Bernard Miles

Bernard Miles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bernard James Miles, Baron Miles, CBE (27 September 1907–14 June 1991) was an English character actor, writer and director. He opened the Mermaid Theatre in London in 1959, the first new theatre opened in the City of London since the 17th century. Miles was born in Uxbridge, Middlesex and attended Bishopshalt School in Hillingdon. While his parents were respectively a farm labourer and a cook, he was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford. He entered the theatre in the 1930s, soon appearing in films. Like many actors, he featured prominently in the patriotic cinema during the Second World War, including classics of the genre such as In Which We Serve and One of Our Aircraft Is Missing. He also had an uncredited role in the WWII classic The First of the Few, released in the US as Spitfire. His typical persona as an actor was as a countryman, with a strong accent typical of the Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire counties. He was also, after Robert Newton, the actor most associated with the part of Long John Silver, which he played in a British TV version of Treasure Island, and in an annual performance at the Mermaid commencing in the winter of 1961-62. Actors in the annual theatrical productions included Spike Milligan as Ben Gunn, and, in the 1968 production, Barry Humphries as Long John Silver. It was Miles who, impressed by the talent of John Antrobus originally commissioned him to write a play of some sort. This led to Antrobus collaborating with Milligan to produce a one-act play called The Bed Sitting Room, which was later adapted to a longer play, and staged by Miles at The Mermaid on 31 January 1963, with both critical and commercial success. He had a pleasant rolling bass-baritone voice that worked well in theatre and film, as well as being much in demand for voice-overs. As a performer, he was most well known for a series of comic monologues, often given in a rural dialect. These were recorded and sold as record albums, which were quite popular. Some of his comic monologues are currently available on youtube.com. Miles was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1953, was knighted in 1969, and was granted a life peerage as Baron Miles, of Blackfriars in the City of London in 1979. He was only the second British actor ever to be given a peerage (the first was Laurence Olivier). Miles's written works include "The British Theatre" (1947), "God's Brainwave" (1972), and "Favorite Tales from Shakespeare" (1972). In 1981, he co-authored the book Curtain Calls with J.C. Trewin. He died in Yorkshire. His daughters are the actress Sally Miles and the artist Bridget Miles. His son John Miles was a Grand Prix Driver in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the Lotus team. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Miles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Isihloko: Bernard Miles
  • Ukuthandwa: 3.317
  • Yaziwa ngokuba: Acting
  • Usuku lokuzalwa: 1907-09-27
  • Indawo yokuzalelwa: Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
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Bernard Miles Iimuvi

  • 1956
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    The Man Who Knew Too Much

    The Man Who Knew Too Much

    7.5 1956 HD

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  • 1956
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    Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

    7.057 1956 HD

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  • 1957
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    The Smallest Show on Earth

    The Smallest Show on Earth

    6.6 1957 HD

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  • 1946
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    Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    7.274 1946 HD

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  • 1942
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    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

    6.4 1942 HD

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  • 1959
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    Sapphire

    Sapphire

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  • 1953
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    Never Let Me Go

    Never Let Me Go

    5.6 1953 HD

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  • 1956
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    Tiger in the Smoke

    Tiger in the Smoke

    7.1 1956 HD

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  • 1947
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    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    6.361 1947 HD

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  • 1958
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    Tom Thumb

    Tom Thumb

    6.2 1958 HD

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  • 1969
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    Run Wild, Run Free

    Run Wild, Run Free

    6 1969 HD

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  • 1980
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    Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

    Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

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  • 1957
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    Fortune Is a Woman

    Fortune Is a Woman

    6.7 1957 HD

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  • 1982
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    Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    10 1982 HD

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  • 1941
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    The Common Touch

    The Common Touch

    7 1941 HD

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  • 1941
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    Quiet Wedding

    Quiet Wedding

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  • 1938
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    The Rebel Son

    The Rebel Son

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  • 1948
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    The Guinea Pig

    The Guinea Pig

    7.05 1948 HD

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  • 1938
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    They Drive by Night

    They Drive by Night

    5.8 1938 HD

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  • 1944
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    Tunisian Victory

    Tunisian Victory

    6.2 1944 HD

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  • 1940
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    Pastor Hall

    Pastor Hall

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  • 1946
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    Carnival

    Carnival

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  • 1963
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    Heavens Above!

    Heavens Above!

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  • 1942
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    In Which We Serve

    In Which We Serve

    6.807 1942 HD

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  • 1950
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    Chance of a Lifetime

    Chance of a Lifetime

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  • 1944
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    Two Fathers

    Two Fathers

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  • 1936
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    Twelve Good Men

    Twelve Good Men

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  • 1944
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    Tawny Pipit

    Tawny Pipit

    6.2 1944 HD

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  • 1947
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    Fame Is the Spur

    Fame Is the Spur

    6.5 1947 HD

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  • 1935
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    Late Extra

    Late Extra

    5.5 1935 HD

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  • 1941
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    Freedom Radio

    Freedom Radio

    6.3 1941 HD

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  • 1941
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    The Dawn Guard

    The Dawn Guard

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  • 1938
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    The Challenge

    The Challenge

    5.9 1938 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Spy in Black

    The Spy in Black

    6.4 1939 HD

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  • 1938
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    Strange Boarders

    Strange Boarders

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  • 1935
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    The Love Test

    The Love Test

    6 1935 HD

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  • 1936
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    Crown v. Stevens

    Crown v. Stevens

    6.3 1936 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Citadel

    The Citadel

    6.3 1938 HD

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  • 1940
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    Band Waggon

    Band Waggon

    5 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Contraband

    Contraband

    6.9 1940 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Vision of William Blake

    The Vision of William Blake

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1951
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    Henry Moore

    Henry Moore

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Big Blockade

    The Big Blockade

    6.5 1942 HD

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  • 1956
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    Zarak

    Zarak

    4.7 1956 HD

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  • 1943
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    The New Lot

    The New Lot

    1 1943 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Guv'nor

    The Guv'nor

    7.3 1935 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

    6.3 1952 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Day Will Dawn

    The Day Will Dawn

    5.6 1942 HD

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  • 1957
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    Saint Joan

    Saint Joan

    6.5 1957 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Specialist

    The Specialist

    5.5 1966 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Lion Has Wings

    The Lion Has Wings

    6.2 1939 HD

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  • 1961
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    Barbara Hepworth

    Barbara Hepworth

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1988
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    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    6 1988 HD

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  • 1958
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    Wuthering Heights

    Wuthering Heights

    1 1958 HD

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  • 1988
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    The Lady and the Highwayman

    The Lady and the Highwayman

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  • 1942
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    Sabotage!

    Sabotage!

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  • 1982
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    Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    10 1982 HD

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  • 1969
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    Lock Up Your Daughters

    Lock Up Your Daughters

    4.5 1969 HD

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  • 1950
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    Chance of a Lifetime

    Chance of a Lifetime

    6.3 1950 HD

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  • 1944
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    Tawny Pipit

    Tawny Pipit

    6.2 1944 HD

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  • 1944
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    Tawny Pipit

    Tawny Pipit

    6.2 1944 HD

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  • 1942
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    Thunder Rock

    Thunder Rock

    6.1 1942 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Goose Steps Out

    The Goose Steps Out

    6.4 1942 HD

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  • 1944
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    Tawny Pipit

    Tawny Pipit

    6.2 1944 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Guinea Pig

    The Guinea Pig

    7.05 1948 HD

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  • 1956
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    Nathaniel Titlark

    Nathaniel Titlark

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1951
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    Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    1 1951 HD

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  • 1955
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.4 1955 HD

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  • 1979
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    Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

    6.7 1979 HD

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