Ron W. Miller
Ron W. Miller was born in United States of America, United States on April 17th, 1933 and is the Entrepreneur. At the age of 85, Ron W. Miller biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Ronald William Miller (April 17, 1933 – February 9, 2019) was an American businessman and professional American football player.
He served as president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company from 1978 to 1984, and was president of the Walt Disney Family Museum's board of directors.
Miller was Walt Disney's son-in-law.
Early life
Ronald William Miller was born near Los Angeles. Stella (Bennett) was a candy factory and John W. Miller, a retired tire salesman who immigrated from Canada before his son's birth.
He was enrolled in the Sigma Chi Fraternity at the University of Southern California, where he competed on the Trojan Football Team and was introduced to the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Miller played in the Army and played professional football until he was knocked unconscious during a game in which Walt Disney was in attendance. Dale Pollock, a television journalist, interviewed Miller in August 1984: "Ita" was a word that came to mind.
"When I was with the Los Angeles Rams, my father-in-law saw me play in two football games." I caught a pass and Dick 'Night Train' Lane allowed me to have it from the back, and I was able to see it from the front. His forearm squeaked through my nostrils and knocked me unconscious. In about the third quarter, I awakened. Walt came to me at the end of the season and said, "You know, I don't want to be the father to your children." You're going to die out there.How about coming to work with me?'
I did, and it was a wise decision on my part. I'm extremely proud of being a professional athlete. I believe it teaches you to be flexible, to face challenges, and to see things through. I acknowledge that some people have a reputation for jocks, but I think that has certainly changed over the years."Personal life
After playing in a football game, Miller was introduced to 20-year-old student Diane Disney on a blind date. On May 9, 1954, they married in a small Episcopal church service in Santa Barbara.
On February 9, 2019, Miller died as a result of congestive heart disease at the age of 85 in Napa, California.
Career
Miller began working at Walt Disney Productions for a few months as a liaison between WED Enterprises and Disneyland before being called into the Army later this year. He played professional football when he returned home from the Army, but Walt Disney encouraged him to return to work for the Army later.
On Old Yeller (1957), Disney sponsored his son-in-law and brought him into the Screen Director's Guild, and Miller took him on as a second assistant. He soon rose to a variety of executive positions and also directed some of Disney lead-ins for the popular weekly Disney television show.
Clint Walker walked out of the famous Warner Bros. television western Cheyenne in 1958 for a variety of reasons. Bill Orr, Jack L. Warner's son-in-law, called in Miller to audition as Walker's replacement, and was impressed enough to schedule a screen test. Disney stepped in and told Miller that he was groomed for the role of producer, not actor. Walker worked out his differences with Warner Bros. and returned to the show in 1959. As a result, Miller never tried acting again.
Rather, Miller spent his time in film production, and his co-producer credits appeared on films including Son of Flubber (1963), Summer Magic (1963), and That Darn Cat! (1965) The United States is a republic in the United States. Never a Dull Moment (1968), his first film with full producer credit, was Never a Dull Moment (1968).
Miller was named executive producer on films including Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), Freaky Friday (1976), Pete's Dragon (1977), Tron (1982), and The Black Cauldron (1985).
In 1980 and 1983, Miller became president of Walt Disney Productions and CEO in 1983. Miller pushed the corporation to expand and discover by inventing the Touchstone brand and the Disney Channel in 1983. Miller, like Walt before him, was an entrepreneur (1982), who worked with Tim Burton on stop-motion animation shorts; and planting the seeds for future projects, including Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). When asked why he made Touchstone, he replied with this.
"I watched Walt's agony by being a G-rated business, though many other businesses are making...films about sex and stuff like that." We had tunnel vision, but we couldn't break apart from that. One day, Walt said, 'I've got a film I'm watching tonight, why don't you come on over?' So Diane and I went over there. To Kill a Mockingbird was the film. "I wish I could make a film like this," Walt said as it was over.
Disney became the object of corporate raiders and takeover bids under his leadership, and many influential shareholders have slammed Miller's leadership. Roy E. Disney (son of Walt Disney's brother Roy), Stanley Gold, and shareholder Sid Bass were fired from Miller in 1984 in favour of a trio of non-Disney executives, Michael Eisner, Frank Wells, and Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Miller and Diane returned to Napa Valley, which became their permanent home after Miller left The Walt Disney Company in 1984. Silverado Vineyards was founded in 1981, four years after the first acreage was purchased near the tiny town of Yountville, California. The pair, who also helped restore local riverbanks and creek beds, and advocated for the use of solar power and hybrid-engine technologies in the wine industry, were among the many environmental causes involved in winemaking.