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- Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Miles grew up in a military family: his father, Jock, was a general and his mother, Daphne, a homemaker and latterly an author (The Toerags, 1989). Deciding to quit school in the middle of a Shakespeare class, Miles arrived home and announced he was going to England to become an actor. After graduating with the prestigious Ronson Award from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, he soon found himself working at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Despite his schoolboy wrangling with the Bard, he later spent ten years with the RSC.
For over fifty years, Miles has been acting on stage and screen. In the UK, he is perhaps best known for his television appearances as Colonel Aidan Dempsey in ITV's Ultimate Force, Roger O'Neill in the original House of Cards, Terry Fox in BBC's Holby City and Colonel Dan Fortune in Soldier, Soldier. His stage appearances in the West End and for the RSC garnered successes including The Witch of Edmonton, The Twin Rivals, the title role in Macbeth, Conor McPherson's The Weir, and the West End musical Oliver! directed by Sam Mendes. He was awarded three London Critics Awards In the 1981 season at Stratford and an Olivier Nomination for Sigismund in Life's A Dream, and he has the distinction of being the first adult male to play Peter Pan in Trevor Nunn's production at The Barbican in 1983. In the US, Miles's recent television roles include Hunters, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Criminal Minds, Baskets, Battle Creek, and films including Damien Chazelle's s LaLaLand, and the independent thrillers The Wind and Radioflash. Curiously Shakespeare is never far away, with Miles's recent role of Lennox in Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy Of Macbeth' with Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington (with whom he had also worked over thirty years previously in Cry Freedom). Miles has also starred in three Shakespeare seasons at the Old Globe San Diego under the directorship of RSC veteran Adrian Noble and for his performance as King George in The Madness of George III in 2010, he was awarded the Craig Noel San Diego Critics' Circle Award for Best Actor in a Lead. His 2011 performance as Salieri in Amadeus garnered critical superlatives and his Prospero in The Tempest again secured him the nomination for Best Actor by the San Diego Critics' Circle. In 2013 he again won the San Diego Critics Circle Award for his Outstanding Performance of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. Equally happy in television comedy as classical dramas, Miles has also enjoyed roles such as the magician Merlin in Escape the Night.
Miles lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Bella Merlin, with whom he wrote Colonels, Cads and Charmers: Memories, about his early life in (then) Rhodesia and the journey from Africa to actor. He has two sons: Joe, an actor and Max, an executive chef, and a rescue dog, Dempsey. - Princess Charlene of Monaco was born on 25 January 1978 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. She has been married to Prince Albert of Monaco since 1 July 2011. They have two children.
- Tom Murphy was born on 15 January 1968 in Salisbury, Rhodesia [now Harare, Zimbabwe]. He was an actor, known for Adam & Paul (2004), Pure Mule (2005) and Michael Collins (1996). He died on 6 October 2007 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Married the actor Andrew Ray in 1959, after meeting him in the West End play "Flowering Cherry". Susan moved back to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) with their two children after the couple separated, but they never divorced and remained on excellent terms. Susan retired from acting, though did return to the stage occasionally in Zimbabwe.
- Martin Le Maitre was born in Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. He is known for Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea (2007), Cyborg Cop III (1995) and Black Sails (2014).
- Debora Patta was born on 1 September 1964 in Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe].
- Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) from 1975 to 1980 and led its successor political party, the ZANU - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), from 1980 to 2017. Ideologically an African nationalist, during the 1970s and 1980s he identified as a Marxist-Leninist, and as a socialist after the 1990s.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Bruce Fletcher was born on 3 May 1951 in Que Que, Rhodesia [now Kwekwe, Zimbabwe]. He is known for Needful Things (1993), Stealing Sinatra (2003) and The Beachcombers (1972). He died on 6 May 2019 in Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada.- Leon Whiteson was born on 19 October 1930 in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. He was a writer, known for Waco (2018), Waco: The Aftermath (2023) and The Wednesday Play (1964). He was married to Aviva Layton and Janine Kahn. He died on 25 August 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Merle Park was born on 8 October 1937 in Salisbury, Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. She is an actress, known for Pineapple Poll (1959), The Nutcracker (1968) and Producers' Showcase (1954). She was previously married to Sidney Bloch and James Monahan.
- Dumiso Dabengwa was born on 6 December 1939 in Matabeleland, Rhodesia now Zimbabwe. He was married to Zodwa Khumalo. He died on 23 May 2019 in Kenya.
- David Houghton was born on 23 June 1957 in Bulawayo, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland [now Bulawayo, Zimbabwe].
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- Additional Crew
Keith Goddard was born on 13 March 1960 in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. He was a composer, known for Flame (1996) and On the Edge: Improvisation in Music (1992). He died on 9 October 2009 in Harare, Zimbabwe.- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Transportation Department
Bryan de Klerk was born on the 5th March, 1974 in Salisbury, Rhodesia. Bryan moved with his parents, Graham and Jeannine, at the age of 2 (1976) to the greater Johannesburg area in the Republic of South Africa during the Rhodesian Civil War. He grew up in South Africa and began working on film and TV productions at the age of 13.
Bryan worked as an extra in over +40 productions to include BBC's "Barney Barnato", "Soldier Soldier 5" to "Bravo Two Zero", "Dangerous Ground" ("The Spear" - working title) as a P.R.O., a Marshal during a Roland Joffe TV commercial, driver and stand-in/body-double for Chris Noth on "Born Free : A New Adventure", and stand-in for Val Kilmer on "The Ghost and the Darkness" among others.
Bryan is currently utilizing his Military and Law-Enforcement qualifications and expertise as a firearms and tactics instructor for lead cast and technical advisor for the film industry in the Atlanta, GA area.
Bryan is also available to compliment on-screen sequences or cast that require actors and extras with prior, qualified Military/Law-Enforcement and applicable experience.- Actor
- Producer
Mark Goodier was born on 28 June 1961 in Salisbury, Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. He is an actor and producer, known for Bob's Weekend (1996), The Hit Factory: The Pete Waterman Story (2001) and The Day Today (1994).- Ronald Duncan was born on 6 August 1914 in Salisbury, Rhodesia [now Harare, Zimbabwe]. He was a writer, known for The Saint (1962), The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968) and Armchair Theatre (1956). He was married to Rose Marie Hansome. He died on 3 June 1982 in Barnstaple, Devon, England, UK.
- Chris Ellison was born on 15 June 1954 in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. He has been married to Caroline Vicki since 1992. They have three children.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Klaus Bueb was born on 19 July 1946 in Norton, Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. He is an actor and writer, known for Adrian und die Römer (1989), Nicht nichts ohne Dich (1985) and Der T-Mann (1985).