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John Mills

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.

Born

Feb 22, 1908

The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK

Died

Apr 23, 2005

Known For

Acting

Movies

126 acting

2 crew

Popularity

1.3

Known For

Bean
Bean
1997 as Chairman
★ 6.5
The Parent Trap
The Parent Trap
1961 as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Who's That Girl
Who's That Girl
1987 as Montgomery Bell
★ 5.5
Gandhi
Gandhi
1982 as Lord Chelmsford
★ 7.6
Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 as London Carriage Driver
★ 6.7
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 as Pip
★ 7.3
Hamlet
Hamlet
1996 as Old King Norway
★ 7.3
War and Peace
War and Peace
1956 as Platon Karataev
★ 6.7
Sahara
Sahara
1983 as Cambridge
★ 5.7
Operation Crossbow
Operation Crossbow
1965 as General Boyd
★ 6.7
Swiss Family Robinson
Swiss Family Robinson
1960 as Father
★ 6.9
When the Wind Blows
When the Wind Blows
1986 as Jim Bloggs (voice)
★ 7.5
Zulu Dawn
Zulu Dawn
1979 as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
★ 6.1
Cats
Cats
1998 as Gus the Theatre Cat
★ 7.3
Bright Young Things
Bright Young Things
2003 as Gentleman
★ 6.3
Dunkirk
Dunkirk
1958 as Cpl Tubby Binns
★ 6.9
Ryan's Daughter
Ryan's Daughter
1970 as Michael
★ 7.1
Tiger Bay
Tiger Bay
1959 as Superintendent Graham
★ 7.2
The Wrong Box
The Wrong Box
1966 as Masterman Finsbury
★ 6.5
King Rat
King Rat
1965 as Smedley-Taylor
★ 7.1
Dr. Strange
Dr. Strange
1978 as Thomas Lindmer
★ 6.0
Chuka
Chuka
1967 as Colonel Stuart Valois
★ 6.3
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
1978 as Inspector Carson
★ 5.9
Hobson's Choice
Hobson's Choice
1954 as William Mossop
★ 7.4
Young Winston
Young Winston
1972 as General Kitchner
★ 6.2
A Black Veil for Lisa
A Black Veil for Lisa
1968 as Inspector Franz Bulon
★ 5.8
I Was Monty's Double
I Was Monty's Double
1958 as Major Harvey
★ 6.9
Tunes of Glory
Tunes of Glory
1960 as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
★ 7.1
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939 as Peter Colley as a Young Man
★ 7.4
This Happy Breed
This Happy Breed
1944 as Billy Mitchell
★ 7.1
Ice Cold in Alex
Ice Cold in Alex
1958 as Captain Anson
★ 7.3
The Colditz Story
The Colditz Story
1955 as Pat Reid
★ 6.8
Emma Hamilton
Emma Hamilton
1968 as Lord William Hamilton
★ 4.4
Oklahoma Crude
Oklahoma Crude
1973 as Cleon Doyle
★ 6.1
The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair
1955 as Albert Parkis
★ 5.8
Murder with Mirrors
Murder with Mirrors
1985 as Lewis Serrocold
★ 6.5
The Thirty Nine Steps
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978 as Scudder
★ 6.8
Scott of the Antarctic
Scott of the Antarctic
1948 as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
★ 7.2
Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
★ 6.7
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010 as Self – Interviewee
★ 6.6
Adam's Woman
Adam's Woman
1970 as Sir Philip MacDonald
★ 6.9
In Which We Serve
In Which We Serve
1942 as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
★ 6.8
Mr. Denning Drives North
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951 as Tom Denning
★ 6.4
The Grotesque
The Grotesque
1995 as Sir Edward Cleghorn
★ 5.4
The Chalk Garden
The Chalk Garden
1964 as Maitland
★ 7.2
Town on Trial
Town on Trial
1957 as Supt. Mike Halloran
★ 6.5
Night of the Fox
Night of the Fox
1990 as Brig. Dougal Munro
★ 6.1
The Lady and the Highwayman
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988 as Sir Lawrence Dobson
★ 5.1
Cottage to Let
Cottage to Let
1941 as Flt·Lieut. Perry
★ 6.7
Morning Departure
Morning Departure
1950 as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
★ 6.9
Lady Caroline Lamb
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972 as Canning
★ 5.9
The Family Way
The Family Way
1966 as Ezra Fitton
★ 6.7
movie
Ending Up
1989 as Bernard
Deadly Advice
Deadly Advice
1994 as Jack the Ripper
★ 4.7
The Masks of Death
The Masks of Death
1984 as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
★ 5.4
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
1993 as De Lacey
★ 6.9
The Gentle Gunman
The Gentle Gunman
1952 as Terence Sullivan
★ 6.5
O.H.M.S.
O.H.M.S.
1937 as Cpl. Bert Dawson
★ 4.7
It's Great to be Young!
It's Great to be Young!
1956 as Dingle
★ 6.8
Tudor Rose
Tudor Rose
1936 as Lord Guilford Dudley
★ 8.1
The Valiant
The Valiant
1962 as Captain Morgan
★ 8.3
Tiara Tahiti
Tiara Tahiti
1962 as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
★ 6.2
We Dive at Dawn
We Dive at Dawn
1943 as Lt. Taylor RN
★ 6.4
The Human Factor
The Human Factor
1975 as Mike McAllister
★ 5.8
The October Man
The October Man
1947 as Jim Ackland
★ 6.2
The Young Mr. Pitt
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942 as William Wilberforce
★ 6.2
The Truth About Spring
The Truth About Spring
1965 as Tommy Tyler
★ 6.9
Run Wild, Run Free
Run Wild, Run Free
1969 as The Moorman (Colonel)
★ 6.3
Flame in the Streets
Flame in the Streets
1961 as Jacko Palmer
★ 6.3
The Baby and the Battleship
The Baby and the Battleship
1956 as Puncher Roberts
★ 6.4
Brown on Resolution
Brown on Resolution
1935 as Albert Brown
★ 6.3
The Quatermass Conclusion
The Quatermass Conclusion
1979 as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
★ 4.2
The Way to the Stars
The Way to the Stars
1945 as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
★ 6.1
The History of Mr. Polly
The History of Mr. Polly
1949 as Alfred Polly
★ 7.6
Above Us the Waves
Above Us the Waves
1955 as Commandant Fraser
★ 6.2
Trial by Combat
Trial by Combat
1976 as Colonel Bertie Cook
★ 7.8
Forever Ealing
Forever Ealing
2002 as Self
★ 7.2
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
★ 7.0
Harnessing Peacocks
Harnessing Peacocks
1993 as Bernard Quigley
★ 5.0
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988 as Self (uncredited)
The Big Blockade
The Big Blockade
1942 as Tom
★ 6.7
The Long Memory
The Long Memory
1953 as Phillip Davidson
★ 6.7
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
★ 6.8
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942 as Bobby Jessop
★ 8.2
The Singer Not the Song
The Singer Not the Song
1961 as Father Michael Keogh
★ 6.4
The Devil's Advocate
The Devil's Advocate
1977 as Monsignor Blaise Meredith
★ 7.3
Dulcima
Dulcima
1971 as Mr. Parker
★ 7.3
Royal Cavalcade
Royal Cavalcade
1935 as Young Enlistee
★ 8.0
The Midshipmaid
The Midshipmaid
1932 as Golightly
★ 7.0
First Offence
First Offence
1936 as Johnnie Penrose
★ 8.0
movie
movie
Britannia of Billingsgate
1933 as Fred Bolton
★ 7.0
So Well Remembered
So Well Remembered
1947 as George Boswell
★ 5.0
The Vicious Circle
The Vicious Circle
1957 as Dr. Howard Latimer
★ 6.5
Africa: Texas Style!
Africa: Texas Style!
1967 as Wing Commander Hayes
★ 9.0
The Big Freeze
The Big Freeze
1993 as Dapper man
★ 6.7
movie
The Lash
1934 as Arthur Haughton
★ 7.0
movie
Victory Wedding
1944 as Bill Clark
★ 8.0
Old Bill and Son
Old Bill and Son
1941 as Young Bill
★ 6.6
The Green Cockatoo
The Green Cockatoo
1937 as Jim Connor
★ 5.9
Waterloo Road
Waterloo Road
1945 as Jim Colter
★ 6.1
Escapade
Escapade
1955 as John Hampden
★ 5.6
The Rocking Horse Winner
The Rocking Horse Winner
1949 as Bassett
★ 6.5
Car of Dreams
Car of Dreams
1935 as Robert Miller
★ 6.1
movie
Information Please
1944 as British Flyer
Land of Promise
Land of Promise
1946 as The Voice
★ 8.0
The Gentleman Thief
The Gentleman Thief
2001 as Arthur Rosehip
The Way to Wimbledon
The Way to Wimbledon
1952 as Self - Commentator
Those Were the Days
Those Were the Days
1934 as Bobby Poskett
★ 8.3
A Profile of In Which We Serve
A Profile of In Which We Serve
2000 as Interviewee
movie
Total War in Britain
1945 as Narrator (voice)
★ 8.5
The Ghost Camera
The Ghost Camera
1933 as Ernest Elton
★ 6.3
Doctor's Orders
Doctor's Orders
1934 as Ronnie Blake
★ 6.5
movie
Happy Family
1939 as Fred
A Political Party
A Political Party
1934 as Tony Smithers
★ 9.0
movie
The Sky’s the Limit
1943 as Tom
movie
The Letter
1956 as Robert Crosbie
movie
Charing Cross Road
1935 as Tony
★ 7.0
movie
Blind Justice
1935 as Ralph Summers
★ 7.0
All Hands
All Hands
1940 as Jack
★ 8.0