Miles Malleson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 24, 1888
- Died
- March 15, 1969 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Croydon, Surrey, England
Biography
William Miles Malleson (25 May 1888 – 15 March 1969) was an English actor and dramatist, particularly remembered for his appearances in British comedy films of the 1930s to 1960s. Towards the end of his career he also appeared in cameo roles in several Hammer horror films, with a fairly large role in The Brides of Dracula as the hypochondriac and fee-hungry local doctor. Malleson was also a writer on many films, including some of those in which he had small parts, such as Nell Gwyn (1934) and The Thief of Bagdad (1940). He also translated and adapted several of Molière's plays (The Misanthrope, which he titled The Slave of Truth, Tartuffe and The Imaginary Invalid).
Known For
Filmography
You Must Be Joking
Movie · as Salesman
Murder Ahoy
Movie · as Bishop
First Men in the Moon
Movie · as Dymchurch Registrar
A Jolly Bad Fellow
Movie · as Dr. Woolley
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · as Quince
Victoria Regina
TV · as Conyngham · 1 ep
Heavens Above!
Movie · as Bishop Rockeby
Call Me Bwana
Movie · as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
The Phantom of the Opera
Movie · as 2nd Cabby
Postman's Knock
Movie · as Psychiatrist
The Brain
Movie · as Dr. Miller
Go to Blazes
Movie · as Salesman
The Hellfire Club
Movie · as Judge
Double Bunk
Movie · as Rev. Thomas
The Bing Crosby Show
Movie · as Self
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Movie · as Duke of Avon
Peeping Tom
Movie · as Elderly Gentleman Customer
The Brides of Dracula
Movie · as Dr. Tobler
Kidnapped
Movie · as Mr. Rankeillor
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Movie · as Assistant Curator
And the Same to You
Movie · as Bishop
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie · as Bishop Frankland
I'm All Right Jack
Movie · as Windrush Sr., Stanley's father
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Movie · as Resident Advisor Davidson
The Captain's Table
Movie · as Canon Swingler
Happy Is the Bride
Movie · as 1st Magistrate
Behind the Mask
Movie · as Sir Oswald Pettiford
Bachelor of Hearts
Movie · as Dr. Butson
Dracula
Movie · as Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
Gideon's Day
Movie · as The Judge
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · as Quince
Barnacle Bill
Movie · as Angler
The Admirable Crichton
Movie · as Vicar
Brothers in Law
Movie · as Kendall Grimes Q.C.
The Naked Truth
Movie · as Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
Campbell's Kingdom
Movie · as (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
Private's Progress
Movie · as Mr. Windrush Sr.
Dry Rot
Movie · as Country Gentleman
The Silken Affair
Movie · as Mr. Blucher
Three Men in a Boat
Movie · as 2nd Old Gentleman
The Man Who Never Was
Movie · as Scientist
The Buccaneers
TV · as Josiah Parkerhouse · 1 ep
King's Rhapsody
Movie · as Jules
Geordie
Movie · as Lord Paunceton
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TV · as Albertus · 1 ep
Television Playhouse
TV · as Uncle Simon · 1 ep
The Captain's Paradise
Movie · as Lawrence St. James
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie · as Canon Chasuble
Trent's Last Case
Movie · as Burton Cupples
The Woman's Angle
Movie · as A. Secrett
The Happy Family
Movie · as Mr. Thwaites
Treasure Hunt
Movie · as Mr. Walsh
The Magic Box
Movie · as Orchestra Conductor
Folly to Be Wise
Movie · as Dr. Hector McAdam
Venetian Bird
Movie · as Grespi
Scrooge
Movie · as Old Joe
The Man in the White Suit
Movie · as The Tailor
Stage Fright
Movie · as Mr. Fortesque
Golden Salamander
Movie · as Douvet
Sunday Night Theatre
TV · as Quince · 1 ep
The Queen of Spades
Movie · as Tchybukin
The Perfect Woman
Movie · as Prof. Ernest Belman
Cardboard Cavalier
Movie · as Judge Gorebucket
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Movie · as The Hangman
Train of Events
Movie · as Johnson, the Timekeeper
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Movie · as Lord of Misrule
Bond Street
Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)
Idol of Paris
Movie · as Offenbach
Woman Hater
Movie · as Vicar
One Night with You
Movie · as Jailer
While the Sun Shines
Movie · as Horton
Land of Promise
Movie · as Mr. Know-All
Dead of Night
Movie · as Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
Journey Together
Movie · as (uncredited)
The Demi-Paradise
Movie · as Theatre Cashier
The Gentle Sex
Movie · as Tran Guard
Unpublished Story
Movie · as Farmfield
They Flew Alone
Movie · as Vacuum Salesman
Thunder Rock
Movie · as Chairman of Directors
Major Barbara
Movie · as Morrison
The Thief of Bagdad
Movie · as Sultan
For Freedom
Movie · as Minor Role
Q Planes
Movie · as Minor Role
Sixty Glorious Years
Movie · as Wounded Soldier
Knight Without Armour
Movie · as Drunken Red Commissar
Victoria the Great
Movie · as Sir James
Action for Slander
Movie · as Minor Role
Rhodes of Africa
Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)
Tudor Rose
Movie · as Jane's Father
The 39 Steps
Movie · as Palladium Manager (uncredited)
Lazybones
Movie · as Pessimist, The Pessimist
Vintage Wine
Movie · as Henri Popinot
Peg of Old Drury
Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Queen's Affair
Movie · as The Chancellor
Nell Gwyn
Movie · as Chiffinch
Perfect Understanding
Movie · as Announcer
Summer Lightning
Movie · as Beach
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
Movie · as Thaddeus Sholto
Money Means Nothing
Movie · as Doorman
Frail Women
Movie · as Registrar
The Love Contract
Movie · as Peters
Love on Wheels
Movie · as Academy of Music Porter
The Mayor's Nest
Movie · as Clerk
The Blue Danube
Movie
A Night in Montmartre
Movie · as Minor Role
City of Song
Movie · as Theater Watchman
Night Birds
Movie · as Minor Role
Children of Chance
Movie
Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery
Movie
The Headmaster
Movie · as Palliser Grantley