Billy Miller, the three-time Emmy winner for The Young and the Restless who also had long-running roles in All My Children and General Hospital, has died. He was 43.
The actor died Friday in Austin and was struggling with manic depression at the time, his manager told The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday, which would have marked Miller’s 44th birthday. His cause of death was not available.
His mother, Patricia Miller, released a statement on Monday via her son’s manager, who posted the message on her Twitter. She began by thanking the fans and friends who have sent her and her family love, prayers and condolences after his passing.
“He fought a long hard valiant battle with bipolar depression for years,” Patricia Miller’s statement read. “He did everything he could to control the disease. He loved his family, his friends and his fans but in the end the disease...
The actor died Friday in Austin and was struggling with manic depression at the time, his manager told The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday, which would have marked Miller’s 44th birthday. His cause of death was not available.
His mother, Patricia Miller, released a statement on Monday via her son’s manager, who posted the message on her Twitter. She began by thanking the fans and friends who have sent her and her family love, prayers and condolences after his passing.
“He fought a long hard valiant battle with bipolar depression for years,” Patricia Miller’s statement read. “He did everything he could to control the disease. He loved his family, his friends and his fans but in the end the disease...
- 9/19/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sad news out of Hollywood this Sunday morning.
Billy Miller, best known for his work on The Young and the Restless and General Hospital, has died.
He was 43.
The tragic news was first reported by Michael Fairman TV.
According to the report, the veteran actor passed away on September 15, two days before his 44th birthday.
Miller was born on September 17, 1979, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was raised in Grand Prairie, Texas.
He got his start on the small screen on an episode of CSI: NY in 2006, which began a busy TV schedule for the budding actor.
The following year, he booked the series regular role of Richie Novak on All My Children.
He departed the daytime sudser in 2008 and pivoted to The Young and the Restless, where he played Billy Abbott between 2008 and 2014.
While working on the show, he appeared on Justified, Ringer, Fatal Honeymoon, Castle, and the original CSI.
Never straying away from daytime soaps,...
Billy Miller, best known for his work on The Young and the Restless and General Hospital, has died.
He was 43.
The tragic news was first reported by Michael Fairman TV.
According to the report, the veteran actor passed away on September 15, two days before his 44th birthday.
Miller was born on September 17, 1979, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was raised in Grand Prairie, Texas.
He got his start on the small screen on an episode of CSI: NY in 2006, which began a busy TV schedule for the budding actor.
The following year, he booked the series regular role of Richie Novak on All My Children.
He departed the daytime sudser in 2008 and pivoted to The Young and the Restless, where he played Billy Abbott between 2008 and 2014.
While working on the show, he appeared on Justified, Ringer, Fatal Honeymoon, Castle, and the original CSI.
Never straying away from daytime soaps,...
- 9/17/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Lachlan Woods, Noah Taylor, Jessica Clarke, Robert Taylor, Malcolm Kennard and Catherine McClements head the cast of quirky comedy The Menkoff Method, which starts shooting in Melbourne on September 10.
The director is David Parker, who makes a return to directing after a long absence: he shot Diana & Me, a 1997 comedy that starred Toni Collette as Aussie Diana Spencer, who wins a trip for two to London where she is determined to meet her idol and namesake Princess Diana.
In the interim Parker has shot plenty of TVCs and written and worked as Dop on his wife Nadia Tass. films and as Dop on films such as Kel Dolen.s upcoming vengeance thriller John Doe and Kath & Kimderella.
Parker sparked to The Menkoff Method screenplay by first-timer Zac Gillam, describing it as .very different and laugh-out loud funny,. and spent nearly a year developing it with the writer.
Woods (Better Man,...
The director is David Parker, who makes a return to directing after a long absence: he shot Diana & Me, a 1997 comedy that starred Toni Collette as Aussie Diana Spencer, who wins a trip for two to London where she is determined to meet her idol and namesake Princess Diana.
In the interim Parker has shot plenty of TVCs and written and worked as Dop on his wife Nadia Tass. films and as Dop on films such as Kel Dolen.s upcoming vengeance thriller John Doe and Kath & Kimderella.
Parker sparked to The Menkoff Method screenplay by first-timer Zac Gillam, describing it as .very different and laugh-out loud funny,. and spent nearly a year developing it with the writer.
Woods (Better Man,...
- 9/5/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Director David Parker will start shooting The Menkoff Method, billed as a quirky .comedy of human resources,. in Melbourne on September 9.
The screenplay is by first-timer Zac Gillam. It.s the debut feature from White Hot Productions, the production arm of the White Hot Group. The producers are David Lee, Jan Bladier and John Kearney, with Ian Kirk as executive producer.
The plot follows David Cork, a young, introverted bank worker who.s more interested in drawing his comic book than his tedious job in the bank.s data processing centre. All that changes when an enigmatic Russian Hr consultant, Max Menkoff, introduces sweeping reforms with devastating effects.
Menkoff.s unorthodox management techniques take on a dark and sinister turn, forcing Cork and the beautiful and formidable Ruby Jackson from the bank.s head office to try to save their colleagues from a fate worse than death.
The cast will be announced soon.
The screenplay is by first-timer Zac Gillam. It.s the debut feature from White Hot Productions, the production arm of the White Hot Group. The producers are David Lee, Jan Bladier and John Kearney, with Ian Kirk as executive producer.
The plot follows David Cork, a young, introverted bank worker who.s more interested in drawing his comic book than his tedious job in the bank.s data processing centre. All that changes when an enigmatic Russian Hr consultant, Max Menkoff, introduces sweeping reforms with devastating effects.
Menkoff.s unorthodox management techniques take on a dark and sinister turn, forcing Cork and the beautiful and formidable Ruby Jackson from the bank.s head office to try to save their colleagues from a fate worse than death.
The cast will be announced soon.
- 8/28/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Australian director Nadia Tass, director of Malcolm, The Big Steal and last year’s Matching Jack will see a retrospective of her work at the American Cinematheque in La. Tass’s the forthcoming film stars Harvey Keitel and is tentatively titled Fatal Honeymoon, due in theatres in 2013, distributed by Pinnacle.
The announcement:
Australian director Nadia Tass is to be honoured with a major retrospective of her work at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles during August.
The retrospective will screen four of Tass’ most acclaimed films – Malcolm, The Big Steal, Amy and Matching Jack.
Amongst the many honours in her illustrious career, Nadia Tass won multiple Australian Film Institute Awards, including Best Director and Best Film Awards for Malcolm. She and filmmaking partner,David Parker, shared the Byron Kennedy Award in 1986 for their contribution to Australian cinema. Amy received 23 international awards including Best Film at the Paris Film Festival (1999), Grand...
The announcement:
Australian director Nadia Tass is to be honoured with a major retrospective of her work at the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles during August.
The retrospective will screen four of Tass’ most acclaimed films – Malcolm, The Big Steal, Amy and Matching Jack.
Amongst the many honours in her illustrious career, Nadia Tass won multiple Australian Film Institute Awards, including Best Director and Best Film Awards for Malcolm. She and filmmaking partner,David Parker, shared the Byron Kennedy Award in 1986 for their contribution to Australian cinema. Amy received 23 international awards including Best Film at the Paris Film Festival (1999), Grand...
- 8/2/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The American Cinematheque will hold a retrospective during August to honour the work of Australian director Nadia Tass.
The Los Angeles-based retrospective will screen Tass. award winning films Malcolm, The Big Steal, Amy and Matching Jack over a two-night tribute.
Tass, who has just finished directing her latest film Fatal Honeymoon, has previously won awards at the Milan International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, and Asia Pacific Film Festival. She is also the recipient (along with her partner, cinematographer and producer David Parker) of the prestigious Byron Kennedy award for her contribution to the Australian film industry.
Tass, who began her career as an actor on the show Prisoner, has worked consistently in both America and Australia with her Us titles including Pure Luck, The Miracle Worker and Undercover Christmas.
The American Cinematheque tribute will feature Tass discussing her work between film screenings on August 17. Fatal Honeymoon will be released...
The Los Angeles-based retrospective will screen Tass. award winning films Malcolm, The Big Steal, Amy and Matching Jack over a two-night tribute.
Tass, who has just finished directing her latest film Fatal Honeymoon, has previously won awards at the Milan International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, and Asia Pacific Film Festival. She is also the recipient (along with her partner, cinematographer and producer David Parker) of the prestigious Byron Kennedy award for her contribution to the Australian film industry.
Tass, who began her career as an actor on the show Prisoner, has worked consistently in both America and Australia with her Us titles including Pure Luck, The Miracle Worker and Undercover Christmas.
The American Cinematheque tribute will feature Tass discussing her work between film screenings on August 17. Fatal Honeymoon will be released...
- 7/31/2012
- by Rocheen Flaherty
- IF.com.au
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