Jonathan Miller
Born
July 21, 1934
Died
November 27, 2019 (85 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
London, England
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
Discovering Hamlet
Self
2011
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
2010
Ghosts in the Machine
Himself
2009
The Atheism Tapes
(6 episodes)
2004
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
Self - Host · (3 episodes)
2004
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Self
2002
Timeshift
Self - BBC Breakfast Time, 1983 (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2002
Timeshift
self · (1 episode)
2002
Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe
Self
2002
Ruby
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Self
1995
The English National Opera Rehearse The Mikado
Self
1987
Acting
(1 episode)
1987
States of Mind
Self - Presenter · (15 episodes)
1983
Timewatch
Self - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1982
The Body in Question
(13 episodes)
1978
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Self · (15 episodes)
1976
West Side Stories
1971
The Zoo in Winter
1969
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (4 episodes)
1968
One Way Pendulum
Kirby
1965
Beyond the Fringe
Various Characters
1964
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · (1 episode)
1962