Brian Reginald Miller (born 17th April 1941 in Birmingham) appeared on Coronation Street in three roles:
- Philip Barrett, who appeared in January 1974 as the husband of a snobby couple who were old friends of Janet Barlow
- Benefits inspector Tom Elliott in September 1981
- Cliff Pughes, a former boyfriend of Gloria Price, who visited from Spain in September 2012.
He has accumulated a long list of acting roles in his career including parts for the Granada productions City 68, The Dustbinmen, Crown Court, Village Hall, Sam, Fallen Hero and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Other credits include roles in Compact, Doctor on the Go, Angels, Shoestring, The Professionals, The Bill, EastEnders, Casualty and Line of Duty.
On stage, he appeared in productions of Gammer Gurton's Needle, Fraticide Punished, Poor Man's Miracle, The Enchanted Forest, Henry IV, The School for Scandal and Lysistrata for Birmingham Repertory Company. Other works include The Pleasure of His Company, A Day at Izzard's Wharf, Life Worth Living, Mother Courage and her Children, How the Other Half Loves, Mooney and His Caravans, Loot, The Case of Rebellious Susan, Overboard and Sauce for the Goose.
He was married to actress Elisabeth Sladen from 1968 until her death who herself appeared in Coronation Street in January 1970 as barmaid Anita Reynolds. She was best known for playing Sarah Jane Smith in both Doctor Who and its spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures. Miller has acted with his wife in the latter and appeared separately from her but in episodes of the parent programme, most notably as one of the voices of the Daleks.
