# Kevin Miles (Australian actor)

Kevin Gordon Miles (17 April 1929 – 13 September 2024) was an Australian actor of theatre, television and film.
He was best known for his small screen roles as Detective John Randall in The Link Men and as Godfrey Carson in the legal drama Carson's Law. Miles also appeared in Delta (1969), Dynasty (1970) and The Power, The Passion (1989).

## Early life

Miles was born on 17 April 1929 in Melbourne, Victoria, to a working class family as one of six children. He left school at age 12 or 13, but didn't have an interest in acting until his brother-in-law encouraged him to audition for the theatre.

## Career

Miles' career began in theatre in 1949, appearing in J.C. Williamson productions. He then moved to the United Kingdom, touring England and Europe with the Royal Shakespeare Company alongside Laurence Olivier and Vivian Leigh. In 1955 he also began appeared in television plays at the BBC.
In the late 1960s he began appearing in guest roles on Australian television series including Hunter, Contrabandits and Skippy the Bush Kangaroo before securing the one of his best known roles as Detective Sergeant John Randall in 1970 series The Link Men. He also appeared in Delta and Barrier Reef before undertaking the lead role of David Mason in Dynasty.
Guest roles followed throughout the 1970s in Boney, Ryan, The Evil Touch, Class of '75, Silent Number, Behind the Legend, Homicide, Division 4, The Young Doctors, Luke's Kingdom, Case for the Defence and King’s Men.
In 1983, Miles took on another of his best known roles as law firm owner Godfrey Carson in the legal drama Carson's Law alongside Lorraine Bayly. The role earned him a Logie Award for Best Lead Actor in a Series. He appeared in miniseries Nancy Wake and Darlings of the Gods, before undertaking another lead role in drama series The Power, The Passion in 1989.
Miles retired from acting in 1997, after his final role in the TV movie The Ripper.

## Death

Miles passed away in Rye, Victoria on 13 September 2024, at the age of 95.

## Awards

| Year | Work | Award | Category | Result |
| | Dynasty | Penguin Award | Commemoration | Won |
| 1984 | Carson's Law | Logie Award | Best Lead Actor in a Series | Won |

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1955 | Othello | 1st Gentleman | TV film |
| 1956 | The Petrified Forest | Ruby | TV film |
| 1957 | The Hasty Heart | Digger | TV film |
| 1959 | Antony and Cleopatra | Caesar | TV film |
| 1961 | The First Joanna | Halley van Drutten | TV film |
| 1966 | Antigone | Chorus Leader | TV film |
| 1969 | The Intruders | Meredith | Feature film |
| 1972 | Dust or Polish? | Dr Grimsby | TV film |
| 1974 | The Cars That Ate Paris | Dr. Midland | Feature film |
| 1974 | Eye of the Spiral | | TV movie |
| 1976 | End Play | Charlie Bricknall | Feature film |
| 1978 | Weekend of Shadows | The Superintendent | Feature film |
| 1978 | The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith | Knoller (uncredited) | Feature film |
| 1978 | The Tichborne Affair | Defence Counsel | TV film |
| 1982 | ...Deadline | Thurber | TV film |
| 1984 | Conferenceville | | TV film |
| 1985 | Emmett Stone | Emmett Stone | TV movie |
| 1988 | Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Geoff Bormann | Feature film |
| 1988 | Badlands 2005 | Doc Demeter | TV film |
| 1988 | Evil Angels (aka A Cry in the Dark) | Professor Cameron | Feature film |
| 1989 | Darlings of the Gods | Lord Esher | TV film |
| 1997 | The Ripper | Sir William Fraser | TV film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1957 | The Adventures of Aggie | Jack Reynolds | Episode 24: "Cock and Bull" |
| 1958 | African Patrol | Jim Stevens / Roger | 2 episodes |
| 1967–1968 | Contrabandits | John Coubert / Hoffman / Kraft | Seasons 1 & 2, 3 episodes |
| 1967–1975 | Homicide | Bill Standard / Dave Ellis / Kevin Davies / Billy Farrell | 4 episodes |
| 1968 | Hunter | Brian Clarke | Episode 40: "The Late John Hunter" |
| 1969 | Skippy the Bush Kangaroo | Steven Lansbury | Season 3, episode 8: "The Veteran" |
| 1969–1970 | Delta | Brian Fitch | Seasons 1–2, 23 episodes |
| 1969–1971 | Dynasty | David Mason | Seasons 1–2, 24 episodes |
| 1970 | The Link Men | Detective Sergeant John Randall | 13 episodes |
| 1971 | Barrier Reef | Edwards | Episode 4: "Strange Cargo" |
| 1972 | Elephant Boy | Prince Paddam | |
| 1973 | Boney | Martin Borredale | Season 2, episode 3: "Boney and the Strangler" |
| 1973 | Ryan | John Hiller | Episode 9: "The Messenger Birds" |
| 1973 | The Evil Touch | Bigelow | Episode 5: "Happy New Year, Aunt Carrie" |
| 1973–1975 | Division 4 | State Manager / Colonel Harris / Simon 'The General' Lee | 3 episodes |
| 1974 | Out of Love | | Episode 2: "It Will Never Work" |
| 1974 | Silent Number | McGillrae / Hacking | 2 episodes |
| 1974 | Eye of the Spiral | | |
| 1975 | Behind the Legend | G.V. Brooke | Season 3, episode 5: "George Coppin" |
| 1975 | Class of '75 | Jean-Pierre | 10 episodes |
| 1975 | The Seven Ages of Man | | Episode 5: "The Justice" |
| 1975 | The Company Men | Russell Cramm | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
| 1975 | Armchair Cinema | Brandon | Season 1, episode 6: "Tully" |
| 1976 | Luke's Kingdom | Wilmot | Miniseries, episode 12: "An Enemy Too Many" |
| 1977 | The Outsiders | Jack Flemming | Episode 10: "Charlie Cole Esq." |
| 1977 | The Young Doctors | Inspector Stafford | 5 episodes |
| 1978 | Case for the Defence | Fulstrom | Episode 2: "The Killing of Toby McGee" |
| 1979 | King's Men | | Episode 8: "Crusade" |
| 1983–1984 | Carson's Law | Godfrey Carson | TV series, 184 episodes |
| 1986 | Studio 86 | | Episode 5: "What We Did in the Past" |
| 1987 | Nancy Wake | Commander Busch | Miniseries, episode 1 |
| 1988 | Joe Wilson | Grainger | Miniseries, episode 1: "Joe Wilson's Courtship" |
| 1989 | Mission: Impossible | General Eli Szabo | Season 2, episode 6: "War Games" |
| 1989 | The Power, The Passion | Gordon Byrne | TV series, 167 episodes |
| 1990 | More Winners | Magistrate | Season 2, episode 2: "Boy Soldiers" |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Type |
| 1949 | Fly Away Peter | | Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Adelaide, Theatre Royal Sydney with J. C. Williamson's |
| 1949–1950 | Much Ado About Nothing | | Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, Theatre Royal, Adelaide with J. C. Williamson's & RSC |
| 1949–1950 | The Tragedy of Macbeth | Lord | Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, Theatre Royal, Adelaide with RSC |
| 1950 | Young Wives' Tale | | Princess Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1951 | Jane, My Love | | Theatre Royal, Hobart, National Theatre, Launceston |
| 1952–1953 | Seagulls Over Sorrento | Sub-Lieutenant Granger | Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland, Theatre Royal, Adelaide, Theatre Royal Sydney, Victoria Theatre, Newcastle with J. C. Williamson's |
| 1953 | Reluctant Heroes | | Victoria Theatre, Newcastle with J. C. Williamson's |
| 1954 | Othello | Senators, servants & soldiers | Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford with RSC |
| 1954 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | | Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford with RSC |
| 1954 | Romeo and Juliet | | Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford with RSC |
| 1954 | The Taming of the Shrew | Nathaniel | Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford with RSC |
| 1954 | Troilus and Cressida | | Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford with RSC |
| 1955 | Macbeth | Extra | Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford with RSC |
| 1955 | All’s Well That Ends Well | Courtier | Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford with RSC |
| 1955 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | | Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford with RSC |
| 1955; 1957 | Titus Andronicus | Chiron | Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford, Sarah Bernhardt Theatre Paris, Teatro Le Fenice, Venice, National Theatre, Belgrade, Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb, City Theatre, Vienna, Polish Theatre, Warsaw, Stoll Theatre, London with RSC |
| 1956 | Strange Request | Michael Moor | New Theatre Oxford |
| 1956 | Alibi | | Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton with Wolverhampton Repertory Company |
| 1956 | Ned Kelly | Dan Kelly | Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney |
| 1956; 1957 | The Rainmaker | Jim Curry | Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney, His Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane |
| 1959 | The Tunnel of Love | | Roxy Theatre, Leeton |
| 1959 | Time Limit | | Little Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1961 | The Dumb Waiter / The Room | | Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1961 | The World of Suzie Wong | | Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Metro Cinema, Sydney |
| 1961 | The Caretaker | | Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1961 | Alice in Wonderland | | Comedy Theatre, Melbourne with J. C. Williamson's |
| 1962 | Come Blow Your Horn | Alan Baker | Playhouse, Perth with AET Trust |
| 1963 | Do You Mind! | | Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney |
| 1963; 1964 | The Wizard of Oz | Tin Man | Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne, Tivoli Theatre, Sydney |
| 1964 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | | Old Tote Theatre, Sydney, Albert Hall, Canberra, Theatre 62, Adelaide, Palace Theatre, Sydney |
| 1966 | Brecht on Brecht | | Emerald Hill Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre 62, Adelaide |
| 1966 | Aspects of Love | | Old Tote Theatre, Sydney |
| 1967 | The Typists | | AMP Theatrette, Sydney with AET Trust |
| 1968 | Bell, Book and Candle | | St Martins Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1968 | The Absence of a Cello | Otis Clifton | St Martins Theatre, Melbourne |
| 1968 | Twelfth Night | | University of Melbourne with MTC |
| 1968 | She Stoops to Conquer | | Independent Theatre, Sydney |
| 1969 | Henry IV, Part 1 | Thomas Percy | Octagon Theatre, Perth, Keith Murdoch Court, Melbourne with MTC |
| 1970 | The Trial of the Catonsville Nine | | Pitt Street Church, Sydney with Stable Productions |
| 1975 | Chez Nous | | Old Tote Theatre, Sydney |
| 1976 | Absurd Person Singular | | Theatre Royal, Hobart with Tasmanian Theatre Company |
| 1976 | The Brass Hat | Lt Colonel Guy Holden | Old Tote Theatre, Sydney |
| 1976 | Otherwise Engaged | Stephen | Old Tote Theatre, Sydney |
| 1977 | The School for Scandal | Sir Oliver Surface | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1977 | Fifth Australian National Playwrights' Conference | | Canberra |
| 1977 | Swansong for Antlers | Col Streger | Theatre 62, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1977 | Annie Get Your Gun | Buffalo Bill | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1977 | A Happy and Holy Occasion | | Playhouse, Adelaide with Hunter Valley Theatre Company |
| 1978 | Oedipus the King / Oedipus at Colonus | Old Shepherd | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1978 | Three O'Clock Farewell | | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1978 | Henry IV | Falstaff | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1978 | Cymbeline | Iachimo | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1979 | The Lady of the Camellias | M Duval | Sydney Opera House with The Paris Company & STC |
| 1979 | Long Day's Journey into Night | James Tyrone | Sydney Opera House with STC |
| 1979 | Last Day in Woolloomooloo | Ted | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1980 | The Mystery Plays of Wakefield | | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1980 | The Three Sisters | Ivan Chevutykin | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1980 | The Float | Ruff Mottram | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1980 | The Precious Woman | Chi Yu | Sydney Opera House with STC |
| 1981 | A Hard God | Martin | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1981 | The Revenger's Tragedy | Antonio / Dondolo | Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA |
| 1986 | The Nerd | Clelia | Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, University of Sydney, Regal Theatre, Perth, Playhouse, Adelaide |
| 1989 | Macbeth | Duncan, King of Scotland | Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC |
| 1989 | Dreams in an Empty City | Wilson | Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC |
| 1990–1991 | Lend Me a Tenor | Saunders / Maggie's father / General Manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera Company | His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Theatre Royal Sydney, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, Canberra Theatre |
| 1991 | The Crucible | Deputy Governor Danforth | Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC |
| 1991 | Uncle Vanya | Serebryakov | Russell Street Theatre, Melbourne with MTC |
| 1994 | High Society | Seth Lord | Playhouse, Adelaide, Playhouse, Melbourne, Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane, Canberra Theatre, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne, State Theatre, Sydney with MTC |