietnam.

Release Date1986-05-11

DepartmentProduction

JobSupervising Producer

Search for the Gods

A valuable medallion believed to prove that aliens from outer space visited Earth in prehistoric times is sought.

Release Date1975-03-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count3