Miles Malleson
May 24, 1888 (136 years old) in Croydon, Surrey, England
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).
Known For
Credits
- 1965 · You Must Be Joking as Salesman
- 1964 · Victoria Regina as Conyngham
- 1964 · Murder Ahoy as Bishop
- 1964 · First Men in the Moon as Dymchurch Registrar
- 1964 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince
- 1964 · A Jolly Bad Fellow as Dr. Woolley
- 1963 · Heavens Above! as Bishop Rockeby
- 1962 · The Brain as Dr. Miller
- 1962 · The Phantom of the Opera as 2nd Cabby
- 1962 · Go to Blazes as Salesman
- 1962 · Postman's Knock as Psychiatrist
- 1961 · The Bing Crosby Show as Self
- 1961 · Double Bunk as Rev. Thomas
- 1961 · The Hellfire Club as Judge
- 1961 · Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Duke of Avon
- 1960 · The Day They Robbed the Bank of England as Assistant Curator
- 1960 · The Brides of Dracula as Dr. Tobler
- 1960 · Peeping Tom as Elderly Gentleman Customer
- 1960 · Kidnapped as Mr. Rankeillor
- 1960 · And the Same to You as Bishop
- 1959 · I'm All Right Jack as Windrush Snr.
- 1959 · The Hound of the Baskervilles as Bishop Franklin
- 1959 · Carlton-Browne of the F.O. as Resident Advisor Davidson
- 1959 · The Captain's Table as Canon Swingler
- 1958 · Bachelor of Hearts as Dr. Butson
- 1958 · Behind the Mask as Sir Oswald Pettiford
- 1958 · Dracula as Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
- 1958 · Gideon's Day as The Judge
- 1958 · Happy Is the Bride as 1st Magistrate
- 1957 · Barnacle Bill as Angler
- 1957 · The Naked Truth as Rev. Bastable
- 1957 · Campbell's Kingdom as (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
- 1957 · The Admirable Crichton as
- 1957 · Brothers in Law as Kendall Grimes Q.C.
- 1956 · Three Men in a Boat as 2nd Old Gentleman
- 1956 · Dry Rot as Country Gentleman
- 1956 · The Silken Affair as Mr. Blucher
- 1956 · The Buccaneers as Josiah Parkerhouse
- 1956 · The Man Who Never Was as Scientist
- 1956 · Private's Progress as Mr. Windrush Sr.
- 1955 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Albertus
- 1955 · Television Playhouse as Uncle Simon
- 1955 · Geordie as Lord Paunceton
- 1955 · King's Rhapsody as Jules
- 1953 · The Captain's Paradise as Lawrence St. James
- 1952 · Folly to Be Wise as Dr. Hector McAdam
- 1952 · Venetian Bird as Grespi
- 1952 · Trent's Last Case as Burton Cupples
- 1952 · The Importance of Being Earnest as Canon Chasuble
- 1952 · Treasure Hunt as Mr. Walsh
- 1952 · The Happy Family as Mr. Thwaites
- 1952 · The Woman's Angle as A. Secrett
- 1952 · The Magic Box as Orchestra Conductor
- 1951 · Scrooge as Old Joe
- 1951 · The Man in the White Suit as The Tailor
- 1950 · Stage Fright as Mr. Fortesque
- 1950 · Golden Salamander as Douvet
- 1949 · Kind Hearts and Coronets as The Hangman
- 1949 · The Perfect Woman as Prof. Ernest Belman
- 1949 · Cardboard Cavalier as Judge Gorebucket
- 1949 · The Queen of Spades as Tchybukin
- 1949 · Train of Events as Johnson, the Timekeeper
- 1948 · Woman Hater as Vicar
- 1948 · Saraband for Dead Lovers as Lord of Misrule
- 1948 · Bond Street as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1948 · Idol of Paris as Offenbach
- 1947 · While the Sun Shines as Horton
- 1946 · Land of Promise as Mr. Know-All
- 1945 · Journey Together as (uncredited)
- 1945 · Dead of Night as Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
- 1943 · The Demi-Paradise as Theatre Cashier
- 1943 · The Gentle Sex as Tran Guard
- 1942 · Thunder Rock as Chairman of Directors
- 1942 · Unpublished Story as Farmfield
- 1942 · They Flew Alone as Vacuum Salesman
- 1941 · Major Barbara as Morrison
- 1940 · For Freedom as Minor Role
- 1940 · The Thief of Bagdad as Sultan
- 1939 · Q Planes as Minor Role
- 1938 · Sixty Glorious Years as Wounded Soldier
- 1937 · Victoria the Great as Sir James
- 1937 · Knight Without Armour as Drunken Red Commissar
- 1937 · Action for Slander as Minor Role
- 1936 · Tudor Rose as Jane's Father
- 1936 · Rhodes of Africa as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1935 · Peg of Old Drury as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1935 · Lazybones as Pessimist
- 1935 · Vintage Wine as Henri Popinot
- 1935 · The 39 Steps as Palladium Manager (uncredited)
- 1934 · Nell Gwyn as Chiffinch
- 1934 · The Queen's Affair as The Chancellor
- 1933 · Summer Lightning as Beach
- 1933 · Perfect Understanding as Announcer
- 1932 · Money Means Nothing as Doorman
- 1932 · The Love Contract as Peters
- 1932 · Love on Wheels as Academy of Music Porter
- 1932 · The Mayor's Nest as Clerk
- 1932 · The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case as Thaddeus Sholto
- 1932 · Frail Women as Registrar
- 1932 · The Blue Danube as
- 1931 · A Night in Montmartre as Minor Role
- 1931 · City of Song as Theater Watchman
- 1930 · Children of Chance as
- 1930 · Night Birds as Minor Role
- 1925 · Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery as
- 1921 · The Headmaster as Palliser Grantley