Bernard Miles
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 27, 1907, Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
- Died
- June 14, 1991
- Movies
- 65
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1988 | The Lady and the Highwayman | Judge |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Treasure Island | Long John Silver |
| 1980 | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Dr. Thomas |
| 1980 | Closing Ranks | Sir Alec Ware |
| 1969 | Run Wild, Run Free | Reg |
| 1966 | The Specialist | |
| 1963 | Heavens Above! | Simpson |
| 1961 | Barbara Hepworth | Narrator |
| 1959 | Sapphire | Ted Harris |
| 1958 | Tom Thumb | Jonathan |
| 1958 | Wuthering Heights | Joseph |
| 1958 | The Vision of William Blake | Poems & Narration |
| 1957 | Saint Joan | Master Executioner |
| 1957 | The Smallest Show on Earth | Old Tom |
| 1957 | Doctor at Large | Haymaking Farmer (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Fortune Is a Woman | Mr. Jerome |
| 1956 | Zarak | Hassu the one-eyed |
| 1956 | Tiger in the Smoke | Tiddy Doll the Gang Leader |
| 1956 | Moby Dick | The Manxman |
| 1956 | The Man Who Knew Too Much | Edward Drayton |
| 1953 | Never Let Me Go | Joe Brooks |
| 1952 | The Magic Box | Cousin Alfred |
| 1951 | Henry Moore | Narrator |
| 1950 | Chance of a Lifetime | Stevens |
| 1948 | The Guinea Pig | Mr. Read |
| 1947 | Fame Is the Spur | Tom Hannaway |
| 1947 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Newman Noggs |
| 1946 | Great Expectations | Joe Gargery |
| 1946 | Carnival | Trewhella |
| 1944 | Tawny Pipit | Colonel Barton-Barrington |
| 1944 | Tunisian Victory | British soldier (voice) |
| 1944 | Two Fathers | The Englishman |
| 1943 | The New Lot | Ted Loman |
| 1942 | In Which We Serve | Chief Petty Officer Hardy / Walter Hardy |
| 1942 | The Day Will Dawn | McAllister (Irish Soldier) |
| 1942 | One of Our Aircraft Is Missing | Geoff Hickman, Front Gunner in B for Bertie |
| 1942 | The Big Blockade | Royal Navy Mate |
| 1942 | Sabotage! | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1941 | The Common Touch | Cricket Steward |
| 1941 | Quiet Wedding | PC |
| 1941 | Freedom Radio | Capt. Muller |
| 1941 | The Dawn Guard | Farmer |
| 1940 | Pastor Hall | Heinrich Degan |
| 1940 | Contraband | Man Lighting Pipe |
| 1940 | Band Waggon | Saboteur (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Lion Has Wings | Civilian Observer Controller |
| 1939 | The Spy in Black | Hans - Hotel Receptionist |
| 1938 | They Drive by Night | Detective at Billiard Halls (Uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Citadel | Medical Aid Society Committee Member (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Challenge | Villager (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Strange Boarders | Chemist (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Rebel Son | Polish Prisoner |
| 1937 | Secrets of Kew Gardens | Narrator (voice) |
| 1936 | Crown v. Stevens | Detective Wells |
| 1936 | Twelve Good Men | Inspector Pine |
| 1935 | Late Extra | Charlie (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Guv'nor | Man at Meeting |
| 1935 | The Love Test | Allan |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1982 | Treasure Island | Writer |
| 1969 | Lock Up Your Daughters | Writer |
| 1950 | Chance of a Lifetime | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1948 | The Guinea Pig | Screenplay |
| 1944 | Tawny Pipit | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1942 | Thunder Rock | Screenplay |
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