Biography
Victor Miller (also credited as Arch McCoy) was an American writer for film and television. He wrote the screenplay for the 1980 horror film Friday the 13th, the only entry in the series with which he was involved, though he is credited with creating the characters of Jason Voorhees and his mother.
Miller wrote for several daytime television series, including All My Children, One Life to Live, Guiding Light, Another World and General Hospital. He shared in three Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on All My Children.
His other film credits include Manny's Orphans (1978) and A Stranger Is Watching (1982). Miller was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 14 May 1940 and died in Alameda, California, on 31 August 2026.
