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.
Known For
Filmography
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self – Interviewee
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
Bright Young Things
2003
as Gentleman
Forever Ealing
2002
as Self
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002
as Self (archive)
The Gentleman Thief
2001
as Arthur Rosehip
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
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
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Bean
1997
as Chairman
Hamlet
1996
as Old King Norway
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996
as Self
The Grotesque
1995
as Sir Edward Cleghorn
Deadly Advice
1994
as Jack the Ripper
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994
as Mr Chuffey
Frankenstein
1993
as De Lacey
The Big Freeze
1993
as Dapper man
Harnessing Peacocks
1993
as Bernard Quigley
Night of the Fox
1990
as Brig. Dougal Munro
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Praeger
Ending Up
1989
as Bernard
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
as Faversham
A Tale of Two Cities
1989
as Jarvis Lorry
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
as Sir Lawrence Dobson
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988
as Self (uncredited)
Who's That Girl
1987
as Montgomery Bell
The Best of British Cinema
1987
as Self - Narrator
The Dame Edna Experience
1987
as Self
Hold the Dream
1987
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
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
as Self
A Woman of Substance
1985
as Henry Rossiter
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
Wogan
1982
as Self
Young at Heart
1980
as Albert Collyer
The Quatermass Conclusion
1979
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Zulu Dawn
1979
as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Sam Morrissey
Quatermass
1979
as Bernard Quatermass
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as William Perkins
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as The Man
The Big Sleep
1978
as Inspector Carson
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978
as Scudder
Dr. Strange
1978
as Thomas Lindmer
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Late Night Story
1978
as self
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
Young Winston
1972
as General Kitchner
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
as Canning
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
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Run Wild, Run Free
1969
as The Moorman (Colonel)
Emma Hamilton
1968
as Lord William Hamilton
A Black Veil for Lisa
1968
as Inspector Franz Bulon
Chuka
1967
as Colonel Stuart Valois
Africa: Texas Style!
1967
as Wing Commander Hayes
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
as Dundee
The Wrong Box
1966
as Masterman Finsbury
The Family Way
1966
as Ezra Fitton
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
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Singer Not the Song
1961
as Father Michael Keogh
Flame in the Streets
1961
as Jacko Palmer
The Parent Trap
1961
as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
Tunes of Glory
1960
as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
Swiss Family Robinson
1960
as Father
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960
Tiger Bay
1959
as Superintendent Graham
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959
as Barney
Ice Cold in Alex
1958
as Captain Anson
Dunkirk
1958
as Cpl Tubby Binns
I Was Monty's Double
1958
as Major Harvey
Town on Trial
1957
as Supt. Mike Halloran
The Vicious Circle
1957
as Dr. Howard Latimer
War and Peace
1956
as Platon Karataev
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
as Puncher Roberts
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as London Carriage Driver
It's Great to be Young!
1956
as Dingle
The Letter
1956
as Robert Crosbie
Above Us the Waves
1955
as Commandant Fraser
The Colditz Story
1955
as Pat Reid
The End of the Affair
1955
as Albert Parkis
Escapade
1955
as John Hampden
Hobson's Choice
1954
as William Mossop
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Robert Crosbie
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
Victory Wedding
1944
as Bill Clark
Information Please
1944
as British Flyer
We Dive at Dawn
1943
as Lt. Taylor RN
The Sky’s the Limit
1943
as Tom
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
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
as William Wilberforce
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
Royal Cavalcade
1935
as Young Enlistee
Car of Dreams
1935
as Robert Miller
Brown on Resolution
1935
as Albert Brown
Broadway Gondolier
1935
Charing Cross Road
1935
as Tony
Blind Justice
1935
as Ralph Summers
Those Were the Days
1934
as Bobby Poskett
Doctor's Orders
1934
as Ronnie Blake
A Political Party
1934
as Tony Smithers
The Lash
1934
as Arthur Haughton
Britannia of Billingsgate
1933
as Fred Bolton
The Ghost Camera
1933
as Ernest Elton
The Midshipmaid
1932
as Golightly