Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 24, 1888
Place of Birth:
Croydon, Surrey, England
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Miles Malleson
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
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | You Must Be Joking | Salesman |
| 1964 | Murder Ahoy | Bishop |
| 1964 | First Men in the Moon | Dymchurch Registrar |
| 1964 | A Jolly Bad Fellow | Dr. Woolley |
| 1964 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Quince |
| 1963 | Heavens Above! | Bishop Rockeby |
| 1962 | The Phantom of the Opera | 2nd Cabby |
| 1962 | Postman's Knock | Psychiatrist |
| 1962 | The Brain | Dr. Miller |
| 1962 | Go to Blazes | Salesman |
| 1961 | The Hellfire Club | Judge |
| 1961 | Double Bunk | Rev. Thomas |
| 1961 | The Bing Crosby Show | Self |
| 1961 | Fury at Smugglers' Bay | Duke of Avon |
| 1960 | Peeping Tom | Elderly Gentleman Customer |
| 1960 | The Brides of Dracula | Dr. Tobler |
| 1960 | Kidnapped | Mr. Rankeillor |
| 1960 | The Day They Robbed the Bank of England | Assistant Curator |
| 1960 | And the Same to You | Bishop |
| 1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Bishop Frankland |
| 1959 | I'm All Right Jack | Windrush Snr. |
| 1959 | Carlton-Browne of the F.O. | Resident Advisor Davidson |
| 1959 | The Captain's Table | Canon Swingler |
| 1958 | Happy Is the Bride | 1st Magistrate |
| 1958 | Behind the Mask | Sir Oswald Pettiford |
| 1958 | Bachelor of Hearts | Dr. Butson |
| 1958 | Dracula | Marx - Undertaker (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Gideon's Day | The Judge |
| 1957 | Barnacle Bill | Angler |
| 1957 | The Admirable Crichton | |
| 1957 | Brothers in Law | Kendall Grimes Q.C. |
| 1957 | The Naked Truth | Rev. Bastable |
| 1957 | Campbell's Kingdom | (unconfirmed - not present in US release version) |
| 1956 | Private's Progress | Mr. Windrush Sr. |
| 1956 | Dry Rot | Country Gentleman |
| 1956 | The Silken Affair | Mr. Blucher |
| 1956 | Three Men in a Boat | 2nd Old Gentleman |
| 1956 | The Man Who Never Was | Scientist |
| 1955 | King's Rhapsody | Jules |
| 1955 | Geordie | Lord Paunceton |
| 1953 | The Captain's Paradise | Lawrence St. James |
| 1952 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Canon Chasuble |
| 1952 | Trent's Last Case | Burton Cupples |
| 1952 | The Woman's Angle | A. Secrett |
| 1952 | The Happy Family | Mr. Thwaites |
| 1952 | Treasure Hunt | Mr. Walsh |
| 1952 | The Magic Box | Orchestra Conductor |
| 1952 | Folly to Be Wise | Dr. Hector McAdam |
| 1952 | Venetian Bird | Grespi |
| 1951 | Scrooge | Old Joe |
| 1951 | The Man in the White Suit | The Tailor |
| 1950 | Stage Fright | Mr. Fortesque |
| 1950 | Golden Salamander | Douvet |
| 1949 | The Queen of Spades | Tchybukin |
| 1949 | The Perfect Woman | Prof. Ernest Belman |
| 1949 | Cardboard Cavalier | Judge Gorebucket |
| 1949 | Kind Hearts and Coronets | The Hangman |
| 1949 | Train of Events | Johnson, the Timekeeper |
| 1948 | Saraband for Dead Lovers | Lord of Misrule |
| 1948 | Bond Street | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Idol of Paris | Offenbach |
| 1948 | Woman Hater | Vicar |
| 1947 | While the Sun Shines | Horton |
| 1946 | Land of Promise | Mr. Know-All |
| 1945 | Dead of Night | Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor") |
| 1945 | Journey Together | (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Demi-Paradise | Theatre Cashier |
| 1943 | The Gentle Sex | Tran Guard |
| 1942 | Unpublished Story | Farmfield |
| 1942 | They Flew Alone | Vacuum Salesman |
| 1942 | Thunder Rock | Chairman of Directors |
| 1941 | Major Barbara | Morrison |
| 1940 | The Thief of Bagdad | Sultan |
| 1940 | For Freedom | Minor Role |
| 1939 | Q Planes | Minor Role |
| 1938 | Sixty Glorious Years | Wounded Soldier |
| 1937 | Knight Without Armour | Drunken Red Commissar |
| 1937 | Victoria the Great | Sir James |
| 1937 | Action for Slander | Minor Role |
| 1936 | Rhodes of Africa | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Tudor Rose | Jane's Father |
| 1935 | The 39 Steps | Palladium Manager (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Lazybones | Pessimist |
| 1935 | Vintage Wine | Henri Popinot |
| 1935 | Peg of Old Drury | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Lazybones | The Pessimist |
| 1934 | The Queen's Affair | The Chancellor |
| 1934 | Nell Gwyn | Chiffinch |
| 1933 | Perfect Understanding | Announcer |
| 1933 | Summer Lightning | Beach |
| 1932 | The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case | Thaddeus Sholto |
| 1932 | Money Means Nothing | Doorman |
| 1932 | Frail Women | Registrar |
| 1932 | The Love Contract | Peters |
| 1932 | Love on Wheels | Academy of Music Porter |
| 1932 | The Mayor's Nest | Clerk |
| 1932 | The Blue Danube | |
| 1931 | A Night in Montmartre | Minor Role |
| 1931 | City of Song | Theater Watchman |
| 1930 | Night Birds | Minor Role |
| 1930 | Children of Chance | |
| 1925 | Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery | |
| 1921 | The Headmaster | Palliser Grantley |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Victoria Regina | Conyngham |
| 1956 | The Buccaneers | Josiah Parkerhouse |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Albertus |
| 1955 | Television Playhouse | Uncle Simon |