Miles Mander

Miles Mander, born Lionel Henry Mander on 14 May 1888 in Wolverhampton, belongs to a prominent family of the town; his brother Geoffrey would become a Liberal MP. For a time he is a sheep farmer in New Zealand, learns to fly and serves in the auxiliary air service during the First World War. An actor from the twenties, known for his character roles, he directs six feature films from 1928, the last of them in Australia, then leaves for Hollywood, where he often plays scheming Englishmen. He dies in 1946, at home in Hollywood.

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• CinemaThe Flying DoctorMiles Mander · 1936Cinema