James Millhollin

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James Millhollin
One Step Beyond (1960)
Born
Arthur James Millhollin

(1915-08-23)August 23, 1915
Peoria, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMay 23, 1993(1993-05-23) (aged 77)
Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S.
OccupationCharacter actor
Years active1955–1979

Arthur James Millhollin[1] (August 23, 1915 – May 23, 1993) was an American character actor.

Early years

Millhollin was born in Peoria, Illinois.[2]

He grew up in Council Bluffs, Iowa, performing in many school plays, graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1933 and then became active with the Omaha Community Playhouse. [3]

Stage

On Broadway, Millhollin appeared in Saratoga (1959), The Girls in 509 (1958), and No Time for Sergeants (1955).[4]

Television

In 1961, Millhollin also appeared in two

sitcoms: as Osborne in "Pity the Poor Working Girl" on ABC's sitcom Margie and as Harold in two episodes, "Mr. Big Shot" and "The Wedding", of CBS's The Ann Sothern Show. Millhollin was cast as Dr. Heydon in the 1961 episode "Dennis Is a Genius" and as a burglar in "The Uninvited Guest" (1963) on the CBS sitcom Dennis the Menace, starring Jay North in the title role. Near the end of 1961, he guest-starred as Mr. Pinkham in "The Dead End Man," in the series finale of The Investigators.[citation needed] He portrayed a despicable bookkeeper, Ben Otis, in "The Case of the Angry Dead Man" on Perry Mason
.

From 1961 to 1962, he guest-starred in different roles on four episodes of CBS's

Lost In Space
episode "The Great Vegetable Rebellion"; and the next year he played Horace Burkhart in "The Con Man", an episode of the CBS series The Doris Day Show.[citation needed]

He also appeared in the TV series Batman as Alfred Slye, a criminal lawyer for Harry, the evil twin brother to Chandell, portrayed by Liberace.

He also appeared in the pilot of The Brady Bunch as Mr. Pringle.

He also appeared as Humus the funeral director for Felix's bird Albert in a 1970 episode of The Odd Couple.

Death

Millhollin retired to Mississippi, where he died of cancer on May 23, 1993,[5] at the age of 77 in Biloxi.[6]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1958
No Time for Sergeants
 Maj. Royal B. Demming
1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Doctor Tebaldi Season 5 Episode 30: "Insomnia"
1960 The Twilight Zone Mr. Armbruster - Gifts Manager Season 1 Episode 34: "The After Hours"
1961 Everything's Ducky George Imhoff - Lab Assistant
1962 Bon Voyage! Ship's librarian
1962 Zotz! Dr. Kroner
1962 Gypsy Mr. Beckman Uncredited
1963 Under the Yum Yum Tree Thin Man Uncredited
1964 Get Yourself a College Girl Gordon
1966 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken Mr. Milo Maxwell
1966 Frankie and Johnny Proprietor of Costume Shop Uncredited
1966 A Fine Madness Rollie Butter
1967 The Cool Ones Manager
1967 The Perils of Pauline Stafford Uncredited
1968 Never a Dull Moment Museum Director
1971 How to Frame a Figg Funeral Director
1972 Night Call Nurses Dr. Rolland
1973 The Student Teachers Principal Peters
1974 Truck Turner Judge Advocate

References

  1. ISBN 9781613738917
    . Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. ISBN 978-0786477906
    .
  3. ^ 1932-33 Monticello (Thomas Jefferson High School yearbook)p 13
  4. ^ "James Millhollin". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  5. ISBN 9781557832030
    . Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. ^ "James Millhollin Obituary". Sun Herald. 25 May 1993. p. A-2.

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