Kevin Miles

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 1984 Carson's Law Logie Award Best Lead Actor in a Series

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" 1958African 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