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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

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