Biography

Carlton Wright Miles was born on 12 June, 1884 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, the son of George C. and Harriet R. Miles. His father, who was born in Vermont around 1850, worked for a number of years as a druggist in Fergus Falls.

Miles was a graduate of the University of Minnesota and later worked as a drama critic for the Minneapolis Journal. Early in his career he studied theater in Europe and had contributed articles to London newspapers. In 1913 he wrote his first play, "Mose", a humorous take on college life and had collaborated with John Colton on the play "The Flitting Lady".

For the last eighteen years of her life Miles was active in productions put on by the Lakewood Summer Theatre in Skowhegan, Maine. During this time he also worked as a theatrical press agent for Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. At the time of his death he was preparing to travel to Boston in advance of their play "Quadrille".

Carlton Miles is probably best remembered as one of the four playwrights of "Nine Pine Street", a play about Lizzy Borden that was produced in 1933 starring Lillian Gish. He was also known for the plays "Portrait of Gilbert", "The Eldest" with Eugenia Courtwright and "Lady Gangster with Dorothy Mackaye. Miles had also authored the book "History of the Iron Range of Minnesota".

Carlton Wright Miles died of a heart attack on 18 September, 1954 at his residence at the Dauphin Hotel located on Broadway and Sixty-seventh street in New York.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: John F. Barlow