John Mills

Known For: Acting
Born: February 22, 1908
Place of Birth: The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
Died: April 23, 2005

John Mills

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.

Filmography

Talking Pictures

2013 · Self (archive footage)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010 · Self – Interviewee

Bright Young Things

2003 · Gentleman

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

2003

Forever Ealing

2002 · Self

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

2002 · Self (archive)

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

2001 · Self

The Gentleman Thief

2001 · Arthur Rosehip

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000 · Self

A Profile of In Which We Serve

2000 · Interviewee

Cats

1998 · Gus the Theatre Cat

Parkinson

1998 · Self

Bean

1997 · Chairman

Hamlet

1996 · Old King Norway

Clive Anderson All Talk

Clive Anderson All Talk

1996 · Self

The Grotesque

1995 · Sir Edward Cleghorn

Martin Chuzzlewit

1994 · Mr Chuffey

Deadly Advice

1994 · Jack the Ripper

Frankenstein

1993 · De Lacey

Harnessing Peacocks

1993 · Bernard Quigley

The Big Freeze

1993 · Dapper man

Night of the Fox

1990 · Brig. Dougal Munro

Perfect Scoundrels

1990 · Praeger

A Tale of Two Cities

1989 · Jarvis Lorry

Around the World in 80 Days

1989 · Faversham

Ending Up

1989 · Bernard

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

1988 · Self (uncredited)

The Lady and the Highwayman

1988 · Sir Lawrence Dobson

The Dame Edna Experience

1987 · Self

Who's That Girl

1987 · Montgomery Bell

Hold the Dream

1987 · Henry Rossiter

The Best of British Cinema

1987 · Self - Narrator

When the Wind Blows

1986 · Jim Bloggs (voice)

The Wind and the Bomb

1986

Murder with Mirrors

1985 · Lewis Serrocold

A Woman of Substance

1985 · Henry Rossiter

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

1985 · Self

The Masks of Death

1984 · Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator

Sahara

1983 · Cambridge

Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

1983 · Self

Gandhi

1982 · Lord Chelmsford

Hotel

1982

Wogan

1982 · Self

Young at Heart

1980 · Albert Collyer

The Quatermass Conclusion

1979 · Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Quatermass

1979 · Bernard Quatermass

Zulu Dawn

1979 · Sir Henry Bartle Frere

Tales of the Unexpected

1979 · Sam Morrissey, William Perkins, The Man

Late Night Story

Late Night Story

1978 · self

The Thirty Nine Steps

1978 · Scudder

Dr. Strange

1978 · Thomas Lindmer

The Big Sleep

1978 · Inspector Carson

An Audience with...

1978 · Self

The Devil's Advocate

1977 · Monsignor Blaise Meredith

The Love Boat

1977 · Bertram MacDonald

Trial by Combat

1976 · Colonel Bertie Cook

The Human Factor

1975 · Mike McAllister

The Zoo Gang

1974 · Thomas "The Elephant" Devon

Oklahoma Crude

1973 · Cleon Doyle

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973 · Self

Lady Caroline Lamb

1972 · Canning

Young Winston

1972 · General Kitchner

Dulcima

1971 · Mr. Parker

Ryan's Daughter

1970 · Michael

Adam's Woman

1970 · Sir Philip MacDonald

Nanny and the Professor

1970 · Uncle Alfred

Run Wild, Run Free

1969 · The Moorman (Colonel)

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969 · Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig

Emma Hamilton

1968 · Lord William Hamilton

A Black Veil for Lisa

1968 · Inspector Franz Bulon

Dundee and the Culhane

1967 · Dundee

Chuka

1967 · Colonel Stuart Valois

Africa: Texas Style!

1967 · Wing Commander Hayes

The Family Way

1966 · Ezra Fitton

The Wrong Box

1966 · Masterman Finsbury

Sky West and Crooked

1966 · Director

King Rat

1965 · Smedley-Taylor

Operation Crossbow

1965 · General Boyd

The Truth About Spring

1965 · Tommy Tyler

The Chalk Garden

1964 · Maitland

The Danny Kaye Show

1963 · Self

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 · Self

Tiara Tahiti

1962 · Lt. Col. Clifford Southey

The Valiant

1962 · Captain Morgan

Flame in the Streets

1961 · Jacko Palmer

The Parent Trap

1961 · Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)

The Singer Not the Song

1961 · Father Michael Keogh

Swiss Family Robinson

1960 · Father

Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

1960

Tunes of Glory

1960 · Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

1959 · Barney

Tiger Bay

1959 · Superintendent Graham

I Was Monty's Double

1958 · Major Harvey

Ice Cold in Alex

1958 · Captain Anson

Dunkirk

1958 · Cpl Tubby Binns

The Vicious Circle

1957 · Dr. Howard Latimer

Town on Trial

1957 · Supt. Mike Halloran

It's Great to be Young!

1956 · Dingle

Around the World in 80 Days

1956 · London Carriage Driver

The Letter

1956 · Robert Crosbie

War and Peace

1956 · Platon Karataev

The Baby and the Battleship

1956 · Puncher Roberts

Escapade

1955 · John Hampden

Above Us the Waves

1955 · Commandant Fraser

The End of the Affair

1955 · Albert Parkis

The Colditz Story

1955 · Pat Reid

Producers' Showcase

Producers' Showcase

1954 · Robert Crosbie

Hobson's Choice

1954 · William Mossop

The Long Memory

1953 · Phillip Davidson

The Gentle Gunman

1952 · Terence Sullivan

The Way to Wimbledon

1952 · Self - Commentator

Mr. Denning Drives North

1951 · Tom Denning

Morning Departure

1950 · Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong

The Rocking Horse Winner

1949 · Bassett, Producer

The History of Mr. Polly

1949 · Alfred Polly

Scott of the Antarctic

1948 · Captain R.F. Scott R.N.

The October Man

1947 · Jim Ackland

So Well Remembered

1947 · George Boswell

Great Expectations

1946 · Pip

Land of Promise

1946 · The Voice

The Way to the Stars

1945 · Pilot Officer Peter Penrose

Waterloo Road

1945 · Jim Colter

Total War in Britain

Total War in Britain

1945 · Narrator (voice)

This Happy Breed

1944 · Billy Mitchell

Information Please

Information Please

1944 · British Flyer

Victory Wedding

Victory Wedding

1944 · Bill Clark

We Dive at Dawn

1943 · Lt. Taylor RN

The Sky’s the Limit

The Sky’s the Limit

1943 · Tom

The Young Mr. Pitt

1942 · William Wilberforce

In Which We Serve

1942 · Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

1942 · Bobby Jessop

The Big Blockade

1942 · Tom

Cottage to Let

1941 · Flt·Lieut. Perry

Old Bill and Son

1941 · Young Bill

All Hands

1940 · Jack

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1939 · Peter Colley as a Young Man

Happy Family

1939 · Fred

The Green Cockatoo

1937 · Jim Connor

O.H.M.S.

1937 · Cpl. Bert Dawson

Tudor Rose

1936 · Lord Guilford Dudley

First Offence

1936 · Johnnie Penrose

Broadway Gondolier

1935

Brown on Resolution

1935 · Albert Brown

Royal Cavalcade

1935 · Young Enlistee

Blind Justice

1935 · Ralph Summers

Car of Dreams

1935 · Robert Miller

Charing Cross Road

Charing Cross Road

1935 · Tony

Doctor's Orders

1934 · Ronnie Blake

The Lash

1934 · Arthur Haughton

A Political Party

1934 · Tony Smithers

Those Were the Days

1934 · Bobby Poskett

The Ghost Camera

1933 · Ernest Elton

Britannia of Billingsgate

Britannia of Billingsgate

1933 · Fred Bolton

The Midshipmaid

1932 · Golightly

John Mills · Virelixia