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Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson

Acting1888Croydon, Surrey, England

Biography

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).

Acting History

2021
2020
Conflict
Writer
1965
1964
Murder Ahoy
as Bishop
A Jolly Bad Fellow
as Dr. Woolley
First Men in the Moon
as Dymchurch Registrar
Victoria Regina
TVas Conyngham• 1 eps
1963
Heavens Above!
as Bishop Rockeby
Call Me Bwana
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
1962
Go to Blazes
as Salesman
The Brain
as Dr. Miller
Postman's Knock
as Psychiatrist
1961
Double Bunk
as Rev. Thomas
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
as Duke of Avon
Television Playhouse
TVas Uncle Simon• 1 eps
1960
Kidnapped
as Mr. Rankeillor
Peeping Tom
as Elderly Gentleman Customer
Sunday-Night Play
TVWriter• 1 eps
1959
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Resident Advisor Davidson
The Captain's Table
as Canon Swingler
I'm All Right Jack
as Windrush Sr., Stanley's father
1958
Gideon's Day
as The Judge
Happy Is the Bride
as 1st Magistrate
Behind the Mask
as Sir Oswald Pettiford
Bachelor of Hearts
as Dr. Butson
Dracula
as Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
Sunday Night Theatre
TVas Quince• 1 eps
1957
Barnacle Bill
as Angler
Brothers in Law
as Kendall Grimes Q.C.
The Naked Truth
as Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
Campbell's Kingdom
as (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
The Buccaneers
TVas Josiah Parkerhouse• 1 eps
1956
The Silken Affair
as Mr. Blucher
Private's Progress
as Mr. Windrush Sr.
Dry Rot
as Country Gentleman
Three Men in a Boat
as 2nd Old Gentleman
The Adventures of Robin Hood
TVas Albertus• 1 eps
1955
Geordie
as Lord Paunceton
1953
The Captain's Paradise
as Lawrence St. James
1952
Trent's Last Case
as Burton Cupples
Venetian Bird
as Grespi
The Happy Family
as Mr. Thwaites
Treasure Hunt
as Mr. Walsh
The Woman's Angle
as A. Secrett
Folly to Be Wise
as Dr. Hector McAdam
The Magic Box
as Orchestra Conductor
1951
Scrooge
as Old Joe
1950
Stage Fright
as Mr. Fortesque
1949
Cardboard Cavalier
as Judge Gorebucket
The Perfect Woman
as Prof. Ernest Belman
Train of Events
as Johnson, the Timekeeper
1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Lord of Misrule
Woman Hater
as Vicar
Bond Street
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Idol of Paris
as Offenbach
1947
1946
Land of Promise
as Mr. Know-All
1945
Journey Together
as (uncredited)
Dead of Night
as Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
1943
The Demi-Paradise
as Theatre Cashier
The Gentle Sex
as Tran Guard
Yellow Canary
Screenplay
1942
Unpublished Story
as Farmfield
They Flew Alone
as Vacuum Salesman
Thunder Rock
as Chairman of Directors
They Flew Alone
Screenplay
1941
Major Barbara
as Morrison
1940
For Freedom
as Minor Role
1939
Q Planes
as Minor Role
1938
Sixty Glorious Years
as Wounded Soldier
1937
Victoria the Great
as Sir James
Knight Without Armour
as Drunken Red Commissar
Action for Slander
as Minor Role
The Rat
Dialogue
1936
Tudor Rose
as Jane's Father
Rhodes of Africa
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1935
Lazybones
as The Pessimist
Vintage Wine
as Henri Popinot
Peg of Old Drury
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The 39 Steps
as Palladium Manager (uncredited)
Peg of Old Drury
Scenario Writer
1934
Nell Gwyn
as Chiffinch
The Queen's Affair
as The Chancellor
Nell Gwyn
Writer
1933
1932
Love on Wheels
as Academy of Music Porter
Frail Women
as Registrar
1931
City of Song
as Theater Watchman
Lucky children
Screenplay
1930
Night Birds
as Minor Role
Two Worlds
Dialogue
1925
1921
The Headmaster
as Palliser Grantley

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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
5/24/1888
Day of Death
3/15/1969
Place of Birth
Croydon, Surrey, England