Brian Miller
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Brian Miller is a British actor. He appeared in the Doctor Who
serial Snakedance
, provided Dalek
voices in Resurrection of the Daleks
and Remembrance of the Daleks
, and played the role of 'Wiston' in the 2005 stage production of The Trial of Davros
. He played Mr Buttle in the Terry Gilliam
film Brazil
.
Other television series in which he has appeared include Blake's 7
(in the episode "Horizon"), The Bill
, Angels
and Casualty
.
He married actress Elisabeth Sladen
, who played Sarah Jane Smith
in Doctor Who, in 1968 in Liverpool
. The marriage lasted until her death on 19 April 2011.
After the departure of his wife from Doctor Who, they returned to Liverpool and performed in a series of plays. This included a two-hander with Sladen in Mooney and his Caravans. A notable TV appearance was Miller playing the husband of Sladen in ITV drama Send In The Girls.
Miller and their daughter, Sadie Miller
, appeared with Sladen in the range of Sarah Jane Smith
audio plays by Big Finish Productions
.
Miller appeared alongside his wife in the series three episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures
, "The Mad Woman in the Attic
", as Harry the caretaker, and he has an occasional role in the radio serial The Archers
as Jason the builder.
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
serial Snakedance
Snakedance
*In post-production, episode four of this story overran very badly. As a result, it had to be completely restructured. Originally the door for a third Mara adventure was to be left open, with closing scenes discussing the ultimate fate of the Great Crystal. Furthermore, a sequence in which the...
, provided Dalek
Dalek
The Daleks are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Within the series, Daleks are cyborgs from the planet Skaro, created by the scientist Davros during the final years of a thousand-year war against the Thals...
voices in Resurrection of the Daleks
Resurrection of the Daleks
Resurrection of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts between 8 February and 15 February 1984...
and Remembrance of the Daleks
Remembrance of the Daleks
Remembrance of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 5 October to 26 October 1988....
, and played the role of 'Wiston' in the 2005 stage production of The Trial of Davros
The Trial of Davros
The Trial of Davros was an amateur theatrical production based on the long-running British BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, and the character of Davros created by screenwriter Terry Nation...
. He played Mr Buttle in the Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam
Terrence Vance "Terry" Gilliam is an American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several films, including Brazil , The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , The Fisher King , and 12 Monkeys...
film Brazil
Brazil (film)
Brazil is a 1985 British science fiction fantasy/black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam. It was written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard and stars Jonathan Pryce. The film also features Robert De Niro, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond, Bob Hoskins, and Ian Holm...
.
Other television series in which he has appeared include Blake's 7
Blake's 7
Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC for its BBC1 channel. The series was created by Terry Nation, a prolific television writer and creator of the Daleks for the television series Doctor Who. Four series of Blake's 7 were produced and broadcast between 1978...
(in the episode "Horizon"), The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, Angels
Angels (TV series)
Angels was originally a British television seasonal drama series dealing with the subject of student nurses and was broadcast by the BBC between 1975 and 1978. The show's format then switched to a twice weekly soap opera format from 1979 to 1983. The show's title derived from the name of the...
and Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
.
He married actress Elisabeth Sladen
Elisabeth Sladen
Elisabeth Clara Heath-Sladen was an English actress best known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith in the British television series Doctor Who. She was a regular cast member from 1973 to 1976, alongside both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, and reprised the role many times in subsequent decades, both on...
, who played Sarah Jane Smith
Sarah Jane Smith
Sarah Jane Smith is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running British BBC Television science-fiction series Doctor Who and its spin-offs K-9 and Company and The Sarah Jane Adventures....
in Doctor Who, in 1968 in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
. The marriage lasted until her death on 19 April 2011.
After the departure of his wife from Doctor Who, they returned to Liverpool and performed in a series of plays. This included a two-hander with Sladen in Mooney and his Caravans. A notable TV appearance was Miller playing the husband of Sladen in ITV drama Send In The Girls.
Miller and their daughter, Sadie Miller
Sadie Miller
Sadie Isabelle Amy Miller is an English actress and the daughter of actor Brian Miller and actress Elisabeth Sladen...
, appeared with Sladen in the range of Sarah Jane Smith
Sarah Jane Smith: Comeback
Sarah Jane Smith: Comeback is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It stars Elisabeth Sladen reprising her role as Sarah Jane Smith.- Plot :...
audio plays by Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
.
Miller appeared alongside his wife in the series three episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British science fiction television series, produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies and starring Elisabeth Sladen...
, "The Mad Woman in the Attic
The Mad Woman in the Attic
The Mad Woman in the Attic is a two-part story of The Sarah Jane Adventures. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 22 and 23 October 2009. It is the second serial of the third series.-Part 1:...
", as Harry the caretaker, and he has an occasional role in the radio serial The Archers
The Archers
The Archers is a long-running British soap opera broadcast on the BBC's main spoken-word channel, Radio 4. It was originally billed as "an everyday story of country folk", but is now described on its Radio 4 web site as "contemporary drama in a rural setting"...
as Jason the builder.