
John Mills
February 22, 1908 (117 years old) in The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
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
Credits
- 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
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 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
- 1994 · Martin Chuzzlewit as Mr. Chuffey
- 1993 · Frankenstein as De Lacey
- 1990 · Perfect Scoundrels as Praeger
- 1989 · A Tale of Two Cities as Jarvis Lorry
- 1989 · Around the World in 80 Days as Faversham
- 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
- 1986 · Hold the Dream as Henry Rossiter
- 1986 · When the Wind Blows as Jim Bloggs (voice)
- 1985 · Murder with Mirrors as Lewis Serrocold
- 1985 · A Woman of Substance as Henry Rossiter
- 1983 · Sahara as Cambridge
- 1982 · Gandhi as Lord Chelmsford
- 1982 · Hotel as
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1980 · Young at Heart as Albert Collyer
- 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
- 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
- 1970 · Ryan's Daughter as Michael
- 1970 · Nanny and the Professor as Uncle Alfred
- 1969 · Oh! What a Lovely War as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
- 1968 · Emma Hamilton as Lord William Hamilton
- 1967 · Dundee and the Culhane as Dundee
- 1967 · Chuka as Colonel Stuart Valois
- 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
- 1961 · The Parent Trap as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
- 1960 · Swiss Family Robinson as Father
- 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
- 1956 · It's Great to be Young! as Dingle
- 1956 · Around the World in Eighty Days as London Carriage Driver
- 1956 · War and Peace as Platon Karataev
- 1955 · Above Us the Waves as Commandant Fraser
- 1955 · The Colditz Story as Pat Reid
- 1954 · Hobson's Choice as William Mossop
- 1948 · Scott of the Antarctic as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
- 1946 · Great Expectations as Pip
- Future · The Best of British Cinema as
- 2003 · The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough as
- 2002 · Forever Ealing as Self
- 2002 · Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making as Self (archive)
- 2001 · The Gentleman Thief as Arthur Rosehip
- 2000 · Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self
- 1995 · The Grotesque as Sir Edward Cleghorn
- 1994 · Deadly Advice as Jack the Ripper
- 1993 · Harnessing Peacocks as Bernard Quigley
- 1993 · The Big Freeze as Dapper man
- 1992 · The South Bank Show: Noël Coward as Self
- 1990 · Night of the Fox as Brig. Dougal Munro
- 1989 · Ending Up as Bernard
- 1988 · One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage as Self (uncredited)
- 1986 · The Wind and the Bomb as
- 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 · Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi as Self
- 1979 · The Quatermass Conclusion as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
- 1976 · Trial by Combat as Colonel Bertie Cook
- 1971 · Dulcima as Mr. Parker
- 1970 · Adam's Woman as Sir Philip MacDonald
- 1969 · Run Wild, Run Free as The Moorman (Colonel)
- 1968 · A Black Veil for Lisa as Inspector Franz Bulon
- 1967 · Africa: Texas Style! as Wing Commander Hayes
- 1962 · Tiara Tahiti as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
- 1962 · The Valiant as Captain Morgan
- 1961 · Flame in the Streets as Jacko Palmer
- 1961 · The Singer Not the Song as Father Michael Keogh
- 1960 · Escape to Paradise/Water Birds as
- 1960 · Tunes of Glory as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
- 1959 · Summer of the Seventeenth Doll as Barney
- 1957 · The Vicious Circle as Dr. Howard Latimer
- 1957 · Town on Trial as Supt. Mike Halloran
- 1956 · The Baby and the Battleship as Puncher Roberts
- 1955 · Escapade as John Hampden
- 1955 · The End of the Affair as Albert Parkis
- 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
- 1947 · The October Man as Jim Ackland
- 1947 · So Well Remembered as George Boswell
- 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 as
- 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