David Miles (c. 1871 – October 28, 1915) was an American actor and director. Born in
Milford, Connecticut
Milford is a coastal city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, located between New Haven and Bridgeport. The population was 50,558 at the 2020 United States Census. The city includes the village of Devon and the borough of Woodmon ...
, he became a Hollywood actor, and he later owned David Miles, Inc., "a motion picture manufacturing company" based in
Los Angeles, California
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. He died of tuberculosis in New York City, at age 44.
Partial filmography
As actor
:''All 1909 shorts, unless otherwise noted.''
* ''The Helping Hand''
* ''
The Maniac Cook
''The Maniac Cook'' is a 1909 American silent thriller film produced by the Biograph Company of New York, directed by D. W. Griffith, and starring Anita Hendrie in the title role. Principal cast members also include Harry Solter and Marion Leon ...
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* ''
The Honor of Thieves
''The Honor of Thieves'' is a 1909 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.
Cast
* Florence Lawrence as Rachel Einstein
* Harry Solter as Mr. Einstein
* George Gebhardt as Musician
* Anita Hendrie as At Dance
* Arthur V. J ...
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* ''
Love Finds a Way
''Love Finds a Way'' is a 1909 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.
Cast
* Anita Hendrie as The Duchess
* Arthur V. Johnson as The Duke
* Marion Leonard as Their Daughter
* Harry Solter as One of the Daughter's Suitor ...
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* ''
A Rural Elopement
''A Rural Elopement'' is a 1909 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.
Cast
* Linda Arvidson as Cynthia Stebbins
* George Gebhardt as Hank Hopkins
* Harry Solter as Hungry Henry
* David Miles as Dad Stebbins
* John R. Cu ...
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* ''
The Criminal Hypnotist''
* ''
The Welcome Burglar
''The Welcome Burglar'' is a 1909 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.
Cast
* Marion Leonard as Alice Pierce
* Harry Solter as Ben Harris
* Charles Inslee as Employer / Husband
* Linda Arvidson as The Maid
* Edwin Aug ...
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* ''
The Cord of Life''
* ''
The Girls and Daddy''
* ''
The Brahma Diamond
''The Brahma Diamond'' is a 1909 American silent film, silent short film, short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith.
Cast
* Harry Solter as A Tourist
* George Gebhardt as A Guard
* Florence Lawrence as The Guard's Sweetheart
* David Miles as ...
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* ''
Edgar Allen Poe''
* ''
A Wreath in Time
''A Wreath in Time'' is a 1909 American silent comedy film written and directed by D. W. Griffith, produced by the Biograph Company of New York City, and co-starring Mack Sennett and Florence Lawrence.Niver, Kemp R. ''Early Motion Pictures: The ...
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* ''
Tragic Love''
* ''
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals''
* ''
His Wife's Mother''
* ''
The Politician's Love Story''
* ''
At the Altar
''At the Altar'' is a 1909 American silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey where early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century. A p ...
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* ''
The Prussian Spy''
* ''
The Wooden Leg''
* ''
The Roue's Heart''
* ''
The Voice of the Violin''
* ''
The Deception''
* ''
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them''
* ''
A Burglar's Mistake
''A Burglar's Mistake'' is a 1909 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film was released on March 25, 1909 by Biograph Company and was met with liked viewrs. The film is presumed lost.
Cast
* Harry Solter as Henry ...
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* ''
A Drunkard's Reformation''
* ''
Trying to Get Arrested''
* ''
The Road to the Heart
''The Road to the Heart'' is a 1909 American short film, a dramedy directed by D. W. Griffith and produced by the Biograph Company of New York City. Starring David Miles (actor), David Miles, Anita Hendrie and Herbert Yost, the production was fil ...
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* ''
Lucky Jim
''Lucky Jim'' is a novel by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1954 by Victor Gollancz. It was Amis's first novel and won the 1955 Somerset Maugham Award for fiction. The novel follows the exploits of the eponymous James (Jim) Dixon, a reluctan ...
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Lady Helen's Escapade
''Lady Helen's Escapade'' is a short American comedy film produced in 1909, directed by D. W. Griffith. It is about the escapades of Lady Helen working as a domestic in a boarding house.
In 2004, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or a ...
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* ''
Two Memories
''Two Memories'' is a 1909 American silent short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film marks the onscreen debut of Mary Pickford.
Cast
* Marion Leonard as Marion Francis
* David Miles as Henry Lawrence
* Mary Pickford as Marion's S ...
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* ''
The Cricket on the Hearth
''The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home'' is a novella by Charles Dickens, published by Bradbury and Evans, and released 20 December 1845 with illustrations by Daniel Maclise, John Leech, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield and Edwin ...
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* ''
The Violin Maker of Cremona
''The Violin Maker of Cremona'' is a 1909 silent film drama short directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Herbert Prior and Mary Pickford. It was produced and distributed by the Biograph Company.
The same story was filmed again in 1910 by Pathe. ...
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* ''
The Lonely Villa''
* ''
An Outcast Among Outcasts'' (1912 short)
As director
* ''The Closed Bible'' (1912 short)
* ''
The Scarlet Letter
''The Scarlet Letter: A Romance'' is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. Set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, ...
'' (1913 short)
References
External links
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1870s births
1915 deaths
20th-century American male actors
20th-century deaths from tuberculosis
American film directors
Male actors from Los Angeles
People from Milford, Connecticut
Tuberculosis deaths in New York (state)
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