John Mills
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 22, 1908
- Died
- April 23, 2005 (aged 97)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
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Filmography
Talking Pictures
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Movie · as Self – Interviewee
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
Movie
Bright Young Things
Movie · as Gentleman
Forever Ealing
Movie · as Self
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Movie · as Self (archive)
The Gentleman Thief
Movie · as Arthur Rosehip
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Movie · as Self
A Profile of In Which We Serve
Movie · as Interviewee
Cats
Movie · as Gus the Theatre Cat
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bean
Movie · as Chairman
Hamlet
Movie · as Old King Norway
Clive Anderson All Talk
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Grotesque
Movie · as Sir Edward Cleghorn
Deadly Advice
Movie · as Jack the Ripper
Martin Chuzzlewit
TV · as Mr Chuffey · 3 eps
Frankenstein
Movie · as De Lacey
The Big Freeze
Movie · as Dapper man
Harnessing Peacocks
Movie · as Bernard Quigley
Night of the Fox
Movie · as Brig. Dougal Munro
Perfect Scoundrels
TV · as Praeger · 1 ep
Ending Up
Movie · as Bernard
Around the World in 80 Days
TV · as Faversham · 3 eps
A Tale of Two Cities
TV · as Jarvis Lorry · 2 eps
The Lady and the Highwayman
Movie · as Sir Lawrence Dobson
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Who's That Girl
Movie · as Montgomery Bell
The Best of British Cinema
TV · as Self - Narrator · 48 eps
The Dame Edna Experience
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hold the Dream
TV · as Henry Rossiter · 4 eps
When the Wind Blows
Movie · as Jim Bloggs (voice)
The Wind and the Bomb
Movie
Murder with Mirrors
Movie · as Lewis Serrocold
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Movie · as Self
A Woman of Substance
TV · as Henry Rossiter · 3 eps
The Masks of Death
Movie · as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
Sahara
Movie · as Cambridge
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Movie · as Self
Gandhi
Movie · as Lord Chelmsford
Hotel
TV · 1 ep
Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Young at Heart
TV · as Albert Collyer · 19 eps
The Quatermass Conclusion
Movie · as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Zulu Dawn
Movie · as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Sam Morrissey, William Perkins, The Man · 1 ep
Quatermass
TV · as Bernard Quatermass · 4 eps
The Big Sleep
Movie · as Inspector Carson
The Thirty Nine Steps
Movie · as Scudder
Dr. Strange
Movie · as Thomas Lindmer
An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night Story
TV · as self · 5 eps
The South Bank Show
TV · 1 ep
The Devil's Advocate
Movie · as Monsignor Blaise Meredith
The Love Boat
TV · as Bertram MacDonald · 1 ep
Trial by Combat
Movie · as Colonel Bertie Cook
The Human Factor
Movie · as Mike McAllister
The Zoo Gang
TV · as Thomas "The Elephant" Devon · 6 eps
Oklahoma Crude
Movie · as Cleon Doyle
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Young Winston
Movie · as General Kitchner
Lady Caroline Lamb
Movie · as Canning
Dulcima
Movie · as Mr. Parker
Ryan's Daughter
Movie · as Michael
Adam's Woman
Movie · as Sir Philip MacDonald
Nanny and the Professor
TV · as Uncle Alfred · 1 ep
Oh! What a Lovely War
Movie · as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Run Wild, Run Free
Movie · as The Moorman (Colonel)
Emma Hamilton
Movie · as Lord William Hamilton
A Black Veil for Lisa
Movie · as Inspector Franz Bulon
Chuka
Movie · as Colonel Stuart Valois
Africa: Texas Style!
Movie · as Wing Commander Hayes
Dundee and the Culhane
TV · as Dundee · 13 eps
The Wrong Box
Movie · as Masterman Finsbury
The Family Way
Movie · as Ezra Fitton
King Rat
Movie · as Smedley-Taylor
Operation Crossbow
Movie · as General Boyd
The Truth About Spring
Movie · as Tommy Tyler
The Chalk Garden
Movie · as Maitland
The Danny Kaye Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tiara Tahiti
Movie · as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
The Valiant
Movie · as Captain Morgan
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Singer Not the Song
Movie · as Father Michael Keogh
Flame in the Streets
Movie · as Jacko Palmer
The Parent Trap
Movie · as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
Tunes of Glory
Movie · as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
Swiss Family Robinson
Movie · as Father
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
Movie
Tiger Bay
Movie · as Superintendent Graham
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Movie · as Barney
Ice Cold in Alex
Movie · as Captain Anson
Dunkirk
Movie · as Cpl Tubby Binns
I Was Monty's Double
Movie · as Major Harvey
Town on Trial
Movie · as Supt. Mike Halloran
The Vicious Circle
Movie · as Dr. Howard Latimer
War and Peace
Movie · as Platon Karataev
The Baby and the Battleship
Movie · as Puncher Roberts
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie · as London Carriage Driver
It's Great to be Young!
Movie · as Dingle
The Letter
Movie · as Robert Crosbie
Above Us the Waves
Movie · as Commandant Fraser
The Colditz Story
Movie · as Pat Reid
The End of the Affair
Movie · as Albert Parkis
Escapade
Movie · as John Hampden
Hobson's Choice
Movie · as William Mossop
Producers' Showcase
TV · as Robert Crosbie · 1 ep
The Long Memory
Movie · as Phillip Davidson
The Gentle Gunman
Movie · as Terence Sullivan
The Way to Wimbledon
Movie · as Self - Commentator
Mr. Denning Drives North
Movie · as Tom Denning
Morning Departure
Movie · as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
The Rocking Horse Winner
Movie · as Bassett
The History of Mr. Polly
Movie · as Alfred Polly
The BAFTA Awards
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Scott of the Antarctic
Movie · as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
The October Man
Movie · as Jim Ackland
So Well Remembered
Movie · as George Boswell
Great Expectations
Movie · as Pip
Land of Promise
Movie · as The Voice
The Way to the Stars
Movie · as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
Waterloo Road
Movie · as Jim Colter
Total War in Britain
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
This Happy Breed
Movie · as Billy Mitchell
Victory Wedding
Movie · as Bill Clark
Information Please
Movie · as British Flyer
We Dive at Dawn
Movie · as Lt. Taylor RN
The Sky’s the Limit
Movie · as Tom
In Which We Serve
Movie · as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Movie · as Bobby Jessop
The Big Blockade
Movie · as Tom
The Young Mr. Pitt
Movie · as William Wilberforce
Cottage to Let
Movie · as Flt·Lieut. Perry
Old Bill and Son
Movie · as Young Bill
All Hands
Movie · as Jack
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Movie · as Peter Colley as a Young Man
Happy Family
Movie · as Fred
The Green Cockatoo
Movie · as Jim Connor
O.H.M.S.
Movie · as Cpl. Bert Dawson
Tudor Rose
Movie · as Lord Guilford Dudley
First Offence
Movie · as Johnnie Penrose
Royal Cavalcade
Movie · as Young Enlistee
Car of Dreams
Movie · as Robert Miller
Brown on Resolution
Movie · as Albert Brown
Broadway Gondolier
Movie
Charing Cross Road
Movie · as Tony
Blind Justice
Movie · as Ralph Summers
Those Were the Days
Movie · as Bobby Poskett
Doctor's Orders
Movie · as Ronnie Blake
A Political Party
Movie · as Tony Smithers
The Lash
Movie · as Arthur Haughton
Britannia of Billingsgate
Movie · as Fred Bolton
The Ghost Camera
Movie · as Ernest Elton
The Midshipmaid
Movie · as Golightly