Bernard Miles

Bernard Miles

Рождение : 1907-09-27, Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK

Смерть : 1991-06-14

История

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.

Профиль

Bernard Miles

Фильмы

The Lady and the Highwayman
Judge
Set in old England, Hugh Grant ("Four Weddings & a Funeral", "Notting Hill") plays a highwayman who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. But during one of his robberies, he falls in love with an aristocratic lady, Emma Samms ("Star Quest", "Delirious"). Now, he is forced to choose between his true love or his true cause. This swash-buckling romantic adventure will have you on the edge of your seat with every swing of Hugh's savage sword.
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
Treasure Island
Writer
Intrigue...comedy...adventure...unforgettable characters and exotic settings - the legendary story of Treasure Island comes to life in this colourful adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's masterpiece. Join these timeless travellers in this wonderful and immortal tale of treasure and treachery!
Treasure Island
Long John Silver
Intrigue...comedy...adventure...unforgettable characters and exotic settings - the legendary story of Treasure Island comes to life in this colourful adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's masterpiece. Join these timeless travellers in this wonderful and immortal tale of treasure and treachery!
Почему не спросили Эванс?
Dr. Thomas
Во время игры в гольф с доктором Томасом Бобби Джоунз находит умирающего мужчину, который очевидно споткнулся о камень и упал с утеса на приморские скалы. Бобби слышит последние слова умирающего: «Почему не Эванс?» Миссис Кэйман опознает мужчину, как Алекса Причарда, своего брата, который недавно вернулся в Великобританию из кругосветного путешествия. Вскоре расследование приводит Бобби и его подругу Фрэнсис в частную клинику для наркоманов, владелец которой доктор Николсон, похоже, сам торгует наркотиками. Теперь им предстоит выяснить, кто такой Эванс, и о чем его или ее нужно спросить…
Lock Up Your Daughters
Writer
Three sailors on leave turn a British town upside down.
Run Wild, Run Free
Reg
Directed by Richard C. Sarafian, this 1969 British children's film stars Mark Lester as a young boy, unable to speak, who befriends both a wild colt with blue eyes and a falcon named "Lady". The cast also includes John Mills, Gordon Jackson and Sylvia Sims.
The Specialist
Lem Putt specializes in building outdoor lavatories.
Heavens Above!
Simpson
A naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class cleric, is by mistake appointed as vicar to a small and prosperous country town. His belief in charity and forgiveness sets him at odds with the conservative and narrow-minded locals, and he soon creates social ructions by appointing a black dustman as his churchwarden, taking in a gypsy family, and persuading the local landowner to provide free food for the church to distribute free to the people of the town. When the congregation leaders realise the mistake and call for the Church of England to remove him, this turns out to be a very, very difficult issue - until one clergyman realises that a British project to send a man into space is in need of an astronaut...
Barbara Hepworth
Narrator
A contemporary of Henry Moore, Yorkshire-born Barbara Hepworth has made Cornwall her home. This film by John Read examines how the Cornish landscapes have influenced Hepworth's work, and the artist takes us through the planning stages in the creation of her sculptures.
Сапфир
Ted Harris
В парке обнаружено тело белой молодой девушки. Полиция начинает расследование и вскоре узнает, что девушка на самом деле была мулаткой с белой кожей. Эта информация приводит полицию к основной версии следствия: "белый цвет кожи девушки-мулатки кому-то очень сильно не нравился".
Мальчик с пальчик
Jonathan
Лесная королева выполняет желание лесоруба Джонатана и его жены Анны.
Wuthering Heights
Joseph
Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation.
Saint Joan
Young Joan of Arc comes to the palace in France to make The Dauphin King of France and is appointed to head the French Army. After winning many battles she is not needed any longer and soon she is thought of as a witch.
The Smallest Show on Earth
Old Tom
Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business—a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. Unfortunately they can't sell it for the fortune they hoped as they discover it is falling down and almost worthless.
Fortune Is a Woman
Mr. Jerome
An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.
Zarak
Hassu the one-eyed
A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.
Tiger in the Smoke
Tiddy Doll the Gang Leader
Having been sent a picture of her husband, a war hero killed in France, Meg Elgin is led to believe he is still alive and arranges a meeting at a London railway station. When she arrives there with the police accompanying her, she catches sight of a man in the distance wearing an old coat of her husband's. When he is pursued and captured, he turns out to be Duds Morrison a former soldier and out-of-work actor recently let out of prison. He refuses to tell them anything, and having nothing they can charge him with, the police release him. His interest aroused by the pictures sent to Meg, her new fiancé Geoffrey Leavitt follows Morrison and tries to demand an answer from him about his sudden appearance masquerading as Meg’s dead husband.
Моби Дик
The Manxman
Измаил, от лица которого ведется повествование, молодой человек, уходит в плавание матросом на китобойном судне «Пекод». Вскоре после отплытия из порта выясняется, что рейс «Пекода» совсем не похож на обычные китобойные рейсы. Капитан «Пекода» Ахаб потерял ногу в схватке с Белым китом- Моби Диком. Теперь он вышел в море, чтобы отыскать чудовище и дать ему ответный решающий бой. Он заявил команде, что намерен преследовать Белого Кита и ничто не заставит его отказаться от погони. Захваченная яростной энергией капитана, команда клянется в ненависти к Белому Киту. Встреча с гигантом произойдет в «его владениях», вблизи от экватора. Схватка продолжится три дня, оставив в живых только одного свидетеля битвы…
Человек, который знал слишком много
Edward Drayton
Доктор Бен и Джо МакКенна, простые, ничего не подозревающие туристы, едут провести отпуск в Марокко. Вместе с ними их сын Хэнк, они наслаждаются отпуском, когда встречают мистера и миссис Дрэйтон, супружескую пару из Англии, и подозрительного, но дружелюбного француза Луи Бернара. Позже, когда Бен и Джо ходят по базару, к ним подбегает араб с ножом в спине. Бен буквально подхватывает падающего араба и, к своему ужасу, узнает, что это переодетый Луи Бернар. Француз успевает прошептать что-то Бену, и тот оказывается втянутым в самый центр международного заговора, участники которого ставят своей целью покушение на высокопоставленную особу, остановить ход событий может только Бен. Хичкок сам появляется в фильме в эпизодической роли, как и его композитор, Бернард Херрманн.
Never Let Me Go
Joe Brooks
An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.
Оставшийся в тени
Cousin Alfred
Фильм посвящен трагической судьбе изобретателя первой в мире кинокамеры Уильяма Фриз-Грина. Свою деятельность Фриз-Грин начал в одной из фотостудий Бристоля и вскоре завоевал признание своими талантливыми снимками. Но ему хочется воспроизвести жизнь в движении. После долгих усилий ему удалось создать необходимый аппарат, но им никто не заинтересовался и бедность не покидала семейство Фриз-Гринов. Он похоронил первую жену, а вторая ушла, не вынеся постоянной нужды. Сыновья вступили в армию во время Первой мировой войны, и Фриз-Грин умер в полной неизвестности, одиноким, без всяких средств к существованию.
Henry Moore
Narrator
A documentary on the work of artist Henry Moore.
Chance of a Lifetime
Director
The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.
Chance of a Lifetime
Stevens
The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.
The Guinea Pig
Screenplay
A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together.
The Guinea Pig
Mr. Read
A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together.
Во имя славы
Tom Hannaway
Действие начинается в 1870 году, когда Хэмер Рэдшо, нищий работяга с Севера, посвящает свою жизнь борьбе за лучшую долю для рабочих. Меч, который его дед подобрал в 1819 году в Питерлоо (1819 год) при кровавом подавлении рабочих волнений, поднявших бунт за «хлеб и свободу», становится его символом и талисманом. Обладая внешней привлекательностью и обаянием, он может вдохновить рабочих на смерть во имя дела, а став членом лейбористского парламента, он выбирает линию наименьшего сопротивления, жертвуя старыми друзьями и заводя новых, которые ему нужны.
Жизнь и приключения Николаса Никльби
Newman Noggs
Англия, XIX век. Когда отец Николаса Никльби умирает и оставляет свою семью без средств к существованию, его дядя, жадный ростовщик Ральф Никльби, находит племяннику работу в отталкивающей школе в Йоркшире. Николас сбегает оттуда, взяв с собой одного гонимого мальчика по имени Смайк, и они присоединяются к актерской труппе. Потом Николасу пришлось защищать Смайка, сестру Кэйт от попыток дяди извлечь выгоду, и затем его возлюбленную Меделайн Брэй, чей отец погряз в долгах.
Большие надежды
Joe Gargery
В окрестностях Рочестера, старинного городка к юго-востоку от Лондона, жил семилетний мальчик, прозванный Пипом. Он остался без родителей, и воспитывала его взбалмошная старшая сестра. Её мужем был кузнец Джо Гарджери - светловолосый великан, покладистый и простоватый, только он, как мог, защищал Пипа. Однажды серая жизнь Пипа изменилась в корне, и началось это в тот день, когда мальчик столкнулся на кладбище с беглым каторжником. Тот под страхом смерти потребовал принести "жратвы и напильник", чтобы освободиться от кандалов. Скольких усилий стоило парнишке тайком собрать и передать узелок, но именно этот добрый поступок в последствии привел к целой череде удивительных историй и превращений, которые произошли в его жизни…
Carnival
Trewhella
Story of a ballet dancer of the Edwardian era. From the novel by Compton Mackenzie.
Tawny Pipit
Producer
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
Tawny Pipit
Colonel Barton-Barrington
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
Tawny Pipit
Writer
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
Tawny Pipit
Director
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
Tunisian Victory
British soldier (voice)
Documentary made by the U.S. Army Signal Corps after the North African campaign.
The New Lot
Ted Loman
A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.
Thunder Rock
Screenplay
David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash his paychecks and has no contact other than the monthly inspector's visit. When alone, he imagines conversations with those who died when a 19th century packet ship with some 60 passengers sank. He imagines their lives, their problems, their fears and their hopes. In one of these conversations, he recalls his own efforts in the 1930s when he desperately tried to convince first his editors, and later the public, of the dangers of fascism and the inevitability of war. Few would listen. One of the passengers, a spinster, tells her story of seeking independence from a world dominated by men. There's also the case of a doctor who is banished for using unacceptable methods. David has given up on life, but the imaginary passengers give him hope for the future.
... в котором мы служим
Chief Petty Officer Hardy / Walter Hardy
История команды маленького корабля, знавшей о своей обреченности и все же честно выполнившей долг.
The Goose Steps Out
Idea
Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.
The Day Will Dawn
McAllister (Irish Soldier)
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat is attacked by a German U-Boat, however when he tells the navy about it they do not believe him and, to make matters worse, he is removed from his job. When German forces invade Norway, Metcalfe returns determined to uncover what is going on and stop the Germans in their tracks.
Один из наших самолетов не вернулся
Geoff Hickman, Front Gunner in B for Bertie
Бомбардировщик английских ВВС Vickers Wellington по имени «Б — значит Берти» (англ. B for Bertie) разбивается в Нидерландах недалеко от Зёйдерзе во время бомбометательного вылета по Штутгарту. Его экипажу (двум пилотам, двум стрелкам, радисту и навигатору) приходится прыгать с парашютом. Пятеро из них быстро находят друг друга, но шестой их товарищ пропал. Вскоре группа встречает нескольких местных жителей под предводительством школьной учительницы Элсе Мертенс, знающей английский язык. Поначалу голландцы не верят лётчикам, так как не видели никакой авиакатастрофы, но вскоре соглашаются помочь потерпевшим крушение, несмотря на некоторые опасения. Замаскированные англичане в сопровождении множества местных жителей отправляются на велосипедах на футбольный матч, где их передают в попечение местному бургомистру. Там же неожиданно и обнаруживается потерявшийся член экипажа. Англичане незамеченными почти достигают моря, но в последний момент их обнаруживает часовой...
The Big Blockade
Royal Navy Mate
Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
The Common Touch
Cricket Steward
The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
Quiet Wedding
PC
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
Freedom Radio
Capt. Muller
Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps. His wife is courted by the party and accepts a political post in Berlin. Meanwhile Dr Karl decides to try to do something to counteract the Nazi propaganda and with the help of an engineer and a few friends he sets up the Freedom Radio to counteract the Nazi propaganda.
The Dawn Guard
Farmer
The work of the Home Guard.
Pastor Hall
Heinrich Degan
This film is based on the true story of Pastor Martin Neimuller, who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticising the Nazi party. The small German village of Altdorf in the 1930's has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers (preceded by a flock of sheep). The Stormtrooper go about teaching and enforcing 'The New Order' but Pastor Hall is a kind and gentle man who won't be cowed. Some villagers join the Nazi party avidly, some just go along with things, hoping for a quiet life but Pastor Hall takes his convictions to the pulpit.
Contraband
Man Lighting Pipe
When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved in a beautiful British Naval Intelligent agent's efforts to capture a group of German spies operating from a London cinema.
Band Waggon
Saboteur (uncredited)
A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.
The Lion Has Wings
Civilian Observer Controller
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.
The Spy in Black
Hans - Hotel Receptionist
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
They Drive by Night
Detective at Billiard Halls (Uncredited)
“Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community. Meanwhile, the real killer, unassuming ex-schoolteacher Walter Hoover, continues to prey on London women. As Shorty had feared he has become the main suspect. He returns to London with old flame Molly to prove his innocence.
Цитадель
Medical Aid Society Committee Member (uncredited)
Молодой доктор Эндрю Мэнсон работал в маленьком шахтерском городке, но понял, что не может справиться с истинными причинами тяжелых болезней, которыми страдали бедные рабочие люди. Он переехал в Лондон, где приятель подсказал Мэнсону, как можно "раскручивать" богатых клиентов...
The Challenge
Villager
Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.
Странные пограничники
Chemist (uncredited)
Довоенный разведчик Томми Блайт прерывает свой медовый месяц, чтобы расследовать обнаружение жизненно важных чертежей министерства авиации на женщину, погибшую в дорожно-транспортном происшествии в Лондоне. Тропа ведет к пансиону в Ноттинг-Хилле и его разнообразным жильцам.
The Rebel Son
Polish Prisoner
During the 16th century the Cossacks and their Ukraine homeland is ruled by Poland. This is the story of the leader of the Cossacks and how his son was sent to study under the Poles to learn how to defeat them in battle. However, the son falls in love with the daughter of a Polish nobleman.
Crown v. Stevens
Detective Wells
When an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is suprised find he is a real skinflint. She owes a lot of money to a loan-shark who is after her. However, her husband does carry a lot of insurance
Twelve Good Men
Inspector Pine
A convicted killer escapes and seeks revenge on the jurors who put him in prison. He kills two of them and the rest end up hiding in the large home of another juror, an actor. It is the actor who saves them from the murderous fugitive.
Late Extra
Charlie (uncredited)
A newspaper reporter sets out to track down the murderer of a policeman.
The Guv'nor
Man at Meeting
The Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss as a tramp who rides a series of misunderstandings and becomes the president of a bank.
The Love Test
Allan
Romance set in a chemical factory.