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John Mills

John Mills

Born: 1908-02-22 • The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK

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.

Filmography
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff poster
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010 • Self – Interviewee
Bright Young Things poster
Bright Young Things
2003 • Gentleman
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough poster
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
Forever Ealing poster
Forever Ealing
2002 • Self
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making poster
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002 • Self (archive)
The Gentleman Thief poster
The Gentleman Thief
2001 • Arthur Rosehip
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories poster
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000 • Self
A Profile of In Which We Serve poster
A Profile of In Which We Serve
2000 • Interviewee
Cats poster
Cats
1998 • Gus the Theatre Cat
Bean poster
Bean
1997 • Chairman
Hamlet poster
Hamlet
1996 • Old King Norway
The Grotesque poster
The Grotesque
1995 • Sir Edward Cleghorn
Deadly Advice poster
Deadly Advice
1994 • Jack the Ripper
Frankenstein poster
Frankenstein
1993 • De Lacey
Harnessing Peacocks poster
Harnessing Peacocks
1993 • Bernard Quigley
The Big Freeze poster
The Big Freeze
1993 • Dapper man
Night of the Fox poster
Night of the Fox
1990 • Brig. Dougal Munro
No Image
Ending Up
1989 • Bernard
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage poster
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988 • Self (uncredited)
The Lady and the Highwayman poster
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988 • Sir Lawrence Dobson
Who's That Girl poster
Who's That Girl
1987 • Montgomery Bell
When the Wind Blows poster
When the Wind Blows
1986 • Jim Bloggs (voice)
The Wind and the Bomb poster
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
Murder with Mirrors poster
Murder with Mirrors
1985 • Lewis Serrocold
No Image
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985 • Self
The Masks of Death poster
The Masks of Death
1984 • Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
Sahara poster
Sahara
1983 • Cambridge
No Image
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
1983 • Self
Gandhi poster
Gandhi
1982 • Lord Chelmsford
The Quatermass Conclusion poster
The Quatermass Conclusion
1979 • Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Zulu Dawn poster
Zulu Dawn
1979 • Sir Henry Bartle Frere
The Thirty Nine Steps poster
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978 • Scudder
Dr. Strange poster
Dr. Strange
1978 • Thomas Lindmer
The Big Sleep poster
The Big Sleep
1978 • Inspector Carson
The Devil's Advocate poster
The Devil's Advocate
1977 • Monsignor Blaise Meredith
Trial by Combat poster
Trial by Combat
1976 • Colonel Bertie Cook
The Human Factor poster
The Human Factor
1975 • Mike McAllister
Oklahoma Crude poster
Oklahoma Crude
1973 • Cleon Doyle
Lady Caroline Lamb poster
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972 • Canning
Young Winston poster
Young Winston
1972 • General Kitchner
Dulcima poster
Dulcima
1971 • Mr. Parker
Ryan's Daughter poster
Ryan's Daughter
1970 • Michael
Adam's Woman poster
Adam's Woman
1970 • Sir Philip MacDonald
Run Wild, Run Free poster
Run Wild, Run Free
1969 • The Moorman (Colonel)
Oh! What a Lovely War poster
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 • Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Emma Hamilton poster
Emma Hamilton
1968 • Lord William Hamilton
A Black Veil for Lisa poster
A Black Veil for Lisa
1968 • Inspector Franz Bulon
Chuka poster
Chuka
1967 • Colonel Stuart Valois
Africa: Texas Style! poster
Africa: Texas Style!
1967 • Wing Commander Hayes
The Family Way poster
The Family Way
1966 • Ezra Fitton
The Wrong Box poster
The Wrong Box
1966 • Masterman Finsbury
King Rat poster
King Rat
1965 • Smedley-Taylor
Operation Crossbow poster
Operation Crossbow
1965 • General Boyd
The Truth About Spring poster
The Truth About Spring
1965 • Tommy Tyler
The Chalk Garden poster
The Chalk Garden
1964 • Maitland
Tiara Tahiti poster
Tiara Tahiti
1962 • Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
The Valiant poster
The Valiant
1962 • Captain Morgan
Flame in the Streets poster
Flame in the Streets
1961 • Jacko Palmer
The Parent Trap poster
The Parent Trap
1961 • Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
The Singer Not the Song poster
The Singer Not the Song
1961 • Father Michael Keogh
Swiss Family Robinson poster
Swiss Family Robinson
1960 • Father
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds poster
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960
Tunes of Glory poster
Tunes of Glory
1960 • Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll poster
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959 • Barney
Tiger Bay poster
Tiger Bay
1959 • Superintendent Graham
I Was Monty's Double poster
I Was Monty's Double
1958 • Major Harvey
Ice Cold in Alex poster
Ice Cold in Alex
1958 • Captain Anson
Dunkirk poster
Dunkirk
1958 • Cpl Tubby Binns
The Vicious Circle poster
The Vicious Circle
1957 • Dr. Howard Latimer
Town on Trial poster
Town on Trial
1957 • Supt. Mike Halloran
It's Great to be Young! poster
It's Great to be Young!
1956 • Dingle
Around the World in 80 Days poster
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 • London Carriage Driver
War and Peace poster
War and Peace
1956 • Platon Karataev
The Baby and the Battleship poster
The Baby and the Battleship
1956 • Puncher Roberts
Escapade poster
Escapade
1955 • John Hampden
Above Us the Waves poster
Above Us the Waves
1955 • Commandant Fraser
The End of the Affair poster
The End of the Affair
1955 • Albert Parkis
The Colditz Story poster
The Colditz Story
1955 • Pat Reid
Hobson's Choice poster
Hobson's Choice
1954 • William Mossop
The Long Memory poster
The Long Memory
1953 • Phillip Davidson
The Gentle Gunman poster
The Gentle Gunman
1952 • Terence Sullivan
The Way to Wimbledon poster
The Way to Wimbledon
1952 • Self - Commentator
Mr. Denning Drives North poster
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951 • Tom Denning
Morning Departure poster
Morning Departure
1950 • Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
The Rocking Horse Winner poster
The Rocking Horse Winner
1949 • Bassett
The History of Mr. Polly poster
The History of Mr. Polly
1949 • Alfred Polly
Scott of the Antarctic poster
Scott of the Antarctic
1948 • Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
The October Man poster
The October Man
1947 • Jim Ackland
So Well Remembered poster
So Well Remembered
1947 • George Boswell
Great Expectations poster
Great Expectations
1946 • Pip
Land of Promise poster
Land of Promise
1946 • The Voice
The Way to the Stars poster
The Way to the Stars
1945 • Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
Waterloo Road poster
Waterloo Road
1945 • Jim Colter
No Image
Total War in Britain
1945 • Narrator (voice)
This Happy Breed poster
This Happy Breed
1944 • Billy Mitchell
No Image
Information Please
1944 • British Flyer
No Image
Victory Wedding
1944 • Bill Clark
We Dive at Dawn poster
We Dive at Dawn
1943 • Lt. Taylor RN
No Image
The Sky’s the Limit
1943 • Tom
The Young Mr. Pitt poster
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942 • William Wilberforce