Hugh Miller (22 May 18891 November 1976) was a British

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and

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. He was instrumental in founding the original Londo
Film Society
in 1925, but left soon afterwards to work in America. He found success on

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, as Mr. Jingle in '' Pickwick'' in 1927; and in

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, in the

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film ''

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'', that same year. Miller was cast as dialogue coach for ''

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'' (1962), and was mentor to actor

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from early in his career who recommended Miller to Lean. Miller, who was one of several members of a

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film crew to be given bit parts, was hired again as dialogue coach in '' Doctor Zhivago'' (1965), his last screen effort before his death in 1976. Miller married Olga Katzin, a satirical poet who published under the name

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, in 1921; they had three children.

Filmography

* ''In His Grip'' (1921) as Alec Vicars (film debut) * ''The Puppet Man'' (1921) as Alcide le Beau * ''

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'' (1923) as Keever * ''

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'' (1923) as Robert Fraser * ''

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'' (1924) as Lord Lionel Malyn * '' The City of Temptation'' (1925) * ''

Venetian Lovers ''Venetian Lovers'' is a 1925 German silent drama film directed by Walter Niebuhr and Frank A. Tilley and starring Arlette Marchal, Hugh Miller and John Mylong.Palmer p.553 The film's art direction was by Willy Reiber. It was made at the Emel ...

'' (1925) as Count Astoni * ''

The Prude's Fall ''The Prude's Fall'' is a 1925 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jane Novak, Julanne Johnston, and Warwick Ward. The film was shot at Islington Studios, produced by a company that would soon develop into Gains ...

'' (1925) as Marquis de Rocqueville * '' Blind Alleys'' (1927) as Julio Lachados * ''

'' (1927) as The Outcast * ''

The Green Pack ''The Green Pack'' is a 1934 British drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring John Stuart, Aileen Marson and Hugh Miller. It was based on a play of the same name by Edgar Wallace. In the film, the wealthy investor in a South African ...

'' (1934) as Martin Creet * ''

The Divine Spark ''The Divine Spark'' is a 1935 British musical film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Marta Eggerth, Phillips Holmes, Benita Hume and Donald Calthrop. An Italian-language version ''Casta Diva (1935 film), Casta Diva'' was shot simultaneou ...

'' (1935) as Paganini * ''

McGlusky the Sea Rover ''McGlusky the Sea Rover'' is a 1935 British comedy action film directed by Walter Summers and starring Jack Doyle, Tamara Desni and Henry Mollison. It was based on a novel by A.G. Hales. It featured the Arklow schooner Mary B Mitchell. The ...

'' (1935) as Karim * ''

I Give My Heart ''I Give My Heart'' (US-Title: ''The Loves of Madame Dubarry'') is a 1935 British historical film adapted from the stage operetta ''Gräfin Dubarry, The DuBarry'' by Carl Millöcker and arranged by Theo Mackeben. Directed by Marcel Varnel, and p ...

'' (1935) as Choiseul * ''

The Dominant Sex ''The Dominant Sex'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Phillips Holmes, Diana Churchill and Romney Brent. The film was based on a play by Michael Egan. It was made by British International Pictures at its mai ...

'' (1937) as Philip Carson * ''

Spring Handicap ''Spring Handicap'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Will Fyffe, Maire O'Neill and Billy Milton. The film was made by the Associated British Picture Corporation at their Elstree Studios and based on th ...

'' (1937) as Selby * ''

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'' (1937) as King Charles I * '' Bulldog Drummond at Bay'' (1937) as Ivan Kalinsky * ''

Victoria the Great ''Victoria the Great'' is a 1937 British historical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook and Walter Rilla. When Laurence Housman's play '' Victoria Regina'' was banned by the Lord Chamberlain (in 1935 the r ...

'' (1937) as Older Disraeli * ''

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel ''The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel'' is a 1937 British film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Barry K. Barnes, Sophie Stewart, Margaretta Scott and James Mason. It is a sequel to the 1934 film ''Scarlet Pimpernel (1934 film), The Scarlet ...

'' (1937) as De Calmet, Robespierre's Secretary * '' The Rat'' (1937) as Luis Stets * '' I'll Walk Beside You'' (1943) as Dr. Stevenson * ''

The Woman in the Hall ''The Woman in the Hall'' is a 1947 British drama film directed by Jack Lee and starring Ursula Jeans, Jean Simmons, Cecil Parker. The screenplay was written by Lee, Ian Dalrymple Ian Dalrymple (26 August 190328 March 1989) was a British ...

'' (1947) as Mr. Walker * ''

Calling Paul Temple ''Calling Paul Temple'' is a 1948 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring John Bentley, Dinah Sheridan and Margaretta Scott. It was the second in a series of four Paul Temple films distributed by Butcher's Film Service. The ...

'' (1948) as Doctor * '' My Sister and I'' (1948) as Hubert Bondage * '' Before I Wake'' (1955) as Mr. Driscoll * ''

The Gelignite Gang ''The Gelignite Gang'' (U.S. title ''The Dynamiters'') is a 1956 British black and white second feature crime film directed by Terence Fisher and Francis Searle, starring Wayne Morris and Sandra Dorne. It was written by Brandon Fleming. Plot ...

'' (1956) as Mr. Crosby * ''

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'' (1958) as Examiner * ''

'' (1962) as R.A.M.C. Colonel (final film role)

References

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* * 1889 births 1976 deaths English male stage actors English male film actors People from Berwick-upon-Tweed 20th-century English male actors Date of death missing {{england-film-actor-stub