Miles Chapin
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Miles Chapin is an American actor.
Chapin was born in New York City, New York, the son of Betty (née
Steinway), a descendant of Henry E. Steinway
(the founder of Steinway & Sons
), and Schuyler Chapin
, an author who was the General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera
. He made his Broadway
debut in Summer Brave
in 1975.
In addition to his acting career, Chapin has worked in recent years as an officer for Steinway Piano. He and his father have returned to the familial business in recent years. Chapin's father was the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs of New York City for eight years under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and has been a major force in the arts having acted as director of such important venues as the Metropolitan Opera, and The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Chapin has two twin brothers who are a bit older, and an eldest brother Henry Chapin six years Miles' senior, who was featured as the child narrator in the recording of Benjamin Britten's "A Child's Guide to the Orchestra," conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Henry Chapin is a cellist, and a music educator in New York City.
One of his other brothers, Doug Chapin, was once an actor who appeared as Dr. Paul Stewart on As the World Turns
and the original Tony Cooper on Somerset
. He starred in and wrote dialogue for the film Best Friends.
Miles Chapin owns the film rights to Ain’t No Sin to Rock and Roll, a novel by author Donald Gallinger
, though has not released any plans for this film to the public yet.
Chapin was born in New York City, New York, the son of Betty (née
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
Steinway), a descendant of Henry E. Steinway
Henry E. Steinway
Henry E. Steinway made pianos in Germany and the United States. He was the founder of the piano company Steinway & Sons....
(the founder of Steinway & Sons
Steinway & Sons
Steinway & Sons, also known as Steinway , is an American and German manufacturer of handmade pianos, founded 1853 in Manhattan in New York City by German immigrant Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg...
), and Schuyler Chapin
Schuyler Chapin
Schuyler Garrison Chapin was an Assistant General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera and Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for New York City during the administration of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani...
, an author who was the General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...
. He made his Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
debut in Summer Brave
Summer Brave
Summer Brave is a play by William Inge, a revision of his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1953 play Picnic. Set in a small town in Kansas in the early 1950s, it focuses on Hal Carter, an attractive young stranger who drifts into town just before the annual Labor Day celebration and sets off a chain of...
in 1975.
In addition to his acting career, Chapin has worked in recent years as an officer for Steinway Piano. He and his father have returned to the familial business in recent years. Chapin's father was the Commissioner of Cultural Affairs of New York City for eight years under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and has been a major force in the arts having acted as director of such important venues as the Metropolitan Opera, and The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Chapin has two twin brothers who are a bit older, and an eldest brother Henry Chapin six years Miles' senior, who was featured as the child narrator in the recording of Benjamin Britten's "A Child's Guide to the Orchestra," conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Henry Chapin is a cellist, and a music educator in New York City.
One of his other brothers, Doug Chapin, was once an actor who appeared as Dr. Paul Stewart on As the World Turns
As the World Turns
As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...
and the original Tony Cooper on Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
. He starred in and wrote dialogue for the film Best Friends.
Miles Chapin owns the film rights to Ain’t No Sin to Rock and Roll, a novel by author Donald Gallinger
Donald Gallinger
Donald Nelson Gallinger is an American writer. He is the author of several novels. His most recent work, The Master Planets , which received strong reviews in Booklist, Jewish Book World, and ForeWord Magazine, tells the story of one Polish partisan fighter’s savagery during World War II and its...
, though has not released any plans for this film to the public yet.
Filmography
- Ladybug, Ladybug - ( Joel / 1963 / )
- Bless the Beasts and ChildrenBless the Beasts and Children (film)Bless the Beasts and Children is a 1971 film adaptation of the novel of the same name, by Glendon Swarthout, that was directed by Stanley Kramer, featuring Bill Mumy and Barry Robins.-Plot:...
- ( Shecker / 1971 /Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group ) - To Find a ManTo Find a ManTo Find a Man is a 1972 American drama film directed by Buzz Kulik. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Pamela Sue Martin - Rosalind McCarthy * Darren O'Connor - Andy Elliott Morrison...
- ( Pete / 1972 /) - French Postcards - ( Joel / 1979 / Paramount Pictures )
- HairHair (film)Hair is a 1979 American film adaptation of the 1968 Broadway musical of the same name about a Vietnam war draftee who meets and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to the army induction center...
- ( Steve / 1979 / ) - Buddy BuddyBuddy BuddyBuddy Buddy is a 1981 American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder that stars Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Paula Prentiss and Klaus Kinski. The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on the 1973 French language film L'Emmerdeur, which screenwriter Francis Veber had adapted from his play...
- ( Eddie the Bellhop / 1981 / ) - The Funhouse - ( Richie / 1981 / )
- Pandemonium - ( Andy Jackson / 1982 / )
- The Funny Farm - ( Mark Champlin / 1982 / Mutual General Film Company )
- Get Crazy - ( Sammy Fox / 1983 / )
- Howard the Duck - ( Carter / 1986 / )
- Howard the Duck - ( Advisor - duck coach) / 1986 / )
- Young Goodman Brown - ( Joseph Ring / 1994 /)
- The Associate - ( Harry / 1996 / Polygram Films International )
- The People vs. Larry Flynt - ( Miles / 1997 / )
- Man on the Moon - ( SNL Assistant / 1999 / )
- The PhotographerThe Photographer (film)The Photographer is a 2000 film directed by Jeremy Stein. It revolves around a photographer who has a single evening to find ten magical photographs, or else he stands to lose everything that is important to him.-Plot:...
- ( Steve / 2000 / )