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That Cold Day in the Park
First hardcover edition of the suspense novel by Richard Miles, the basis for the Robert Altman film starring Sandy Dennis.
182 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1965
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Richard Miles
7 books2 followersPeter Miles was the stage name of American child actor Gerald Richard Perreau-Saussine. After his film career ended, he turned to writing under the pen name Richard Miles.
His first screen appearance was as the uncredited son of Humphrey Bogart's character in Passage to Marseille (1944). Other notable film credits include Enchantment (1948), The Red Pony (1949), and Quo Vadis (1951).
With the advent of television, he began appearing on the small screen, guest starring in episodes of Father Knows Best, The Lone Ranger, and 77 Sunset Strip, among others, and he was a regular on The Betty Hutton Show with his sister, Gigi Perreau, for a year. In 1959, he guest starred (under the name Richard Miles) on Perry Mason as defendant Jimmy Morrow in "The Case of the Spanish Cross".
As Richard Miles, he wrote novels, poetry, and two screenplays. In 1963, he entered his first novel, That Cold Day in the Park, in a Dell Publishing contest; it did not win, but was considered worthy of publication (in 1965); it was made into a film of the same name in 1969. Samuel Goldwyn and his wife personally presented him with the Samuel Goldwyn writing award for his novel Angel Loves Nobody, while he was attending UCLA. His third novel was The Moonbathers.
He was also a schoolteacher and president of the Burbank Teachers Association. In the art world, he compiled catalogs of works of various artists and curated shows from the 1980s to 2001.
His first screen appearance was as the uncredited son of Humphrey Bogart's character in Passage to Marseille (1944). Other notable film credits include Enchantment (1948), The Red Pony (1949), and Quo Vadis (1951).
With the advent of television, he began appearing on the small screen, guest starring in episodes of Father Knows Best, The Lone Ranger, and 77 Sunset Strip, among others, and he was a regular on The Betty Hutton Show with his sister, Gigi Perreau, for a year. In 1959, he guest starred (under the name Richard Miles) on Perry Mason as defendant Jimmy Morrow in "The Case of the Spanish Cross".
As Richard Miles, he wrote novels, poetry, and two screenplays. In 1963, he entered his first novel, That Cold Day in the Park, in a Dell Publishing contest; it did not win, but was considered worthy of publication (in 1965); it was made into a film of the same name in 1969. Samuel Goldwyn and his wife personally presented him with the Samuel Goldwyn writing award for his novel Angel Loves Nobody, while he was attending UCLA. His third novel was The Moonbathers.
He was also a schoolteacher and president of the Burbank Teachers Association. In the art world, he compiled catalogs of works of various artists and curated shows from the 1980s to 2001.
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December 11, 2012
A quick, disturbing, creepy read.
November 6, 2015
Sad and disturbing.
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