Brian Miller (actor)

Brian Reginald Miller (born 17 April 1941) is a British actor and television personality. His credits include Brazil (1985), Blake's 7 (1979), Doctor Who (1983), Snakedance (1983), Resurrection of the Daleks (1984), Remembrance of the Daleks (1988), The Trial of Davros, The Sarah Jane Adventures (2009), Casualty (2012), and Coronation Street (2012).

Brian Miller
Born	Brian Reginald Miller (1941-04-17) 17 April 1941 (age 84) Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1965–2014
Spouse	Elisabeth Sladen ​ ​ (m. 1968; died 2011)​
Children	Sadie Miller

Career

Miller and his wife, Elisabeth Sladen, moved to Liverpool after she left Doctor Who where they performed in a series of plays including a two-person production Mooney and his Caravans.^[1] In 1978, they appeared together in the ITV drama Send In The Girls.^[2]

In 1985, Miller played Mr Buttle starring alongside Robert De Niro, Jonathan Pryce, and Ian Holm in the Terry Gilliam film Brazil (1985).^[3]

Other television series in which he has appeared include Blake's 7 (in the episode "Horizon"),^[4] The Bill, Angels and Casualty.^[4] He has an occasional role in the radio serial The Archers as Jason the builder.^[4]

Miller played Cliff Pughes in Coronation Street,^[4] and Mark in Wizards vs Aliens.^[4]

Doctor Who

He has performed in various Doctor Who productions, appearing as Dugdale in the serial Snakedance (1983), providing Dalek voices in Resurrection of the Daleks (1984) and Remembrance of the Daleks (1988),^[4] playing the role of Wiston in the 2005 stage production of The Trial of Davros, and playing the tramp Barney in the 2014 episode "Deep Breath".^[4]

Miller and Sladen performed alongside their daughter in a number of Sarah Jane Smith audio plays, released by Big Finish Productions.^[5] Miller also appeared alongside his wife in The Sarah Jane Adventures, as Harry the caretaker in the serial "The Mad Woman in the Attic" (2009).^[6]

Personal life

On 8 June 1968, Miller married actress Elisabeth Sladen in Liverpool.^[6] Their marriage lasted until her death on 19 April 2011.^[2] They had a daughter, actress Sadie Miller.^[7]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1972	Suburban Wives	Husband's friend		[4]
1974	Village Hall	Mr. Martin	Episode - Mr. Ellis Versus the People.
1978	The Big Sleep	Casino Waiter	Uncredited
1978	Send In The Girls			[2]
1979	Blake's 7	Assistant Kommissar	Episode - Horizon	[8]
1979	Summer's Children	Fred
1983	Doctor Who	Dugdale	Episode - Snakedance	[9]
1985	Brazil	Mr. Archibald Buttle		[4]
1992	The Old Boy Network	Percy	2 episodes
1993	The Punk	Fishmonger		[4]
2000	The Ghost of Greville Lodge	Party Guest #13 (1939)		[4]
2004	Number One, Longing. Number Two, Regret	Police officer #10
2009	The Sarah Jane Adventures	Harry Sowersby	The Mad Woman in the Attic, Parts 1 & 2
2012	Coronation Street	Cliff Pughes	2 episodes (14/09/12)	[4]
2012	Line of Duty	Alf Butterfield		[4]
2012	Wizards vs Aliens	Old Mark	Dawn of the Nekross, Parts 1 & 2	[10]
2014	Doctor Who	Barney (homeless person)	Episode - Deep Breath	[4]