Acting

John Mills

Born 1908-02-22 · The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK

Died 2005-04-23

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.

Credits

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Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
2010
Bright Young Things
as Gentleman
2003
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
Forever Ealing
as Self
2002
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
as Self (archive)
2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self
2001
The Gentleman Thief
as Arthur Rosehip
2001
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self
2000
A Profile of In Which We Serve
as Interviewee
2000
Cats
as Gus the Theatre Cat
1998
Parkinson
as Self
1998
Bean
as Chairman
1997
Hamlet
as Old King Norway
1996
Clive Anderson All Talk
as Self
1996
The Grotesque
as Sir Edward Cleghorn
1995
Martin Chuzzlewit
as Mr Chuffey
1994
Deadly Advice
as Jack the Ripper
1994
Frankenstein
as De Lacey
1993
Harnessing Peacocks
as Bernard Quigley
1993
The Big Freeze
as Dapper man
1993
Night of the Fox
as Brig. Dougal Munro
1990
Perfect Scoundrels
as Praeger
1990
A Tale of Two Cities
as Jarvis Lorry
1989
Around the World in 80 Days
as Faversham
1989
Ending Up
as Bernard
1989
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Self (uncredited)
1988
The Lady and the Highwayman
as Sir Lawrence Dobson
1988
The Dame Edna Experience
as Self
1987
Who's That Girl
as Montgomery Bell
1987
Hold the Dream
as Henry Rossiter
1987
The Best of British Cinema
as Self - Narrator
1987
When the Wind Blows
as Jim Bloggs (voice)
1986
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
Murder with Mirrors
as Lewis Serrocold
1985
A Woman of Substance
as Henry Rossiter
1985
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
1985
The Masks of Death
as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
1984
Sahara
as Cambridge
1983
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
as Self
1983
Gandhi
as Lord Chelmsford
1982
Hotel
1982
Wogan
as Self
1982
Young at Heart
as Albert Collyer
1980
The Quatermass Conclusion
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
1979
Quatermass
as Bernard Quatermass
1979
Zulu Dawn
as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
as Sam Morrissey
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
as William Perkins
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
as The Man
1979
Late Night Story
as self
1978
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Scudder
1978
Dr. Strange
as Thomas Lindmer
1978
The Big Sleep
as Inspector Carson
1978
The South Bank Show
1978
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
The Devil's Advocate
as Monsignor Blaise Meredith
1977
The Love Boat
as Bertram MacDonald
1977
Trial by Combat
as Colonel Bertie Cook
1976
The Human Factor
as Mike McAllister
1975
The Zoo Gang
as Thomas "The Elephant" Devon
1974
Oklahoma Crude
as Cleon Doyle
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
Lady Caroline Lamb
as Canning
1972
Young Winston
as General Kitchner
1972
Dulcima
as Mr. Parker
1971
Ryan's Daughter
as Michael
1970
Adam's Woman
as Sir Philip MacDonald
1970
Nanny and the Professor
as Uncle Alfred
1970
Run Wild, Run Free
as The Moorman (Colonel)
1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
1969
Emma Hamilton
as Lord William Hamilton
1968
A Black Veil for Lisa
as Inspector Franz Bulon
1968
Dundee and the Culhane
as Dundee
1967
Chuka
as Colonel Stuart Valois
1967
Africa: Texas Style!
as Wing Commander Hayes
1967
The Family Way
as Ezra Fitton
1966
The Wrong Box
as Masterman Finsbury
1966
Sky West and Crooked
Director
1966
King Rat
as Smedley-Taylor
1965