* Lord Bernard Miles; Veteran British Actor

Lord Bernard Miles, 83, veteran British actor and founder of London’s Mermaid Theater. Miles, who appeared in more than 100 plays, was knighted in 1969 and made a life peer in 1979, the only actor so honored besides the late Laurence Olivier. Miles was best known for creating the Mermaid Theater in 1959, the first playhouse situated in London’s financial district in 300 years. On Friday in Knaresborough, England.