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 Wightwick Manor, of the prominent Mander family, industrialists and public servants of

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, England. He was the younger brother of Geoffrey Mander, 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

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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 Hendon Aerodrome with Claude Grahame-White. 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 Adrian Brunel. In 1925, he appeared in two Gainsborough productions: ''The Prude's Fall'' (1925) and ''The Pleasure Garden'' (1926). The former was Alfred Hitchcock's last film as an assistant director to Graham Cutts and the latter was Hitchcock's directorial debut. In 1926–7 he made a series of pioneering sound films. Later he collaborated with Alma Reville, Hitchcock's wife, on the script of '' The First Born'' (1928), his feature debut as director, in which he co-starred with Madeleine Carroll. Carroll reappeared in his third film, ''

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'' (1931). Mander is better remembered for his character portrayals of oily villains, many of them English gentlemen or upper crust cads – such as

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in the musical film ''

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'' (1939), a spoof in which the Ritz Brothers 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

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classic. One of his meatiest performances came as a dual role in the 1939 serial '' Daredevils of the Red Circle'', 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 Merle Oberon, 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 Robert Stack first reveals his suspicions about the treacherous Professor Siletsky ( Stanley Ridges).

Personal life

His first wife was

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, a princess of

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. She was the daughter of

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and Maharani

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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 Buckle ...

'' (1921) as Lt. Devereaux * ''

Half a Truth ''Half a Truth'' is a 1922 British silent crime film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Margaret Hope, Lawford Davidson and Miles Mander.Murphy p.294 It was based on a 1911 novel by Eliza Humphreys writing as Rita. Cast * Margaret Hope a ...

'' (1922) as Marquis Sallast * '' Open Country'' (1922) as Honorable William Chevenix * '' Lovers in Araby'' (1924) as Derek Fare * '' The Pleasure Garden'' (1925) as Levett * '' The Prude's Fall'' (1925) as Sir Neville Moreton * '' London Love'' (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'' (1928) as Borwick * ''

The Physician ''The Physician'' is a novel by Noah Gordon. It is about the life of a Christian English boy in the 11th century who journeys across Europe in order to study medicine among the Persians. The book was initially published by Simon & Schuster on ...

'' (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'' (1929) as Guy Morrow * '' Loose Ends'' (1930) as Raymond Carteret * '' Murder!'' (1930) as Gordon Druce * '' Mary'' (1931) as Gordon Moore * '' The Missing Rembrandt'' (1932) as Claude Holford * ''

Lily Christine ''Lily Christine'' is a 1932 British drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Corinne Griffith, Colin Clive and Margaret Bannerman. It was made at British and Dominion Elstree Studios by Paramount Pictures.Wood, Linda. ''British Fil ...

'' (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 rele ...

'' (1932) as Harry Tresham * ''

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'' (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 and starring Miles Mander, Meriel Forbes and Whitmore Humphries. It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios as a quota quickie for release by Paramo ...

'' (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 ''Here's to Romance'' is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Nino Martini, Genevieve Tobin and Anita Louise.Solomon p. 359 Synopsis The wife of a music teacher, who has been angered by her husband's phi ...

'' (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 * ''

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'' (1937) as Corey * '' Wake Up and Live'' (1937) as James Stratton * '' Youth on Parole'' (1937) as Sparkler * ''

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'' (1938) as Ebenezer Balfour * ''

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

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'' (1938) as

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* ''

'' (1939) as

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

'' (1939) as Lockwood * '' Daredevils of the Red Circle'' (1939, Serial) as Horace Granville * '' The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1939) as

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* ''

Stanley and Livingstone ''Stanley and Livingstone'' is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Henry King and Otto Brower. It is loosely based on the true story of Welsh reporter Sir Henry M. Stanley's quest to find Dr. David Livingstone, a Scottish missionary presum ...

'' (1939) as Sir John Gresham * ''

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

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'' (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 an ...

'' (1940) as Deacon Arnold Foster * '' Road to Singapore'' (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'' (1940) as Lt. Strope * '' South of Suez'' (1940) as Roger Smythe * '' Free and Easy'' (1941) as Solicitor (uncredited) * '' Shadows on the Stairs'' (1941) as Tom Armitage * '' That Hamilton Woman'' (1941) as Lord Keith * '' They Met in Bombay'' (1941) as Doctor (uncredited) * '' Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day'' (1941) as Dr. John F. Lockberg * '' Fly-By-Night'' (1942) as Prof. Langner * ''

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'' (1942) as Dr Hilary Wilton * '' Captains of the Clouds'' (1942) as

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(voice) (uncredited) * ''

'' (1942) as Maj. Cunningham * '' Fingers at the Window'' (1942) as Dr. Kurt Immelman * '' This Above All'' (1942) as Major * '' Tarzan's New York Adventure'' (1942) as Portmaster * '' Mrs. Miniver'' (1942) as German Agent on Radio (voice) (uncredited) * '' Somewhere I'll Find You'' (1942) as Floyd Kirsten (uncredited) * '' The War Against Mrs. Hadley'' (1942) as Doctor Leonard V. Meecham * '' Apache Trail'' (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 During ...

'' (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'' (1942) as Paul Panois * '' Assignment in Brittany'' (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 felvonásban ...

'' (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 Skl ...

'' (1943) as Col. Wallace (uncredited) * '' Phantom of the Opera'' (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 * '' Madame Curie'' (1943) as Businessman (uncredited) * '' Four Jills in a Jeep'' (1944) as Col. Hartley (uncredited) * ''

The Story of Dr. Wassell ''The Story of Dr. Wassell'' is a 1944 American World War II film set in the Dutch East Indies, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso and Dennis O'Keefe. The film was based on a book of the same name by ...

'' (1944) as Man (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1944) as Major Loring at hospital (uncredited) * '' The Scarlet Claw'' (1944) as Judge Brisson * '' The Pearl of Death'' (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'' (1945) as Frederick Malone * '' Week-End at the Waldorf'' (1945) as British Secretary * ''

Confidential Agent ''Confidential Agent'' is a 1945 American spy film starring Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall which was a Warner Brothers production. The movie was directed by Herman Shumlin and produced by Robert Buckner with Jack L. Warner as executive producer. ...

'' (1945) as Mr. Brigstock * '' The Bandit of Sherwood Forest'' (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

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* '' The Sheik of Araby'' (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) * ''

'' (1931) * '' Youthful Folly'' (1934) * '' The Morals of Marcus'' (1935) * ''

'' (1936)

As writer

* '' Lovers in Araby'' (1924) * ''As We Lie'' (1927) (story) * '' The First Born'' (1928) * '' The Woman Between'' (1931) * '' L'Atlantide'' (1932) directed by G. W. Pabst * '' The Lodger'' (1932) * '' The Morals of Marcus'' (1935) * ''

'' (1936)

As producer

* ''

The Man Without Desire ''The Man Without Desire'' is a 1923 British silent film fantasy drama, directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Ivor Novello, who also co-produced the film along with Miles Mander. The film was Brunel's feature-length directorial debut and has b ...

'' (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 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

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* * {{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