Miles Mander (born Lionel Henry Mander; 14 May 1888 – 8 February 1946), was an English character actor of the early Hollywood cinema, also a film director and producer, and a playwright and novelist. He was sometimes credited as Luther Miles.

Early life

Miles Mander was the second son of Theodore Mander, builder of

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, of the prominent

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, industrialists and public servants of

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, England. He was the younger brother of

Geoffrey Mander Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander (6 March 1882 – 9 September 1962) was a Midland industrialist and chairman of Mander Brothers Ltd., paint and varnish manufacturers in Wolverhampton, England, an art collector and Liberal parliamentarian. Ea ...

, the Liberal

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. He was educated at

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(The Grove House 1901- Easter 1903), Loretto School (in Canada) and

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. He soon broke away from the predictable mould of business and philanthropy. He was an early aviator, a pioneer pilot, flying his Louis Blériot at Pau in 1909 and at the first all-British aviation meeting in July 1910. He won the cup for the first official flight at

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in 1910, and acquired and built

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with

Claude Grahame-White Claude Grahame-White (21 August 1879 – 19 August 1959) was an English pioneer of aviation, and the first to make a night flight, during the ''Daily Mail''-sponsored 1910 London to Manchester air race. Early life Claude Grahame-White was born ...

. He started free ballooning in 1912 and qualified as a pilot, gaining his Royal Aero Club certificate no. 31 on 17 June 1913. He served as a captain in the

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, 1915-19. He spent his twenties in New Zealand farming sheep, with his uncle, Martin Mander.

Film career

Miles Mander entered the British film industry as a writer, producer, and actor, often working with

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. In 1925, he appeared in two

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productions: ''The Prude's Fall'' (1925) and ''The Pleasure Garden'' (1926). The former was

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last film as an assistant director to

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and the latter was Hitchcock's directorial debut. In 1926–7 he made a series of pioneering sound films. Later he collaborated with

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, Hitchcock's wife, on the script of '' The First Born'' (1928), his feature debut as director, in which he co-starred with

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. Carroll reappeared in his third film, '' Fascination'' (1931). Mander is better remembered for his character portrayals of oily villains, many of them English gentlemen or upper crust cads – such as Cardinal Richelieu in the musical film ''

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'' (1939), a spoof in which the

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played lackeys who substituted for the real Musketeers. In his Hollywood debut, he had portrayed King

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in the much more serious 1935 version of that same Alexandre Dumas, père classic. One of his meatiest performances came as a dual role in the 1939 serial ''

Daredevils of the Red Circle ''Daredevils of the Red Circle'' (1939) is a 12-chapter Republic Movie Serial starring Charles Quigley, David Sharpe, Herman Brix (better known under his subsequent stage name, Bruce Bennett), Carole Landis, Miles Mander (in a dual role) an ...

'', in which he played both a kindly industrialist and the ruthless villain who impersonates him (played "out of makeup" by Charles Middleton). Other famous film credits included ''

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'' (1939) with

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and

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, in which he played Mr. Lockwood, the new tenant at the Grange, who is told the story of Cathy and Heathcliff. In the English version of

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's ''

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'' (1933), he played the Duke who invites Don Quixote and Sancho Panza to his castle, and in the original ''

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'' (1942), he was one of the two British officers to whom

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first reveals his suspicions about the treacherous Professor Siletsky (

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Personal life

His first wife was Prativa Sundari Devi, a princess of

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. She was the daughter of

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Nripendra Narayan Maharaja Nripendra Narayan (4 October 1862 – 18 September 1911) was the Maharaja of the princely state of Cooch Bihar, India, from 1863 to 1911. Early life Nripendra Narayan was only ten months old when his father, Narendra Narayan, died in ...

and Maharani Suniti Devi of Cooch Behar and paternal aunt of

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, Maharani of Jaipur. His second wife was Kathleen ('Bunty') French, of Sydney, Australia, by whom he had a son, Theodore,Mosley, Charles, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, 3 volumes (Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2589, sub Mander baronetcy of the Mount .K. cr. 1911. to whom he dedicated a book of memoirs and advice, ''To My Son—in Confidence'' (1934). He died suddenly of a heart attack at the

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restaurant in Los Angeles, aged 57. He is currently buried at Ocean View Burial Park in Burnaby, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.

Filmography

As actor

* ''

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'' (1920) (film debut) * '' A Scandal in Bohemia'' (1921) as Godfrey Norton * ''

The Place of Honour ''The Place of Honour'' is a 1921 British silent adventure film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Hugh Buckler, Madge White and Miles Mander.Low p.428 It is based on a short story by Ethel M. Dell set in British India. Cast * Hugh Buc ...

'' (1921) as Lt. Devereaux * '' Half a Truth'' (1922) as Marquis Sallast * ''

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'' (1922) as Honorable William Chevenix * ''

Lovers in Araby ''Lovers in Araby'' is a 1924 British silent adventure film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Annette Benson, Miles Mander and Norman Penrose. Much of the film was shot on location in North Africa.Low p.148-149 Cast * Annette Benson as N ...

'' (1924) as Derek Fare * '' The Pleasure Garden'' (1925) as Levett * ''

The Prude's Fall ''The Prude's Fall'' is a 1925 British silent film, silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jane Novak, Julanne Johnston and Warwick Ward. The film was shot at Islington Studios, produced by a company that would soon develop int ...

'' (1925) as Sir Neville Moreton * ''

London Love ''London Love'' is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Fay Compton, John Stuart and Miles Mander. It was an adaptation of the novel ''Whirlpool'' by Arthur Applin. The screenplay concerns a young woman ...

'' (1926) as Sir James Daring * ''

Tip Toes ''Tip Toes'' is a 1927 British silent film comedy-drama, directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Gish and Will Rogers. The film is a loose adaptation of the stage musical '' Tip-Toes'', with the action transferred from Florida to Lon ...

'' (1927) as Rollo Stevens * '' The Fake'' (1927) as Honourable Gerald Pillick * '' Parisiennes'' (1928) as Armand de Marny * ''

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'' (1928) as Mr. Borwick * ''

The King of Carnival ''The Joker'' (Danish: ''Jokeren'') is a 1928 Danish-German silent drama film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Henry Edwards, Elga Brink, Miles Mander and Renée Héribel. It is based upon the 1927 play ''The Joker'' by Noel Scott. The fi ...

'' (1928) as Borwick * '' The Physician'' (1928) as Walter Amphiel * '' Balaclava'' (1928) as Captain Gardner * '' The First Born'' (1928) as Sir Hugo Boycott * ''

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'' (1929) as Adolf Sperber * ''

The Crooked Billet ''The Crooked Billet'' is a 1929 British drama film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Madeleine Carroll, Carlyle Blackwell and Miles Mander. It was released in both silent and sound versions, as its production came as the industry was sh ...

'' (1929) as Guy Morrow * '' Loose Ends'' (1930) as Raymond Carteret * ''

Murder! ''Murder!'' is a 1930 British thriller film co-written and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring and Edward Chapman. Written by Hitchcock, his wife Alma Reville and Walter C. Mycroft, it is based on the 19 ...

'' (1930) as Gordon Druce * ''

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'' (1931) as Gordon Moore * ''

The Missing Rembrandt ''The Missing Rembrandt'' is a 1932 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Arthur Wontner, Jane Welsh, Miles Mander, and Francis L. Sullivan. It is considered a lost film. The film was loosely based on the 1904 Sherloc ...

'' (1932) as Claude Holford * '' Lily Christine'' (1932) as Ambatriadi * ''

That Night in London ''That Night in London'' is a 1932 British crime film directed by Rowland V. Lee, produced by Alexander Korda, and written by Dorothy Greenhill and Arthur Wimperis. It stars Robert Donat, Pearl Argyle, Miles Mander and Roy Emerton. It was relea ...

'' (1932) as Harry Tresham * '' Bitter Sweet'' (1933) as Captain Auguste Lutte * ''

'' (1933) as The Duke of Fallanga * '' Loyalties'' (1933) as Capt. Ronald Dancy, DSO * ''

The Private Life of Henry VIII ''The Private Life of Henry VIII'' is a 1933 British film directed and co-produced by Alexander Korda and starring Charles Laughton, Robert Donat, Merle Oberon and Elsa Lanchester. It was written by Lajos Bíró and Arthur Wimperis for London F ...

'' (1933) as Wriothesley * '' Matinee Idol'' (1933) as Harley Travers * ''

The Four Masked Men ''The Four Masked Men'' is a 1934 British crime film directed by George Pearson and starring John Stuart, Judy Kelly and Richard Cooper. It was adapted by Cyril Campion from his play, "The Masqueraders." Its plot concerns a man who hunts do ...

'' (1934) as Rodney Fraser * '' The Battle'' (1934) as Feize * ''

The Case for the Crown ''The Case for the Crown'' is a 1934 British crime film directed by George A. Cooper (director), George A. Cooper and starring Miles Mander, Meriel Forbes and Whitmore Humphries. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quic ...

'' (1934) as James L. Barton * ''

Death Drives Through ''Death Drives Through'' is a 1935 British sports drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Chili Bouchier, Robert Douglas and Miles Mander. It was made as a quota quickie by the independent producer Clifford Taylor at Ealing Studios. ...

'' (1935) as Garry Ames * '' Here's to Romance'' (1935) as Bert * ''

'' (1935) as King

* ''

The Flying Doctor ''The Flying Doctor'' is a 1936 Australian-British drama film directed by Miles Mander and starring Charles Farrell, Mary Maguire and James Raglan. The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia operate in the Australian Outback. Noted as Austr ...

'' (1936) as Spectator at boxing match (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1936) as Jukes * ''

Slave Ship Slave ships were large cargo ships specially built or converted from the 17th to the 19th century for transporting slaves. Such ships were also known as "Guineamen" because the trade involved human trafficking to and from the Guinea coast ...

'' (1937) as Corey * ''

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'' (1937) as James Stratton * ''

Youth on Parole ''Youth on Parole'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Marian Marsh and Gordon Oliver. Plot summary "Bobbie" Blake ( Marian Marsh) and Phillip Henderson (Gordon Oliver) are complete strangers looking in a je ...

'' (1937) as Sparkler * ''

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'' (1938) as Ebenezer Balfour * ''

The Mad Miss Manton ''The Mad Miss Manton'' is a 1938 American screwball comedy-mystery film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Barbara Stanwyck as fun-loving socialite Melsa Manton and Henry Fonda as newspaper editor Peter Ames. Melsa and her debutante friends h ...

'' (1938) as Mr. Fred Thomas * ''

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'' (1938) as

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* ''

'' (1939) as Cardinal Richelieu * '' The Little Princess'' (1939) as Lord Wickham * ''

'' (1939) as Lockwood * ''

'' (1939, Serial) as Horace Granville * '' The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1939) as

Aramis René d'Herblay, alias Aramis, is a fictional character in the novels ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844), '' Twenty Years After'' (1845), and '' The Vicomte de Bragelonne'' (1847-1850) by Alexandre Dumas, père. He and the other two musketeers, A ...

* '' Stanley and Livingstone'' (1939) as Sir John Gresham * ''

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'' (1939) as King Henry VI * ''

The Earl of Chicago ''The Earl of Chicago'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold, Reginald Owen and Edmund Gwenn. It is the first MGM film in the 1940s. Plot To remedy the ill doings of his past, Ro ...

'' (1940) as Attorney General (uncredited) * '' Laddie'' (1940) as Mr. Charles Pryor * ''

The House of the Seven Gables ''The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance'' is a Gothic novel written beginning in mid-1850 by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in April 1851 by Ticknor and Fields of Boston. The novel follows a New England family and their anc ...

'' (1940) as Deacon Arnold Foster * ''

Road to Singapore ''Road to Singapore'' is a 1940 American semi- musical comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope. Based on a story by Harry Hervey, the film is about two playboys trying to forget previo ...

'' (1940) as Sir Malcolm Drake (uncredited) * '' Primrose Path'' (1940) as Homer Adams * ''

Babies for Sale ''Babies for Sale'' is a 1940 American film noir crime drama film directed by Charles Barton and starring Rochelle Hudson, Glenn Ford and Miles Mander. Plot A newsman exposes a doctor running an adoption ring from a home for expectant mothers. ...

'' (1940) as Dr. Wallace Rankin * ''

Captain Caution ''Captain Caution'' is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Richard Wallace set during the War of 1812. The film stars Victor Mature, Bruce Cabot and Alan Ladd. It was based on the novel of the same name by Kenneth Roberts. Elmer Raguse ...

'' (1940) as Lt. Strope * ''

South of Suez ''South of Suez'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring George Brent, Brenda Marshall and George Tobias. An alleged murder in an African diamond mine haunts a man many years later after he has returned to Britain. The ...

'' (1940) as Roger Smythe * '' Free and Easy'' (1941) as Solicitor (uncredited) * ''

Shadows on the Stairs ''Shadows on the Stairs'' is a 1941 American mystery film directed by D. Ross Lederman. It is based on Frank Vosper's play '' Murder on the Second Floor''. The British subsidiary of Warner Brothers had previously produced a film adaptation of ...

'' (1941) as Tom Armitage * ''

That Hamilton Woman ''That Hamilton Woman'', also known as ''Lady Hamilton'', is a 1941 black-and-white historical film drama produced and directed by Alexander Korda for his British company during his exile in the United States. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, th ...

'' (1941) as Lord Keith * ''

They Met in Bombay ''They Met in Bombay '' is a 1941 American adventure drama film directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell, with Peter Lorre.''Variety'' film review; June 25, 1941, page 16.''Harrison's Reports'' film review; July 5 ...

'' (1941) as Doctor (uncredited) * ''

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day ''Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day'' is a 1941 American drama film directed by Harold S. Bucquet, starring Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, and Laraine Day. It is the eighth of a total of nine Dr. Kildare pictures made by the MGM studios. When MGM decided ...

'' (1941) as Dr. John F. Lockberg * '' Fly-By-Night'' (1942) as Prof. Langner * ''

A Tragedy at Midnight ''A Tragedy at Midnight'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Isabel Dawn. The film stars John Howard, Margaret Lindsay, Roscoe Karns, Mona Barrie, Keye Luke and Hobart Cavanaugh. The film was released on ...

'' (1942) as Dr Hilary Wilton * ''

Captains of the Clouds ''Captains of the Clouds'' ( ''Shadows of Their Wings'') is a 1942 American war film in Technicolor, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney. It was produced by William Cagney (Cagney's brother), with Hal B. Wallis as executive p ...

'' (1942) as

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(voice) (uncredited) * ''

'' (1942) as Maj. Cunningham * ''

Fingers at the Window ''Fingers at the Window'' is a 1942 mystery film directed by Charles Lederer and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot An axe murderer in Chicago has already killed six victims. The police, led by Inspector Gallagher with psychiatrist Dr. Immel ...

'' (1942) as Dr. Kurt Immelman * '' This Above All'' (1942) as Major * ''

Tarzan's New York Adventure ''Tarzan's New York Adventure'' (also known as ''Tarzan Against the World'') is a 1942 black-and-white adventure film from Metro Goldwyn Mayer, produced by Frederick Stephani, directed by Richard Thorpe, that stars Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen ...

'' (1942) as Portmaster * ''

Mrs. Miniver ''Mrs. Miniver'' is a 1942 American romantic war drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Inspired by the 1940 novel '' Mrs. Miniver'' by Jan Struther, it shows how the life of an unassuming British h ...

'' (1942) as German Agent on Radio (voice) (uncredited) * ''

Somewhere I'll Find You ''Somewhere I'll Find You'' is a 1942 film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Clark Gable and Lana Turner, released by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. The film took almost two years to complete and was the last film Gable starred in before he enlisted ...

'' (1942) as Floyd Kirsten (uncredited) * ''

The War Against Mrs. Hadley ''The War Against Mrs. Hadley'' is a 1942 American drama film directed by Harold S. Bucquet and starring Fay Bainter and Edward Arnold. The plot depicts how wealthy society matron Stella Hadley selfishly refuses to sacrifice her family or materi ...

'' (1942) as Doctor Leonard V. Meecham * ''

Apache Trail The Apache Trail in Arizona was a stagecoach trail that ran through the Superstition Mountains. It was named the Apache Trail after the Apache Indians who originally used this trail to move through the Superstition Mountains. The historic A ...

'' (1942) as James V. Thorne * ''

Lucky Jordan ''Lucky Jordan'' is a 1942 film directed by Frank Tuttle, starring Alan Ladd in his first leading role, Helen Walker in her film debut, and Sheldon Leonard. The screenplay concerns a self-centered gangster who tangles with Nazi spies. Plot Dur ...

'' (1942) as Kilpatrick * ''

Journey for Margaret ''Journey for Margaret'' is a 1942 American drama film set in London in World War II. It stars Robert Young and Laraine Day as a couple who have to deal with the loss of their unborn child due to a bombing raid. It is an adaptation of the book ...

'' (1942) as Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

Secrets of the Underground ''Secrets of the Underground'' is a 1942 American crime film directed by William Morgan and written by Robert Tasker and Daniel Mainwaring. The film stars John Hubbard, Virginia Grey, Lloyd Corrigan, Robin Raymond, Miles Mander and Olin Howlan ...

'' (1942) as Paul Panois * ''

Assignment in Brittany ''Assignment in Brittany'' is a 1943 war film directed by Jack Conway and starring French actor Jean-Pierre Aumont and Swedish actress Signe Hasso, both in their American film debuts. Also starring was American actress Susan Peters. The film w ...

'' (1943) as Col. Herman Fournier * ''

Five Graves to Cairo ''Five Graves to Cairo'' is a 1943 war film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Franchot Tone and Anne Baxter. Set in World War II, it is one of a number of films based on Lajos Bíró's 1917 play ''Hotel Imperial: Színmű négy felvonásba ...

'' (1943) as Col. Fitzhume (uncredited) * ''

First Comes Courage ''First Comes Courage'' is a 1943 American war film, the final film directed by Dorothy Arzner, one of the few female directors in Hollywood at the time. The film was based on the 1943 novel ''Commandos'' by Elliott Arnold, adapted by George Skla ...

'' (1943) as Col. Wallace (uncredited) * ''

Phantom of the Opera ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial in from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierr ...

'' (1943) as Maurice Pleyel * '' Guadalcanal Diary'' (1943) as Weatherby (uncredited) * ''

The Return of the Vampire ''The Return of the Vampire'' is a 1943 American horror film directed by Lew Landers and starring Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Nina Foch, Miles Mander, Roland Varno, and Matt Willis. Its plot follows a vampire named Armand Tesla, who has two en ...

'' (1943) as Sir Frederick Fleet * ''

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'' (1943) as Businessman (uncredited) * ''

Four Jills in a Jeep ''Four Jills in a Jeep'' is a 1944 American comedy-drama musical film starring Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye, and Mitzi Mayfair as themselves, re-enacting their USO tour of Europe and North Africa during World War II. Production The ...

'' (1944) as Col. Hartley (uncredited) * '' The Story of Dr. Wassell'' (1944) as Man (uncredited) * '' The White Cliffs of Dover'' (1944) as Major Loring at hospital (uncredited) * ''

The Scarlet Claw ''The Scarlet Claw'' is a 1944 American mystery thriller film based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Directed by Roy William Neill and starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, it is the eighth film of the Rathbone/ ...

'' (1944) as Judge Brisson * ''

The Pearl of Death ''The Pearl of Death'' is a 1944 Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, the ninth of fourteen such films the pair made. The story is loosely based on Conan Doyle's short story "The Adventure of the ...

'' (1944) as Giles Conover * '' Enter Arsene Lupin'' (1944) as Charles Seagrave * ''

Murder, My Sweet ''Murder, My Sweet'' (released as ''Farewell, My Lovely'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1944 American film noir, directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor and Anne Shirley (in her final film before retirement). The film ...

'' (1944) as Mr. Leuwen Grayle * ''

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'' (1945) as Sir Robert Bentley * ''

The Brighton Strangler ''The Brighton Strangler'' is a 1945 American crime film directed by Max Nosseck and starring John Loder, June Duprez and Michael St. Angel. During the blitz in wartime London, an actor suffers concussion and believes himself to be the characte ...

'' (1945) as Chief Inspector W.R. Allison * ''

Crime Doctor's Warning ''Crime Doctor's Warning'' is a 1945 American mystery film directed by William Castle, and fourth in the Crime Doctor series of ten films produced between 1943 and 1949. William Castle made it just before leaving to help make '' The Lady from ...

'' (1945) as Frederick Malone * ''

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'' (1945) as British Secretary * '' Confidential Agent'' (1945) as Mr. Brigstock * ''

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest ''The Bandit of Sherwood Forest'' is a 1946 American Technicolor adventure film directed by Henry Levin & George Sherman and starring Cornel Wilde, Anita Louise, Jill Esmond and Edgar Buchanan. Plot Robin Hood's son (Cornel Wilde) returns to s ...

'' (1946) as Lord Warrick * '' The Walls Came Tumbling Down'' (1946) as Dr. Marko * '' The Imperfect Lady'' (1947) as Mr. Rogan (final film)

As director

* ''The Whistler'' (December 1926) short made in DeForest

Phonofilm Phonofilm is an optical sound-on-film system developed by inventors Lee de Forest and Theodore Case in the early 1920s. Introduction In 1919 and 1920, Lee De Forest, inventor of the audion tube, filed his first patents on a sound-on-film process, ...

* ''

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'' (December 1926) short made in Phonofilm * ''Knee Deep in Daisies'' (December 1926) short made in Phonofilm * ''

The Fair Maid of Perth ''The Fair Maid of Perth'' (or ''St. Valentine's Day'') is an 1828 novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. Inspired by the strange, but historically true, story of the Battle of the North Inch, it is set in Perth (known at the ti ...

'' (December 1926) short made in Phonofilm * ''False Colours'' (April 1927) short made in Phonofilm * ''The Sentence of Death'' (April 1927), short made in Phonofilm * ''Packing Up'' (April 1927) short made in Phonofilm * ''As We Lie'' (April 1927) short film made in Phonofilm * '' The First Born'' (1928) *'' The Woman Between'' (1931) * '' Fascination'' (1931) * ''

Youthful Folly ''Youthful Folly'' is a 1934 British drama film directed by Miles Mander and starring Irene Vanbrugh, Jane Carr and Mary Lawson. It was a quota quickie made at Shepperton Studios for release by Columbia Pictures.Chibnall p.281 It portrays the l ...

'' (1934) * '' The Morals of Marcus'' (1935) * ''

'' (1936)

As writer

* ''

'' (1924) * ''As We Lie'' (1927) (story) * '' The First Born'' (1928) * '' The Woman Between'' (1931) * '' L'Atlantide'' (1932) directed by

G. W. Pabst Georg Wilhelm Pabst (25 August 1885 – 29 May 1967) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He started as an actor and theater director, before becoming one of the most influential German-language filmmakers during the Weimar Republic. ...

* '' The Lodger'' (1932) * '' The Morals of Marcus'' (1935) * ''

'' (1936)

As producer

* '' The Man Without Desire'' (1923) * ''Knee Deep in Daisies'' (1926) * '' The First Born'' (1928) * ''

'' (1936) * ''Watchtower Over Tomorrow'' (1945) (uncredited)

Sources

* Miles Mander, ''To my Son—in Confidence'', Faber, 1934 * Miles Mander, ''Gentleman by Birth'', 1933 * Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander (ed), ''The History of Mander Brothers'', Wolverhampton. 1955 * C. Nicholas Mander, ''Varnished Leaves: a biography of the Mander Family of Wolverhampton, 1750-1950'',

Owlpen Owlpen is a small village and civil parish in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England, set in a valley in the Cotswold hills. It is about east of Uley, and east of Dursley. The Owlpen valley is set around the settlement like an amp ...

Press, 2004 * Patricia Pegg, ''A Very Private Heritage: the private papers of Samuel Theodore Mander, 1853-1900'', Malvern, 1996 * ''The Times'' obituary, February 11 1946, p. 6

Notes

External links

Miles Mander biography
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mander Miles 1888 births 1946 deaths English male film actors English male silent film actors McGill University alumni New Zealand farmers People educated at Harrow School actors from Wolverhampton British Army personnel of World War I 20th-century English male actors British expatriate male actors in the United States Royal Army Service Corps officers