Jonathan Miller
Known for Directing · 24 credits
- Born
- 1934-07-21
- Died
- 2019-11-27
- Place of birth
- London, England
- Also known as
- Sir Jonathan Miller · Dr. Jonathan Miller
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (12)
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Timewatch
1982
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Timeshift
2002
as Self - BBC Breakfast Time, 1983 (archive footage) / self
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self
Ruby
1997
as Self
Tempo
1961
as Self
Acting
1987
The Body in Question
1978
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
2004
as Self - Host
The Atheism Tapes
2004
States of Mind
1983
as Self - Presenter
Movies (12)
Discovering Hamlet
2011
as Self
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
2002
as Self
Ghosts in the Machine
2009
as Himself
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
1995
as Self
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
2002
as Self
Beyond the Fringe
1964
as Various Characters
One Way Pendulum
1965
as Kirby
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
2010
The Zoo in Winter
1969
The English National Opera Rehearse The Mikado
1987
as Self
West Side Stories
1971
The Evacuees
1969
as Self
About Jonathan Miller
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 di… With 24 credits spanning from 1961 to 2011, Jonathan Miller has appeared in 12 films and 12 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jonathan Miller Movies
- Discovering Hamlet (2011) — as Self
- Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages (2002) — as Self
- Ghosts in the Machine (2009) — as Himself
- Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook (1995) — as Self
- Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe (2002) — as Self
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