Miles Malleson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1888-05-24
Day of Death
1969-03-15 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Croydon, Surrey, England
Miles Malleson
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
(1965)
You Must Be Joking
as Salesman
(1964)
First Men in the Moon
as Dymchurch Registrar
(1964)
Murder Ahoy
as Bishop
(1964)
A Jolly Bad Fellow
as Dr. Woolley
(1964)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Quince
(1963)
Heavens Above!
as Bishop Rockeby
(1962)
The Phantom of the Opera
as 2nd Cabby
(1962)
Go to Blazes
as Salesman
(1962)
The Brain
as Dr. Miller
(1962)
Postman's Knock
as Psychiatrist
(1961)
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
as Duke of Avon
(1961)
The Hellfire Club
as Judge
(1961)
Double Bunk
as Rev. Thomas
(1961)
The Bing Crosby Show
as Self
(1960)
Peeping Tom
as Elderly Gentleman Customer
(1960)
The Brides of Dracula
as Dr. Tobler
(1960)
And the Same to You
as Bishop
(1960)
Kidnapped
as Mr. Rankeillor
(1960)
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
as Assistant Curator
(1959)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Bishop Frankland
(1959)
I'm All Right Jack
as Windrush Snr.
(1959)
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Resident Advisor Davidson
(1959)
The Captain's Table
as Canon Swingler
(1958)
Dracula
as Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
(1958)
Gideon's Day
as The Judge
(1958)
Happy Is the Bride
as 1st Magistrate
(1958)
Behind the Mask
as Sir Oswald Pettiford
(1958)
Bachelor of Hearts
as Dr. Butson
(1957)
Barnacle Bill
as Angler
(1957)
(1957)
The Naked Truth
as Rev. Bastable
(1957)
Campbell's Kingdom
as (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
(1957)
Brothers in Law
as Kendall Grimes Q.C.
(1956)
The Man Who Never Was
as Scientist
(1956)
Private's Progress
as Mr. Windrush Sr.
(1956)
Three Men in a Boat
as 2nd Old Gentleman
(1956)
The Silken Affair
as Mr. Blucher
(1956)
Dry Rot
as Country Gentleman
(1955)
Geordie
as Lord Paunceton
(1955)
King's Rhapsody
as Jules
(1953)
The Captain's Paradise
as Lawrence St. James
(1952)
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Canon Chasuble
(1952)
The Magic Box
as Orchestra Conductor
(1952)
The Happy Family
as Mr. Thwaites
(1952)
Venetian Bird
as Grespi
(1952)
Treasure Hunt
as Mr. Walsh
(1952)
Folly to Be Wise
as Dr. Hector McAdam
(1952)
The Woman's Angle
as A. Secrett
(1952)
Trent's Last Case
as Burton Cupples
(1951)
Scrooge
as Old Joe
(1951)
The Man in the White Suit
as The Tailor
(1950)
Stage Fright
as Mr. Fortesque
(1950)
Golden Salamander
as Douvet
(1949)
Kind Hearts and Coronets
as The Hangman
(1949)
The Queen of Spades
as Tchybukin
(1949)
The Perfect Woman
as Prof. Ernest Belman
(1949)
Cardboard Cavalier
as Judge Gorebucket
(1949)
Train of Events
as Johnson, the Timekeeper
(1948)
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Lord of Misrule
(1948)
Bond Street
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1948)
Woman Hater
as Vicar
(1948)
Idol of Paris
as Offenbach
(1947)
While the Sun Shines
as Horton
(1946)
Land of Promise
as Mr. Know-All
(1945)
Dead of Night
as Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
(1945)
Journey Together
as (uncredited)
(1943)
The Gentle Sex
as Tran Guard
(1943)
The Demi-Paradise
as Theatre Cashier
(1942)
Thunder Rock
as Chairman of Directors
(1942)
Unpublished Story
as Farmfield
(1942)
They Flew Alone
as Vacuum Salesman
(1941)
Major Barbara
as Morrison
(1940)
The Thief of Bagdad
as Sultan
(1940)
For Freedom
as Minor Role
(1939)
Q Planes
as Minor Role
(1938)
Sixty Glorious Years
as Wounded Soldier
(1937)
Knight Without Armour
as Drunken Red Commissar
(1937)
Victoria the Great
as Sir James
(1937)
Action for Slander
as Minor Role
(1936)
Tudor Rose
as Jane's Father
(1936)
Rhodes of Africa
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1935)
The 39 Steps
as Palladium Manager (uncredited)
(1935)
Lazybones
as Pessimist
(1935)
Lazybones
as The Pessimist
(1935)
Vintage Wine
as Henri Popinot
(1935)
Peg of Old Drury
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1934)
Nell Gwyn
as Chiffinch
(1934)
The Queen's Affair
as The Chancellor
(1933)
Perfect Understanding
as Announcer
(1933)
Summer Lightning
as Beach
(1932)
The Love Contract
as Peters
(1932)
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
as Thaddeus Sholto
(1932)
Love on Wheels
as Academy of Music Porter
(1932)
(1932)
Frail Women
as Registrar
(1932)
The Mayor's Nest
as Clerk
(1932)
Money Means Nothing
as Doorman
(1931)
A Night in Montmartre
as Minor Role
(1931)
City of Song
as Theater Watchman
(1930)
Night Birds
as Minor Role
(1930)
(1925)
(1921)
The Headmaster
as Palliser Grantley
Crew
(2021)
Yours Unfaithfully
Writer
(2020)
Conflict
Writer
(1946)
Land of Promise
Writer
(1943)
Yellow Canary
Screenplay
(1943)
Squadron Leader X
Writer
(1943)
They Met in the Dark
Writer
(1942)
The First of the Few
Screenplay
(1942)
They Flew Alone
Screenplay
(1940)
The Thief of Bagdad
Screenplay, Dialogue
(1938)
A Royal Divorce
Writer
(1938)
Sixty Glorious Years
Writer
(1937)
Action for Slander
Screenplay
(1937)
The Rat
Dialogue
(1937)
Victoria the Great
Writer
(1936)
Rhodes of Africa
Dialogue
(1936)
Tudor Rose
Writer
(1935)
Peg of Old Drury
Scenario Writer
(1934)
The Queen's Affair
Screenplay
(1934)
Falling in Love
Writer
(1934)
Nell Gwyn
Writer
(1933)
Summer Lightning
Screenplay
(1933)
Perfect Understanding
Dialogue, Story
(1932)
Money Means Nothing
Writer
(1932)
The Water Gipsies
Writer
(1932)
The Blue Danube
Writer
(1931)
Lucky children
Screenplay
(1931)
City of Song
Writer
(1931)
A Night in Montmartre
Theatre Play
(1931)
Sally in Our Alley
Screenplay
(1930)
The W Plan
Writer
(1930)
Night Birds
Writer
(1930)
Children of Chance
Writer
(1930)
Two Worlds
Dialogue
(1930)
The Yellow Mask
Dialogue
(1930)
The Two Worlds
Writer