John Mills

John Mills

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

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Filmography

2013

Talking Pictures
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
TV - Released: 1/5/2013

2010

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
Movie - Released: 5/5/2010

2003

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
Movie - Released: 8/24/2003
Bright Young Things
Bright Young Things
as Gentleman
Movie - Released: 10/3/2003

2002

Forever Ealing
Forever Ealing
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/5/2002
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
as Self (archive)
Movie - Released: 5/7/2002

2001

The Gentleman Thief
The Gentleman Thief
as Arthur Rosehip
Movie - Released: 6/24/2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self
TV - Released: 11/2/2001

2000

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/1/2000
A Profile of In Which We Serve
A Profile of In Which We Serve
as Interviewee
Movie - Released: 1/1/2000

1998

Cats
Cats
as Gus the Theatre Cat
Movie - Released: 10/5/1998
Parkinson
Parkinson
as Self
TV - Released: 1/9/1998

1997

Bean
Bean
as Chairman
Movie - Released: 7/3/1997

1996

Hamlet
Hamlet
as Old King Norway
Movie - Released: 12/25/1996
TV
Clive Anderson All Talk
as Self
TV - Released: 10/6/1996

1995

The Grotesque
The Grotesque
as Sir Edward Cleghorn
Movie - Released: 9/9/1995

1994

Deadly Advice
Deadly Advice
as Jack the Ripper
Movie - Released: 4/29/1994
Martin Chuzzlewit
Martin Chuzzlewit
as Mr. Chuffey
TV - Released: 11/7/1994

1993

Frankenstein
Frankenstein
as De Lacey
Movie - Released: 12/2/1993
The Big Freeze
The Big Freeze
as Dapper man
Movie - Released: 11/17/1993
Harnessing Peacocks
Harnessing Peacocks
as Bernard Quigley
Movie - Released: 11/28/1993

1992

Movie
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/1/1992

1990

Night of the Fox
Night of the Fox
as Brig. Dougal Munro
Movie - Released: 11/27/1990
Perfect Scoundrels
Perfect Scoundrels
as Praeger
TV - Released: 4/22/1990

1989

Movie
Ending Up
as Bernard
Movie - Released: 1/1/1989
Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days
as Faversham
TV - Released: 4/16/1989
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
as Jarvis Lorry
TV - Released: 5/21/1989

1988

The Lady and the Highwayman
The Lady and the Highwayman
as Sir Lawrence Dobson
Movie - Released: 12/3/1988
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Self (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/25/1988

1987

Who's That Girl
Who's That Girl
as Montgomery Bell
Movie - Released: 8/7/1987
The Dame Edna Experience
The Dame Edna Experience
as Self
TV - Released: 9/12/1987

1986

When the Wind Blows
When the Wind Blows
as Jim Bloggs (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/24/1986
The Wind and the Bomb
The Wind and the Bomb
Movie - Released: 1/1/1986
Hold the Dream
Hold the Dream
as Henry Rossiter
TV - Released: 10/27/1986

1985

Murder with Mirrors
Murder with Mirrors
as Lewis Serrocold
Movie - Released: 2/20/1985
A Woman of Substance
A Woman of Substance
as Henry Rossiter
TV - Released: 1/2/1985

1984

The Masks of Death
The Masks of Death
as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/23/1984

1983

Sahara
Sahara
as Cambridge
Movie - Released: 12/1/1983
Movie
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/1/1983

1982

Gandhi
Gandhi
as Lord Chelmsford
Movie - Released: 12/1/1982
Hotel
Hotel
TV - Released: 8/21/1982
Wogan
Wogan
as Self
TV - Released: 5/4/1982

1980

Young at Heart
Young at Heart
as Albert Collyer
TV - Released: 4/14/1980

1979

The Quatermass Conclusion
The Quatermass Conclusion
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Movie - Released: 10/24/1979
Zulu Dawn
Zulu Dawn
as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Movie - Released: 5/14/1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected
as Sam Morrissey
TV - Released: 3/24/1979
Quatermass
Quatermass
as Bernard Quatermass
TV - Released: 10/24/1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected
as William Perkins
TV - Released: 3/24/1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected
as The Man
TV - Released: 3/24/1979

1978

The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
as Inspector Carson
Movie - Released: 3/13/1978
The Thirty Nine Steps
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Scudder
Movie - Released: 11/4/1978
Dr. Strange
Dr. Strange
as Thomas Lindmer
Movie - Released: 9/6/1978
An Audience with...
An Audience with...
as Self
TV - Released: 1/8/1978
TV
Late Night Story
as self
TV - Released: 12/23/1978

1977

The Devil's Advocate
The Devil's Advocate
as Monsignor Blaise Meredith
Movie - Released: 10/26/1977
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
as Bertram MacDonald
TV - Released: 9/24/1977

1976

Trial by Combat
Trial by Combat
as Colonel Bertie Cook
Movie - Released: 4/1/1976

1975

The Human Factor
The Human Factor
as Mike McAllister
Movie - Released: 11/19/1975

1974

The Zoo Gang
The Zoo Gang
as Thomas "The Elephant" Devon
TV - Released: 4/5/1974

1973

Oklahoma Crude
Oklahoma Crude
as Cleon Doyle
Movie - Released: 7/3/1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
TV - Released: 4/2/1973

1972

Young Winston
Young Winston
as General Kitchner
Movie - Released: 7/20/1972
Lady Caroline Lamb
Lady Caroline Lamb
as Canning
Movie - Released: 11/22/1972

1971

Dulcima
Dulcima
as Mr. Parker
Movie - Released: 12/1/1971

1970

Ryan's Daughter
Ryan's Daughter
as Michael
Movie - Released: 3/19/1970
Adam's Woman
Adam's Woman
as Sir Philip MacDonald
Movie - Released: 3/19/1970
Nanny and the Professor
Nanny and the Professor
as Uncle Alfred
TV - Released: 1/21/1970

1969

Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Movie - Released: 3/10/1969
Run Wild, Run Free
Run Wild, Run Free
as The Moorman (Colonel)
Movie - Released: 3/28/1969

1968

Emma Hamilton
Emma Hamilton
as Lord William Hamilton
Movie - Released: 11/28/1968
A Black Veil for Lisa
A Black Veil for Lisa
as Inspector Franz Bulon
Movie - Released: 8/11/1968

1967

Chuka
Chuka
as Colonel Stuart Valois
Movie - Released: 7/23/1967
Africa: Texas Style!
Africa: Texas Style!
as Wing Commander Hayes
Movie - Released: 5/1/1967
Dundee and the Culhane
Dundee and the Culhane
as Dundee
TV - Released: 9/6/1967

1966

The Wrong Box
The Wrong Box
as Masterman Finsbury
Movie - Released: 6/19/1966
The Family Way
The Family Way
as Ezra Fitton
Movie - Released: 12/18/1966

1965

King Rat
King Rat
as Smedley-Taylor
Movie - Released: 10/27/1965
Operation Crossbow
Operation Crossbow
as General Boyd
Movie - Released: 4/1/1965
The Truth About Spring
The Truth About Spring
as Tommy Tyler
Movie - Released: 3/30/1965

1964

The Chalk Garden
The Chalk Garden
as Maitland
Movie - Released: 4/2/1964

1963

The Danny Kaye Show
The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/25/1963

1962

Tiara Tahiti
Tiara Tahiti
as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
Movie - Released: 7/1/1962
The Valiant
The Valiant
as Captain Morgan
Movie - Released: 6/13/1962
The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

The Singer Not the Song
The Singer Not the Song
as Father Michael Keogh
Movie - Released: 1/5/1961
Flame in the Streets
Flame in the Streets
as Jacko Palmer
Movie - Released: 6/19/1961
The Parent Trap
The Parent Trap
as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 5/13/1961

1960

Tunes of Glory
Tunes of Glory
as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
Movie - Released: 9/17/1960
Swiss Family Robinson
Swiss Family Robinson
as Father
Movie - Released: 12/21/1960
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
Movie - Released: 12/18/1960

1959

Tiger Bay
Tiger Bay
as Superintendent Graham
Movie - Released: 3/1/1959
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
as Barney
Movie - Released: 12/1/1959

1958

Ice Cold in Alex
Ice Cold in Alex
as Captain Anson
Movie - Released: 6/24/1958
Dunkirk
Dunkirk
as Cpl Tubby Binns
Movie - Released: 3/20/1958
I Was Monty's Double
I Was Monty's Double
as Major Harvey
Movie - Released: 10/21/1958

1957

Town on Trial
Town on Trial
as Supt. Mike Halloran
Movie - Released: 1/24/1957
The Vicious Circle
The Vicious Circle
as Dr. Howard Latimer
Movie - Released: 9/1/1957

1956

War and Peace
War and Peace
as Platon Karataev
Movie - Released: 8/21/1956
The Baby and the Battleship
The Baby and the Battleship
as Puncher Roberts
Movie - Released: 6/1/1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days
as London Carriage Driver
Movie - Released: 10/17/1956
It's Great to be Young!
It's Great to be Young!
as Dingle
Movie - Released: 12/26/1956

1955

Above Us the Waves
Above Us the Waves
as Commandant Fraser
Movie - Released: 3/29/1955
The Colditz Story
The Colditz Story
as Pat Reid
Movie - Released: 1/25/1955
The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair
as Albert Parkis
Movie - Released: 2/24/1955
Escapade
Escapade
as John Hampden
Movie - Released: 8/5/1955

1954

Hobson's Choice
Hobson's Choice
as William Mossop
Movie - Released: 4/19/1954

1953

The Long Memory
The Long Memory
as Phillip Davidson
Movie - Released: 1/23/1953

1952

The Gentle Gunman
The Gentle Gunman
as Terence Sullivan
Movie - Released: 10/23/1952
The Way to Wimbledon
The Way to Wimbledon
as Self - Commentator
Movie - Released: 7/3/1952

1951

Mr. Denning Drives North
Mr. Denning Drives North
as Tom Denning
Movie - Released: 12/18/1951

1950

Morning Departure
Morning Departure
as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
Movie - Released: 2/21/1950

1949

The Rocking Horse Winner
The Rocking Horse Winner
as Bassett
Movie - Released: 11/30/1949
The History of Mr. Polly
The History of Mr. Polly
as Alfred Polly
Movie - Released: 2/8/1949

1948

Scott of the Antarctic
Scott of the Antarctic
as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
Movie - Released: 11/29/1948

1947

The October Man
The October Man
as Jim Ackland
Movie - Released: 8/28/1947
So Well Remembered
So Well Remembered
as George Boswell
Movie - Released: 7/9/1947

1946

Great Expectations
Great Expectations
as Pip
Movie - Released: 12/26/1946
Land of Promise
Land of Promise
as The Voice
Movie - Released: 1/2/1946

1945

The Way to the Stars
The Way to the Stars
as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
Movie - Released: 6/16/1945
Waterloo Road
Waterloo Road
as Jim Colter
Movie - Released: 2/5/1945
Movie
Total War in Britain
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1945

1944

This Happy Breed
This Happy Breed
as Billy Mitchell
Movie - Released: 5/28/1944
Movie
Victory Wedding
as Bill Clark
Movie - Released: 1/1/1944
Movie
Information Please
as British Flyer
Movie - Released: 3/1/1944

1943

We Dive at Dawn
We Dive at Dawn
as Lt. Taylor RN
Movie - Released: 4/15/1943
Movie
The Sky’s the Limit
as Tom
Movie - Released: 1/1/1943

1942

In Which We Serve
In Which We Serve
as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
Movie - Released: 9/17/1942
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
as Bobby Jessop
Movie - Released: 2/23/1942
The Big Blockade
The Big Blockade
as Tom
Movie - Released: 1/19/1942
The Young Mr. Pitt
The Young Mr. Pitt
as William Wilberforce
Movie - Released: 9/21/1942

1941

Cottage to Let
Cottage to Let
as Flt·Lieut. Perry
Movie - Released: 9/6/1941
Old Bill and Son
Old Bill and Son
as Young Bill
Movie - Released: 3/1/1941

1940

All Hands
All Hands
as Jack
Movie - Released: 5/31/1940

1939

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Peter Colley as a Young Man
Movie - Released: 7/28/1939
Movie
Happy Family
as Fred
Movie - Released: 1/1/1939

1937

The Green Cockatoo
The Green Cockatoo
as Jim Connor
Movie - Released: 12/1/1937
O.H.M.S.
O.H.M.S.
as Cpl. Bert Dawson
Movie - Released: 1/1/1937

1936

Tudor Rose
Tudor Rose
as Lord Guilford Dudley
Movie - Released: 9/1/1936
First Offence
First Offence
as Johnnie Penrose
Movie - Released: 2/21/1936

1935

Royal Cavalcade
Royal Cavalcade
as Young Enlistee
Movie - Released: 4/15/1935
Car of Dreams
Car of Dreams
as Robert Miller
Movie - Released: 1/9/1935
Brown on Resolution
Brown on Resolution
as Albert Brown
Movie - Released: 5/15/1935
Broadway Gondolier
Broadway Gondolier
Movie - Released: 7/27/1935
Movie
Charing Cross Road
as Tony
Movie - Released: 1/1/1935
Movie
Blind Justice
as Ralph Summers
Movie - Released: 3/4/1935

1934

Those Were the Days
Those Were the Days
as Bobby Poskett
Movie - Released: 4/2/1934
Doctor's Orders
Doctor's Orders
as Ronnie Blake
Movie - Released: 11/1/1934
A Political Party
A Political Party
as Tony Smithers
Movie - Released: 7/9/1934
Movie
The Lash
as Arthur Haughton
Movie - Released: 10/21/1934

1933

Britannia of Billingsgate
Britannia of Billingsgate
as Fred Bolton
Movie - Released: 1/1/1933
The Ghost Camera
The Ghost Camera
as Ernest Elton
Movie - Released: 1/31/1933

1932

The Midshipmaid
The Midshipmaid
as Golightly
Movie - Released: 12/8/1932