
John Mills
Known for Acting · 152 credits
- Born
- 1908-02-22
- Died
- 2005-04-23
- Place of birth
- The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
- Also known as
- Lewis Ernest Watts Mills · Sir John Mills · Sir John Mills, CBE · Johnny Mills · Джон Миллз
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
TV Shows (27)

The Love Boat
1977
as Bertram MacDonald

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

Hotel
1982

Wogan
1982
as Self

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Sam Morrissey / William Perkins / The Man

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

Parkinson
1998
as Self

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Robert Crosbie

The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self

Nanny and the Professor
1970
as Uncle Alfred

A Woman of Substance
1985
as Henry Rossiter

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self

Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)

Around the World in 80 Days
1989
as Faversham

Hold the Dream
1987
as Henry Rossiter

Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Praeger

Martin Chuzzlewit
1994
as Mr Chuffey

The Dame Edna Experience
1987
as Self

Dundee and the Culhane
1967
as Dundee

The Zoo Gang
1974
as Thomas "The Elephant" Devon
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996
as Self

Quatermass
1979
as Bernard Quatermass

A Tale of Two Cities
1989
as Jarvis Lorry

The Best of British Cinema
1987
as Self - Narrator

Young at Heart
1980
as Albert Collyer
Late Night Story
1978
as self
Movies (125)

Bean
1997
as Chairman

The Parent Trap
1961
as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)

Gandhi
1982
as Lord Chelmsford

Who's That Girl
1987
as Montgomery Bell

Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as London Carriage Driver

Great Expectations
1946
as Pip

Operation Crossbow
1965
as General Boyd

War and Peace
1956
as Platon Karataev

Sahara
1983
as Cambridge

Hamlet
1996
as Old King Norway

Swiss Family Robinson
1960
as Father

Cats
1998
as Gus the Theatre Cat

Zulu Dawn
1979
as Sir Henry Bartle Frere

Dr. Strange
1978
as Thomas Lindmer

Bright Young Things
2003
as Gentleman

Dunkirk
1958
as Cpl Tubby Binns

Brown on Resolution
1935
as Albert Brown

Broadway Gondolier
1935

King Rat
1965
as Smedley-Taylor

Hobson's Choice
1954
as William Mossop

Night of the Fox
1990
as Brig. Dougal Munro

The Big Sleep
1978
as Inspector Carson

In Which We Serve
1942
as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake

Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig

When the Wind Blows
1986
as Jim Bloggs (voice)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self – Interviewee

Escapade
1955
as John Hampden

Scott of the Antarctic
1948
as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.

Tiger Bay
1959
as Superintendent Graham

Ice Cold in Alex
1958
as Captain Anson

Young Winston
1972
as General Kitchner

The End of the Affair
1955
as Albert Parkis

Tiara Tahiti
1962
as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey

I Was Monty's Double
1958
as Major Harvey
Ending Up
1989
as Bernard

Frankenstein
1993
as De Lacey

The Thirty Nine Steps
1978
as Scudder

Oklahoma Crude
1973
as Cleon Doyle

The Baby and the Battleship
1956
as Puncher Roberts

Murder with Mirrors
1985
as Lewis Serrocold

Ryan's Daughter
1970
as Michael

We Dive at Dawn
1943
as Lt. Taylor RN

The Devil's Advocate
1977
as Monsignor Blaise Meredith

Above Us the Waves
1955
as Commandant Fraser

This Happy Breed
1944
as Billy Mitchell

Harnessing Peacocks
1993
as Bernard Quigley
Happy Family
1939
as Fred

Emma Hamilton
1968
as Lord William Hamilton

The Grotesque
1995
as Sir Edward Cleghorn

Chuka
1967
as Colonel Stuart Valois

Deadly Advice
1994
as Jack the Ripper

Tunes of Glory
1960
as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)

The Human Factor
1975
as Mike McAllister

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
as Peter Colley as a Young Man

The Wrong Box
1966
as Masterman Finsbury

Flame in the Streets
1961
as Jacko Palmer

It's Great to be Young!
1956
as Dingle

The Way to Wimbledon
1952
as Self - Commentator

Mr. Denning Drives North
1951
as Tom Denning

The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
as Sir Lawrence Dobson

Run Wild, Run Free
1969
as The Moorman (Colonel)

Tudor Rose
1936
as Lord Guilford Dudley

The Midshipmaid
1932
as Golightly

A Black Veil for Lisa
1968
as Inspector Franz Bulon
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
as Self

The Vicious Circle
1957
as Dr. Howard Latimer

The Chalk Garden
1964
as Maitland

The Way to the Stars
1945
as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose

O.H.M.S.
1937
as Cpl. Bert Dawson

The Family Way
1966
as Ezra Fitton

Dulcima
1971
as Mr. Parker

The Colditz Story
1955
as Pat Reid

The Truth About Spring
1965
as Tommy Tyler

The Green Cockatoo
1937
as Jim Connor

The History of Mr. Polly
1949
as Alfred Polly

Forever Ealing
2002
as Self

Cottage to Let
1941
as Flt·Lieut. Perry

Town on Trial
1957
as Supt. Mike Halloran

The Gentle Gunman
1952
as Terence Sullivan

The Valiant
1962
as Captain Morgan

Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
as Canning

The Long Memory
1953
as Phillip Davidson

First Offence
1936
as Johnnie Penrose

The October Man
1947
as Jim Ackland

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self

The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
as William Wilberforce

Trial by Combat
1976
as Colonel Bertie Cook

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988
as Self (uncredited)

The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942
as Bobby Jessop

The Masks of Death
1984
as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator

Land of Promise
1946
as The Voice

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959
as Barney

Africa: Texas Style!
1967
as Wing Commander Hayes

Waterloo Road
1945
as Jim Colter

The Big Blockade
1942
as Tom

The Singer Not the Song
1961
as Father Michael Keogh

Those Were the Days
1934
as Bobby Poskett

Morning Departure
1950
as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong

Adam's Woman
1970
as Sir Philip MacDonald

The Big Freeze
1993
as Dapper man
Britannia of Billingsgate
1933
as Fred Bolton
The Sky’s the Limit
1943
as Tom

So Well Remembered
1947
as George Boswell

A Political Party
1934
as Tony Smithers
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
1983
as Self

The Ghost Camera
1933
as Ernest Elton

The Quatermass Conclusion
1979
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Car of Dreams
1935
as Robert Miller

Royal Cavalcade
1935
as Young Enlistee

The Gentleman Thief
2001
as Arthur Rosehip

Old Bill and Son
1941
as Young Bill

All Hands
1940
as Jack

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002
as Self (archive)

The Rocking Horse Winner
1949
as Bassett

A Profile of In Which We Serve
2000
as Interviewee
Victory Wedding
1944
as Bill Clark
Blind Justice
1935
as Ralph Summers
Information Please
1944
as British Flyer

Doctor's Orders
1934
as Ronnie Blake
About John Mills
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. With 152 credits spanning from 1932 to 2013, John Mills has appeared in 125 films and 27 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Mills Movies
- Bean (1997) — as Chairman
- The Parent Trap (1961) — as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
- Gandhi (1982) — as Lord Chelmsford
- Who's That Girl (1987) — as Montgomery Bell
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — as London Carriage Driver
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