John Mills
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-02-22
Day of Death
2005-04-23 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
John Mills
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
(2010)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
(2003)
Bright Young Things
as Gentleman
(2003)
(2002)
Forever Ealing
as Self
(2002)
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
as Self (archive)
(2001)
The Gentleman Thief
as Arthur Rosehip
(2000)
(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
(1995)
The Grotesque
as Sir Edward Cleghorn
(1994)
Deadly Advice
as Jack the Ripper
(1993)
Frankenstein
as De Lacey
(1993)
Harnessing Peacocks
as Bernard Quigley
(1993)
The Big Freeze
as Dapper man
(1992)
(1990)
Night of the Fox
as Brig. Dougal Munro
(1989)
Ending Up
as Bernard
(1988)
The Lady and the Highwayman
as Sir Lawrence Dobson
(1988)
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Self (uncredited)
(1987)
Who's That Girl
as Montgomery Bell
(1986)
When the Wind Blows
as Jim Bloggs (voice)
(1986)
(1985)
Murder with Mirrors
as Lewis Serrocold
(1985)
(1984)
The Masks of Death
as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
(1983)
Sahara
as Cambridge
(1983)
(1982)
Gandhi
as Lord Chelmsford
(1979)
The Quatermass Conclusion
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
(1979)
Zulu Dawn
as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
(1978)
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Scudder
(1978)
The Big Sleep
as Inspector Carson
(1978)
Dr. Strange
as Thomas Lindmer
(1977)
The Devil's Advocate
as Monsignor Blaise Meredith
(1976)
Trial by Combat
as Colonel Bertie Cook
(1975)
The Human Factor
as Mike McAllister
(1973)
Oklahoma Crude
as Cleon Doyle
(1972)
Young Winston
as General Kitchner
(1972)
Lady Caroline Lamb
as Canning
(1971)
Dulcima
as Mr. Parker
(1970)
Ryan's Daughter
as Michael
(1970)
Adam's Woman
as Sir Philip MacDonald
(1969)
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
(1969)
Run Wild, Run Free
as The Moorman (Colonel)
(1968)
A Black Veil for Lisa
as Inspector Franz Bulon
(1968)
Emma Hamilton
as Lord William Hamilton
(1967)
Chuka
as Colonel Stuart Valois
(1967)
Africa: Texas Style!
as Wing Commander Hayes
(1966)
The Family Way
as Ezra Fitton
(1966)
The Wrong Box
as Masterman Finsbury
(1965)
Operation Crossbow
as General Boyd
(1965)
King Rat
as Smedley-Taylor
(1965)
The Truth About Spring
as Tommy Tyler
(1964)
The Chalk Garden
as Maitland
(1962)
The Valiant
as Captain Morgan
(1962)
Tiara Tahiti
as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
(1961)
The Parent Trap
as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
(1961)
The Singer Not the Song
as Father Michael Keogh
(1961)
Flame in the Streets
as Jacko Palmer
(1960)
Swiss Family Robinson
as Father
(1960)
Tunes of Glory
as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
(1960)
(1959)
Tiger Bay
as Superintendent Graham
(1959)
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
as Barney
(1958)
Dunkirk
as Cpl Tubby Binns
(1958)
Ice Cold in Alex
as Captain Anson
(1958)
I Was Monty's Double
as Major Harvey
(1957)
Town on Trial
as Supt. Mike Halloran
(1957)
The Vicious Circle
as Dr. Howard Latimer
(1956)
The Baby and the Battleship
as Puncher Roberts
(1956)
War and Peace
as Platon Karataev
(1956)
Around the World in Eighty Days
as London Carriage Driver
(1956)
It's Great to be Young!
as Dingle
(1955)
The Colditz Story
as Pat Reid
(1955)
The End of the Affair
as Albert Parkis
(1955)
Above Us the Waves
as Commandant Fraser
(1955)
Escapade
as John Hampden
(1954)
Hobson's Choice
as William Mossop
(1953)
The Long Memory
as Phillip Davidson
(1952)
The Gentle Gunman
as Terence Sullivan
(1952)
The Way to Wimbledon
as Self - Commentator
(1951)
Mr. Denning Drives North
as Tom Denning
(1950)
Morning Departure
as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
(1949)
The History of Mr. Polly
as Alfred Polly
(1949)
The Rocking Horse Winner
as Bassett
(1948)
Scott of the Antarctic
as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
(1947)
So Well Remembered
as George Boswell
(1947)
The October Man
as Jim Ackland
(1946)
Great Expectations
as Pip
(1946)
Land of Promise
as The Voice
(1945)
Waterloo Road
as Jim Colter
(1945)
The Way to the Stars
as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
(1945)
Total War in Britain
as Narrator (voice)
(1944)
This Happy Breed
as Billy Mitchell
(1944)
Victory Wedding
as Bill Clark
(1944)
Information Please
as British Flyer
(1943)
We Dive at Dawn
as Lt. Taylor RN
(1943)
The Sky’s the Limit
as Tom
(1942)
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
as Bobby Jessop
(1942)
The Big Blockade
as Tom
(1942)
The Young Mr. Pitt
as William Wilberforce
(1942)
In Which We Serve
as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
(1941)
Cottage to Let
as Flt·Lieut. Perry
(1941)
Old Bill and Son
as Young Bill
(1940)
All Hands
as Jack
(1939)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Peter Colley as a Young Man
(1939)
Happy Family
as Fred
(1937)
The Green Cockatoo
as Jim Connor
(1937)
O.H.M.S.
as Cpl. Bert Dawson
(1936)
Tudor Rose
as Lord Guilford Dudley
(1936)
First Offence
as Johnnie Penrose
(1935)
Brown on Resolution
as Albert Brown
(1935)
Car of Dreams
as Robert Miller
(1935)
Charing Cross Road
as Tony
(1935)
Blind Justice
as Ralph Summers
(1935)
Royal Cavalcade
as Young Enlistee
(1935)
(1934)
Those Were the Days
as Bobby Poskett
(1934)
Doctor's Orders
as Ronnie Blake
(1934)
A Political Party
as Tony Smithers
(1934)
The Lash
as Arthur Haughton
(1933)
Britannia of Billingsgate
as Fred Bolton
(1933)
The Ghost Camera
as Ernest Elton
(1932)
The Midshipmaid
as Golightly
Crew
(1966)
Sky West and Crooked
Director
(1949)
The Rocking Horse Winner
Producer