Miles Malleson
- Acting
- May 24, 1888 · Croydon, Surrey, England
- March 15, 1969
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
- Yours Unfaithfully · Writer
- Conflict · Writer
- You Must Be Joking · Salesman
- Victoria Regina · Conyngham
- Murder Ahoy · Bishop
- First Men in the Moon · Dymchurch Registrar
- A Midsummer Night's Dream · Quince
- A Jolly Bad Fellow · Dr. Woolley
- Call Me Bwana · Psychiatrist (uncredited)
- Heavens Above! · Bishop Rockeby
- The Brain · Dr. Miller
- The Phantom of the Opera · 2nd Cabby
- Go to Blazes · Salesman
- Postman's Knock · Psychiatrist
- The Bing Crosby Show · Self
- Double Bunk · Rev. Thomas
- Fury at Smugglers' Bay · Duke of Avon
- The Hellfire Club · Judge
- Sunday-Night Play · Writer
- The Day They Robbed the Bank of England · Assistant Curator
- The Brides of Dracula · Dr. Tobler
- Peeping Tom · Elderly Gentleman Customer
- Kidnapped · Mr. Rankeillor
- And the Same to You · Bishop
- I'm All Right Jack · Windrush Sr., Stanley's father
- The Hound of the Baskervilles · Bishop Frankland
- Carlton-Browne of the F.O. · Resident Advisor Davidson
- The Captain's Table · Canon Swingler
- Bachelor of Hearts · Dr. Butson
- Behind the Mask · Sir Oswald Pettiford
- A Midsummer Night's Dream · Quince
- Dracula · Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
- Gideon's Day · The Judge
- Happy Is the Bride · 1st Magistrate
- Barnacle Bill · Angler
- The Naked Truth · Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
- Campbell's Kingdom · (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
- The Admirable Crichton · Vicar
- Brothers in Law · Kendall Grimes Q.C.
- Three Men in a Boat · 2nd Old Gentleman
- Dry Rot · Country Gentleman
- The Silken Affair · Mr. Blucher
- The Buccaneers · Josiah Parkerhouse
- The Man Who Never Was · Scientist
- Private's Progress · Mr. Windrush Sr.
- The Adventures of Robin Hood · Albertus
- Television Playhouse · Uncle Simon
- Geordie · Lord Paunceton
- King's Rhapsody · Jules
- The Captain's Paradise · Lawrence St. James
- Folly to Be Wise · Dr. Hector McAdam
- Venetian Bird · Grespi
- Trent's Last Case · Burton Cupples
- The Importance of Being Earnest · Canon Chasuble
- Treasure Hunt · Mr. Walsh
- The Happy Family · Mr. Thwaites
- The Woman's Angle · A. Secrett
- The Magic Box · Orchestra Conductor
- Scrooge · Old Joe
- The Man in the White Suit · The Tailor
- Stage Fright · Mr. Fortesque
- Golden Salamander · Douvet
- Sunday Night Theatre · Quince
- Kind Hearts and Coronets · The Hangman
- The Perfect Woman · Prof. Ernest Belman
- Cardboard Cavalier · Judge Gorebucket
- The Queen of Spades · Tchybukin
- Train of Events · Johnson, the Timekeeper
- Woman Hater · Vicar
- Saraband for Dead Lovers · Lord of Misrule
- Bond Street · Minor Role (uncredited)
- One Night with You · Jailer
- Idol of Paris · Offenbach
- While the Sun Shines · Horton
- Land of Promise · Mr. Know-All, Writer
- Journey Together · (uncredited)
- Dead of Night · Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
- Yellow Canary · Screenplay
- The Demi-Paradise · Theatre Cashier
- They Met in the Dark · Writer