Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 22, 1908
Place of Birth:
The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
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John Mills
Biography
Sir John Mills, CBE (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills) 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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self – Interviewee |
| 2003 | The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough | |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Gentleman |
| 2002 | Forever Ealing | Self |
| 2002 | Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making | Self (archive) |
| 2001 | The Gentleman Thief | Arthur Rosehip |
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self |
| 2000 | A Profile of In Which We Serve | Interviewee |
| 1998 | Cats | Gus the Theatre Cat |
| 1997 | Bean | Chairman |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Old King Norway |
| 1995 | The Grotesque | Sir Edward Cleghorn |
| 1994 | Deadly Advice | Jack the Ripper |
| 1993 | Frankenstein | De Lacey |
| 1993 | The Big Freeze | Dapper man |
| 1993 | Harnessing Peacocks | Bernard Quigley |
| 1992 | The South Bank Show: Noël Coward | Self |
| 1990 | Night of the Fox | Brig. Dougal Munro |
| 1989 | Ending Up | Bernard |
| 1988 | The Lady and the Highwayman | Sir Lawrence Dobson |
| 1988 | One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage | Self (uncredited) |
| 1987 | Who's That Girl | Montgomery Bell |
| 1986 | When the Wind Blows | Jim Bloggs (voice) |
| 1986 | The Wind and the Bomb | |
| 1985 | Murder with Mirrors | Lewis Serrocold |
| 1985 | The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio | Self |
| 1984 | The Masks of Death | Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator |
| 1983 | Sahara | Cambridge |
| 1983 | Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi | Self |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Lord Chelmsford |
| 1979 | The Quatermass Conclusion | Prof. Bernard Quatermass |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Sir Henry Bartle Frere |
| 1978 | The Big Sleep | Inspector Carson |
| 1978 | The Thirty Nine Steps | Scudder |
| 1978 | Dr. Strange | Thomas Lindmer |
| 1977 | The Devil's Advocate | Monsignor Blaise Meredith |
| 1976 | Trial by Combat | Colonel Bertie Cook |
| 1975 | The Human Factor | Mike McAllister |
| 1973 | Oklahoma Crude | Cleon Doyle |
| 1972 | Young Winston | General Kitchner |
| 1972 | Lady Caroline Lamb | Canning |
| 1971 | Dulcima | Mr. Parker |
| 1970 | Ryan's Daughter | Michael |
| 1970 | Adam's Woman | Sir Philip MacDonald |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig |
| 1969 | Run Wild, Run Free | The Moorman (Colonel) |
| 1968 | Emma Hamilton | Lord William Hamilton |
| 1968 | A Black Veil for Lisa | Inspector Franz Bulon |
| 1967 | Chuka | Colonel Stuart Valois |
| 1967 | Africa: Texas Style! | Wing Commander Hayes |
| 1966 | The Wrong Box | Masterman Finsbury |
| 1966 | The Family Way | Ezra Fitton |
| 1965 | King Rat | Smedley-Taylor |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow | General Boyd |
| 1965 | The Truth About Spring | Tommy Tyler |
| 1964 | The Chalk Garden | Maitland |
| 1962 | Tiara Tahiti | Lt. Col. Clifford Southey |
| 1962 | The Valiant | Captain Morgan |
| 1961 | The Singer Not the Song | Father Michael Keogh |
| 1961 | Flame in the Streets | Jacko Palmer |
| 1961 | The Parent Trap | Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Tunes of Glory | Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander) |
| 1960 | Swiss Family Robinson | Father |
| 1960 | Escape to Paradise/Water Birds | |
| 1959 | Tiger Bay | Superintendent Graham |
| 1959 | Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Barney |
| 1958 | Ice Cold in Alex | Captain Anson |
| 1958 | Dunkirk | Cpl Tubby Binns |
| 1958 | I Was Monty's Double | Major Harvey |
| 1957 | Town on Trial | Supt. Mike Halloran |
| 1957 | The Vicious Circle | Dr. Howard Latimer |
| 1956 | War and Peace | Platon Karataev |
| 1956 | The Baby and the Battleship | Puncher Roberts |
| 1956 | Around the World in Eighty Days | London Carriage Driver |
| 1956 | It's Great to be Young! | Dingle |
| 1955 | Above Us the Waves | Commandant Fraser |
| 1955 | The Colditz Story | Pat Reid |
| 1955 | The End of the Affair | Albert Parkis |
| 1955 | Escapade | John Hampden |
| 1954 | Hobson's Choice | William Mossop |
| 1953 | The Long Memory | Phillip Davidson |
| 1952 | The Gentle Gunman | Terence Sullivan |
| 1952 | The Way to Wimbledon | Self - Commentator |
| 1951 | Mr. Denning Drives North | Tom Denning |
| 1950 | Morning Departure | Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong |
| 1949 | The Rocking Horse Winner | Bassett |
| 1949 | The History of Mr. Polly | Alfred Polly |
| 1948 | Scott of the Antarctic | Captain R.F. Scott R.N. |
| 1947 | The October Man | Jim Ackland |
| 1947 | So Well Remembered | George Boswell |
| 1946 | Great Expectations | Pip |
| 1946 | Land of Promise | The Voice |
| 1945 | The Way to the Stars | Pilot Officer Peter Penrose |
| 1945 | Waterloo Road | Jim Colter |
| 1945 | Total War in Britain | Narrator (voice) |
| 1944 | This Happy Breed | Billy Mitchell |
| 1944 | Victory Wedding | Bill Clark |
| 1944 | Information Please | British Flyer |
| 1943 | We Dive at Dawn | Lt. Taylor RN |
| 1943 | The Sky’s the Limit | Tom |
| 1942 | In Which We Serve | Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake |
| 1942 | The Black Sheep of Whitehall | Bobby Jessop |
| 1942 | The Big Blockade | Tom |
| 1942 | The Young Mr. Pitt | William Wilberforce |
| 1941 | Cottage to Let | Flt·Lieut. Perry |
| 1941 | Old Bill and Son | Young Bill |
| 1940 | All Hands | Jack |
| 1939 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Peter Colley as a Young Man |
| 1939 | Happy Family | Fred |
| 1937 | The Green Cockatoo | Jim Connor |
| 1937 | O.H.M.S. | Cpl. Bert Dawson |
| 1936 | Tudor Rose | Lord Guilford Dudley |
| 1936 | First Offence | Johnnie Penrose |
| 1935 | Royal Cavalcade | Young Enlistee |
| 1935 | Car of Dreams | Robert Miller |
| 1935 | Brown on Resolution | Albert Brown |
| 1935 | Broadway Gondolier | |
| 1935 | Charing Cross Road | Tony |
| 1935 | Blind Justice | Ralph Summers |
| 1934 | Those Were the Days | Bobby Poskett |
| 1934 | Doctor's Orders | Ronnie Blake |
| 1934 | A Political Party | Tony Smithers |
| 1934 | The Lash | Arthur Haughton |
| 1933 | Britannia of Billingsgate | Fred Bolton |
| 1933 | The Ghost Camera | Ernest Elton |
| 1932 | The Midshipmaid | Golightly |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self |
| 1996 | Clive Anderson All Talk | Self |
| 1994 | Martin Chuzzlewit | Mr. Chuffey |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels | Praeger |
| 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days | Faversham |
| 1989 | A Tale of Two Cities | Jarvis Lorry |
| 1987 | The Dame Edna Experience | Self |
| 1986 | Hold the Dream | Henry Rossiter |
| 1985 | A Woman of Substance | Henry Rossiter |
| 1982 | Hotel | |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self |
| 1980 | Young at Heart | Albert Collyer |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Sam Morrissey |
| 1979 | Quatermass | Bernard Quatermass |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | William Perkins |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | The Man |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self |
| 1978 | Late Night Story | self |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Bertram MacDonald |
| 1974 | The Zoo Gang | Thomas "The Elephant" Devon |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor | Uncle Alfred |
| 1967 | Dundee and the Culhane | Dundee |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show | Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| The Best of British Cinema |