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 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.

伯纳德·詹姆斯·迈尔斯（1907 年 9 月 27 日 - 1991 年 6 月 14 日）是一位英国角色演员、作家和导演。他于 1959 年在伦敦开设了美人鱼剧院，这是自 17 世纪以来在伦敦金融城开设的第一家新剧院。 迈尔斯出生于米德尔塞克斯郡的阿克斯布里奇，就读于希灵登的主教学校。虽然他的父母分别是农场工人和厨师，但他在牛津大学彭布罗克学院接受教育。他于 1930 年代进入剧院，很快出现在电影中。像许多演员一样，他在第二次世界大战期间的爱国主义电影中占有重要地位，包括该类型的经典作品，例如《我们服务的地方》和《我们的一架飞机失踪了》。他还在二战经典电影《少数人中的第一个》中扮演了一个不知名的角色，该片在美国以喷火战机的形式发行。

伯納德·詹姆斯·邁爾斯（1907 年 9 月 27 日 - 1991 年 6 月 14 日）是一位英國角色演員、作家和導演。他於 1959 年在倫敦開設了美人魚劇院，這是自 17 世紀以來在倫敦金融城開設的第一家新劇院。 邁爾斯出生於米德爾塞克斯郡的阿克斯布里奇，就讀於希靈登的主教學校。雖然他的父母分別是農場工人和廚師，但他在牛津大學彭布羅克學院接受教育。他於 1930 年代進入劇院，很快出現在電影中。像許多演員一樣，他在第二次世界大戰期間的愛國主義電影中佔有重要地位，包括該類型的經典作品，例如《我們服務的地方》和《我們的一架飛機失蹤了》。他還在二戰經典電影《少數人中的第一個》中扮演了一個不知名的角色，該片在美國以噴火戰機的形式發行。