John Mills

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1908-02-22

Place of Birth

The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
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John Mills

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.

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Acting History

2013
Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage)
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Self – Interviewee
2003
Bright Young Things as Gentleman
2003
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2002
Forever Ealing as Self
2002
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making as Self (archive)
2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
2001
The Gentleman Thief as Arthur Rosehip
2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self
2000
A Profile of In Which We Serve as Interviewee
1998
Cats as Gus the Theatre Cat
1998
Parkinson as Self
1997
Bean as Chairman
1996
Hamlet as Old King Norway
1996
Clive Anderson All Talk as Self
1995
The Grotesque as Sir Edward Cleghorn
1994
Martin Chuzzlewit as Mr. Chuffey
1994
Deadly Advice as Jack the Ripper
1993
Frankenstein as De Lacey
1993
Harnessing Peacocks as Bernard Quigley
1993
The Big Freeze as Dapper man
1990
Night of the Fox as Brig. Dougal Munro
1990
Perfect Scoundrels as Praeger
1989
A Tale of Two Cities as Jarvis Lorry
1989
Around the World in 80 Days as Faversham
1989
Ending Up as Bernard
1988
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage as Self (uncredited)
1988
The Lady and the Highwayman as Sir Lawrence Dobson
1987
The Dame Edna Experience as Self
1987
Who's That Girl as Montgomery Bell
1987
The Best of British Cinema as Self - Narrator
1986
Hold the Dream as Henry Rossiter
1986
When the Wind Blows as Jim Bloggs (voice)
1986
The Wind and the Bomb
1985
Murder with Mirrors as Lewis Serrocold
1985
A Woman of Substance as Henry Rossiter
1985
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio as Self
1984
The Masks of Death as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
1983
Sahara as Cambridge
1983
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi as Self
1982
Gandhi as Lord Chelmsford
1982
Hotel
1982
Wogan as Self
1980
Young at Heart as Albert Collyer
1979
The Quatermass Conclusion as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
1979
Quatermass as Bernard Quatermass
1979
Zulu Dawn as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
1979
Tales of the Unexpected as Sam Morrissey
1979
Tales of the Unexpected as William Perkins
1979
Tales of the Unexpected as The Man
1978
Late Night Story as self
1978
The Thirty Nine Steps as Scudder
1978
Dr. Strange as Thomas Lindmer
1978
The Big Sleep as Inspector Carson
1978
An Audience with... as Self
1977
The Devil's Advocate as Monsignor Blaise Meredith
1977
The Love Boat as Bertram MacDonald
1976
Trial by Combat as Colonel Bertie Cook
1975
The Human Factor as Mike McAllister
1974
The Zoo Gang as Thomas "The Elephant" Devon
1973
Oklahoma Crude as Cleon Doyle
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
1972
Lady Caroline Lamb as Canning
1972
Young Winston as General Kitchner
1971
Dulcima as Mr. Parker
1970
Ryan's Daughter as Michael
1970
Adam's Woman as Sir Philip MacDonald
1970
Nanny and the Professor as Uncle Alfred
1969
Run Wild, Run Free as The Moorman (Colonel)
1969
Oh! What a Lovely War as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
1968
Emma Hamilton as Lord William Hamilton
1968
A Black Veil for Lisa as Inspector Franz Bulon
1967
Dundee and the Culhane as Dundee
1967
Chuka as Colonel Stuart Valois
1967
Africa: Texas Style! as Wing Commander Hayes
1966
The Family Way as Ezra Fitton
1966
The Wrong Box as Masterman Finsbury
1965
King Rat as Smedley-Taylor
1965
Operation Crossbow as General Boyd
1965
The Truth About Spring as Tommy Tyler
1964
The Chalk Garden as Maitland
1963
The Danny Kaye Show as Self
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962
Tiara Tahiti as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
1962
The Valiant as Captain Morgan
1961
Flame in the Streets as Jacko Palmer
1961
The Parent Trap as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
1961
The Singer Not the Song as Father Michael Keogh
1960
Swiss Family Robinson as Father
1960
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960
Tunes of Glory as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
1959
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll as Barney
1959
Tiger Bay as Superintendent Graham
1958
I Was Monty's Double as Major Harvey
1958
Ice Cold in Alex as Captain Anson
1958
Dunkirk as Cpl Tubby Binns
1957
The Vicious Circle as Dr. Howard Latimer
1957
Town on Trial as Supt. Mike Halloran
1956
It's Great to be Young! as Dingle
1956
Around the World in 80 Days as London Carriage Driver
1956
War and Peace as Platon Karataev
1956
The Baby and the Battleship as Puncher Roberts
1955
Escapade as John Hampden
1955
Above Us the Waves as Commandant Fraser
1955
The End of the Affair as Albert Parkis
1955
The Colditz Story as Pat Reid
1954
Producers' Showcase as Robert Crosbie
1954
Hobson's Choice as William Mossop
1953
The Long Memory as Phillip Davidson
1952
The Gentle Gunman as Terence Sullivan
1952
The Way to Wimbledon as Self - Commentator
1951
Mr. Denning Drives North as Tom Denning
1950
Morning Departure as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
1949
The Rocking Horse Winner as Bassett
1949
The History of Mr. Polly as Alfred Polly
1948
Scott of the Antarctic as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
1947
The October Man as Jim Ackland
1947
So Well Remembered as George Boswell
1946
Great Expectations as Pip
1946
Land of Promise as The Voice
1945
The Way to the Stars as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
1945
Waterloo Road as Jim Colter
1945
Total War in Britain as Narrator (voice)
1944
This Happy Breed as Billy Mitchell
1944
Information Please as British Flyer
1944
Victory Wedding as Bill Clark
1943
We Dive at Dawn as Lt. Taylor RN
1943
The Sky’s the Limit as Tom
1942
The Young Mr. Pitt as William Wilberforce
1942
In Which We Serve as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
1942
The Black Sheep of Whitehall as Bobby Jessop
1942
The Big Blockade as Tom
1941
Cottage to Let as Flt·Lieut. Perry
1941
Old Bill and Son as Young Bill
1940
All Hands as Jack
1939
Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Peter Colley as a Young Man
1939
Happy Family as Fred
1937
The Green Cockatoo as Jim Connor
1937
O.H.M.S. as Cpl. Bert Dawson
1936
Tudor Rose as Lord Guilford Dudley
1936
First Offence as Johnnie Penrose
1935
Broadway Gondolier
1935
Brown on Resolution as Albert Brown
1935
Royal Cavalcade as Young Enlistee
1935
Blind Justice as Ralph Summers
1935
Car of Dreams as Robert Miller
1935
Charing Cross Road as Tony
1934
Doctor's Orders as Ronnie Blake
1934
The Lash as Arthur Haughton
1934
A Political Party as Tony Smithers
1934
Those Were the Days as Bobby Poskett
1933
The Ghost Camera as Ernest Elton
1933
Britannia of Billingsgate as Fred Bolton
1932
The Midshipmaid as Golightly