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John Mills
John Mills

John Mills

ActingBorn February 22, 1908Died April 23, 2005 (age 97)The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK

Biography

Sir John Mills, CBE (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills; 22 February 1908 – 23 April 2005) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. On screen, he often played people who are not at all exceptional, but become heroes because of their common sense, generosity and good judgement.

Filmography

2013
Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2010Movie
2003Movie
2002Movie
2001
The Gentleman Thief

as Arthur Rosehip

Movie
2000Movie
1998
Cats

as Gus the Theatre Cat

Movie
1998
Parkinson

as Self

TV
1997
Bean

as Chairman

Movie
1996
Hamlet

as Old King Norway

Movie
1995
The Grotesque

as Sir Edward Cleghorn

Movie
1994
Martin Chuzzlewit

as Mr Chuffey

TV
1994
Deadly Advice

as Jack the Ripper

Movie
1993
Frankenstein

as De Lacey

Movie
1993
Harnessing Peacocks

as Bernard Quigley

Movie
1993
The Big Freeze

as Dapper man

Movie
1990
Night of the Fox

as Brig. Dougal Munro

Movie
1990TV
1989
A Tale of Two Cities

as Jarvis Lorry

TV
1989TV
1989
Ending Up

as Bernard

Movie
1988Movie
1988
The Lady and the Highwayman

as Sir Lawrence Dobson

Movie
1987
Who's That Girl

as Montgomery Bell

Movie
1987
Hold the Dream

as Henry Rossiter

TV
1987
The Best of British Cinema

as Self - Narrator

TV
1986
When the Wind Blows

as Jim Bloggs (voice)

Movie
1985
Murder with Mirrors

as Lewis Serrocold

Movie
1985
A Woman of Substance

as Henry Rossiter

TV
1984
The Masks of Death

as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator

Movie
1983
Sahara

as Cambridge

Movie
1982
Gandhi

as Lord Chelmsford

Movie
1982TV
1982
Wogan

as Self

TV
1980
Young at Heart

as Albert Collyer

TV
1979
The Quatermass Conclusion

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Movie
1979
Quatermass

as Bernard Quatermass

TV
1979
Zulu Dawn

as Sir Henry Bartle Frere

Movie
1979
Tales of the Unexpected

as Sam Morrissey

TV
1979
Tales of the Unexpected

as William Perkins

TV
1979TV
1978TV
1978Movie
1978
Dr. Strange

as Thomas Lindmer

Movie
1978
The Big Sleep

as Inspector Carson

Movie
1978TV
1977
The Devil's Advocate

as Monsignor Blaise Meredith

Movie
1977
The Love Boat

as Bertram MacDonald

TV
1976
Trial by Combat

as Colonel Bertie Cook

Movie
1975
The Human Factor

as Mike McAllister

Movie
1974
The Zoo Gang

as Thomas "The Elephant" Devon

TV
1973
Oklahoma Crude

as Cleon Doyle

Movie
1972Movie
1972
Young Winston

as General Kitchner

Movie
1971
Dulcima

as Mr. Parker

Movie
1970
Ryan's Daughter

as Michael

Movie
1970
Adam's Woman

as Sir Philip MacDonald

Movie
1970TV
1969
Run Wild, Run Free

as The Moorman (Colonel)

Movie
1969
Oh! What a Lovely War

as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig

Movie
1968
Emma Hamilton

as Lord William Hamilton

Movie
1968
A Black Veil for Lisa

as Inspector Franz Bulon

Movie
1967TV
1967
Chuka

as Colonel Stuart Valois

Movie
1967
Africa: Texas Style!

as Wing Commander Hayes

Movie
1966
The Family Way

as Ezra Fitton

Movie
1966
The Wrong Box

as Masterman Finsbury

Movie
1965
King Rat

as Smedley-Taylor

Movie
1965
Operation Crossbow

as General Boyd

Movie
1965Movie
1964
The Chalk Garden

as Maitland

Movie
1963TV
1962
Tiara Tahiti

as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey

Movie
1962
The Valiant

as Captain Morgan

Movie
1961
Flame in the Streets

as Jacko Palmer

Movie
1961
The Parent Trap

as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)

Movie
1961
The Singer Not the Song

as Father Michael Keogh

Movie
1960Movie
1960
Tunes of Glory

as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)

Movie
1959
Tiger Bay

as Superintendent Graham

Movie
1958
I Was Monty's Double

as Major Harvey

Movie
1958
Ice Cold in Alex

as Captain Anson

Movie
1958
Dunkirk

as Cpl Tubby Binns

Movie
1957
The Vicious Circle

as Dr. Howard Latimer

Movie
1957
Town on Trial

as Supt. Mike Halloran

Movie
1956Movie
1956
Around the World in 80 Days

as London Carriage Driver

Movie
1956
The Letter

as Robert Crosbie

Movie
1956
War and Peace

as Platon Karataev

Movie
1956
The Baby and the Battleship

as Puncher Roberts

Movie
1955
Escapade

as John Hampden

Movie
1955
Above Us the Waves

as Commandant Fraser

Movie
1955
The End of the Affair

as Albert Parkis

Movie
1955Movie
1954
Producers' Showcase

as Robert Crosbie

TV
1954
Hobson's Choice

as William Mossop

Movie
1953
The Long Memory

as Phillip Davidson

Movie
1952
The Gentle Gunman

as Terence Sullivan

Movie
1952
The Way to Wimbledon

as Self - Commentator

Movie
1951Movie
1950
Morning Departure

as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong

Movie
1949Movie
1949Movie
1948
Scott of the Antarctic

as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.

Movie
1947
The October Man

as Jim Ackland

Movie
1947
So Well Remembered

as George Boswell

Movie
1946Movie
1946
Land of Promise

as The Voice

Movie
1945
The Way to the Stars

as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose

Movie
1945
Waterloo Road

as Jim Colter

Movie
1945
Total War in Britain

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1944
This Happy Breed

as Billy Mitchell

Movie
1944
Information Please

as British Flyer

Movie
1944
Victory Wedding

as Bill Clark

Movie
1943
We Dive at Dawn

as Lt. Taylor RN

Movie
1943Movie
1942
The Young Mr. Pitt

as William Wilberforce

Movie
1942
In Which We Serve

as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake

Movie
1942Movie
1942Movie
1941
Cottage to Let

as Flt·Lieut. Perry

Movie
1941
Old Bill and Son

as Young Bill

Movie
1940
All Hands

as Jack

Movie
1939
Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as Peter Colley as a Young Man

Movie
1939Movie
1937
The Green Cockatoo

as Jim Connor

Movie
1937
O.H.M.S.

as Cpl. Bert Dawson

Movie
1936
Tudor Rose

as Lord Guilford Dudley

Movie
1936
First Offence

as Johnnie Penrose

Movie
1935
Brown on Resolution

as Albert Brown

Movie
1935
Royal Cavalcade

as Young Enlistee

Movie
1935
Blind Justice

as Ralph Summers

Movie
1935
Car of Dreams

as Robert Miller

Movie
1935Movie
1934
Doctor's Orders

as Ronnie Blake

Movie
1934
The Lash

as Arthur Haughton

Movie
1934
A Political Party

as Tony Smithers

Movie
1934
Those Were the Days

as Bobby Poskett

Movie
1933
The Ghost Camera

as Ernest Elton

Movie
1933Movie
1932
The Midshipmaid

as Golightly

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 22, 1908
Day of DeathApril 23, 2005
Place of BirthThe Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
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