John Mills
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Love Boat
Bertram MacDonald
1977
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
Wogan
Self
1982
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Sam Morrissey
1979
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
William Perkins
1979
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
The Man
1979
Series
Hotel
1982
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Film
Who's That Girl
Montgomery Bell
1987
Series
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Series
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
2001
Series
A Woman of Substance
Henry Rossiter
1985
Film
Around the World in 80 Days
London Carriage Driver
1956
Film
Bean
Chairman
1997
Film
The Parent Trap
Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
1961
Series
Nanny and the Professor
Uncle Alfred
1970
Film
War and Peace
Platon Karataev
1956
Film
Gandhi
Lord Chelmsford
1982
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Series
Around the World in 80 Days
Faversham
1989
Producers' Showcase
Robert Crosbie
1954
Film
Sahara
Cambridge
1983
Series
The Dame Edna Experience
Self
1987
Film
Swiss Family Robinson
Father
1960
Clive Anderson All Talk
Self
1996
Series
Martin Chuzzlewit
Mr Chuffey
1994
Film
Great Expectations
Pip
1946
Series
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Hamlet
Old King Norway
1996
Film
Zulu Dawn
Sir Henry Bartle Frere
1979
Film
When the Wind Blows
Jim Bloggs (voice)
1986
Film
Operation Crossbow
General Boyd
1965
Series
Perfect Scoundrels
Praeger
1990
Series
Quatermass
Bernard Quatermass
1979
Film
Cats
Gus the Theatre Cat
1998
Series
The Zoo Gang
Thomas "The Elephant" Devon
1974
Series
Hold the Dream
Henry Rossiter
1987
Film
Chuka
Colonel Stuart Valois
1967
Film
Ryan's Daughter
Michael
1970
Film
King Rat
Smedley-Taylor
1965
Film
The Big Sleep
Inspector Carson
1978
Film
The Wrong Box
Masterman Finsbury
1966
Film
Young Winston
General Kitchner
1972
Film
Oh! What a Lovely War
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
1969
Film
Hobson's Choice
William Mossop
1954
Film
Brown on Resolution
Albert Brown
1935
Film
The Thirty Nine Steps
Scudder
1978
Film
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Peter Colley as a Young Man
1939
Film
Dunkirk
Cpl Tubby Binns
1958
Film
Dr. Strange
Thomas Lindmer
1978
Film
The Lady and the Highwayman
Sir Lawrence Dobson
1988
Film
Tiger Bay
Superintendent Graham
1959
Film
Bright Young Things
Gentleman
2003
Film
Forever Ealing
Self
2002
Film
Oklahoma Crude
Cleon Doyle
1973
Information Please
British Flyer
1944
Series
A Tale of Two Cities
Jarvis Lorry
1989
Series
Dundee and the Culhane
Dundee
1967
Film
A Black Veil for Lisa
Inspector Franz Bulon
1968
Film
Scott of the Antarctic
Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
1948
Film
The Colditz Story
Pat Reid
1955
Film
The Way to Wimbledon
Self - Commentator
1952
Film
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Barney
1959
Film
Murder with Mirrors
Lewis Serrocold
1985
Film
Tiara Tahiti
Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
1962
Film
Tunes of Glory
Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
1960
Film
Run Wild, Run Free
The Moorman (Colonel)
1969
Film
In Which We Serve
Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
1942
Film
Ice Cold in Alex
Captain Anson
1958
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Self
1983
Film
I Was Monty's Double
Major Harvey
1958
Film
The Human Factor
Mike McAllister
1975
Film
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self
2000
Film
Emma Hamilton
Lord William Hamilton
1968
Film
The Baby and the Battleship
Puncher Roberts
1956
Film
The Chalk Garden
Maitland
1964
Film
This Happy Breed
Billy Mitchell
1944
Film
Lady Caroline Lamb
Canning
1972
Film
Above Us the Waves
Commandant Fraser
1955
Film
The Singer Not the Song
Father Michael Keogh
1961
Film
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
Film
Night of the Fox
Brig. Dougal Munro
1990
Film
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee
2010
Film
The Truth About Spring
Tommy Tyler
1965
Ending Up
Bernard
1989
Film
The Devil's Advocate
Monsignor Blaise Meredith
1977
Film
Trial by Combat
Colonel Bertie Cook
1976
The Letter
Robert Crosbie
1956
Film
The Family Way
Ezra Fitton
1966
Victory Wedding
Bill Clark
1944
Film
The Masks of Death
Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
1984
Film
Tudor Rose
Lord Guilford Dudley
1936
Film
We Dive at Dawn
Lt. Taylor RN
1943
Film
The End of the Affair
Albert Parkis
1955
Film
Flame in the Streets
Jacko Palmer
1961
Late Night Story
self
1978
Film
Morning Departure
Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
1950
Film
The Big Freeze
Dapper man
1993
Film
Escapade
John Hampden
1955
Film
Deadly Advice
Jack the Ripper
1994
Film
The Gentle Gunman
Terence Sullivan
1952
Film
Frankenstein
De Lacey
1993
Film
The Quatermass Conclusion
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
1979
Film
The Grotesque
Sir Edward Cleghorn
1995
Film
The October Man
Jim Ackland
1947
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Self
1985
Film
First Offence
Johnnie Penrose
1936
Series
The Best of British Cinema
Self - Narrator
1987
Film
Cottage to Let
Flt·Lieut. Perry
1941
Film
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Bobby Jessop
1942
Film
Broadway Gondolier
1935
Film
The Way to the Stars
Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
1945
Film
Africa: Texas Style!
Wing Commander Hayes
1967
Film
The Young Mr. Pitt
William Wilberforce
1942
Film
It's Great to be Young!
Dingle
1956
Film
The Green Cockatoo
Jim Connor
1937
Film
Those Were the Days
Bobby Poskett
1934
Series
Young at Heart
Albert Collyer
1980
Film
The History of Mr. Polly
Alfred Polly
1949
Film
The Vicious Circle
Dr. Howard Latimer
1957
Film
The Long Memory
Phillip Davidson
1953
Film
The Rocking Horse Winner
Bassett
1949
Film
Dulcima
Mr. Parker
1971
Film
Mr. Denning Drives North
Tom Denning
1951
Film
The Valiant
Captain Morgan
1962
Film
Waterloo Road
Jim Colter
1945
Film
The Big Blockade
Tom
1942
Film
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Self (archive)
2002
Film
Royal Cavalcade
Young Enlistee
1935
Film
A Profile of In Which We Serve
Interviewee
2000
Film
Town on Trial
Supt. Mike Halloran
1957
Film
Car of Dreams
Robert Miller
1935
Film
Doctor's Orders
Ronnie Blake
1934
Film
So Well Remembered
George Boswell
1947
Film
Old Bill and Son
Young Bill
1941
Film
The Ghost Camera
Ernest Elton
1933
Film
Harnessing Peacocks
Bernard Quigley
1993
Film
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Self (uncredited)
1988
Film
The Midshipmaid
Golightly
1932
Film
Adam's Woman
Sir Philip MacDonald
1970
Film
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960
Film
The Gentleman Thief
Arthur Rosehip
2001
Film
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
Film
A Political Party
Tony Smithers
1934
The Lash
Arthur Haughton
1934
Blind Justice
Ralph Summers
1935
Film
O.H.M.S.
Cpl. Bert Dawson
1937
Film
All Hands
Jack
1940
Britannia of Billingsgate
Fred Bolton
1933
Film
Land of Promise
The Voice
1946
Charing Cross Road
Tony
1935
Happy Family
Fred
1939
The Sky’s the Limit
Tom
1943
Total War in Britain
Narrator (voice)
1945