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Jonathan Miller

British theatre director (1934-2019) · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Died at 85

Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, comedian and physician.

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A life in dates

2019Died27 November 20192011Discovering HamletFilm2009Ghosts in the MachineFilm, Himself2004Atheism: A Rough History of DisbeliefSeries2002Knight BachelorAwardTimeshiftSeries, 2002Christopher Plummer: A Man For All StagesFilm, 20021998Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of EdinburghAward1997Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of LondonAward1995Some Interesting Facts About Peter CookFilm1994The Saint Matthew PassionFilm, Director1990Albert MedalAward1989Dialogue in the DarkFilm, Director1987ActingSeriesLong Day's Journey Into NightFilm, 1987Director1984Honorary DoctorateAward1983Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAwardStates of MindSeries, 1983The Beggar's OperaFilm, 1983Director1982TimewatchSeries, Director1981Antony & CleopatraFilm, Director, Producer1976The Secret Policeman's BallSeriesPleasure at Her Majesty'sFilm, 1976Director1971West Side StoriesFilm1969The EvacueesFilm1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1967OmnibusSeries, Director, Writer1966Alice in WonderlandFilm, Director, Writer1964Beyond the FringeFilm, Writer1962The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1961TempoSeries1934Born21 July 1934

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Filmography 39

76 credits on file

Television 17

Awards

Knight Bachelor2002
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh1998
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London1997
Albert Medal1990
Honorary Doctorate1984
Commander of the Order of the British Empire1983
Laurence Olivier Awards
Fellow of the Linnean Society of London

About this person

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. He popularized anatomy in The Body in Question.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1934 to 2019 · aged 85