Miles Malleson

Biography

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).

Known For

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Sunday Night Theatre

The Buccaneers

The Thief of Bagdad

Peeping Tom

Dracula

Kind Hearts and Coronets

Scrooge

All Movies (106)

• You Must Be Joking1965 · as Salesman
• Murder Ahoy1964 · as Bishop
• First Men in the Moon1964 · as Dymchurch Registrar
• A Midsummer Night's Dream1964 · as Quince
• A Jolly Bad Fellow1964 · as Dr. Woolley
• Call Me Bwana1963 · as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
• Heavens Above!1963 · as Bishop Rockeby
• The Brain1962 · as Dr. Miller
• The Phantom of the Opera1962 · as 2nd Cabby
• Go to Blazes1962 · as Salesman
• Postman's Knock1962 · as Psychiatrist
• The Bing Crosby Show1961 · as Self
• Double Bunk1961 · as Rev. Thomas
• Fury at Smugglers' Bay1961 · as Duke of Avon
• The Hellfire Club1961 · as Judge
• The Day They Robbed the Bank of England1960 · as Assistant Curator
• The Brides of Dracula1960 · as Dr. Tobler
• Peeping Tom1960 · as Elderly Gentleman Customer
• Kidnapped1960 · as Mr. Rankeillor
• And the Same to You1960 · as Bishop
• I'm All Right Jack1959 · as Windrush Sr., Stanley's father
• The Hound of the Baskervilles1959 · as Bishop Frankland
• Carlton-Browne of the F.O.1959 · as Resident Advisor Davidson
• The Captain's Table1959 · as Canon Swingler
• Bachelor of Hearts1958 · as Dr. Butson
• Behind the Mask1958 · as Sir Oswald Pettiford
• A Midsummer Night's Dream1958 · as Quince
• Dracula1958 · as Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
• Gideon's Day1958 · as The Judge
• Happy Is the Bride1958 · as 1st Magistrate
• Barnacle Bill1957 · as Angler
• The Naked Truth1957 · as Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
• Campbell's Kingdom1957 · as (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
• The Admirable Crichton1957
• Brothers in Law1957 · as Kendall Grimes Q.C.
• Three Men in a Boat1956 · as 2nd Old Gentleman
• Dry Rot1956 · as Country Gentleman
• The Silken Affair1956 · as Mr. Blucher
• The Man Who Never Was1956 · as Scientist
• Private's Progress1956 · as Mr. Windrush Sr.
• Geordie1955 · as Lord Paunceton
• King's Rhapsody1955 · as Jules
• The Captain's Paradise1953 · as Lawrence St. James
• Folly to Be Wise1952 · as Dr. Hector McAdam
• Venetian Bird1952 · as Grespi
• Trent's Last Case1952 · as Burton Cupples
• The Importance of Being Earnest1952 · as Canon Chasuble
• Treasure Hunt1952 · as Mr. Walsh
• The Happy Family1952 · as Mr. Thwaites
• The Woman's Angle1952 · as A. Secrett
• The Magic Box1952 · as Orchestra Conductor
• Scrooge1951 · as Old Joe
• The Man in the White Suit1951 · as The Tailor
• Stage Fright1950 · as Mr. Fortesque
• Golden Salamander1950 · as Douvet
• Kind Hearts and Coronets1949 · as The Hangman
• The Perfect Woman1949 · as Prof. Ernest Belman
• Cardboard Cavalier1949 · as Judge Gorebucket
• The Queen of Spades1949 · as Tchybukin
• Train of Events1949 · as Johnson, the Timekeeper
• Woman Hater1948 · as Vicar
• Saraband for Dead Lovers1948 · as Lord of Misrule
• Bond Street1948 · as Minor Role (uncredited)
• One Night with You1948 · as Jailer
• Idol of Paris1948 · as Offenbach
• While the Sun Shines1947 · as Horton
• Land of Promise1946 · as Mr. Know-All
• Journey Together1945 · as (uncredited)
• Dead of Night1945 · as Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
• The Demi-Paradise1943 · as Theatre Cashier
• The Gentle Sex1943 · as Tran Guard
• Thunder Rock1942 · as Chairman of Directors
• Unpublished Story1942 · as Farmfield
• They Flew Alone1942 · as Vacuum Salesman
• Major Barbara1941 · as Morrison
• For Freedom1940 · as Minor Role
• The Thief of Bagdad1940 · as Sultan
• Q Planes1939 · as Minor Role
• Sixty Glorious Years1938 · as Wounded Soldier
• Victoria the Great1937 · as Sir James
• Knight Without Armour1937 · as Drunken Red Commissar
• Action for Slander1937 · as Minor Role
• Tudor Rose1936 · as Jane's Father
• Rhodes of Africa1936 · as Minor Role (uncredited)
• Peg of Old Drury1935 · as Minor Role (uncredited)
• Lazybones1935 · as Pessimist
• Lazybones1935 · as The Pessimist
• Vintage Wine1935 · as Henri Popinot
• The 39 Steps1935 · as Palladium Manager (uncredited)
• Nell Gwyn1934 · as Chiffinch
• The Queen's Affair1934 · as The Chancellor
• Summer Lightning1933 · as Beach
• Perfect Understanding1933 · as Announcer
• Money Means Nothing1932 · as Doorman
• The Love Contract1932 · as Peters
• Love on Wheels1932 · as Academy of Music Porter
• The Mayor's Nest1932 · as Clerk
• The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case1932 · as Thaddeus Sholto
• Frail Women1932 · as Registrar
• The Blue Danube1932
• A Night in Montmartre1931 · as Minor Role
• City of Song1931 · as Theater Watchman
• Children of Chance1930
• Night Birds1930 · as Minor Role
• Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery1925
• The Headmaster1921 · as Palliser Grantley

All TV Shows (5)

• Victoria Regina1964 · as Conyngham
• The Buccaneers1956 · as Josiah Parkerhouse
• The Adventures of Robin Hood1955 · as Albertus
• Television Playhouse1955 · as Uncle Simon
• Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Quince