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Masterpiece Mystery

1980

Mystery! is an episodic television series that debuted in 1980 in the USA. It airs on PBS and is produced by WGBH. The show has brought a large number of detective series and television movies—most of them British productions from the BBC or the ITV companies and usually adapted from mystery fiction literary sources—to air on American television. In 2002, they added an American-produced series based on the novels of Tony Hillerman to their roster.

Martin Savage

Cast · Known for Rush

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Martin Savage is a British film, stage and television actor. He appeared in both seasons of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's television series Extras as camp scriptwriter Damon Beesley and in The Thick of It television series specials as Nick Hanway. Savage's film credits include a major role as the Victorian actor in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, George Grossmith, in the Mike Leigh film Topsy-Turvy, and also in Another Year as angry son-in-law Carl. He recently appeared in a small cameo as the performer Dan Leno in a BBC drama about music hall star Marie Lloyd & in the final Masterpiece Mystery Foyle's War. His theatre credits include For King and Country (2009), A Respectable Wedding at the Young Vic (2007), Rupert Goold's Faustus (2004), an RSC production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (2002), Svejk at the Gate Theatre, London (1999), and Two (1997). Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin Savage (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Hamnet

2025

The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

Kenichi Nishida

Kenichi Nishida (西田 健一, Nishida Ken'ichi) is a Japanese anime director and episode director. Formerly he worked for Nippon Animation. He joined Nippon Animation and became a director after working as a production assistant in the World Masterpiece Theater series. His first directed series was Papuwa. In 2010, he left the company and became freelance.

Yutaka Yamada

Composer · Known for Alice in Borderland, BLACK TORCH, Kingdom 5: The Clash of Souls

Yutaka Yamada is a Los Angeles-based music composer known for his work on the anime series "Tokyo Ghoul", Amazon Prime's "VINLAND SAGA", Netflix’s “Great Pretender” and major Netflix series "Alice in Borderland". His masterpiece soundtracks for "Tokyo Ghoul" have gained worldwide popularity with related videos totaling over 130 million views on Youtube. ​In 2018, Yamada composed for "Cry Me a Sad River", a Chinese film which had succeeded with USD $51Mil. In the same year, Eminem sampled Yamada's masterpiece "Glassy Sky (from "Tokyo Ghoul")" on his song "Good Guy" in his "Kamikaze" album. In 2019, he worked alongside Sony Pictures for their mega-hit live-action film "KINGDOM" in which he received the 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Music Score. In 2020, Yamada collaborated with WIT STUDIO again on their original series "GREAT PRETENDER". He had also worked with Riot Games for Spirit Blossom, a League of Legends film project. In 2021, his score for Netflix’s “GREAT PRETENDER” was nominated for both Crunchyroll Anime Awards: Best Score and Best Opening. ​Born in 1989, Yamada graduated from Senzoku Gakuen College of Music where he passionately studied musical composition. In 2009, he entered and won the first prize at VIENNA INSTRUMENTS Strings Arrangement Contest. Today, he is represented by Soundtrack Music Associates, and has since relocated his production base from Tokyo to Sonic Fuel Studios in Los Angeles.

Alfred Hayes

Alfred George James Hayes was an English professional wrestler, manager and commentator, best known for his appearances in the United States with the World Wrestling Federation between 1982 and 1995. Hayes was distinguished by his "Masterpiece Theatre diction" and "Oxford accent".

Yan Xiaopin

Yan was born in an actors's family. She was influenced by her parents and loved art. She had not graduated from middle school. She was admitted to the acting department of Beijing Film Academy in 1982. She played a role in the TV series "On the Water" while playing school, playing an innocent kindness. Zhu Shihui, a young girl, was well received by the audience. Classmate Lin Fangbing. 　 After graduating in 1986, she was assigned to act as an actor in Shanghai Film Studio. In 1987, she played the leading role in "Two Midnight" and "Sun Rain". "Sun Rain" was her The masterpiece, in which she plays the heroine Liu Yaxi, she accurately grasps the complex mentality of the heroine, and shapes a brand-new contemporary youth image. It was screened at the second film festival of Shanghai university students and caused a sensation on the university campus and resonated. , Won the "Bachelor Award" Best Actress Award. In April and August 1987, she participated in two Chinese film delegations to visit Singapore. In 1988, he played a major role in The Daughter's Sutra (1986) and The Deal under the Noose. In October 1988, he took the "The Daughter's Classic (1986)" to the Shanghai Film Studios for exhibitions in Germany and France. In 1992, she went to the United States with her husband. While studying in the United States, she was hosting the show on a local Chinese TV station. After returning home, she played roles in film and television dramas such as "Beijing in New York", "Sin Debt" and "One Family, Two Systems".

Vanessa Whyte

Cinematographer · Known for Ted Lasso

Vanessa is a UK-based cinematographer whose recent work includes The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin for Apple TV, and the multi-award winning Ted Lasso Seasons 2 and 3. Her other TV work includes the pilot for Mawaan Rizwan's Juice, Season 1 of Whitstable Pearl and Season 1 of All Creatures Great and Small for Channel 5 and Masterpiece PBS, which was nominated for Best Drama Series at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2021 and for which Vanessa was nominated for Best Cinematography at the Golden Panda Awards. Vanessa shot the 2018 BAFTA and Royal Television Society Award-winning drama Murdered for Being Different, for director Paul Andrew Williams for the BBC, and teamed up with him again to shoot the six-part ITV series A Confession, written by Jeff Pope and starring Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, Joe Absolom and Siobhan Finneran, which was nominated for Best Mini Series at the BAFTA TV Awards 2020, Best New Drama at The National Television Awards and Best Drama Series at the Broadcast Awards.

Kayla Anjali

Kayla Anjali is known for her role as Georgia on HBO Max's The Pitt, Season 1 episode 14 and 15. She's an American born actress who learned all the world's a stage at the age of 3.5 and continued performing in a variety of musicals including McCoy Rigby's production of the Sound of Music as Gretl. Kayla also started to dabble in film and TV, and quickly fell in love with its realness. She has gone on to be on Discovery+, ESPN, and a wide range of short films that have debuted in over 30 film festivals and won awards in the US and worldwide. Charming and friendly as well as professional, Kayla is passionate about creating a 'masterpiece' with the creative team and talent. Her other hobbies include singing and dancing, film-making and editing, writing stories, and playing pretty much anything.

Edward Baker-Duly

He was born in Stockholm, Sweden of British and Swedish parents and has lived in the United Kingdom, Ethiopia, and South Africa. His UK television work includes playing no-nonsense sports master Chris Malachay in the long-running BBC school drama, Grange Hill, from 2003–2006. Previously he had played Joe Fisher, the Australian partner of gay builder Jason Kirk, in the ITV1 soap Emmerdale. He completed filming Botched alongside Stephen Dorff in 2006, and more recently played the entrepreneur Hermann Hauser in the BBC comedy drama show Micro Men. In December 2010 he played Joachim von Ribbentrop in the BBC Wales/Masterpiece reprise of Upstairs, Downstairs. In theatre he has appeared in West Side Story directed by Arthur Laurents, South Pacific, directed by Trevor Nunn and originated the role of Ashley Wilkes in Trevor Nunn's West End musical adaptation of Gone With The Wind in 2008. He has also appeared in Rookery Nook at the Menier Chocolate Factory. He created the role of the Tin Man in Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End production of The Wizard of Oz. He also portrays Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's farmhand, Hickory, who is the Tin Man's Kansas counterpart. In 2013 he moved to New York City, where he and his wife Caroline, son Miles, and daughter Iris now reside, and appeared in the Off-Broadway production of Peter and the Starcatcher. In 2016, he appeared in the Showtime series Billions first season's final episode "The Conversation". In 2021, he appeared in Hollyoaks as Clarke. In 2019, he played The Grinch in the UK tour of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical. In 2023, he played military policeman Calloway in a musical theatre version of The Third Man in London.

Polly Kreisman

A multiple Emmy Award winning former Journalist, Polly now acts in television and film, a testament to her innate storytelling prowess. Most recent credits include Nobody Wants This (Netflix,) The Girls on the Bus (HBO,) The Undoing (HBO,) and Mr. Harrigan's Phone (Netflix) During the SAG strike, Polly wrote a screenplay called "Drama Queens," a TV Pilot, hailed "a comedic masterpiece," and derived from an autobiographical short story, telling the tale of two actresses grappling with the hurdles of aging in an industry notorious for sidelining them. Native to both New York City and Washington DC, and a Cornell University graduate, Polly is mom to twins (and two dogs,) and remains grounded in her diverse interests. From long-distance biking and riding horses (English style) to indulging in Barre classes, and hiking trails worldwide, Polly embodies a life rich in experiences both on and off the screen.

Eugene O'Hare

Eugene O'Hare is an Irish actor, Methuen-published playwright and screenwriter. He has played recurring roles in major dramas for HBO, Netflix, BBC, Starz and Sony. He made his Broadway debut at 24 and has worked with directors Sam Mendes, Ridley Scott and the late Victoria Wood. In 2022/23 he will play Governor Martin in Outlander Seasons 6 & 7. O'Hare's performance in True West was publicly lauded by its author the late Sam Shepard in the last British revival before Shepard's death. O'Hare created the role of Magennis in Jez Butterworth's hit play The Ferryman directed by Sam Mendes in 2017. His first American stage role was on Broadway playing Colm Meaney's son in the Eugene O'Neill masterpiece A Moon for the Misbegotten. O'Hare later returned to New York to St Ann's Warehouse to create the role of Pierre opposite Adrian Lester in Lolita Chakrabarti's multi award-winning debut play Red Velvet. He has both written for and performed at the National Theatre in London and has played many roles on stage at theaters such as the Royal Court, Shakespeare's Globe, The Old Vic and in London's West End. 2022 he will be seen playing a featured role in season 2 of HBO's Industry and in the Netflix/Sony remake of Lady Chatterley's Lover. He has had roles in Black Mirror, Marcella, The Fall, Dublin Murders and Prometheus. His plays, published by Methuen, have all debuted in London to critical and public acclaim. The world premier of his play Sydney & the Old Girl featured the Harry Potter Bafta-winning actress Miriam Margolyes. The BBC commissioned his first outing as a screenwriter in 2018. The Music Room featured the entire Ulster Orchestra. O'Hare has several original feature film scripts optioned and in development for 2022 and 2023. He has a number of television scripts optioned with companies such as Element Pictures and The Lighthouse. A wide range of high profile talent is attached to his work. He is represented by the Literary agency Curtis Brown in London and as an actor he is represented by Charlie Cox at EBA.

Eiko Yamada

Cast · Known for Mission: Yozakura Family

Eiko Yamada (山田 栄子, Yamada Eiko, June 13, 1953) is a Japanese seiyū (voice actress), singer and stage actress born in Koyasu, Kanagawa District, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. She is affiliated with 81 Produce. Her real name is Eiko Hisamura (久村 栄子). She has voiced many characters in the World Masterpiece Theater anime series from Nippon Animation, including lead roles such as Anne in Anne of Green Gables and Jo in Little Women. She has also participated in other anime series such as Dragon Ball and Captain Tsubasa, among others.

Paul Cotter

Born in Brighton, England, Paul studied Geography in Manchester then worked on glaciers in Pakistan, before deciding to become a filmmaker. "Bomber", described by Variety as Paul's "impressive feature debut", premiered in competition at SXSW before winning over 12 Best Feature, Director and Actor awards at festivals worldwide, securing North American distribution through Film Movement. The Chicago Reader described "Bomber" as a "truthful indie comedy masterpiece... writer and first-time feature director Paul Cotter never puts a foot wrong." while Ray Pride in NewCity described the film as "one of the most accomplished no-budget movies I've seen... inspired... beautifully composed."

Joan Tewkesbury

Director · Known for The Guardian

Joan Tewkesbury (born April 8, 1936) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, playwright, author, producer, choreographer and actress. She had a long association with the celebrated director Robert Altman, writing the screenplays for Thieves Like Us (1974), and Nashville (1975), widely regarded as "Altman's masterpiece", and which earned her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. She has directed numerous hours of episodic television, including for Disney, HBO, CBS, TNT, and NBC. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Tewkesbury, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Bernardo Bertolucci

Writer · Director · Known for Once Upon a Time in the West, The Dreamers

Bernardo Bertolucci (/ˌbɜːrtəˈluːtʃi/ BUR-tə-LOO-chee; Italian: [berˈnardo bertoˈluttʃi]; 16 March 1941 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, Bertolucci's work achieved international acclaim. With The Last Emperor (1987) he became the first Italian filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Director, and he received many other accolades including a BAFTA Award, a César Award, two Golden Globes, a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, and an Honorary Palme d'Or. A protégé of Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bertolucci made his directorial debut at 22. His second film, Before the Revolution (1964), earned strong international reviews and has since gained classic status, being called a "masterpiece of Italian cinema" by Film4. His 1970 film The Conformist, an adaptation of the Alberto Moravia novel, is considered a classic of international cinema, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the prestigious Berlin Golden Bear. His 1972 erotic drama Last Tango in Paris was controversial due to its rape scene and, later, comments made by actress Maria Schneider about her treatment on set. Bertolucci's later films such as the historical epic 1900 (1976), the family drama La Luna (1979), and the darkly comedic Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981), were also controversial but acclaimed. His 1987 film The Last Emperor, a biopic of Chinese monarch Puyi, was a critical and commercial success, earning rave reviews and sweeping the 60th Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Director). This was the start of what has since been described as his "Oriental Trilogy", a trio of films including The Sheltering Sky, an adaptation of the novel of the same name, and Little Buddha, a Buddhist religious epic, all three of which feature scores by Ryuichi Sakamoto. His 1996 film, Stealing Beauty, brought him his second of two Palme d'Or nominations. He continued directing well into the 21st century, releasing his final film, Me and You, in 2012. Bertolucci's films often deal with themes of politics, sexuality, history, class conflict and social taboos, and his style has influenced several filmmakers. Several of his films have appeared on lists of the greatest films of all time. Critics have remarked that what makes Bertolucci different than other directors is his masterful combination of "visual richness and visual freedom". Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernardo Bertolucci, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

2004

When the Hellmouth opens beneath Darkplace Hospital in downtown Romford, kiddy doctor, Vietnam veteran and ex-warlock Dr. Rick Dagless M.D. is the only man who can close it. Joined by best buddy Dr. Lucien Sanchez, fiery hospital boss Thornton Reed, and woman Liz Asher, Dagless must fight the forces of Darkness while dealing with the burden of day-to-day admin. From the chilling pen of best-selling horror writer Garth Marenghi comes this lost masterpiece of televisual terror. Dare you enter Garth's Darkplace?

Shaun Evans

Cast · Known for This City Is Ours, Vigil

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Shaun Evans (born 6 March 1980 in Liverpool) is an English actor. Evans completed a course with the National Youth Theatre before relocating to London at the age of eighteen  to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first major role was that of gay French teacher John Paul Keating in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Teachers during its second series in 2002. The following year he made his feature film debut in The Boys from County Clare, starring alongside Bernard Hill, Colm Meaney and Andrea Corr. Additional screen credits include Being Julia, The Situation, Cashback, Gone, Boy A (film), Telstar, Princess Ka'iulani and Clive Barker's horror, Dread. On television, Evans was featured in the 2002 docudrama The Project and was seen as the Earl of Southampton in the miniseries The Virgin Queen, which premiered in November 2005 on Masterpiece Theatre on PBS in the US before airing on the BBC in January 2006. His stage work includes a UK tour of the award-winning play Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall. Recent television appearances include, Murder City, BBC's Ashes to Ashes, Gentley's Last Stand and four-part drama The Take from the novel by Martina Cole on Sky1. Evans also starred in Sparkle alongside Bob Hoskins and Stockard Channing (2007). Evans has just finished appearing in the new Roy Smiles play Kurt and Sid, at the Trafalgar Studios, London playing Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, opposite Danny Dyer who was playing Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shaun Evans licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Oscar Wilde

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his imprisonment, followed by his early death. Wilde's parents were successful Dublin intellectuals, and their son showed his intelligence early by becoming fluent in French and German. At university Wilde read Greats; he proved himself to be an outstanding classicist, first at Dublin, then at Oxford. He became known for his involvement in the rising philosophy of aestheticism (led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin), though he also profoundly explored Roman Catholicism, to which he would later convert on his deathbed. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles. As a spokesman for aestheticism, he tried his hand at various literary activities: he published a book of poems, lectured in the United States of America and Canada on the new "English Renaissance in Art", and then returned to London where he worked prolifically as a journalist. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress, and glittering conversation, Wilde had become one of the most well-known personalities of his day. At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). The opportunity to construct aesthetic details precisely, and combine them with larger social themes, drew Wilde to write drama. He wrote Salome (1891) in French in Paris but it was refused a licence. Unperturbed, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London. At the height of his fame and success, whilst his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), was still on stage in London, Wilde sued the father of his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, for libel. After a series of trials, Wilde was convicted of gross indecency with other men and imprisoned for two years, held to hard labour. In prison he wrote De Profundis (1905), a long letter which discusses his spiritual journey through his trials, forming a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. Upon his release he left immediately for France, never to return to Ireland or Britain. There he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life. He died destitute in Paris at the age of forty-six. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oscar Wilde, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Dey Young

Dey Young is an American actress and sculptor. Young was born in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, the daughter of Pauline, a sociologist, and Donald E. Young. Her sister is Leigh Taylor-Young and her brother is Lance Young, a writer and producer in the film industry. Among Young's acting credits is the part of Kate Rambeau in Rock 'n' Roll High School, a character she re-visited in the 1994 film Shake, Rattle, and Rock! She has also appeared in films such as Strange Behavior, The Running Man, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Spontaneous Combustion, Pretty Woman, No Place to Hide, Conflict of Interest, National Lampoon's Barely Legal, and Flicka. She has also performed in several guest roles in the Star Trek franchise, as Hannah Bates on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Masterpiece Society", Arissa on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "A Simple Investigation" (two seasons before her sister guested in an episode), and Keyla on the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Two Days and Two Nights". Her science fiction credits also extend to playing a waitress in the 1987 Mel Brooks comedy Spaceballs. In 1995 she appeared in the TV series Extreme based on a Rocky Mountain Search and Rescue team. She appeared in a two-part episode of Diagnosis Murder "Fatal Impact" in 1997. On May 23, 2008, Young appeared on The Young and the Restless as Elizabeth Hartford, the ex-wife of the character David Chow. Young is also a professional sculptor, working in stone, clay, and bronze.

Deborah Pratt

Cast · Known for Quantum Leap, Airwolf

Deborah M. Pratt is an American Director, Writer, Producer, Singer, Dancer, and Actress. After graduating from Webster University with a degree in Psychology and Theatre, she won a nationwide talent search and came to Hollywood under contract to NBC. She wrote songs and sang on multiple albums, started acting, writing and producing. After starring in multiple pilots and writing for the shows she had been reoccurring on, she co-Created, worked her way through the ranks and became Executive producer and head writer on the iconic series "Quantum Leap" for NBC for which she penned 25 episodes and co-wrote an additional 15. She Executive Produced and worked as the head writer for "Tequila and Bonetti" for CBS. Ms. Pratt co-Created for television and Executive Produced "The Net" for USA network. She wrote for multiple television series. As a writer, Ms. Pratt sold features to Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox animation. She is a proud, award-winning graduate of the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women and made her directorial debut with "Cora Unashamed" was for the BBC, PBS, and Masterpiece Theatre's The American Collection.

Lachele Carl

Lachele J. Carl (born April 29, 1960, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actress and voice actress based in England. She studied theatre arts at Point Park College (now Point Park University) from 1977 to 1982, training in classical theatre at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, and made her film debut as Sandra Carrington in the horror film Midnight (1982). She began travelling in search of acting work, working in Japan, Europe, and South Africa, before emigrating to England in 1985 to pursue Shakespearean theatre, where she joined the TNT theatre company. She lives in Crouch End, North London, with her husband, composer Alejandro Viñao, and their son Matteo. Her most notable television role is as news anchor Trinity Wells in Doctor Who (2005–2008, 6 episodes) and its spin-offs The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood, and The War Between the Land and the Sea (2023–2025), making her the only actor to play a named character in three of the four BBC Wales series. She is also well known for voicing Muck in the US dub of Bob the Builder (1999, 215 episodes). Other television credits include Grange Hill (1991), The Honourable Woman (2015), Modus (2016), Deep State (2018), Into the Badlands (2018–2019), Flesh and Blood (2020, Masterpiece), Avenue 5 (2022), Wednesday (2022, as Agnes, Netflix), and The Veil (2024). In film, Carl appeared as a TV Technician in Batman (1989, directed by Tim Burton), a Reporter in A Kiss Before Dying (1991), a TV News Anchor in Alien Autopsy (2006), Gloria in Denial (2016), FBI Director in Show Dogs (2018), and Julia Rose in Tell No Lies (2024). On stage she performed in A Streetcar Named Desire (Young Vic, broadcast as National Theatre Live in 2014) and Gods and Monsters (Southwark Playhouse).

Vera Miles

Cast · Known for Psycho, Hotel

Vera June Miles (born August 23, 1929) is an American actress. Born in Boise City, Oklahoma, Vera Miles attended school in Pratt, Kansas and Wichita, Kansas. The patrician beauty of Miss Miles won her the title of "Miss Kansas" in 1948, leading soon to small roles in Hollywood films and television series. Fame came to the forthright, spirited Miles when she attracted the attention of two master directors, Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford. Ford cast her in the classic western The Searchers (1956) and Hitchcock, who put her under personal contract and hailed her as his "new Grace Kelly", paired her with the great Henry Fonda in The Wrong Man (1956). Hitchcock cast Miles in the potentially star-making role of Judy Barton in Vertigo (1958), but Miles withdrew from the film when she became pregnant. Hitchcock gave Miles a supporting role in another masterpiece Psycho (1960), as did Ford when he cast her opposite John Wayne and James Stewart in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), She also starred in such films as Beau James (1957) opposite Bob Hope, The FBI Story (1959) opposite Stewart, Back Street (1961) opposite Susan Hayward and John Gavin and Sergeant Ryker (1968) opposite Lee Marvin, as well as showing her consistently remarkable and versatile talent on dozens of popular television movies and series including The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), Twilight Zone (1959), The Outer Limits (1963), The Fugitive (1963), My Three Sons (1960), Bonanza (1959), "Columbo" and Murder, She Wrote (1984). In 1983, she reprised her role as "Lila Crane" in the film sequel Psycho II (1983), starring Anthony Perkins. Although, too often, the stunningly beautiful Miles' gifts were underutilized, before her retirement in 1995, hers was a most intriguing and enduring Hollywood career.

Richard Paul

Cast · Known for Murder, She Wrote

Richard Paul (June 6, 1940 – December 25, 1998) was an American actor. He was able to imitate most American and many foreign dialects, though he had a tenor voice and trained with Lee Sweetland. Paul had a B.A. in public affairs from Claremont Men's College and an M.A. in psychology from California State University, Los Angeles. He was near completion of his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, but gave up his career as a therapist to become a full-time performer. Richard Paul was nicknamed "Pige Paul" by Slim Pickens while filming an episode of The Love Boat (1977) after local pigeons anointed a new suit jacket. In 1980 he guest starred in the ABC comedy 'One In A Million" which only aired for one season Richard was also a frequent panelist on Match Game in the 1980s. From 1977 to 1979 he portrayed Mayor Teddy Burnside in Carter Country, and later played the recurring character of Cabot Cove Mayor, Sam Booth, in Murder, She Wrote. He was cast as Dr. Bob Halyers in the "Clean Up Radio Everywhere" episode ofWKRP in Cincinnati (1978) because of his resemblance to Rev. Jerry Falwell. Paul played Falwell himself twice: once in Fall From Grace, a Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker TV movie made in 1990, and then in The People vs. Larry Flynt in 1996. Paul was in the cult classic film Eating Raoul (1982), written and directed byPaul Bartel. Also in 1982, he co-starred on the short-lived sitcom Herbie, the Love Bug. He also appeared in Bartel's short film, The Secret Cinema, a paranoid-delusional, fantasy masterpiece of self-referential cinema, which was part of theAmazing Stories series on television. Paul also appeared in Not for Publication, written and directed by Bartel. He volunteered with Actors and Others for Animals. He was on the Mental Health Advisory Board of Los Angeles County. He volunteered at childhood immunization clinics for the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. He read books into tapes by special request at the Braille Institute in Los Angeles. He married Patty Oestereich in 1968 in Pasadena, California. They were married for 30 years until his death on Christmas day in 1998 at home in Studio City, California, due to cancer at age 58.