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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Discovering HamletFilm2009Ghosts in the MachineFilm, Himself2004
Atheism: A Rough History of DisbeliefSeries2002Knight BachelorAward
TimeshiftSeries, 2002
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All StagesFilm, 20021998Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of EdinburghAward1997Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of LondonAward1995
Some Interesting Facts About Peter CookFilm1994The Saint Matthew PassionFilm, Director1990Albert MedalAward1989Dialogue in the DarkFilm, Director1987ActingSeries
Long Day's Journey Into NightFilm, 1987Director1984Honorary DoctorateAward1983Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward
States of MindSeries, 1983
The Beggar's OperaFilm, 1983Director1982
TimewatchSeries, Director1981
Antony & CleopatraFilm, Director, Producer1976
The Secret Policeman's BallSeries
Pleasure at Her Majesty'sFilm, 1976Director1971
West Side StoriesFilm1969
The EvacueesFilm1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1967
OmnibusSeries, Director, Writer1966
Alice in WonderlandFilm, Director, Writer1964
Beyond the FringeFilm, Writer1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1961
TempoSeries1934Born21 July 1934People around Jonathan
Peter Cook Jonathan produced Alice in Wonderland (1966)
- John Bird Also in Alice in Wonderland (1966)
Peter Sellers Jonathan produced Alice in Wonderland (1966)
Alan Bennett Jonathan produced Alice in Wonderland (1966)- Derek Deadman Also in The Taming of the Shrew (1980)
- John Fortune Also in The Drinking Party (1965)
Anthony Hopkins Jonathan directed Othello (1981)
Kevin Spacey Jonathan directed Long Day's Journey into Night (1987)
Jack Lemmon Jonathan directed Long Day's Journey into Night (1987)
John Cleese Jonathan directed The Taming of the Shrew (1980)
Eric Idle Jonathan directed Alice in Wonderland (1966)
George Martin Produced Bridge on the River Wye (1962)
Michael Gough Jonathan produced Alice in Wonderland (1966)
Peter Gallagher Jonathan directed Long Day's Journey into Night (1987)
Spike Milligan Duets: Bridge on the River Wye (1962)
Hayley Mills Jonathan directed Take a Girl Like You (1970)
Ken Stott Also in King Lear and The Beggar's Opera
Leo McKern Jonathan produced Alice in Wonderland (1966)- Benjamin Whitrow Also in King Lear and Troilus & Cressida
Finlay Currie Jonathan directed Alice in Wonderland (1966)
Wilfrid Brambell Jonathan directed Alice in Wonderland (1966)
Freda Dowie Also in Alice in Wonderland (1966)
Sarah Badel Also in King Lear and The Taming of the Shrew
George Woodbridge Also in Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968)
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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.