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John Mills

John Mills

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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.

Talking Pictures

2013

as Self (archive footage)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

as Self – Interviewee

Bright Young Things

2003

as Gentleman

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

2003

Forever Ealing

2002

as Self

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

2002

as Self (archive)

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

as Self

A Profile of In Which We Serve

2000

as Interviewee

Cats

1998

as Gus the Theatre Cat

Bean

1997

as Chairman

Hamlet

1996

as Old King Norway

The Grotesque

1995

as Sir Edward Cleghorn

Martin Chuzzlewit

1994

as Mr. Chuffey

Deadly Advice

1994

as Jack the Ripper

Frankenstein

1993

as De Lacey

Harnessing Peacocks

1993

as Bernard Quigley

The Big Freeze

1993

as Dapper man

The South Bank Show: Noël Coward

1992

as Self

Night of the Fox

1990

as Brig. Dougal Munro

The Lady and the Highwayman

1990

as Sir Lawrence Dobson

Perfect Scoundrels

1990

as Praeger

A Tale of Two Cities

1989

as Jarvis Lorry

Around the World in 80 Days

1989

as Faversham

Ending Up

1989

as Bernard

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

1988

as Self (uncredited)

The Dame Edna Experience

1987

as Self

Who's That Girl

1987

as Montgomery Bell

Hold the Dream

1986

as Henry Rossiter

When the Wind Blows

1986

as Jim Bloggs (voice)

The Wind and the Bomb

1986

Murder with Mirrors

1985

as Lewis Serrocold

A Woman of Substance

1985

as Henry Rossiter

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

1985

as Self

The Masks of Death

1984

as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator

Sahara

1983

as Cambridge

Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

1983

as Self

Gandhi

1982

as Lord Chelmsford

Hotel

1982

Young at Heart

1980

as Albert Collyer

The Quatermass Conclusion

1979

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Quatermass

1979

as Bernard Quatermass

Zulu Dawn

1979

as Sir Henry Bartle Frere

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as Sam Morrissey

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as William Perkins

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as The Man

Late Night Story

1978

as self

The Thirty Nine Steps

1978

as Scudder

Dr. Strange

1978

as Thomas Lindmer

The Big Sleep

1978

as Inspector Carson

The Devil's Advocate

1977

as Monsignor Blaise Meredith

The Love Boat

1977

as Bertram MacDonald

Trial by Combat

1976

as Colonel Bertie Cook

The Human Factor

1975

as Mike McAllister

The Zoo Gang

1974

as Thomas "The Elephant" Devon

Oklahoma Crude

1973

as Cleon Doyle

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973

as Self

Lady Caroline Lamb

1972

as Canning

Young Winston

1972

as General Kitchner

Dulcima

1971

as Mr. Parker

Ryan's Daughter

1970

as Michael

Adam's Woman

1970

as Sir Philip MacDonald

Nanny and the Professor

1970

as Uncle Alfred

Run Wild, Run Free

1969

as The Moorman (Colonel)

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig

Emma Hamilton

1968

as Lord William Hamilton

A Black Veil for Lisa

1968

as Inspector Franz Bulon

Dundee and the Culhane

1967

as Dundee

Chuka

1967

as Colonel Stuart Valois

Africa: Texas Style!

1967

as Wing Commander Hayes

The Family Way

1966

as Ezra Fitton

The Wrong Box

1966

as Masterman Finsbury

King Rat

1965

as Smedley-Taylor

Operation Crossbow

1965

as General Boyd

The Truth About Spring

1965

as Tommy Tyler

The Chalk Garden

1964

as Maitland

The Danny Kaye Show

1963

as Self

Tiara Tahiti

1962

as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey

The Valiant

1962

as Captain Morgan

Flame in the Streets

1961

as Jacko Palmer

The Parent Trap

1961

as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)

The Singer Not the Song

1961

as Father Michael Keogh

Swiss Family Robinson

1960

as Father

Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

1960

Tunes of Glory

1960

as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

1959

as Barney

Tiger Bay

1959

as Superintendent Graham

I Was Monty's Double

1958

as Major Harvey

Ice Cold in Alex

1958

as Captain Anson

Dunkirk

1958

as Cpl Tubby Binns

The Vicious Circle

1957

as Dr. Howard Latimer

Town on Trial

1957

as Supt. Mike Halloran

It's Great to be Young!

1956

as Dingle

Around the World in Eighty Days

1956

as London Carriage Driver

War and Peace

1956

as Platon Karataev

The Baby and the Battleship

1956

as Puncher Roberts

Escapade

1955

as John Hampden

Above Us the Waves

1955

as Commandant Fraser

The End of the Affair

1955

as Albert Parkis

The Colditz Story

1955

as Pat Reid

Hobson's Choice

1954

as William Mossop

The Long Memory

1953

as Phillip Davidson

The Gentle Gunman

1952

as Terence Sullivan

The Way to Wimbledon

1952

as Self - Commentator

Mr. Denning Drives North

1951

as Tom Denning

Morning Departure

1950

as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong

The Rocking Horse Winner

1949

as Bassett

The History of Mr. Polly

1949

as Alfred Polly

Scott of the Antarctic

1948

as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.

The October Man

1947

as Jim Ackland

So Well Remembered

1947

as George Boswell

Great Expectations

1946

as Pip

Land of Promise

1946

as The Voice

The Way to the Stars

1945

as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose

Waterloo Road

1945

as Jim Colter

Total War in Britain

1945

as Narrator (voice)

This Happy Breed

1944

as Billy Mitchell

Information Please

1944

as British Flyer

Victory Wedding

1944

as Bill Clark

We Dive at Dawn

1943

as Lt. Taylor RN

The Sky’s the Limit

1943

as Tom

The Young Mr. Pitt

1942

as William Wilberforce

In Which We Serve

1942

as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

1942

as Bobby Jessop

The Big Blockade

1942

as Tom

Cottage to Let

1941

as Flt·Lieut. Perry

Old Bill and Son

1941

as Young Bill

All Hands

1940

as Jack

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1939

as Peter Colley as a Young Man

Happy Family

1939

as Fred

The Green Cockatoo

1937

as Jim Connor

O.H.M.S.

1937

as Cpl. Bert Dawson

Tudor Rose

1936

as Lord Guilford Dudley

First Offence

1936

as Johnnie Penrose

Broadway Gondolier

1935

Brown on Resolution

1935

as Albert Brown

Royal Cavalcade

1935

as Young Enlistee

Blind Justice

1935

as Ralph Summers

Car of Dreams

1935

as Robert Miller

Charing Cross Road

1935

as Tony

Doctor's Orders

1934

as Ronnie Blake

The Lash

1934

as Arthur Haughton

A Political Party

1934

as Tony Smithers

Those Were the Days

1934

as Bobby Poskett

The Ghost Camera

1933

as Ernest Elton

Britannia of Billingsgate

1933

as Fred Bolton

The Midshipmaid

1932

as Golightly

The Best of British Cinema