Miles Anderson
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Born | Miles Anderson 23 October 1947 Zimbabwe |
Miles Anderson (born 23 October 1947) is an English actor.
He was born in 1947 in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Educated at Prince Edward school, his father commanded the Rhodesian Army in the pre UDI days.
He has been appearing in ITV's Ultimate Force as Colonel Aiden Dempsey. He had previously played Colonel Dan Fortune (this time a Regular "green" Army officer) in ITVs hit 1990s series Soldier Soldier (series 1 and 2 only). He was awarded the 1982 London Critics' Circle Drama Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actor of 1981 for his performances in The Twin Rivals and The Witch of Edmonton.
His numerous performances for television include Fall of Eagles, Z Cars, The Sweeney. Campion, House of Cards, Oliver's Travels and Holby City. Anderson also appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders entitled Last Year's Model. Most recently he was seen as Major Marchbanks in the BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke and he'll be on BBC TV again, early in the new year, in the sixth series of the crime-drama Waking the Dead.
In 2008, he made a brief appearance as "Edward Tunstall" in the BBC's flagship soap, EastEnders.
He is an associate member of RADA.
Miles is also the father of actor Joe Anderson