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 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...
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Me An' Old Charlie
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One Of The Old School
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Nice Goings On
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Mind Your Heads Please
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Billy And Toggie
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The Low Down On Hamlet
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Danny Deever
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Ned Maskell's Friend
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The Old Old Story
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The Truth About Tristan And Isolde
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The Pedlar Of Swaffham
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The Strange Visitor
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Sestina Of The Tramp Royal
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The Pick Of The Basket
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The Long Trail
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King Of The Cats
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Tom Tit Tot
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