Bernard Miles
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
The Lady and the Highwayman
Film • 1988
jako Judge
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Film • 1987
jako Self (archive footage)
Treasure Island
Film • 1982
jako Long John Silver
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Film • 1980
jako Dr. Thomas
Closing Ranks
Film • 1980
jako Sir Alec Ware
Tales of the Unexpected
Serial • 1979
jako Mr Rummins
Dziki i swobodny
Film • 1969
jako Reg
The Specialist
Film • 1966
Heavens Above!
Film • 1963
jako Simpson
Barbara Hepworth
Film • 1961
jako Narrator
Safira
Film • 1959
jako Ted Harris
Tomcio Paluch
Film • 1958
jako Jonathan
Wuthering Heights
Film • 1958
jako Joseph
The Vision of William Blake
Film • 1958
jako Poems & Narration
Treasure Island
Serial • 1957
jako Long John Silver
Saint Joan
Film • 1957
jako Master Executioner
The Smallest Show on Earth
Film • 1957
jako Old Tom
Doctor at Large
Film • 1957
jako Haymaking Farmer (uncredited)
Fortune Is a Woman
Film • 1957
jako Mr. Jerome
Zarak
Film • 1956
jako Hassu the one-eyed
Tiger in the Smoke
Film • 1956
jako Tiddy Doll the Gang Leader
Moby Dick
Film • 1956
jako The Manxman
Człowiek, który wiedział za dużo
Film • 1956
jako Edward Drayton
Nathaniel Titlark
Serial • 1956
This Is Your Life
Serial • 1955
jako Self
Never Let Me Go
Film • 1953
jako Joe Brooks
The Magic Box
Film • 1952
jako Cousin Alfred
Henry Moore
Film • 1951
jako Narrator
Chance of a Lifetime
Film • 1950
jako Stevens
The Guinea Pig
Film • 1948
jako Mr. Read
Fame Is the Spur
Film • 1947
jako Tom Hannaway
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Film • 1947
jako Newman Noggs
Great Expectations
Film • 1946
jako Joe Gargery
Carnival
Film • 1946
jako Trewhella
Tawny Pipit
Film • 1944
jako Colonel Barton-Barrington
Tunisian Victory
Film • 1944
jako British soldier (voice)
Two Fathers
Film • 1944
jako The Englishman
The New Lot
Film • 1943
jako Ted Loman
In Which We Serve
Film • 1942
jako Chief Petty Officer Hardy / Walter Hardy
The Day Will Dawn
Film • 1942
jako McAllister (Irish Soldier)
Jeden z naszych samolotów zaginął
Film • 1942
jako Geoff Hickman, Front Gunner in B for Bertie
The Big Blockade
Film • 1942
jako Royal Navy Mate
Sabotage!
Film • 1942
jako Self - Narrator (voice)
The Common Touch
Film • 1941
jako Cricket Steward
Quiet Wedding
Film • 1941
jako PC
Freedom Radio
Film • 1941
jako Capt. Muller
The Dawn Guard
Film • 1941
jako Farmer
Pastor Hall
Film • 1940
jako Heinrich Degan
Contraband
Film • 1940
jako Man Lighting Pipe
Band Waggon
Film • 1940
jako Saboteur (uncredited)
The Lion Has Wings
Film • 1939
jako Civilian Observer Controller
The Spy in Black
Film • 1939
jako Hans - Hotel Receptionist
They Drive by Night
Film • 1938
jako Detective at Billiard Halls (Uncredited)
The Citadel
Film • 1938
jako Medical Aid Society Committee Member (uncredited)
The Challenge
Film • 1938
jako Villager (uncredited)
Strange Boarders
Film • 1938
jako Chemist (uncredited)
The Rebel Son
Film • 1938
jako Polish Prisoner
Secrets of Kew Gardens
Film • 1937
jako Narrator (voice)
Crown v. Stevens
Film • 1936
jako Detective Wells
Twelve Good Men
Film • 1936
jako Inspector Pine
Late Extra
Film • 1935
jako Charlie (uncredited)
The Guv'nor
Film • 1935
jako Man at Meeting
The Love Test
Film • 1935
jako Allan