Mic -Mil Omaha branch, as salesman. 1916-17; then branch manager. Music,U.ofCincinnati;CarnegieInst. ofTechnol- Fox Film Corp.. Omaha branch, 1918-22, Inclusive; branch ogy.Radioannouncer,actor,1953;U.S. Army Special manager, Fox Film Corp., Chicago branch, 1923; general Services, 1943-46; radio -TV actor; on Broadway in Ondine; salesmanager; Fox Film Corp.,for United Statesand pictures include: Big Combo, Desperate Hours, Court Jester, Canada, 1924; hon. chmn. bd. of dlr. Wometco Enterprises, Trial, Red Sundown,FriendlyPersuasion,Lonely Man, Inc. Silver Chalice, Proud Ones, Love Me Tender, Pylon. MICHAEL, GERTRUDE: Actress. b. Talladega, Ala.; is. MIESEGAES, WILLIAM: Executive. h.London. Eng.. ConverseColl.;U. Alabama; CincinnatiConger.Music. 1906; e. Harrow, Eng. Founded Transtilm 1941: M. I'. prod. Played stock on stage in Caught Wet 1932 (N. Y.); pic- The Medium(Ellin).EnergeticallyYours,The EarthIs tures include: Sailor Be Good, Farmer's Daughter, Parole Born, The Story of Light, Americans at Home; and over Fixer, Hidden Menace,ICan't Give You Anything But 200 industrial films; pres. Transfilm, Inc. Love Baby, Slightly Tempted. Prisoner of Japan, Behind Prison Walls, Where Are Your Children, Women in Bond- MILES, BERNARD: C.B.E. Actor, dir., writer. b. Hill- age,Faces intheFog,Three'sa Crowd, Club Havana, ingdon,Middlesex,Sept.27,1907;e.PembrokeColl., Make Way for a Lady, Second Wife, Just Like a Woman. Oxford.Brit.stage debut 1930 in RichardIII,London. Bolero, Bedtime Story, Allotment Wives, Caged, Bugles in Brit. screen debut in Channel Crossing; pictures since include the Afternoon, Darling How Could You, Women's Prison. Pastor Hall. The Big Blockade, This Was Parts: (collab. a.p.) Thunder Rock; The Day Will Dawn. One of Our MICHAELS, RONALD GUY: Executive.b.Melbourne, Aircraft Is Missing, In Which We Serve; (author, co-dir., Australia, May 8,1915.e.Melbourne. Joined United Art- actor) Tawney Pipit; Carnival, Great Expectations. istsasofficeboy, Melbourne br..1931; adv.sales dept., Recent Pictures: Fame isthe Spur, Nicholas Nickleby, 1932; shipping dept., 1933; booking dept., 1935; spec. sales Guinea Pig,Never Let Me Go, Moby Dick, Man Who rep.,1939;Adelaidebr.mgr.,1940;servedIn Royal Knew Too Much,Zarak,Tiger IntheSmoke,Fortune Australian Air Force, 1942-46; returned to U.A. as asst. to Isa Woman, Smallest Show onEarth,St.Joan, Tom managing dir., 1946; gen. sales mgr- 1950; Joint managing Thumb. Awarded C. B. E., 1953. dir., 1952; managing dir., United Artists, Australia, 1953. TV: Treasure Island, etc. Detmold, Germany, MILES, FLORENCE GRIBBON: President, Lloyds Film MICHEL, WERNER: Producer.b. Storage Corp., New York City, founded in 1914.b. New March 5,1910.e. U. of Berlin, U. of Paris, Ph.D. Radio York; widow of Joseph R. Miles, former owner of Lloyds; writer,dir.,co-author two Broadway revues,1938,1940; e. New York schools. Was cost accountant with Mutual Pic- dir.French featurefilms;dir.Broadcast Div.,Voice of tures, Triangle Film Corporation, Douglas Fairbanks Pic- America,1942-46; prod.,dir.. CBS, 1946-48; asst.prog. tures, Hollywood. dir.,CBS,1948-50;dir. ofKenyon andEckhardt TV dept.,1950-52; prod. Ford TV Theatre, Ford 50th An- 1952- MILES, VERA; Actress. b. Boise City, Okla., Aug. 23. niversary Show; exec.prod., DuAlmit TV network, e.publicschools, 55;dir.,Electronicam TV -FilmProd.,1955-56;prod.. Pratt and Wichita, Kans. On TV in v.D. Climax,PepsiColaPlayhouse,SchlitzPlayhouse,Ford Benton and Bowles; Procter and Gamble. 1956-57; Theatre;picturesinclude:For MenOnly,RoseBowl & dir. TV -radio dept., Reach, McClinton Advertising, Inc., Story, Charge at Feather River, Pride of the Blue Grass. pres. RMC Productions, Inc. Wichita, The Searchers,23 Pacesto Baker Street, Au- MICHEL, WILLIAM C.: Executive. b. New York, N. Y., tumn Leaves, Wrong Man. Beau James. 1894. Entered m. p. Ind. as comptroller, Precision Machine Intern'l Projector Corp.to MILESTONE, LEW IS:Director.b.Chisinau,Russia, Co., Feb., 1914; v. -D.,treas., Sept.30,1895;e.Gard U., Belgium. Started as cutter, 1930; v. -p., treas., Fox Film Corp., April, 1930; exec. v.p., 1918; later signed by Howard Hughes, then pres. Caddo 20th Century -Fox Film Corp., 1932. Member bd. of dir. & Co.; loaned to United Artiststodir.Corinne Griffith in exec.comm., 20th -Fox Film Corp.; vice-chmn.,20th -Fox Garden of Eden; other films include: The Racket, Betrayal, Intern'l Corp.; pros., Movietonews, Inc. Member: N.Y.A.C.; All Quiet on the Western Front, Front Page, Rain, Gen- M. P. Pioneers. eral Died at Dawn, Of Mice and Men, Lucky Partners. In 1941prod.and dir., My Life with Caroline; from 1942 M ICH ELET, MICHEL:Composer. b. Kieft,Russia. assoc. prod. Report from Russia, Edge of Darkness. Prof., Kieft & Vienna conaerv.; composed concert composi- Pictures Include: North Star, Purple Heart, Guest in the tions, ballets, stage music; ant. m. p.Ind. composed scores House; prod., dir. A Walk in the Sun, No Minor Vices; 105 films France; to U. S. 1941; author many concert com- dir., collab.s.p. Arch of Triumph; dir. Red Pony, Halls positions. Scores for pictures inc.: Voice in the Wind, Hairy of Montezuma, Kangaroo, Lea Miserablea, Melba, They Ape, Music far Millions, The Chase, Lured, Siren of At- Who Dare. lantis. Man on the Eiffel Tower, Once a Thief, Tarzan's Peril, Fort Algiers, Un Missionaire, Le Secret de Boeur M !LINA IR, NICOLE. Producer. b. Paris, June 29, 1920. Angele, The Journey, Petersburger Nachte etc.; scores for Early career in studio of designer for printing fabrics, wall many U.S.InformationServicedocumentaries;au.of paper 1946-50; m.p.industry in France,1950. Russian music, Anastasia. Member: French Soc.of Com- Recent films: Foreign Intrigue, As Dark As The Night. posers (SACEM). TV seriesinclude: Foreign Intrigue,Sherlock Holmes. Dick and the Duchess. MICHELL, KEITH: Actor. b. Adelaide, Australia 1926. Early career asartteacher,radio actor;toured England M I LI A N, JOHN: Actor. b. Lead City, S. D.; e.St. Mar- andcontinentwithYoungVicCo.;touredAustralia tin'sColl. On dramatic stage,1908-1922.Startedscreen with Stratford Shakespearan Co.1952-53; TV apearances career with Fox in 1922 in Love Letters; then The Lens includePygmalion,ActofViolence,MayerlingAffair. Wolf. Romance Ranch, The Painted Lady, etc. From 1930 Films include: True As A Turtle, Dangerous Exile, Gypsy in many pictures for major cos. and the Gentleman. Resent Pietures: Last Crooked Mile, Killers. White Tie and Tails,Gallant Man, Unconquered, Sinbad the Sailor, MICHIE, BRYAN: TV Producer.b.Tichborne. Hamp- Queen of the Amazons, In Self Defense, Flame, That's MN shire,England.1906. Earlycareer:schoolmaster,actor. Man, Quest of Willie Hunter, Perilous Waters, Samson and With BBC 1929-37. First associated with TV 1936. Then Delilah, Savage, Bonzo Goes to College, Pirates of Tripoli. joinedJackHylton.Appt.Program Manager T.W.W. 1957. MILLAKOWSKY, HERMAN: Producer. b. Memel, Lithu- ania, July 27. 1898; e. U. Konigsberg; U. Berlin, B.A., B.S., MIDDLETON, GUY: Actor. b. Hove, England, Dec. 14, Ph.D. Writer, reporter (Berlin) until 1919; banker (Berlin). 1907; e. Harrow. Worked on Stock Exchange prior to stage 1919-24; gen. mgr. executive prod. Greenbaum -Film (Ber- and screen career. Films: :immy Boy, U; A Woman Alone, lin), 1924-33; same posts Milo Films (Paris), 1933-39. Many Garrett -Klement; Under Proof, Fox; Fame, Fox; Keep Fit, pictures abroad prior to Hollywood career. Gay Adventure, Grosvenor; French Without Tears. Pictures Include: Women in Bondage, Faces in the Fog. Pictures Include: The Demi-Paradise, Champagne Charlie, Murder in the Music Hall, Bal Tarbarin; co -prod.. La Captive Heart, Night Boatto Dublin, Rake's Progress, Peur. Half Way House, Snowbound, One Night with You, Once Upon a Dream, Marriage Bureau, No Place for Jennifer, MILLAND, RAY: Actor.r.n. Jack Millane; b. Heath, Happiest Days of Your Life, Third Visitor, Laughter in Wales,Jan.3,1908;e.King'sColl.Picturesinclude Paradise, Young Wives' Tale, Never Look Back, The Fake, Ambassador Bill,Payment Deferred,Bolero,One Hour Albert IL N., Harassed Hero, Conflict of Wings, Alive on Late, Glass Key, Big Broadcast of 1937, Three Smart Girls, Saturday, Front Page Story, Belles of St. Trinians, Malaga, Easy Living, Ebb Tide, Wise Girl. Beau Geste, French With- Make Me an Offer, Break in the Circle, Gentlemen Marry out Tears, Irene, Doctor Takes a Wife, Lady Has Plans, Reap Brunettes, Yank in Ermine, Sea Shall Not Have Them, the Wild Wind, Are Husbands Necessary, Major and the Now andForever, CelliniCup,AliveonSaturday, Lets Minor, Crystal Ball, Forever and a Day, Lady in the Dark. Be Happy, Doctor At Large. TV appearances. Kitty. Acad. Award best pert ("Lost Weekend") 1945; Well - Groomed Lady, California, Imperfect Lady, Trouble With MIDDLETON, RAY: Actor.b.Chicago, III.;e.Illinois Women, Golden Earrings, Big Clock, Wings Over Honolulu, (music); Juililard School of Music, N.Y.C. With Detroit So Evil My Love, Sealed Verdict, Alias Nick Beal. Civic Opera House; starred inplay, Roberta; in Chicago Recent Pictures: It Happens Every Spring, Life of Her Opera Co.1936; to Hollywood; pictures include: Knicker- Own,Copper Canyon, Woman ofDistinction,Circleof bocker Holiday, George White's Scandal's, American Jubilee, Danger, Night Into Morning, Rhubarb, Close to My Heart, Lady for a Night. Girl from Alaska,I Dream of Jeanie. Something to Live For, Bugles in the Afternoon, The Thief, Sweethearts on Parade, Jubilee Trail,I Cover the Under- Jamaica Run, Let's Do It Again, Dial NI for Murder, Girl world,RoadtoDenver.New Yorkstage:AnnieGet in the Red Velvet Swing; act, dir., A Man Alone, Lisbon; Your Gun, South Pacific. act, Three Brave Men, River's Edge. MIDDLETON, ROBERT: Actor. r. n.: Samuel G. Messer. MILLAR, MACK: Publicist.b. New York City. May 8. b. Cincinnati, Ohio, May 13,1911.e.Cincinnati Coll.of 1905; e.N. Y. U. Formerly reporter. feature writer, N

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