John Mills
- Acting
- February 22, 1908 · The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
- April 23, 2005
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Talking Pictures · Self
- Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff · Self
- Bright Young Things · Gentleman
- The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
- Forever Ealing · Self
- Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making · Self
- Friday Night with Jonathan Ross · Self
- The Gentleman Thief · Arthur Rosehip
- Sir John Mills' Moving Memories · Self
- A Profile of In Which We Serve · Interviewee
- Cats · Gus the Theatre Cat
- Parkinson · Self
- Bean · Chairman
- Hamlet · Old King Norway
- Clive Anderson All Talk · Self
- The Grotesque · Sir Edward Cleghorn
- Martin Chuzzlewit · Mr Chuffey
- Deadly Advice · Jack the Ripper
- Frankenstein · De Lacey
- Harnessing Peacocks · Bernard Quigley
- The Big Freeze · Dapper man
- Night of the Fox · Brig. Dougal Munro
- Perfect Scoundrels · Praeger
- A Tale of Two Cities · Jarvis Lorry
- Around the World in 80 Days · Faversham
- Ending Up · Bernard
- One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage · Self
- The Lady and the Highwayman · Sir Lawrence Dobson
- The Dame Edna Experience · Self
- Who's That Girl · Montgomery Bell
- Hold the Dream · Henry Rossiter
- The Best of British Cinema · Self
- When the Wind Blows · Jim Bloggs (Voice)
- The Wind and the Bomb
- Murder with Mirrors · Lewis Serrocold
- A Woman of Substance · Henry Rossiter
- The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio · Self
- The Masks of Death · Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
- Sahara · Cambridge
- Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi · Self
- Gandhi · Lord Chelmsford
- Hotel
- Wogan · Self
- Young at Heart · Albert Collyer
- The Quatermass Conclusion · Prof. Bernard Quatermass
- Quatermass · Bernard Quatermass
- Zulu Dawn · Sir Henry Bartle Frere
- Tales of the Unexpected · Sam Morrissey, William Perkins
- Late Night Story · Self
- The Thirty Nine Steps · Scudder
- Dr. Strange · Thomas Lindmer
- The Big Sleep · Inspector Carson
- The South Bank Show
- An Audience with... · Self
- The Devil's Advocate · Monsignor Blaise Meredith
- The Love Boat · Bertram MacDonald
- Trial by Combat · Colonel Bertie Cook
- The Human Factor · Mike McAllister
- The Zoo Gang · Thomas "The Elephant" Devon
- Oklahoma Crude · Cleon Doyle
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... · Self
- Lady Caroline Lamb · Canning
- Young Winston · General Kitchner
- Dulcima · Mr. Parker
- Ryan's Daughter · Michael
- Adam's Woman · Sir Philip MacDonald
- Nanny and the Professor · Uncle Alfred
- Run Wild, Run Free · The Moorman (Colonel)
- Oh! What a Lovely War · Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
- Emma Hamilton · Lord William Hamilton
- A Black Veil for Lisa · Inspector Franz Bulon
- Dundee and the Culhane · Dundee
- Chuka · Colonel Stuart Valois
- Africa: Texas Style! · Wing Commander Hayes
- The Family Way · Ezra Fitton
- The Wrong Box · Masterman Finsbury
- Sky West and Crooked · Director
- King Rat · Smedley-Taylor
- Operation Crossbow · General Boyd
- The Truth About Spring · Tommy Tyler