John Mills
Acting1908The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
Biography
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
Acting History
2013
Talking Pictures
TVas Self (archive footage)
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
2003
2002
Forever Ealing
as Self
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
as Self (archive)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TVas Self• 1 eps
2001
The Gentleman Thief
as Arthur Rosehip
Parkinson
TVas Self• 1 eps
2000
A Profile of In Which We Serve
as Interviewee
1998
Cats
as Gus the Theatre Cat
1997
Bean
as Chairman
1996
Hamlet
as Old King Norway
Clive Anderson All Talk
TVas Self
1995
The Grotesque
as Sir Edward Cleghorn
An Audience with...
TVas Self• 1 eps
1994
Deadly Advice
as Jack the Ripper
Martin Chuzzlewit
TVas Mr Chuffey
1993
1990
Night of the Fox
as Brig. Dougal Munro
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TVas Self• 1 eps
Perfect Scoundrels
TVas Praeger
1989
1988
The Lady and the Highwayman
as Sir Lawrence Dobson
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Self (uncredited)
1987
Who's That Girl
as Montgomery Bell
The Dame Edna Experience
TVas Self
Hold the Dream
TVas Henry Rossiter
The Best of British Cinema
TVas Self - Narrator
1986
1985
Murder with Mirrors
as Lewis Serrocold
A Woman of Substance
TVas Henry Rossiter
1984
The Masks of Death
as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
1983
Sahara
as Cambridge
1980
Tales of the Unexpected
TVas The Man• 1 eps
Young at Heart
TVas Albert Collyer
1979
Zulu Dawn
as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
The Quatermass Conclusion
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
The Love Boat
TVas Bertram MacDonald• 1 eps
Quatermass
TVas Bernard Quatermass
1978
The Big Sleep
as Inspector Carson
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Scudder
Dr. Strange
as Thomas Lindmer
Late Night Story
TVas self
1977
The Devil's Advocate
as Monsignor Blaise Meredith
1976
Trial by Combat
as Colonel Bertie Cook
1975
The Human Factor
as Mike McAllister
1974
The Zoo Gang
TVas Thomas "The Elephant" Devon
1973
Oklahoma Crude
as Cleon Doyle
1972
Young Winston
as General Kitchner
Lady Caroline Lamb
as Canning
1971
Dulcima
as Mr. Parker
Nanny and the Professor
TVas Uncle Alfred• 1 eps
1970
Adam's Woman
as Sir Philip MacDonald
Ryan's Daughter
as Michael
1969
Run Wild, Run Free
as The Moorman (Colonel)
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
1968
Emma Hamilton
as Lord William Hamilton
A Black Veil for Lisa
as Inspector Franz Bulon
1967
Chuka
as Colonel Stuart Valois
Africa: Texas Style!
as Wing Commander Hayes
Dundee and the Culhane
TVas Dundee
1966
1965
1964
The Chalk Garden
as Maitland
The Danny Kaye Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
1962
1961
The Parent Trap
as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
The Singer Not the Song
as Father Michael Keogh
Flame in the Streets
as Jacko Palmer
1960
Swiss Family Robinson
as Father
Tunes of Glory
as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
1959
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
as Barney
Tiger Bay
as Superintendent Graham
1958
1957
Town on Trial
as Supt. Mike Halloran
The Vicious Circle
as Dr. Howard Latimer
1956
The Baby and the Battleship
as Puncher Roberts
It's Great to be Young!
as Dingle
War and Peace
as Platon Karataev
Around the World in 80 Days
as London Carriage Driver
1955
The Colditz Story
as Pat Reid
Above Us the Waves
as Commandant Fraser
Escapade
as John Hampden
The End of the Affair
as Albert Parkis
1954
Hobson's Choice
as William Mossop
Producers' Showcase
TVas Robert Crosbie
1953
The Long Memory
as Phillip Davidson
1952
The Gentle Gunman
as Terence Sullivan
The Way to Wimbledon
as Self - Commentator
1951
Mr. Denning Drives North
as Tom Denning
1950
Morning Departure
as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
1949
The Rocking Horse Winner
as Bassett
The History of Mr. Polly
as Alfred Polly
The Rocking Horse Winner
Producer
1948
Scott of the Antarctic
as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
1947
The October Man
as Jim Ackland
So Well Remembered
as George Boswell
1946
Land of Promise
as The Voice
Great Expectations
as Pip
1945
Waterloo Road
as Jim Colter
The Way to the Stars
as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
Total War in Britain
as Narrator (voice)
1944
1943
We Dive at Dawn
as Lt. Taylor RN
The Sky’s the Limit
as Tom
1942
The Big Blockade
as Tom
In Which We Serve
as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
The Young Mr. Pitt
as William Wilberforce
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
as Bobby Jessop
1941
Cottage to Let
as Flt·Lieut. Perry
Old Bill and Son
as Young Bill
1940
All Hands
as Jack
1939
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Peter Colley as a Young Man
Happy Family
as Fred
1937
The Green Cockatoo
as Jim Connor
O.H.M.S.
as Cpl. Bert Dawson
1936
Tudor Rose
as Lord Guilford Dudley
First Offence
as Johnnie Penrose
1935
Car of Dreams
as Robert Miller
Brown on Resolution
as Albert Brown
Royal Cavalcade
as Young Enlistee
Charing Cross Road
as Tony
Blind Justice
as Ralph Summers
1934
Doctor's Orders
as Ronnie Blake
A Political Party
as Tony Smithers
Those Were the Days
as Bobby Poskett
The Lash
as Arthur Haughton
1933
The Ghost Camera
as Ernest Elton
Britannia of Billingsgate
as Fred Bolton
1932
The Midshipmaid
as Golightly