
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
- 2003 · The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough as
- 2002 · Forever Ealing as Self
- 1993 · Harnessing Peacocks as Bernard Quigley
- 1993 · The Big Freeze as Dapper man
- 1989 · Ending Up as Bernard
- 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
- 1979 · The Quatermass Conclusion as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
- 1972 · Lady Caroline Lamb as Canning
- 1970 · Adam's Woman as Sir Philip MacDonald
- 1969 · Run Wild, Run Free as The Moorman (Colonel)
- 1968 · Emma Hamilton as Lord William Hamilton
- 1967 · Africa: Texas Style! as Wing Commander Hayes
- 1965 · The Truth About Spring as Tommy Tyler
- 1964 · The Chalk Garden as Maitland
- 1962 · The Valiant as Captain Morgan
- 1961 · Flame in the Streets as Jacko Palmer
- 1959 · Summer of the Seventeenth Doll as Barney
- 1958 · I Was Monty's Double as Major Harvey
- 1957 · The Vicious Circle as Dr. Howard Latimer
- 1956 · It's Great to be Young! as Dingle
- 1955 · Escapade as John Hampden
- 1952 · The Gentle Gunman as Terence Sullivan
- 1951 · Mr. Denning Drives North as Tom Denning
- 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
- 1945 · The Way to the Stars as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
- 1945 · Waterloo Road as Jim Colter
- 1943 · We Dive at Dawn as Lt. Taylor RN
- 1942 · The Black Sheep of Whitehall as Bobby Jessop
- 1941 · Cottage to Let as Flt·Lieut. Perry
- 1941 · Old Bill and Son as Young Bill
- 1935 · Broadway Gondolier as
- 1935 · Brown on Resolution as Albert Brown
- Future · The Best of British Cinema as
- 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
- 1992 · The South Bank Show: Noël Coward as Self
- 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
- 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
- 1986 · Hold the Dream as Henry Rossiter
- 1986 · When the Wind Blows as Jim Bloggs (voice)
- 1986 · The Wind and the Bomb as
- 1985 · Murder with Mirrors as Lewis Serrocold
- 1985 · A Woman of Substance as Henry Rossiter
- 1983 · Sahara as Cambridge
- 1983 · Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi as Self
- 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
- 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 · Young Winston as General Kitchner
- 1971 · Dulcima as Mr. Parker
- 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 · A Black Veil for Lisa as Inspector Franz Bulon
- 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
- 1963 · The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · Tiara Tahiti as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
- 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 as
- 1960 · Tunes of Glory as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
- 1959 · Tiger Bay as Superintendent Graham
- 1958 · Ice Cold in Alex as Captain Anson
- 1958 · Dunkirk as Cpl Tubby Binns
- 1957 · Town on Trial as Supt. Mike Halloran
- 1956 · Around the World in Eighty Days as London Carriage Driver
- 1956 · War and Peace as Platon Karataev
- 1956 · The Baby and the Battleship as Puncher Roberts
- 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 · Hobson's Choice as William Mossop
- 1953 · The Long Memory as Phillip Davidson
- 1952 · The Way to Wimbledon as Self - Commentator
- 1950 · Morning Departure as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
- 1948 · Scott of the Antarctic as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
- 1946 · Great Expectations as Pip
- 1946 · Land of Promise as The Voice
- 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 · 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 Big Blockade as Tom
- 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 · 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