Acting

Miles Malleson

Born 1888-05-24 · Croydon, Surrey, England

Died 1969-03-15

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).

Credits

Newest first

Yours Unfaithfully
Writer
2021
Conflict
Writer
2020
You Must Be Joking
as Salesman
1965
Victoria Regina
as Conyngham
1964
Murder Ahoy
as Bishop
1964
First Men in the Moon
as Dymchurch Registrar
1964
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Quince
1964
A Jolly Bad Fellow
as Dr. Woolley
1964
Call Me Bwana
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
1963
Heavens Above!
as Bishop Rockeby
1963
The Brain
as Dr. Miller
1962
The Phantom of the Opera
as 2nd Cabby
1962
Go to Blazes
as Salesman
1962
Postman's Knock
as Psychiatrist
1962
The Bing Crosby Show
as Self
1961
Double Bunk
as Rev. Thomas
1961
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
as Duke of Avon
1961
The Hellfire Club
as Judge
1961
Sunday-Night Play
Writer
1960
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
as Assistant Curator
1960
The Brides of Dracula
as Dr. Tobler
1960
Peeping Tom
as Elderly Gentleman Customer
1960
Kidnapped
as Mr. Rankeillor
1960
And the Same to You
as Bishop
1960
I'm All Right Jack
as Windrush Sr., Stanley's father
1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Bishop Frankland
1959
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Resident Advisor Davidson
1959
The Captain's Table
as Canon Swingler
1959
Bachelor of Hearts
as Dr. Butson
1958
Behind the Mask
as Sir Oswald Pettiford
1958
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Quince
1958
Dracula
as Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
1958
Gideon's Day
as The Judge
1958
Happy Is the Bride
as 1st Magistrate
1958
Barnacle Bill
as Angler
1957
The Naked Truth
as Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
1957
Campbell's Kingdom
as (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
1957
The Admirable Crichton
as Vicar
1957
Brothers in Law
as Kendall Grimes Q.C.
1957
Three Men in a Boat
as 2nd Old Gentleman
1956
Dry Rot
as Country Gentleman
1956
The Silken Affair
as Mr. Blucher
1956
The Buccaneers
as Josiah Parkerhouse
1956
The Man Who Never Was
as Scientist
1956
Private's Progress
as Mr. Windrush Sr.
1956
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Albertus
1955
Television Playhouse
as Uncle Simon
1955
Geordie
as Lord Paunceton
1955
King's Rhapsody
as Jules
1955
The Captain's Paradise
as Lawrence St. James
1953
Folly to Be Wise
as Dr. Hector McAdam
1952
Venetian Bird
as Grespi
1952
Trent's Last Case
as Burton Cupples
1952
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Canon Chasuble
1952
Treasure Hunt
as Mr. Walsh
1952
The Happy Family
as Mr. Thwaites
1952
The Woman's Angle
as A. Secrett
1952
The Magic Box
as Orchestra Conductor
1952
Scrooge
as Old Joe
1951
The Man in the White Suit
as The Tailor
1951
Stage Fright
as Mr. Fortesque
1950
Golden Salamander
as Douvet
1950
Sunday Night Theatre
as Quince
1950
Kind Hearts and Coronets
as The Hangman
1949
The Perfect Woman
as Prof. Ernest Belman
1949
Cardboard Cavalier
as Judge Gorebucket
1949
The Queen of Spades
as Tchybukin
1949
Train of Events
as Johnson, the Timekeeper
1949
Woman Hater
as Vicar
1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Lord of Misrule
1948
Bond Street
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1948
One Night with You
as Jailer
1948
Idol of Paris
as Offenbach
1948
While the Sun Shines
as Horton
1947
Land of Promise
as Mr. Know-All
1946
Land of Promise
Writer
1946
Journey Together
as (uncredited)
1945
Dead of Night
as Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
1945
Yellow Canary
Screenplay
1943
The Demi-Paradise
as Theatre Cashier
1943