About

Known credits:
138
Birthday:
1908-02-22
Place of birth:
The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
Website:
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John Mills

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Acting
2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Actor Self – Interviewee 59
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2003 Bright Young Things Actor Gentleman 59
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2003 The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough Actor N/A
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2002 Forever Ealing Actor Self 59
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2002 Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making Actor Self (archive) N/A
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2000 Sir John Mills' Moving Memories Actor Self N/A
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2000 A Profile of In Which We Serve Actor Interviewee N/A
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1998 Cats Actor Gus the Theatre Cat 62
Fair
1997 Bean Actor Chairman 63
Fair
1996 Hamlet Actor Old King Norway 65
Fair
1995 The Grotesque Actor Sir Edward Cleghorn 58
Average
1994 Martin Chuzzlewit Actor Mr. Chuffey N/A
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1994 Deadly Advice Actor Jack the Ripper 58
Average
1993 Frankenstein Actor De Lacey 58
Average
1993 Harnessing Peacocks Actor Bernard Quigley 58
Average
1993 The Big Freeze Actor Dapper man 59
Average
1992 The South Bank Show: Noël Coward Actor Self N/A
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1990 Night of the Fox Actor Brig. Dougal Munro 58
Average
1990 The Lady and the Highwayman Actor Sir Lawrence Dobson 58
Average
1989 A Tale of Two Cities Actor Jarvis Lorry 69
Fair
1989 Around the World in 80 Days Actor Faversham 67
Fair
1989 Ending Up Actor Bernard N/A
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1988 One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage Actor Self (uncredited) N/A
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1987 Who's That Girl Actor Montgomery Bell 57
Average
1986 Hold the Dream Actor Henry Rossiter 67
Fair
1986 When the Wind Blows Actor Jim Bloggs (voice) 64
Fair
1986 The Wind and the Bomb Actor 59
Average
1985 Murder with Mirrors Actor Lewis Serrocold 59
Average
1985 A Woman of Substance Actor Henry Rossiter 69
Fair
1985 The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio Actor Self 59
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1984 The Masks of Death Actor Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator 59
Average
1983 Sahara Actor Cambridge 58
Average
1983 Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi Actor Self N/A
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1982 Gandhi Actor Lord Chelmsford 72
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1980 Young at Heart Actor Albert Collyer N/A
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1979 The Quatermass Conclusion Actor Prof. Bernard Quatermass 58
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1979 Quatermass Actor Bernard Quatermass 68
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1979 Zulu Dawn Actor Sir Henry Bartle Frere 59
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1978 Late Night Story Actor self N/A
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1978 The Thirty Nine Steps Actor Scudder 59
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1978 Dr. Strange Actor Thomas Lindmer 58
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1978 The Big Sleep Actor Inspector Carson 58
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1977 The Devil's Advocate Actor Monsignor Blaise Meredith 59
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1976 Trial by Combat Actor Colonel Bertie Cook 59
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1975 The Human Factor Actor Mike McAllister 58
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1974 The Zoo Gang Actor Thomas "The Elephant" Devon 70
Good
1973 Oklahoma Crude Actor Cleon Doyle 59
Average
1972 Lady Caroline Lamb Actor Canning 59
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1972 Young Winston Actor General Kitchner 59
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1971 Dulcima Actor Mr. Parker 59
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1970 Adam's Woman Actor Sir Philip MacDonald 59
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1970 Ryan's Daughter Actor Michael 61
Fair
1969 Run Wild, Run Free Actor The Moorman (Colonel) 59
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1969 Oh! What a Lovely War Actor Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig 59
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1968 Emma Hamilton Actor Lord William Hamilton 58
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1968 A Black Veil for Lisa Actor Inspector Franz Bulon 58
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1967 Dundee and the Culhane Actor Dundee 69
Fair
1967 Chuka Actor Colonel Stuart Valois 59
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1967 Africa: Texas Style! Actor Wing Commander Hayes N/A
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1966 The Family Way Actor Ezra Fitton 59
Average
1966 The Wrong Box Actor Masterman Finsbury 59
Average
1965 King Rat Actor Smedley-Taylor 60
Fair
1965 Operation Crossbow Actor General Boyd 60
Fair
1965 The Truth About Spring Actor Tommy Tyler 59
Average
1964 The Chalk Garden Actor Maitland 59
Average
1962 Tiara Tahiti Actor Lt. Col. Clifford Southey 59
Average
1962 The Valiant Actor Captain Morgan 59
Average
1961 Flame in the Streets Actor Jacko Palmer 59
Average
1961 The Parent Trap Actor Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited) 63
Fair
1961 The Singer Not the Song Actor Father Michael Keogh 59
Average
1960 Swiss Family Robinson Actor Father 62
Fair
1960 Escape to Paradise/Water Birds Actor N/A
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1960 Tunes of Glory Actor Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander) 60
Fair
1959 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Actor Barney 59
Average
1959 Tiger Bay Actor Superintendent Graham 60
Fair
1958 I Was Monty's Double Actor Major Harvey 59
Average
1958 Ice Cold in Alex Actor Captain Anson 61
Fair
1958 Dunkirk Actor Cpl Tubby Binns 59
Average
1957 The Vicious Circle Actor Dr. Howard Latimer 59
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1957 Town on Trial Actor Supt. Mike Halloran 59
Average
1956 It's Great to be Young! Actor Dingle 59
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1956 Around the World in Eighty Days Actor London Carriage Driver 62
Fair
1956 War and Peace Actor Platon Karataev 61
Fair
1956 The Baby and the Battleship Actor Puncher Roberts 59
Average
1955 Escapade Actor John Hampden 58
Average
1955 Above Us the Waves Actor Commandant Fraser 59
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1955 The End of the Affair Actor Albert Parkis 58
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1955 The Colditz Story Actor Pat Reid 59
Average
1954 Hobson's Choice Actor William Mossop 62
Fair
1953 The Long Memory Actor Phillip Davidson 59
Average
1952 The Gentle Gunman Actor Terence Sullivan 59
Average
1952 The Way to Wimbledon Actor Self - Commentator N/A
N/A
1951 Mr. Denning Drives North Actor Tom Denning 59
Average
1950 Morning Departure Actor Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong 59
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1949 The Rocking Horse Winner Actor Bassett 59
Average
1949 The History of Mr. Polly Actor Alfred Polly 59
Average
1948 Scott of the Antarctic Actor Captain R.F. Scott R.N. 59
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1947 The October Man Actor Jim Ackland 59
Average
1947 So Well Remembered Actor George Boswell 58
Average
1946 Great Expectations Actor Pip 64
Fair
1946 Land of Promise Actor The Voice N/A
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1945 The Way to the Stars Actor Pilot Officer Peter Penrose 58
Average
1945 Waterloo Road Actor Jim Colter 59
Average
1945 Total War in Britain Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
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1944 This Happy Breed Actor Billy Mitchell 60
Fair
1944 Information Please Actor British Flyer N/A
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1944 Victory Wedding Actor Bill Clark N/A
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1943 We Dive at Dawn Actor Lt. Taylor RN 59
Average
1943 The Sky’s the Limit Actor Tom N/A
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1942 The Young Mr. Pitt Actor William Wilberforce 58
Average
1942 In Which We Serve Actor Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake 60
Fair
1942 The Black Sheep of Whitehall Actor Bobby Jessop 59
Average
1942 The Big Blockade Actor Tom 59
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1941 Cottage to Let Actor Flt·Lieut. Perry 59
Average
1941 Old Bill and Son Actor Young Bill 59
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1940 All Hands Actor Jack N/A
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1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips Actor Peter Colley as a Young Man 61
Fair
1939 Happy Family Actor Fred N/A
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1937 The Green Cockatoo Actor Jim Connor 58
Average
1937 O.H.M.S. Actor Cpl. Bert Dawson 59
Average
1936 Tudor Rose Actor Lord Guilford Dudley 59
Average
1936 First Offence Actor Johnnie Penrose N/A
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1935 Broadway Gondolier Actor 58
Average
1935 Brown on Resolution Actor Albert Brown 59
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1935 Royal Cavalcade Actor Young Enlistee N/A
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1935 Blind Justice Actor Ralph Summers N/A
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1935 Car of Dreams Actor Robert Miller 59
Average
1935 Charing Cross Road Actor Tony N/A
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1934 Doctor's Orders Actor Ronnie Blake 59
Average
1934 The Lash Actor Arthur Haughton 59
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1934 A Political Party Actor Tony Smithers N/A
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1934 Those Were the Days Actor Bobby Poskett 59
Average
1933 The Ghost Camera Actor Ernest Elton 59
Average
1933 Britannia of Billingsgate Actor Fred Bolton 59
Average
1932 The Midshipmaid Actor Golightly N/A
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The Best of British Cinema Actor N/A
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Directing
1965 Sky West and Crooked Directing Director 58
Average

Production
1949 The Rocking Horse Winner Production Producer 59
Average