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