John Mills

Biography

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

The Love Boat

The Merv Griffin Show

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

Hotel

Wogan

An Audience with...

All Movies (126)

• Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff2010 · as Self – Interviewee
• Bright Young Things2003 · as Gentleman
• The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough2003
• Forever Ealing2002 · as Self
• Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making2002 · as Self (archive)
• The Gentleman Thief2001 · as Arthur Rosehip
• Sir John Mills' Moving Memories2000 · as Self
• A Profile of In Which We Serve2000 · as Interviewee
• Cats1998 · as Gus the Theatre Cat
• Bean1997 · as Chairman
• Hamlet1996 · as Old King Norway
• The Grotesque1995 · as Sir Edward Cleghorn
• Deadly Advice1994 · as Jack the Ripper
• Frankenstein1993 · as De Lacey
• Harnessing Peacocks1993 · as Bernard Quigley
• The Big Freeze1993 · as Dapper man
• Night of the Fox1990 · as Brig. Dougal Munro
• Ending Up1989 · as Bernard
• One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage1988 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Lady and the Highwayman1988 · as Sir Lawrence Dobson
• Who's That Girl1987 · as Montgomery Bell
• When the Wind Blows1986 · as Jim Bloggs (voice)
• The Wind and the Bomb1986
• Murder with Mirrors1985 · as Lewis Serrocold
• The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio1985 · as Self
• The Masks of Death1984 · as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
• Sahara1983 · as Cambridge
• Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi1983 · as Self
• Gandhi1982 · as Lord Chelmsford
• The Quatermass Conclusion1979 · as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
• Zulu Dawn1979 · as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
• The Thirty Nine Steps1978 · as Scudder
• Dr. Strange1978 · as Thomas Lindmer
• The Big Sleep1978 · as Inspector Carson
• The Devil's Advocate1977 · as Monsignor Blaise Meredith
• Trial by Combat1976 · as Colonel Bertie Cook
• The Human Factor1975 · as Mike McAllister
• Oklahoma Crude1973 · as Cleon Doyle
• Lady Caroline Lamb1972 · as Canning
• Young Winston1972 · as General Kitchner
• Dulcima1971 · as Mr. Parker
• Ryan's Daughter1970 · as Michael
• Adam's Woman1970 · as Sir Philip MacDonald
• Run Wild, Run Free1969 · as The Moorman (Colonel)
• Oh! What a Lovely War1969 · as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
• Emma Hamilton1968 · as Lord William Hamilton
• A Black Veil for Lisa1968 · as Inspector Franz Bulon
• Chuka1967 · as Colonel Stuart Valois
• Africa: Texas Style!1967 · as Wing Commander Hayes
• The Family Way1966 · as Ezra Fitton
• The Wrong Box1966 · as Masterman Finsbury
• King Rat1965 · as Smedley-Taylor
• Operation Crossbow1965 · as General Boyd
• The Truth About Spring1965 · as Tommy Tyler
• The Chalk Garden1964 · as Maitland
• Tiara Tahiti1962 · as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
• The Valiant1962 · as Captain Morgan
• Flame in the Streets1961 · as Jacko Palmer
• The Parent Trap1961 · as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
• The Singer Not the Song1961 · as Father Michael Keogh
• Swiss Family Robinson1960 · as Father
• Escape to Paradise/Water Birds1960
• Tunes of Glory1960 · as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
• Summer of the Seventeenth Doll1959 · as Barney
• Tiger Bay1959 · as Superintendent Graham
• I Was Monty's Double1958 · as Major Harvey
• Ice Cold in Alex1958 · as Captain Anson
• Dunkirk1958 · as Cpl Tubby Binns
• The Vicious Circle1957 · as Dr. Howard Latimer
• Town on Trial1957 · as Supt. Mike Halloran
• It's Great to be Young!1956 · as Dingle
• Around the World in 80 Days1956 · as London Carriage Driver
• The Letter1956 · as Robert Crosbie
• War and Peace1956 · as Platon Karataev
• The Baby and the Battleship1956 · as Puncher Roberts
• Escapade1955 · as John Hampden
• Above Us the Waves1955 · as Commandant Fraser
• The End of the Affair1955 · as Albert Parkis
• The Colditz Story1955 · as Pat Reid
• Hobson's Choice1954 · as William Mossop
• The Long Memory1953 · as Phillip Davidson
• The Gentle Gunman1952 · as Terence Sullivan
• The Way to Wimbledon1952 · as Self - Commentator
• Mr. Denning Drives North1951 · as Tom Denning
• Morning Departure1950 · as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
• The Rocking Horse Winner1949 · as Bassett
• The History of Mr. Polly1949 · as Alfred Polly
• Scott of the Antarctic1948 · as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
• The October Man1947 · as Jim Ackland
• So Well Remembered1947 · as George Boswell
• Great Expectations1946 · as Pip
• Land of Promise1946 · as The Voice
• The Way to the Stars1945 · as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
• Waterloo Road1945 · as Jim Colter
• Total War in Britain1945 · as Narrator (voice)
• This Happy Breed1944 · as Billy Mitchell
• Information Please1944 · as British Flyer
• Victory Wedding1944 · as Bill Clark
• We Dive at Dawn1943 · as Lt. Taylor RN
• The Sky’s the Limit1943 · as Tom
• The Young Mr. Pitt1942 · as William Wilberforce
• In Which We Serve1942 · as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
• The Black Sheep of Whitehall1942 · as Bobby Jessop
• The Big Blockade1942 · as Tom
• Cottage to Let1941 · as Flt·Lieut. Perry
• Old Bill and Son1941 · as Young Bill
• All Hands1940 · as Jack
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips1939 · as Peter Colley as a Young Man
• Happy Family1939 · as Fred
• The Green Cockatoo1937 · as Jim Connor
• O.H.M.S.1937 · as Cpl. Bert Dawson
• Tudor Rose1936 · as Lord Guilford Dudley
• First Offence1936 · as Johnnie Penrose
• Broadway Gondolier1935
• Brown on Resolution1935 · as Albert Brown
• Royal Cavalcade1935 · as Young Enlistee
• Blind Justice1935 · as Ralph Summers
• Car of Dreams1935 · as Robert Miller
• Charing Cross Road1935 · as Tony
• Doctor's Orders1934 · as Ronnie Blake
• The Lash1934 · as Arthur Haughton
• A Political Party1934 · as Tony Smithers
• Those Were the Days1934 · as Bobby Poskett
• The Ghost Camera1933 · as Ernest Elton
• Britannia of Billingsgate1933 · as Fred Bolton
• The Midshipmaid1932 · as Golightly

All TV Shows (29)

• Talking Pictures2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross2001 · as Self
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• Clive Anderson All Talk1996 · as Self
• Martin Chuzzlewit1994 · as Mr Chuffey
• Perfect Scoundrels1990 · as Praeger
• A Tale of Two Cities1989 · as Jarvis Lorry
• Around the World in 80 Days1989 · as Faversham
• The Dame Edna Experience1987 · as Self
• Hold the Dream1987 · as Henry Rossiter
• The Best of British Cinema1987 · as Self - Narrator
• A Woman of Substance1985 · as Henry Rossiter
• Hotel1982
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• Young at Heart1980 · as Albert Collyer
• Quatermass1979 · as Bernard Quatermass
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Sam Morrissey
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as William Perkins
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as The Man
• Late Night Story1978 · as self
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• The Love Boat1977 · as Bertram MacDonald
• The Zoo Gang1974 · as Thomas "The Elephant" Devon
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• Nanny and the Professor1970 · as Uncle Alfred
• Dundee and the Culhane1967 · as Dundee
• The Danny Kaye Show1963 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• Producers' Showcase1954 · as Robert Crosbie