- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 27, 1907
- Place of Birth
- Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
- Died
- June 14, 1991
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 s…
Filmography
movieThe Lady and the Highwayman
1988 · Judge
movieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Self (archive footage)
movieTreasure Island
1982 · Long John Silver, Writer
movieWhy Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980 · Dr. Thomas
Closing Ranks
movieClosing Ranks
1980 · Sir Alec Ware
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979 · Mr Rummins
movieLock Up Your Daughters
1969 · Writer
movieRun Wild, Run Free
1969 · Reg
movieThe Specialist
1966
movieHeavens Above!
1963 · Simpson
movieBarbara Hepworth
1961 · Narrator
movieSapphire
1959 · Ted Harris
movieTom Thumb
1958 · Jonathan
movieWuthering Heights
1958 · Joseph
The Vision of William Blake
movieThe Vision of William Blake
1958 · Poems & Narration
movieSaint Joan
1957 · Master Executioner
movieThe Smallest Show on Earth
1957 · Old Tom
movieDoctor at Large
1957 · Haymaking Farmer (uncredited)
movieFortune Is a Woman
1957 · Mr. Jerome
movieZarak
1956 · Hassu the one-eyed
movieTiger in the Smoke
1956 · Tiddy Doll the Gang Leader
movieMoby Dick
1956 · The Manxman
movieThe Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 · Edward Drayton
Nathaniel Titlark
tvNathaniel Titlark
1956
tvThis Is Your Life
1955 · Self
movieNever Let Me Go
1953 · Joe Brooks
movieThe Magic Box
1952 · Cousin Alfred
Treasure Island
tvTreasure Island
1951
movieHenry Moore
1951 · Narrator
movieChance of a Lifetime
1950 · Stevens, Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Guinea Pig
1948 · Mr. Read, Screenplay
movieFame Is the Spur
1947 · Tom Hannaway
movieThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947 · Newman Noggs
movieGreat Expectations
1946 · Joe Gargery
movieCarnival
1946 · Trewhella
movieTawny Pipit
1944 · Colonel Barton-Barrington, Director, Writer, Producer
movieTunisian Victory
1944 · British soldier (voice)
Two Fathers
movieTwo Fathers
1944 · The Englishman
movieThe New Lot
1943 · Ted Loman
movieThunder Rock
1942 · Screenplay
movieIn Which We Serve
1942 · Chief Petty Officer Hardy / Walter Hardy
movieThe Goose Steps Out
1942 · Idea
movieThe Day Will Dawn
1942 · McAllister (Irish Soldier)
movieOne of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942 · Geoff Hickman, Front Gunner in B for Bertie
movieThe Big Blockade
1942 · Royal Navy Mate
Sabotage!
movieSabotage!
1942 · Self - Narrator (voice)
movieThe Common Touch
1941 · Cricket Steward
movieQuiet Wedding
1941 · PC
movieFreedom Radio
1941 · Capt. Muller
The Dawn Guard
movieThe Dawn Guard
1941 · Farmer
moviePastor Hall
1940 · Heinrich Degan
movieContraband
1940 · Man Lighting Pipe
movieBand Waggon
1940 · Saboteur (uncredited)
movieThe Lion Has Wings
1939 · Civilian Observer Controller
movieThe Spy in Black
1939 · Hans - Hotel Receptionist
movieThey Drive by Night
1938 · Detective at Billiard Halls (Uncredited)
movieThe Citadel
1938 · Medical Aid Society Committee Member (uncredited)
movieThe Challenge
1938 · Villager
movieStrange Boarders
1938 · Chemist (uncredited)
movieThe Rebel Son
1938 · Polish Prisoner
Secrets of Kew Gardens
movieSecrets of Kew Gardens
1937 · Narrator (voice)
movieCrown v. Stevens
1936 · Detective Wells
Twelve Good Men
movieTwelve Good Men
1936 · Inspector Pine
movieLate Extra
1935 · Charlie (uncredited)
movieThe Guv'nor
1935 · Man at Meeting
movieThe Love Test
1935 · Allan