Winston Miller launched his film career as a juvenile actor in such silent classics as The Iron Horse (1924) and Stella Dallas (1926). After attending Princeton University, Miller returned to films in 1937 as a Republic screenwriter. He contributed sans credit to the script of Gone with the Wind, then went on to write several "B" pictures. Graduating to "A" productions at 20th Century-Fox, Miller worked on such important productions as My Darling Clementine (1946), directed by The Iron Horse's John Ford. After leaving films in 1959, Winston Miller moved into television, ultimately serving as producer for the weekly TV series Cannon (1971-76).