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name: "Miles Mander"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 May 1888"
died: "8 February 1946"
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average_fi1m_score: 82
updated: "2026-09-16T21:14:19.978259+00:00"
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# Miles Mander

Actor. Born 14 May 1888 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. Died 8 February 1946.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 May 1888, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 8 February 1946
- **Active:** 1939–1942
- **Also known as:** Miles Luther, Luther Miles, Lionel Henry Mander

## Biography

Miles Mander (14 May 1888 – 8 February 1946), born Lionel Henry Mander, was an English character actor, film director, producer, playwright and novelist. He was sometimes credited as Luther Miles or Miles Luther. Born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, he trained at Harrow School and McGill University before entering the film industry.

Mander began his career in British cinema during the 1920s, directing and producing several films including *The First Born* (1928). He moved to Hollywood in 1936 and appeared in more than sixty feature films, frequently in supporting roles. His credits include Lockwood in *Wuthering Heights* (1939), Major Cunningham in *To Be or Not to Be* (1942), Sir Robert Bentley in *The Picture of Dorian Gray* (1945) and uncredited parts in *Mrs. Miniver* (1942) and *Five Graves to Cairo* (1943).

He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *To Be or Not to Be* (1942), Fi1m 87, as Major Cunningham — [page](https://film.one/film/to-be-or-not-to-be.md)
- *Wuthering Heights* (1939), Fi1m 76, as Lockwood — [page](https://film.one/film/wuthering-heights.md)

## Also known for

- *The Picture of Dorian Gray* (1945), Sir Robert Bentley
- *Mrs. Miniver* (1942), German Agent on Radio (voice) (uncredited)
- *Murder, My Sweet* (1944), Leuwen Grayle
- *Phantom of the Opera* (1943), Pleyel
- *Murder!* (1930), Gordon Druce
- *Five Graves to Cairo* (1943), Colonel Fitzhume (uncredited)
- *The Little Princess* (1939), Lord Wickham
- *The Scarlet Claw* (1944), Judge Brisson

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