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