John Mills
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 22, 1908
- Died
- Apr 23, 2005 (aged 97)
- Place of birth
- The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
- Credits
- 154
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
Bean
1997Movie
Chairman
Gandhi
1982Movie
Lord Chelmsford
Around the World in 80 Days
1956Movie
London Carriage Driver
Hamlet
1996Movie
Old King Norway
The Parent Trap
1961Movie
Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
Great Expectations
1946Movie
Pip
Filmography
Talking Pictures
2013TV
Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010Movie
Self – Interviewee
Bright Young Things
2003Movie
Gentleman
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003Movie
Forever Ealing
2002Movie
Self
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002Movie
Self (archive)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001TV
Self
The Gentleman Thief
2001Movie
Arthur Rosehip
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000Movie
Self
A Profile of In Which We Serve
2000Movie
Interviewee
Cats
1998Movie
Gus the Theatre Cat
Parkinson
1998TV
Self
Bean
1997Movie
Chairman
Hamlet
1996Movie
Old King Norway
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996TV
Self
The Grotesque
1995Movie
Sir Edward Cleghorn
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994TV
Mr Chuffey
Deadly Advice
1994Movie
Jack the Ripper
Frankenstein
1993Movie
De Lacey
Harnessing Peacocks
1993Movie
Bernard Quigley
The Big Freeze
1993Movie
Dapper man
Night of the Fox
1990Movie
Brig. Dougal Munro
Perfect Scoundrels
1990TV
Praeger
A Tale of Two Cities
1989TV
Jarvis Lorry
Around the World in 80 Days
1989TV
Faversham
Ending Up
1989Movie
Bernard
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988Movie
Self (uncredited)
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988Movie
Sir Lawrence Dobson
The Dame Edna Experience
1987TV
Self
Who's That Girl
1987Movie
Montgomery Bell
Hold the Dream
1987TV
Henry Rossiter
The Best of British Cinema
1987TV
Self - Narrator
When the Wind Blows
1986Movie
Jim Bloggs (voice)
The Wind and the Bomb
1986Movie
Murder with Mirrors
1985Movie
Lewis Serrocold
A Woman of Substance
1985TV
Henry Rossiter
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985Movie
Self
The Masks of Death
1984Movie
Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
Sahara
1983Movie
Cambridge
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
1983Movie
Self
Gandhi
1982Movie
Lord Chelmsford
Hotel
1982TV
Wogan
1982TV
Self
Young at Heart
1980TV
Albert Collyer
The Quatermass Conclusion
1979Movie
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Quatermass
1979TV
Bernard Quatermass
Zulu Dawn
1979Movie
Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Tales of the Unexpected
1979TV
Sam Morrissey, William Perkins, The Man
Late Night Story
1978TV
self
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978Movie
Scudder
Dr. Strange
1978Movie
Thomas Lindmer
The Big Sleep
1978Movie
Inspector Carson
The South Bank Show
1978TV
An Audience with...
1978TV
Self
The Devil's Advocate
1977Movie
Monsignor Blaise Meredith
The Love Boat
1977TV
Bertram MacDonald
Trial by Combat
1976Movie
Colonel Bertie Cook
The Human Factor
1975Movie
Mike McAllister
The Zoo Gang
1974TV
Thomas "The Elephant" Devon
Oklahoma Crude
1973Movie
Cleon Doyle
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973TV
Self
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972Movie
Canning
Young Winston
1972Movie
General Kitchner
Dulcima
1971Movie
Mr. Parker
Ryan's Daughter
1970Movie
Michael
Adam's Woman
1970Movie
Sir Philip MacDonald
Nanny and the Professor
1970TV
Uncle Alfred
Run Wild, Run Free
1969Movie
The Moorman (Colonel)
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969Movie
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Emma Hamilton
1968Movie
Lord William Hamilton
A Black Veil for Lisa
1968Movie
Inspector Franz Bulon
Dundee and the Culhane
1967TV
Dundee
Chuka
1967Movie
Colonel Stuart Valois
Africa: Texas Style!
1967Movie
Wing Commander Hayes
The Family Way
1966Movie
Ezra Fitton
The Wrong Box
1966Movie
Masterman Finsbury
King Rat
1965Movie
Smedley-Taylor
Operation Crossbow
1965Movie
General Boyd
The Truth About Spring
1965Movie
Tommy Tyler
The Chalk Garden
1964Movie
Maitland
The Danny Kaye Show
1963TV
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
Tiara Tahiti
1962Movie
Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
The Valiant
1962Movie
Captain Morgan
Flame in the Streets
1961Movie
Jacko Palmer
The Parent Trap
1961Movie
Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
The Singer Not the Song
1961Movie
Father Michael Keogh
Swiss Family Robinson
1960Movie
Father
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960Movie
Tunes of Glory
1960Movie
Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959Movie
Barney
Tiger Bay
1959Movie
Superintendent Graham
I Was Monty's Double
1958Movie
Major Harvey
Ice Cold in Alex
1958Movie
Captain Anson
Dunkirk
1958Movie
Cpl Tubby Binns
The Vicious Circle
1957Movie
Dr. Howard Latimer
Town on Trial
1957Movie
Supt. Mike Halloran
It's Great to be Young!
1956Movie
Dingle
Around the World in 80 Days
1956Movie
London Carriage Driver
The Letter
1956Movie
Robert Crosbie
War and Peace
1956Movie
Platon Karataev
The Baby and the Battleship
1956Movie
Puncher Roberts
Escapade
1955Movie
John Hampden
Above Us the Waves
1955Movie
Commandant Fraser
The End of the Affair
1955Movie
Albert Parkis
The Colditz Story
1955Movie
Pat Reid
Producers' Showcase
1954TV
Robert Crosbie
Hobson's Choice
1954Movie
William Mossop
The Long Memory
1953Movie
Phillip Davidson
The Gentle Gunman
1952Movie
Terence Sullivan
The Way to Wimbledon
1952Movie
Self - Commentator
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951Movie
Tom Denning
Morning Departure
1950Movie
Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
The Rocking Horse Winner
1949Movie
Bassett
The History of Mr. Polly
1949Movie
Alfred Polly
Scott of the Antarctic
1948Movie
Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
The October Man
1947Movie
Jim Ackland
So Well Remembered
1947Movie
George Boswell
Great Expectations
1946Movie
Pip
Land of Promise
1946Movie
The Voice
The Way to the Stars
1945Movie
Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
Waterloo Road
1945Movie
Jim Colter
Total War in Britain
1945Movie
Narrator (voice)
This Happy Breed
1944Movie
Billy Mitchell
Information Please
1944Movie
British Flyer
Victory Wedding
1944Movie
Bill Clark
We Dive at Dawn
1943Movie
Lt. Taylor RN
The Sky’s the Limit
1943Movie
Tom
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942Movie
William Wilberforce
In Which We Serve
1942Movie
Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942Movie
Bobby Jessop
The Big Blockade
1942Movie
Tom
Cottage to Let
1941Movie
Flt·Lieut. Perry
Old Bill and Son
1941Movie
Young Bill
All Hands
1940Movie
Jack
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939Movie
Peter Colley as a Young Man
Happy Family
1939Movie
Fred
The Green Cockatoo
1937Movie
Jim Connor
O.H.M.S.
1937Movie
Cpl. Bert Dawson
Tudor Rose
1936Movie
Lord Guilford Dudley
First Offence
1936Movie
Johnnie Penrose
Broadway Gondolier
1935Movie
Brown on Resolution
1935Movie
Albert Brown
Royal Cavalcade
1935Movie
Young Enlistee
Blind Justice
1935Movie
Ralph Summers
Car of Dreams
1935Movie
Robert Miller
Charing Cross Road
1935Movie
Tony
Doctor's Orders
1934Movie
Ronnie Blake
The Lash
1934Movie
Arthur Haughton
A Political Party
1934Movie
Tony Smithers
Those Were the Days
1934Movie
Bobby Poskett
The Ghost Camera
1933Movie
Ernest Elton
Britannia of Billingsgate
1933Movie
Fred Bolton
The Midshipmaid
1932Movie
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