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Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson

Born: 1888-05-24 • Croydon, Surrey, England

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).

Filmography
You Must Be Joking poster
You Must Be Joking
1965 • Salesman
Murder Ahoy poster
Murder Ahoy
1964 • Bishop
First Men in the Moon poster
First Men in the Moon
1964 • Dymchurch Registrar
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1964 • Quince
A Jolly Bad Fellow poster
A Jolly Bad Fellow
1964 • Dr. Woolley
Call Me Bwana poster
Call Me Bwana
1963 • Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Heavens Above! poster
Heavens Above!
1963 • Bishop Rockeby
The Brain poster
The Brain
1962 • Dr. Miller
The Phantom of the Opera poster
The Phantom of the Opera
1962 • 2nd Cabby
Go to Blazes poster
Go to Blazes
1962 • Salesman
Postman's Knock poster
Postman's Knock
1962 • Psychiatrist
The Bing Crosby Show poster
The Bing Crosby Show
1961 • Self
Double Bunk poster
Double Bunk
1961 • Rev. Thomas
Fury at Smugglers' Bay poster
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961 • Duke of Avon
The Hellfire Club poster
The Hellfire Club
1961 • Judge
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England poster
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960 • Assistant Curator
The Brides of Dracula poster
The Brides of Dracula
1960 • Dr. Tobler
Peeping Tom poster
Peeping Tom
1960 • Elderly Gentleman Customer
Kidnapped poster
Kidnapped
1960 • Mr. Rankeillor
And the Same to You poster
And the Same to You
1960 • Bishop
I'm All Right Jack poster
I'm All Right Jack
1959 • Windrush Sr., Stanley's father
The Hound of the Baskervilles poster
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959 • Bishop Frankland
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. poster
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959 • Resident Advisor Davidson
The Captain's Table poster
The Captain's Table
1959 • Canon Swingler
Bachelor of Hearts poster
Bachelor of Hearts
1958 • Dr. Butson
Behind the Mask poster
Behind the Mask
1958 • Sir Oswald Pettiford
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958 • Quince
Dracula poster
Dracula
1958 • Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
Gideon's Day poster
Gideon's Day
1958 • The Judge
Happy Is the Bride poster
Happy Is the Bride
1958 • 1st Magistrate
Barnacle Bill poster
Barnacle Bill
1957 • Angler
The Naked Truth poster
The Naked Truth
1957 • Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
Campbell's Kingdom poster
Campbell's Kingdom
1957 • (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
The Admirable Crichton poster
The Admirable Crichton
1957
Brothers in Law poster
Brothers in Law
1957 • Kendall Grimes Q.C.
Three Men in a Boat poster
Three Men in a Boat
1956 • 2nd Old Gentleman
Dry Rot poster
Dry Rot
1956 • Country Gentleman
The Silken Affair poster
The Silken Affair
1956 • Mr. Blucher
The Man Who Never Was poster
The Man Who Never Was
1956 • Scientist
Private's Progress poster
Private's Progress
1956 • Mr. Windrush Sr.
Geordie poster
Geordie
1955 • Lord Paunceton
King's Rhapsody poster
King's Rhapsody
1955 • Jules
The Captain's Paradise poster
The Captain's Paradise
1953 • Lawrence St. James
Folly to Be Wise poster
Folly to Be Wise
1952 • Dr. Hector McAdam
Venetian Bird poster
Venetian Bird
1952 • Grespi
Trent's Last Case poster
Trent's Last Case
1952 • Burton Cupples
The Importance of Being Earnest poster
The Importance of Being Earnest
1952 • Canon Chasuble
Treasure Hunt poster
Treasure Hunt
1952 • Mr. Walsh
The Happy Family poster
The Happy Family
1952 • Mr. Thwaites
The Woman's Angle poster
The Woman's Angle
1952 • A. Secrett
The Magic Box poster
The Magic Box
1952 • Orchestra Conductor
Scrooge poster
Scrooge
1951 • Old Joe
The Man in the White Suit poster
The Man in the White Suit
1951 • The Tailor
Stage Fright poster
Stage Fright
1950 • Mr. Fortesque
Golden Salamander poster
Golden Salamander
1950 • Douvet
Kind Hearts and Coronets poster
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 • The Hangman
The Perfect Woman poster
The Perfect Woman
1949 • Prof. Ernest Belman
Cardboard Cavalier poster
Cardboard Cavalier
1949 • Judge Gorebucket
The Queen of Spades poster
The Queen of Spades
1949 • Tchybukin
Train of Events poster
Train of Events
1949 • Johnson, the Timekeeper
Woman Hater poster
Woman Hater
1948 • Vicar
Saraband for Dead Lovers poster
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948 • Lord of Misrule
Bond Street poster
Bond Street
1948 • Minor Role (uncredited)
One Night with You poster
One Night with You
1948 • Jailer
Idol of Paris poster
Idol of Paris
1948 • Offenbach
While the Sun Shines poster
While the Sun Shines
1947 • Horton
Land of Promise poster
Land of Promise
1946 • Mr. Know-All
Journey Together poster
Journey Together
1945 • (uncredited)
Dead of Night poster
Dead of Night
1945 • Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
The Demi-Paradise poster
The Demi-Paradise
1943 • Theatre Cashier
The Gentle Sex poster
The Gentle Sex
1943 • Tran Guard
Thunder Rock poster
Thunder Rock
1942 • Chairman of Directors
Unpublished Story poster
Unpublished Story
1942 • Farmfield
They Flew Alone poster
They Flew Alone
1942 • Vacuum Salesman
Major Barbara poster
Major Barbara
1941 • Morrison
No Image
For Freedom
1940 • Minor Role
The Thief of Bagdad poster
The Thief of Bagdad
1940 • Sultan
Q Planes poster
Q Planes
1939 • Minor Role
Sixty Glorious Years poster
Sixty Glorious Years
1938 • Wounded Soldier
Victoria the Great poster
Victoria the Great
1937 • Sir James
Knight Without Armour poster
Knight Without Armour
1937 • Drunken Red Commissar
Action for Slander poster
Action for Slander
1937 • Minor Role
Tudor Rose poster
Tudor Rose
1936 • Jane's Father
Rhodes of Africa poster
Rhodes of Africa
1936 • Minor Role (uncredited)
Peg of Old Drury poster
Peg of Old Drury
1935 • Minor Role (uncredited)
Lazybones poster
Lazybones
1935 • Pessimist
Lazybones poster
Lazybones
1935 • The Pessimist
Vintage Wine poster
Vintage Wine
1935 • Henri Popinot
The 39 Steps poster
The 39 Steps
1935 • Palladium Manager (uncredited)
No Image
Nell Gwyn
1934 • Chiffinch
The Queen's Affair poster
The Queen's Affair
1934 • The Chancellor
No Image
Summer Lightning
1933 • Beach
Perfect Understanding poster
Perfect Understanding
1933 • Announcer
No Image
Money Means Nothing
1932 • Doorman
No Image
The Love Contract
1932 • Peters
Love on Wheels poster
Love on Wheels
1932 • Academy of Music Porter
The Mayor's Nest poster
The Mayor's Nest
1932 • Clerk
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case poster
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
1932 • Thaddeus Sholto
No Image
Frail Women
1932 • Registrar
The Blue Danube poster
The Blue Danube
1932