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Jonathan Miller
Director, Producer, Actor, Writer, Editor, Additional Credits
Born July 21, 1934Died November 27, 2019 (85 years)
Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, humourist and physician. After training in medicine and specialising in neurology in the late 1950s, he came to prominence in the early 1960s in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe with Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Alan Bennett.
Miller began directing operas in the 1970s. His 1982 production of a "Mafia"-styled Rigoletto was set in 1950s Little Italy, Manhattan. In its early days, he was an associate director at the National Theatre. He later ran the Old Vic Theatre. As a writer and presenter of more than a dozen BBC documentaries, Miller became a television personality and public intellectual in Britain and the United States.
Miller began directing operas in the 1970s. His 1982 production of a "Mafia"-styled Rigoletto was set in 1950s Little Italy, Manhattan. In its early days, he was an associate director at the National Theatre. He later ran the Old Vic Theatre. As a writer and presenter of more than a dozen BBC documentaries, Miller became a television personality and public intellectual in Britain and the United States.
Known For
Jonathan Miller Filmography
| 2019 | Oliver Sacks: His Own Life · as Self |
| 2013 | MR James: Ghost Writer · as Self - Director |
| 2012 | Shakespeare Uncovered (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | In Confidence (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Jonathan Miller's Brief History of Disbelief (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 2003 | imagine... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | This Week (2003) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Timeshift (TV Series) · as Self - Bbc Breakfast Time, 1983 (archive Footage) |
| 2001 | Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love · as Self |
| 1997 | The Great Composers (TV Series) · as Self - Director, St. Matthew Passion |
| 1997 | HARDtalk (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Life and Times (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | |
| 1992 | Heroes of Comedy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Timewatch (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1977 | Everyman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Bill Moyers Journal (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | Call My Bluff (1996) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Horizon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Late Night Line-Up (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1963 | Telescope (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Humorist |
| 1958 | Monitor (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1954 | Camera Three (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? (TV Series) · as Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self - Scene From 'beyond The Fringe' |
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| 1983 | |
| 1982 | Timewatch (TV Series) |
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| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) |
| 1976 | |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) |
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| 1968 | |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) |
| 1966 | |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Monitor (TV Series) |
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| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) |
| 1966 | |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 2016 | Alan Bennett's Diaries · as Acting Role |
| 2005 | Sensitive Skin (TV Series) · as Dr. Cass |
| 2004 | The Atheism Tapes (TV Series) |
| 2000 | William Shakespeare · as Theatre Director |
| 1998 | Terminale · as Olivier |
| 1982 | The Edison Twins (TV Series) · as Tony |
| 1978 | The Body in Question (TV Series) |
| 1976 | The Mermaid Frolics · as Philosophy Professor |
| 1976 | Pleasure at Her Majesty's · as Various |
| 1965 | One Way Pendulum · as Kirby |
| 1964 | Beyond the Fringe · as Various Characters |
| 1978 | The Body in Question (TV Series) |
| 1976 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1964 |
| 1958 | Monitor (TV Series) |
| 2023 | Children of the Taliban · as Script Writer |
| 1987 | The Mikado or the Town of Titipu · as Stage Director |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Adapted By |
| 1968 | From Chekhov with Love · as Adaptation |
| 1966 | Alice in Wonderland · as Teleplay |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage (TV Series) · as Written By |