Miles Mander
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Miles Mander born Lionel Henry Mander (and sometimes credited as Luther Miles), was a well-known and versatile English
character actor of the early Hollywood cinema
, also a film director and producer, and a playwright and novelist.
, of the prominent Mander family
, industrialists and public servants of Wolverhampton
, Staffordshire
, in Midland
England. He was the younger brother of Sir Geoffrey Mander
, the Member of Parliament
. He was educated at Harrow School, Middlesex (The GROVE HOUSE 1901- Easter 1903), Loretto School, East of Edinburgh and McGill University, Montreal. But he soon broke away from the predictable mould of business and philanthropy. He was an early aviator, a captain in the Royal Army Service Corps
in World War I
. He spent his 20s in New Zealand
farming sheep, with his uncle, Martin Mander.
(1928) which he directed and acted in, and which was based on his own novel and play. He 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 The Three Musketeers
(1939), a spoof in which the Ritz Brothers
played lackeys who substituted for the real Musketeers. In his Hollywood debut, he had portrayed King Louis XIII in the much more serious 1935 version of that same Alexandre Dumas, père
classic. Other famous film credits included Wuthering Heights
with Laurence Olivier
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 1933 English version of G.W. Pabst's Adventures of Don Quixote
, he played the Duke who invites Don Quixote and Sancho Panza to his castle, and in the original To Be or Not to Be
, he was one of the two British officers to whom Robert Stack
first reveals his suspicions about the treacherous Professor Siletsky (Stanley Ridges
).
. His brother Alan married her sister, Princess Sudhira. His second wife was Kathren ('Bunty') French, of Sydney
, Australia
, with whom he had a son, Theodore. He wrote a book of memoirs and advice to him, To My Son—in Confidence (1934). He died suddenly of a heart attack at the Brown Derby
restaurant in Los Angeles
, aged 57.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
character actor of the early Hollywood cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, also a film director and producer, and a playwright and novelist.
Early life
Miles Mander was the second son of Theodore Mander, builder of Wightwick ManorWightwick Manor
Wightwick Manor is a Victorian manor house located on Wightwick Bank, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, and one of only a few surviving examples of a house built and furnished under the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement...
, of the prominent Mander family
Mander family
The Mander family has held for over 200 years a prominent position in the Midland counties of England, both in the family business and public life....
, industrialists and public servants of Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
, Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, in Midland
English Midlands
The Midlands, or the English Midlands, is the traditional name for the area comprising central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia. It borders Southern England, Northern England, East Anglia and Wales. Its largest city is Birmingham, and it was an important...
England. He was the younger brother of Sir Geoffrey Mander
Geoffrey Mander
Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander KB , was a Midland industrialist and chairman of Mander Brothers Ltd., paint and varnish manufacturers in Wolverhampton, England, an art collector and radical parliamentarian....
, the Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
. He was educated at Harrow School, Middlesex (The GROVE HOUSE 1901- Easter 1903), Loretto School, East of Edinburgh and McGill University, Montreal. But he soon broke away from the predictable mould of business and philanthropy. He was an early aviator, a captain in the Royal Army Service Corps
Royal Army Service Corps
The Royal Army Service Corps was a corps of the British Army. It was responsible for land, coastal and lake transport; air despatch; supply of food, water, fuel, and general domestic stores such as clothing, furniture and stationery ; administration of...
in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. He spent his 20s in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
farming sheep, with his uncle, Martin Mander.
Film career
He achieved success as Sir Hugh Boycott in The First BornThe First Born
The First Born is a British silent film drama, directed by Miles Mander for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Mander and Madeleine Carroll.-Production background:The screenplay was also written by Mander in conjunction with Alma Reville...
(1928) which he directed and acted in, and which was based on his own novel and play. He 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 The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers (1939 film)
The Three Musketeers is a 1939 musical comedy film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas, père's novel of the same name. Don Ameche stars as D'Artagnan, with the Ritz Brothers as his cowardly helpers.-Cast:*Don Ameche as D'Artagnan...
(1939), a spoof in which the Ritz Brothers
Ritz Brothers
The Ritz Brothers were an American comedy team who appeared in films, and as live performers from 1925 to the late 1960s.Although there were four brothers, the sons of Austrian-born haberdasher Max Joachim and his wife Pauline, only three of them performed together. There was also a sister,...
played lackeys who substituted for the real Musketeers. In his Hollywood debut, he had portrayed King Louis XIII in the much more serious 1935 version of that same Alexandre Dumas, père
Alexandre Dumas, père
Alexandre Dumas, , born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world...
classic. Other famous film credits included Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (1939 film)
Wuthering Heights is a 1939 American black-and-white film directed by William Wyler and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It is based on the novel, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The film depicts only sixteen of the novel's thirty-four chapters, eliminating the second generation of characters. The...
with Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...
and Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon was an Indian-born British actress best known for her screen performances in The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Cowboy and the Lady . She began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII . She travelled to the United States to make films for Samuel...
, in which he played Mr. Lockwood, the new tenant at the Grange, who is told the story of Cathy and Heathcliff. In the 1933 English version of G.W. Pabst's Adventures of Don Quixote
Adventures of Don Quixote (film)
Adventures of Don Quixote is the English title of a film adaptation of the classic Miguel de Cervantes novel, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, starring the famous operatic bass Feodor Chaliapin. Although the film stars Chaliapin, it is not an opera; however, he does sing three songs in it. It is...
, he played the Duke who invites Don Quixote and Sancho Panza to his castle, and in the original To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be (1942 film)
To Be or Not to Be is a 1942 American comedy directed by Ernst Lubitsch, about a troupe of actors in Nazi-occupied Warsaw who use their abilities at disguise and acting to fool the occupying troops. It was adapted by Lubitsch and Edwin Justus Mayer from the story by Melchior Lengyel...
, he was one of the two British officers to whom Robert Stack
Robert Stack
Robert Stack was an American actor. In addition to acting in more than 40 films, he was the star of the 1959-1963 ABC television series The Untouchables and later served as the host of Unsolved Mysteries.-Early life:...
first reveals his suspicions about the treacherous Professor Siletsky (Stanley Ridges
Stanley Ridges
Stanley Ridges was a British-born actor who made his mark in films by playing a wide assortment of character parts...
).
Personal life
His first wife was an Indian princess, Princess Prativa Devi, the daughter of the Maharajah Nripendra Narayan of Cooch BeharCooch Behar
Cooch Behar is the district headquarters and the largest city of Cooch Behar District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas and located at . Cooch Behar is the only planned town in North Bengal region with remnants of royal heritage...
. His brother Alan married her sister, Princess Sudhira. His second wife was Kathren ('Bunty') French, of Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, with whom he had a son, Theodore. He wrote a book of memoirs and advice to him, To My Son—in Confidence (1934). He died suddenly of a heart attack at the Brown Derby
Brown Derby
The Brown Derby was the name of a chain of restaurants in Los Angeles, California. The first and most famous of these was shaped like a men's derby hat, an iconic image that became synonymous with the Golden Age of Hollywood....
restaurant in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, aged 57.
As actor
- Testimony (1920)
- The Temporary Lady (1920) .... Monckton
- The Rank Outsider (1920)
- The Old Arm Chair (1920)
- The Place of Honour (1921) .... Lt. Devereaux
- The Road to London (1921) (uncredited)
- Open Country (1922) .... Honorable William Chevenix
- Half a Truth (1922) .... Marquis Sallast
- Lovers in Araby (1924) .... Derek Fare
- The Prude's FallThe Prude's FallThe Prude's Fall is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jane Novak, Julanne Johnston and Warwick Ward. It was an adaptation of a play by Rudolph Besier and May Edington with the screenplay written by Alfred Hitchcock. Its German title is Seine zweite Frau...
(1924) .... Sir Neville Moreton ... aka Dangerous Virtue (USA) - The Painted Lady (1925) ... aka Red Lips (UK)
- The Lady in Furs (1925) ... aka Sables of Death (UK)
- The Pleasure GardenThe Pleasure Garden (film)The Pleasure Garden is a 1925 British silent film, and the debut feature of Alfred Hitchcock.-Production:Michael Balcon allowed Hitchcock to direct the film when Graham Cutts, a jealous executive at Gainsborough Pictures, would not allow him to work on The Rat. The story concerns two chorus girls...
(1925) .... Levett ... aka Irrgarten der Leidenschaft (Germany) - Riding for a King (1926) .... Lord Steerwell
- London LoveLondon LoveLondon Love is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Fay Compton, John Stuart and Miles Mander. Ir was an adaptation of the novel Whirlpool by Arthur Applin...
(1926) .... Sir James Daring - The FakeThe Fake (1927 film)The Fake is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Henry Edwards, Elga Brink and Juliette Compton. It was based on a play by Frederick Lonsdale. An M.P. pressures his daughter to marry an aristocrat in spite of his drug addiction.-Cast:* Henry Edwards - Geoffrey...
(1927) .... Honourable Gerald Pillick - As We Lie (1927) .... The Husband
- Tip ToesTip Toes (1927 film)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 London.-Plot:...
(1927) .... Rollo Stevens - The PhysicianThe Physician (film)The Physician is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Miles Mander, Elga Brink and Ian Hunter. A former alcoholic tries to lead a crusade against drink, but is himself repeatedly tempted by alcohol. It was based on a play by Henry Arthur Jones.-Cast:* Miles Mander...
(1928) .... Walter Amphiel - Faschingskönig, Der (1928)
- BalaclavaBalaclava (film)Balaclava is a 1928 British war film directed by Maurice Elvey and Milton Rosmer and starring Cyril McLaglen, Benita Hume, Alf Goddard, Harold Huth and Wally Patch. A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War and succeeds in capturing a top Russian...
(1928) .... Captain Gardner ... aka Jaws of Hell - Parisiskor (1928) .... Armand de Marny ... aka Doctors' Women (USA), Dr. Monnier und die Frauen (Germany), and Women of Paris (USA)
- The First BornThe First BornThe First Born is a British silent film drama, directed by Miles Mander for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Mander and Madeleine Carroll.-Production background:The screenplay was also written by Mander in conjunction with Alma Reville...
(1928) .... Sir Hugo Boycott - Meineid (1929) ... aka Perjury (International: English title)
- The Crooked BilletThe Crooked BilletThe Crooked Billet is a 1929 British drama film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Madeleine Carroll, Carlyle Blackwell and Miles Mander.-Cast:* Carlyle Blackwell - Dietrich Hebburn* Madeleine Carroll - Joan Easton* Miles Mander - Guy Morrow...
(1929) .... Guy Morrow ... aka International Spy (UK) - Loose Ends (1930) .... Raymond Carteret
- Murder!Murder!Murder! is a 1930 British drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring and Edward Chapman. It is based on a novel and play called Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson...
(1930) .... Gordon Druce - Mary (1931) .... Gordon Moore
- Frail Women (1932) .... Registrar
- The Missing RembrandtThe Missing RembrandtThe Missing Rembrandt is a British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Arthur Wontner, Jane Welsh, Miles Mander, and Francis L. Sullivan. Sherlock Holmes goes on the trail of a Rembrandt painting, stolen by a drug-addicted artist...
(1932) .... Claude Holford ... aka Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Rembrandt (USA) - Lily Christine (1932) .... Ambatriadi
- That Night in LondonThat Night in LondonThat Night in London is a 1932 British crime film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Robert Donat, Pearl Argyle, Miles Mander and Roy Emerton A young bank clerk steals £500 and goes on a spree.-Cast:* Robert Donat - Dick Warren...
(1932) .... Harry Tresham ... aka Over-Night and Overnight - Matinee IdolMatinee Idol (film)Matinee Idol is a 1933 British crime film directed by George King and starring Camilla Horn, Miles Mander and Marguerite Allan. A young actress is suspected of murder when a matinee idol she had prevented seducing her sister is found dead.-Cast:...
(1933) .... Harley Travers - LoyaltiesLoyalties (1933 film)Loyalties is a 1933 British drama film directed by Basil Dean and starring Basil Rathbone, Heather Thatcher and Miles Mander. It is based on the John Galsworthy play Loyalties.The film addresses the theme of anti-Semitism...
(1933) .... Capt. Ronald Dancy, DSO - Bitter SweetBitter Sweet (1933 film)Bitter Sweet is a musical romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and released by United Artists in 1933. It was the first film adaptation of Noel Coward's 1929 operetta Bitter Sweet. It starred Anna Neagle and Fernand Gravey, with Ivy St. Helier reviving her stage role as Manon.It tells the story...
(1933) .... Captain Auguste Lutte - The Private Life of Henry VIIIThe Private Life of Henry VIIIThe Private Life of Henry VIII is a 1933 film about Henry VIII, King of England. It was written by Lajos Biró and Arthur Wimperis, and directed by Sir Alexander Korda.Charles Laughton won the 1933 Academy Award as Best Actor for his performance as Henry...
(1933) .... Wriothesley - Don Quixote (1933) .... The Duke aka Adventures of Don Quixote
- The Four Masked MenThe Four Masked MenThe Four Masked Men is a 1934 British crime film directed by George Pearson and starring John Stuart, Judy Kelly and Richard Cooper. A man hunts down the criminal gang responsible for several robberies and the murder of his brother.-Cast:...
(1934) .... Rodney Fraser - The BattleThe Battle (1934 film)The Battle is a 1934 Franco-British co-production English language drama film directed by Nicolas Farkas and Viktor Tourjansky, and starring Charles Boyer, Merle Oberon and Betty Stockfeld. It was adapted from a novel by Claude Farrère...
(1934) .... Feize ... aka Hara-Kiri ... aka Thunder in the East (USA) - The Case for the Crown (1934) .... James L. Barton
- Death Drives Through (1935) .... Garry Ames
- Here's to Romance (1935) .... Bert
- The Three MusketeersThe Three Musketeers (1935 film)The Three Musketeers is the first English-language talking picture version of Alexandre Dumas, père's novel of the same name. It stars Walter Abel, Ian Keith, Margot Grahame, and Paul Lukas.-Plot:...
(1935) .... King Louis XIII - Lloyd's of LondonLloyd's of London (film)Lloyd's of London is a 1936 American drama film directed by Henry King. It stars Tyrone Power, Madeleine Carroll, and Guy Standing. The supporting cast includes Freddie Bartholomew, George Sanders, Virginia Field, and C. Aubrey Smith. Loosely based on history, the film follows the dealings of a man...
(1936) .... Jukes - Slave ShipSlave Ship (1937 film)Slave Ship is a 1937 film directed by Tay Garnett, starring Warner Baxter and Wallace Beery. The supporting cast includes Mickey Rooney, George Sanders, Jane Darwell, and Joseph Schildkraut...
(1937) .... Corey - Wake Up and LiveWake Up and LiveWake Up and Live is a 1937 Fox musical film directed by Sidney Lanfield and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. The movie stars Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie and Alice Faye and was based upon the self-help bestseller by Dorothea Brande...
(1937) .... James Stratton - Youth on ParoleYouth on Parole- Cast :*Marian Marsh as 'Bobbie' Blake*Gordon Oliver as Phillip Henderson*Miles Mander as Sparkler *Margaret Dumont as Mrs. Abernathy *Milburn Stone as Ratty *Joe Caits as Fingy *Harry Tyler as Danny Hinkle...
(1937) .... Sparkler (gang leader) - KidnappedKidnapped (1938 film)Kidnapped is a 1938 adventure film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Warner Baxter and Freddie Bartholomew. It is based on the book Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.- Plot :...
(1938) .... Ebenezer Balfour - The Mad Miss MantonThe Mad Miss MantonThe Mad Miss Manton is a 1938 screwball comedy and mystery film starring Barbara Stanwyck as fun-loving socialite Melsa Manton and Henry Fonda as newspaper editor Peter Ames. Melsa and her debutante friends hunt for a murderer while eating bonbons, flirting with Ames, and otherwise behaving like...
(1938) .... Mr. Fred Thomas - SuezSuez (film)Suez is a 1938 film account of the building of the Suez Canal by Ferdinand de Lesseps, played by Tyrone Power. It was so highly fictionalized that de Lesseps' descendants sued for libel....
(1938) .... Benjamin Disraeli - The Three MusketeersThe Three Musketeers (1939 film)The Three Musketeers is a 1939 musical comedy film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas, père's novel of the same name. Don Ameche stars as D'Artagnan, with the Ritz Brothers as his cowardly helpers.-Cast:*Don Ameche as D'Artagnan...
(1939) .... Cardinal Richelieu ... aka The Singing Musketeer (UK) - The Little Princess (1939) .... Lord Wickham
- Wuthering HeightsWuthering Heights (1939 film)Wuthering Heights is a 1939 American black-and-white film directed by William Wyler and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It is based on the novel, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The film depicts only sixteen of the novel's thirty-four chapters, eliminating the second generation of characters. The...
(1939) .... Lockwood - Daredevils of the Red CircleDaredevils of the Red CircleDaredevils of the Red Circle is a 12-Chapter Republic Movie Serial starring Charles Quigley, David Sharpe, Herman Brix and Charles Middleton. It was directed by William Witney and John English and is often considered one of the better serials produced by Republic...
(1939) .... Horace Granville - The Man in the Iron MaskThe Man in the Iron Mask (1939 film)The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1939 American film very loosely adapted from the last section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask....
(1939) .... Aramis - Stanley and LivingstoneStanley and LivingstoneStanley and Livingstone is a movie about reporter Sir Henry M. Stanley's quest for Dr. David Livingstone, a missionary presumed lost in Africa. Spencer Tracy played Stanley, Sir Cedric Hardwicke portrayed Livingstone, and other cast members included Nancy Kelly, Walter Brennan, Charles Coburn,...
(1939) .... Sir John Gresham - Tower of LondonTower of London (1939 film)Tower of London is a 1939 black-and-white historical film and quasi-horror film released by Universal Pictures and directed by Rowland V. Lee. It stars Basil Rathbone as the future Richard III of England, and Boris Karloff as his fictitious club-footed executioner Mord. Vincent Price appears as...
(1939) .... King Henry VIHenry VI of EnglandHenry VI was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. Until 1437, his realm was governed by regents. Contemporaneous accounts described him as peaceful and pious, not suited for the violent dynastic civil wars, known as the Wars... - The Earl of ChicagoThe Earl of ChicagoThe Earl of Chicago is a 1940 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold, Reginald Owen and Edmund Gwenn...
(1940) (uncredited) .... Attorney General - LaddieLaddie (film)- Cast :*Tim Holt as Laddie Stanton*Virginia Gilmore as Pamela Pryor*Joan Carroll as Sister Stanton*Spring Byington as Mrs. Stanton*Robert Barrat as Mr. John Stanton*Miles Mander as Mr. Pryor*Esther Dale as Sarah, the Housekeeper*Sammy McKim as Leon Stanton...
(1940) .... Mr. Pryor - The House of the Seven GablesThe House of the Seven Gables (film)The House of the Seven Gables is a 1940 drama film based on the novel of the same name by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It stars George Sanders, Margaret Lindsay, and Vincent Price.-Cast:*George Sanders as Jaffrey Pyncheon*Margaret Lindsay as Hepzibah Pyncheon...
(1940) .... Deacon Arnold Foster - Road to SingaporeRoad to SingaporeRoad to Singapore is a 1940 Paramount Pictures film starring Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, and Bob Hope, which marked the debut of the long-running and popular "Road to …" series of pictures spotlighting the trio.-Plot:...
(1940) (uncredited) .... Sir Malcolm Drake - Primrose PathPrimrose Path (film)Primrose Path is a 1940 film about a young woman determined not to follow the profession of her mother and grandmother, prostitution. It stars Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea. The film was based on the play of the same name by Robert L...
(1940) .... Homer Adams - Babies for SaleBabies for SaleBabies for Sale is a 1940 drama film starring Glenn Ford and Rochelle Hudson and directed by Charles Barton- Cast :* Glenn Ford as Steve Burton* Rochelle Hudson as Ruth Williams* Miles Mander as Dr. Rankin* Joe De Stefani as Dr...
(1940) .... Dr. Rankin - Captain CautionCaptain CautionCaptain Caution is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Richard Wallace. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Sound Recording .-Cast:* Victor Mature as Daniel 'Dan' Marvin* Louise Platt as Corunna Dorman...
(1940) .... Lt. Strope - South of Suez (1940) .... Roger Smythe
- Free and EasyFree and EasyFree and Easy is a 1941 film directed by George Sidney. It stars Robert Cummings and Ruth Hussey.-Cast:*Robert Cummings as Max Clemington*Ruth Hussey as Martha Gray*Judith Anderson as Lady Joan Culver*C. Aubrey Smith as Duke Colver...
(1941) (scenes deleted) .... Solicitor - Shadows on the StairsShadows on the Stairs- Cast :*Frieda Inescort as Mrs. Stella Rosabelle Armitage*Paul Cavanagh as Joseph "Joe" Reynolds*Heather Angel as Sylvia Armitage*Bruce Lester as Hugh Bromilow*Miles Mander as Tom Armitage*Lumsden Hare as Inspector Gregg*Turhan Bey as Ram Singh...
(1941) .... Tom Armitage ... aka Murder on the Second Floor (USA) - That Hamilton WomanThat Hamilton WomanThat Hamilton Woman, originally titled Lady Hamilton, is a 1941 black-and-white British historical film drama which takes place during the Napoleonic wars, produced and directed by Alexander Korda for Alexander Korda Films.-Production:...
(1941) .... Lord Keith ... aka Lady Hamilton (UK) - They Met in BombayThey Met in BombayThey Met in Bombay is a 1941 American drama film adventure directed by Clarence Brown. The film stars Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell and Peter Lorre.-Plot:...
(1941) (uncredited) .... Doctor - Dr Kildare's Wedding Day (1941) .... Dr. John F. Lockberg ... aka Mary Names the Day (UK)
- Fly-By-NightFly-by-NightFly-by-Night is a 1942 American thriller film directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Richard Carlson and Nancy Kelly. It was Siodmak's first American film.-Cast:*Richard Carlson as Dr. Geoffrey Burton*Nancy Kelly as Pat Lindsey*Albert Bassermann as Dr...
(1942) .... Prof. Langner ... aka Secrets of G32 (UK) - A Tragedy at Midnight (1942) .... Dr Hilary Wilton
- Secrets of the Underground (1942) .... Paul Panois
- Captains of the CloudsCaptains of the CloudsCaptains of the Clouds is a 1942 Warner Bros. war film in Technicolor, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney. It was produced by William Cagney , with Hal B. Wallis as executive producer. The screenplay was written by Arthur T. Horman, Richard Macaulay and Norman Reilly Raine,...
(1942) (voice) (uncredited) .... Winston S. Churchill - To Be or Not to BeTo Be or Not to Be (1942 film)To Be or Not to Be is a 1942 American comedy directed by Ernst Lubitsch, about a troupe of actors in Nazi-occupied Warsaw who use their abilities at disguise and acting to fool the occupying troops. It was adapted by Lubitsch and Edwin Justus Mayer from the story by Melchior Lengyel...
(1942) .... Maj. Cunningham - Fingers at the Window (1942) .... Dr. Kurt Immelman
- This Above AllThis Above AllThis Above All is a 1942 American romance film set in World War II adapted from the Eric Knight novel of the same name and directed by Anatole Litvak...
(1942) .... Major - Tarzan's New York AdventureTarzan's New York AdventureTarzan's New York Adventure is a 1942 film, the sixth Tarzan film to feature actors Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. This film was the sixth and final film in MGM's Tarzan series and was the studio's last Tarzan film until their 1958 release, Tarzan's Fight for Life, directed by H. Bruce...
(1942) .... Portmaster - Mrs. MiniverMrs. Miniver (film)Mrs. Miniver is a 1942 American drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, and Teresa Wright. Based on the fictional English housewife created by Jan Struther in 1937 for a series of newspaper columns, the film won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture,...
(1942) (uncredited) .... German Agent's Voice - The War Against Mrs. HadleyThe War Against Mrs. HadleyThe War Against Mrs. Hadley is a 1942 American The War Against Mrs. Hadley is a 1942 American The War Against Mrs. Hadley is a 1942 American [[drama film\\ directed by Clifford Odets, starring [[Edward Arnold |Edward Arnold]] and [[Fay Bainter]]...
(1942) .... Doctor Leonard V. Meecham - Somewhere I'll Find YouSomewhere I'll Find YouSomewhere I'll Find You is a film released by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer in 1942. The film stars Clark Gable and Lana Turner. The film took almost two years to complete. This was the last film Gable starred in before he enlisted in World War II...
(1942) (uncredited) .... Floyd Kirsten - Apache Trail (1942) .... James V. Thorne
- Journey for MargaretJourney for MargaretJourney for Margaret is a 1942 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 novel of the same name by William Lindsay White.-Plot:John Davis is a...
(1942) (uncredited) - Lucky JordanLucky JordanLucky 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...
(1942) .... Kilpatrick - Secrets of the Underground (1942) .... Paul Panois
- Assignment in BrittanyAssignment in BrittanyAssignment in Brittany is a 1943 film directed by Jack Conway. It stars Jean-Pierre Aumont and Susan Peters.-Cast:*Jean-Pierre Aumont as Bertrand Corlay / Capt. Pierre Matard*Susan Peters as Anne Pinot*Margaret Wycherly as Mme. Henriette Corlay...
(1943) .... Col. Herman Fournier - Five Graves to CairoFive Graves to CairoFive Graves to Cairo is a 1943 World War II film by Billy Wilder, starring Franchot Tone and Anne Baxter. It is one of a number of films based on Lajos Biró's play Színmü négy felvonásban, including Hotel Imperial .-Plot:...
(1943) (uncredited) .... Col. Fitzhume - First Comes Courage (1943) (uncredited) .... Col. Wallace
- Phantom of the OperaPhantom of the Opera (1943 film)Phantom of the Opera is a 1943 Universal horror film starring Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster and Claude Rains, directed by Arthur Lubin, and filmed in Technicolor. The original music score was composed by Edward Ward....
(1943) .... Pleyel - Guadalcanal DiaryGuadalcanal Diary (film)Guadalcanal Diary is a 1943 World War II war film starring Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn and the film debut of Richard Jaeckel...
(1943) (uncredited) .... Weatherby (copra plantation supervisor) - Madame CurieMadame Curie (film)Madame Curie is a 1943 biographical film made by MGM. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Sidney Franklin from a screenplay by Paul Osborn, Paul H. Rameau, and Aldous Huxley , adapted from the biography by Eve Curie....
(1943) (uncredited) .... Businessman - The Return of the VampireThe Return of the VampireThe Return of the Vampire is a horror film released in 1944 by Columbia Pictures. It is in black and white, and describes an Englishwoman's two encounters with a vampire...
(1944) .... Sir Frederick Fleet - Four Jills in a JeepFour Jills in a JeepFour Jills in a Jeep is a 1944 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.-Cast:*Kay Francis as Herself*Carole Landis as Herself...
(1944) (uncredited) .... Col. Hartley - The Story of Dr. WassellThe Story of Dr. WassellThe Story of Dr. Wassell is a Technicolor 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. It is based on the wartime activities of US Navy Doctor Corydon M...
(1944) (uncredited) .... Man - The White Cliffs of DoverThe White Cliffs of Dover (1944 film)The White Cliffs of Dover is a 1944 film made by Loew's and MGM. It was directed by Clarence Brown and produced by Clarence Brown and Sidney Franklin. The screenplay was by Claudine West, Jan Lustig and George Froeschel, based on the Alice Duer Miller poem titled The White Cliffs with additional...
(1944) (uncredited) .... Major Loring at Hospital - The Scarlet ClawThe Scarlet ClawThe Scarlet Claw is a 1944 Sherlock Holmes movie directed by Roy William Neill, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. It is the eighth film of the Rathbone/Bruce series. The device of a killer using a supernatural entity to cover up his crimes is borrowed from The Hound of the Baskervilles,...
(1944) .... Judge Brisson ... aka Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Claw (USA: promotional title) - The Pearl of DeathThe Pearl of DeathThe Pearl of Death is a 1944 Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. The story is loosely based on Conan Doyle's short story "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" but features some additions, such as Evelyn Ankers as an accomplice of the villain, played...
(1944) .... Giles Conover - Enter Arsene Lupin (1944) .... Charles Seagrave
- Murder, My SweetMurder, My SweetMurder, My Sweet is a 1944 American film noir directed by Edward Dmytryk, and starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, and Anne Shirley. The film was released in the United Kingdom under the title Farewell, My Lovely, which is the title of the 1940 Raymond Chandler novel it is based on, and also the...
(1944) .... Mr. Grayle ... aka Farewell My Lovely (UK) - The Picture of Dorian GrayThe Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)The Picture of Dorian Gray is an American horror-drama film based on Oscar Wilde's 1891 novel of the same name. Released in March 1945 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film is directed by Albert Lewin and stars George Sanders as Lord Henry Wotton and Hurd Hatfield as Dorian Gray...
(1945) .... Sir Robert Bentley - The Brighton StranglerThe Brighton StranglerThe Brighton Strangler is a 1945 American crime film directed by Max Nosseck and starring John Loder, June Duprez and Michael St. Angel. In Britain an actor goes mad and tries to live out the life of the character he is playing by committing a string of murders.-Cast:* John Loder - Reginald Parker...
(1945) .... Chief Inspector W.R. Allison - Crime Doctor's Warning (1945) .... Frederick Malone ... aka Doctor's Warning (UK)
- Week-End at the WaldorfWeek-End at the WaldorfWeek-End at the Waldorf is a 1945 American comedy drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The screenplay by Samuel and Bella Spewack is based on Guy Bolton's adaptation of the Vicki Baum novel Menschen im Hotel, which was filmed as Grand Hotel in 1932.-Plot:The film focuses on various guests...
(1945) .... British Secretary - Confidential AgentConfidential AgentConfidential Agent is a 1945 spy film made by Warner Bros. It was directed by Herman Shumlin and produced by Robert Buckner with Jack L. Warner as executive producer. The screenplay was by Robert Buckner, based on the novel The Confidential Agent by Graham Greene...
(1945) .... Mr. Brigstock - The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946) .... The Sheriff
- The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946) .... Dr. Marko
- The Imperfect Lady (1947) .... Mr. Rogan ... aka Mrs. Loring's Secret (UK) and They Met at Midnight (USA)
As director
- The Whistler (1926) short made in DeForestLee De ForestLee De Forest was an American inventor with over 180 patents to his credit. De Forest invented the Audion, a vacuum tube that takes relatively weak electrical signals and amplifies them. De Forest is one of the fathers of the "electronic age", as the Audion helped to usher in the widespread use...
PhonofilmPhonofilmIn 1919, Lee De Forest, inventor of the audion tube, filed his first patent on a sound-on-film process, DeForest Phonofilm, which recorded sound directly onto film as parallel lines. These parallel lines photographically recorded electrical waveforms from a microphone, which were translated back... - The Sheik of Araby (1926) short made in Phonofilm
- Knee Deep in Daisies (1926) short made in Phonofilm
- The Fair Maid of PerthThe Fair Maid of PerthThe Fair Maid of Perth is a novel by Sir Walter Scott. Inspired by the strange story of the Battle of the North Inch, it is set in Perth and other parts of Scotland around 1400....
(1926) short made in Phonofilm - False Colours (1927) short made in Phonofilm
- The Sentence of Death (1927) U. S. title His Great Moment, short made in Phonofilm
- Packing Up (1927) short made in Phonofilm
- As We Lie (1927) short film made in Phonofilm
- The First Born (1928)
- The Woman Between (1931) U.S. title The Woman Decides
- Fascination (1931)
- Youthful Folly (1934)
- The Morals of MarcusThe Morals of MarcusThe Morals of Marcus is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Miles Mander and starring Lupe Vélez, Ian Hunter and Adrianne Allen. An archaeologist finds a womam hiding in his luggage who has escaped from a harem and they eventually fall in love and marry. It was based on a play The Morals of...
(1935) - The Flying DoctorThe Flying DoctorThe 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...
(1936)
As writer
- Lovers in Araby (1924)
- As We Lie (1927) (story)
- The First Born (1928)
- The Woman Between (1931) (known in the US as The Woman Decides)
- L'AtlantideL'Atlantide (1932 film)L'Atlantide is a German drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. The film was made in three languages - French, English, and German - with Brigitte Helm starring in all three versions.-Cast:* Brigitte Helm - Antinéa...
(1932) directed by G. W. Pabst -- (English version known in the UK as The Mistress of Atlantis (1932) and in the US as The Lost Atlantis) - The Lodger (1932) aka The Phantom Fiend (USA)
- The Morals of Marcus (1935)
- The Flying Doctor (1936)
As producer
- The Man Without DesireThe Man Without DesireThe 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 been described as "one of the stranger films to emerge from...
(1923) - Knee Deep in Daisies (1926)
- The First Born (1928)
- The Flying Doctor (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 ManderSir Nicholas Mander, 4th BaronetSir Nicholas Mander, 4th Baronet is a British baronet.He is the elder son of Charles Marcus Mander, 3rd baronet of The Mount, by Maria Dolores , née Brödermann, of Hamburg, whom he succeeded in 2006. He was educated at Downside School, Trinity College, Cambridge , and Grenoble University...
, Varnished Leaves: a biography of the Mander Family of Wolverhampton, 1750-1950, OwlpenOwlpenOwlpen is a small village and civil parish in the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England, set in a picturesque valley in the Cotswold hills. It is about one mile east of Uley, and three miles east of Dursley. The Owlpen valley is set around the settlement like an amphitheatre of wooded hills...
Press, 2004 - Patricia Pegg, A Very Private Heritage: the private papers of Samuel Theodore Mander, 1853-1900, Malvern, 1996