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John Mills

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.

Born

Feb 22, 1908

The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK

Died

Apr 23, 2005

Known For

Acting

Movies

126 acting

2 crew

Popularity

2.1

Known For

Sahara
Sahara
1983 • as Cambridge
★ 5.9
Bean
Bean
1997 • as Chairman
★ 6.5
Gandhi
Gandhi
1982 • as Lord Chelmsford
★ 7.6
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
1946 • as Pip
★ 7.3
The Parent Trap
The Parent Trap
1961 • as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 • as London Carriage Driver
★ 6.7
Who's That Girl
Who's That Girl
1987 • as Montgomery Bell
★ 5.5
War and Peace
War and Peace
1956 • as Platon Karataev
★ 6.6
Hamlet
Hamlet
1996 • as Old King Norway
★ 7.3
Forever Ealing
Forever Ealing
2002 • as Self
★ 7.2
Chuka
Chuka
1967 • as Colonel Stuart Valois
★ 6.3
Cats
Cats
1998 • as Gus the Theatre Cat
★ 7.2
Swiss Family Robinson
Swiss Family Robinson
1960 • as Father
★ 6.8
When the Wind Blows
When the Wind Blows
1986 • as Jim Bloggs (voice)
★ 7.5
Escapade
Escapade
1955 • as John Hampden
★ 5.6
Tiara Tahiti
Tiara Tahiti
1962 • as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
★ 6.2
Ryan's Daughter
Ryan's Daughter
1970 • as Michael
★ 7.1
Zulu Dawn
Zulu Dawn
1979 • as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
★ 6.1
movie
Ending Up
1989 • as Bernard
Hobson's Choice
Hobson's Choice
1954 • as William Mossop
★ 7.4
Operation Crossbow
Operation Crossbow
1965 • as General Boyd
★ 6.7
Run Wild, Run Free
Run Wild, Run Free
1969 • as The Moorman (Colonel)
★ 6.2
movie
Information Please
1944 • as British Flyer
movie
Victory Wedding
1944 • as Bill Clark
★ 8.0
movie
The Letter
1956 • as Robert Crosbie
★ 1.0
The Human Factor
The Human Factor
1975 • as Mike McAllister
★ 5.8
This Happy Breed
This Happy Breed
1944 • as Billy Mitchell
★ 7.1
Ice Cold in Alex
Ice Cold in Alex
1958 • as Captain Anson
★ 7.3
Dr. Strange
Dr. Strange
1978 • as Thomas Lindmer
★ 6.0
Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 • as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
★ 6.6
Night of the Fox
Night of the Fox
1990 • as Brig. Dougal Munro
★ 6.1
The Thirty Nine Steps
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978 • as Scudder
★ 6.7
The Colditz Story
The Colditz Story
1955 • as Pat Reid
★ 6.8
Dunkirk
Dunkirk
1958 • as Cpl Tubby Binns
★ 6.9
Africa: Texas Style!
Africa: Texas Style!
1967 • as Wing Commander Hayes
★ 9.0
movie
Brown on Resolution
Brown on Resolution
1935 • as Albert Brown
★ 6.2
In Which We Serve
In Which We Serve
1942 • as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
★ 6.7
Above Us the Waves
Above Us the Waves
1955 • as Commandant Fraser
★ 6.1
I Was Monty's Double
I Was Monty's Double
1958 • as Major Harvey
★ 6.9
Scott of the Antarctic
Scott of the Antarctic
1948 • as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
★ 7.2
King Rat
King Rat
1965 • as Smedley-Taylor
★ 7.1
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
1978 • as Inspector Carson
★ 5.9
Young Winston
Young Winston
1972 • as General Kitchner
★ 6.2
Tiger Bay
Tiger Bay
1959 • as Superintendent Graham
★ 7.2
The Big Freeze
The Big Freeze
1993 • as Dapper man
★ 6.7
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939 • as Peter Colley as a Young Man
★ 7.4
The Lady and the Highwayman
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988 • as Sir Lawrence Dobson
★ 5.1
Bright Young Things
Bright Young Things
2003 • as Gentleman
★ 6.3
A Black Veil for Lisa
A Black Veil for Lisa
1968 • as Inspector Franz Bulon
★ 5.8
The Wrong Box
The Wrong Box
1966 • as Masterman Finsbury
★ 6.4
The Devil's Advocate
The Devil's Advocate
1977 • as Monsignor Blaise Meredith
★ 7.3
The Masks of Death
The Masks of Death
1984 • as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
★ 5.4
The Family Way
The Family Way
1966 • as Ezra Fitton
★ 6.7
The Grotesque
The Grotesque
1995 • as Sir Edward Cleghorn
★ 5.4
Murder with Mirrors
Murder with Mirrors
1985 • as Lewis Serrocold
★ 6.5
The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair
1955 • as Albert Parkis
★ 5.8
The Chalk Garden
The Chalk Garden
1964 • as Maitland
★ 7.2
The Truth About Spring
The Truth About Spring
1965 • as Tommy Tyler
★ 6.9
The Way to Wimbledon
The Way to Wimbledon
1952 • as Self - Commentator
The Young Mr. Pitt
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942 • as William Wilberforce
★ 6.2
Emma Hamilton
Emma Hamilton
1968 • as Lord William Hamilton
★ 4.4
We Dive at Dawn
We Dive at Dawn
1943 • as Lt. Taylor RN
★ 6.3
The Singer Not the Song
The Singer Not the Song
1961 • as Father Michael Keogh
★ 6.4
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010 • as Self – Interviewee
★ 6.7
The Way to the Stars
The Way to the Stars
1945 • as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
★ 6.0
Tunes of Glory
Tunes of Glory
1960 • as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
★ 7.0
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
1993 • as De Lacey
★ 6.8
Lady Caroline Lamb
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972 • as Canning
★ 5.9
Town on Trial
Town on Trial
1957 • as Supt. Mike Halloran
★ 6.5
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942 • as Bobby Jessop
★ 8.2
The Quatermass Conclusion
The Quatermass Conclusion
1979 • as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
★ 4.2
Mr. Denning Drives North
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951 • as Tom Denning
★ 6.4
It's Great to be Young!
It's Great to be Young!
1956 • as Dingle
★ 6.8
Doctor's Orders
Doctor's Orders
1934 • as Ronnie Blake
★ 6.5
The Baby and the Battleship
The Baby and the Battleship
1956 • as Puncher Roberts
★ 6.4
The October Man
The October Man
1947 • as Jim Ackland
★ 6.2
O.H.M.S.
O.H.M.S.
1937 • as Cpl. Bert Dawson
★ 4.7
Oklahoma Crude
Oklahoma Crude
1973 • as Cleon Doyle
★ 6.1
Flame in the Streets
Flame in the Streets
1961 • as Jacko Palmer
★ 6.3
Dulcima
Dulcima
1971 • as Mr. Parker
★ 7.3
The History of Mr. Polly
The History of Mr. Polly
1949 • as Alfred Polly
★ 7.5
Morning Departure
Morning Departure
1950 • as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
★ 6.9
Deadly Advice
Deadly Advice
1994 • as Jack the Ripper
★ 4.7
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988 • as Self (uncredited)
The Rocking Horse Winner
The Rocking Horse Winner
1949 • as Bassett
★ 6.5
A Profile of In Which We Serve
A Profile of In Which We Serve
2000 • as Interviewee
The Valiant
The Valiant
1962 • as Captain Morgan
★ 8.3
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
★ 7.0
Cottage to Let
Cottage to Let
1941 • as Flt·Lieut. Perry
★ 6.7
Trial by Combat
Trial by Combat
1976 • as Colonel Bertie Cook
★ 7.8
Tudor Rose
Tudor Rose
1936 • as Lord Guilford Dudley
★ 8.1
The Ghost Camera
The Ghost Camera
1933 • as Ernest Elton
★ 6.3
The Midshipmaid
The Midshipmaid
1932 • as Golightly
★ 7.0
The Vicious Circle
The Vicious Circle
1957 • as Dr. Howard Latimer
★ 6.5
The Long Memory
The Long Memory
1953 • as Phillip Davidson
★ 6.7
Britannia of Billingsgate
Britannia of Billingsgate
1933 • as Fred Bolton
★ 7.0
Old Bill and Son
Old Bill and Son
1941 • as Young Bill
★ 6.6
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
★ 6.8
Those Were the Days
Those Were the Days
1934 • as Bobby Poskett
★ 8.3
Car of Dreams
Car of Dreams
1935 • as Robert Miller
★ 6.1
The Gentleman Thief
The Gentleman Thief
2001 • as Arthur Rosehip
Waterloo Road
Waterloo Road
1945 • as Jim Colter
★ 6.0
First Offence
First Offence
1936 • as Johnnie Penrose
★ 8.0
So Well Remembered
So Well Remembered
1947 • as George Boswell
★ 5.2
Harnessing Peacocks
Harnessing Peacocks
1993 • as Bernard Quigley
★ 5.0
Royal Cavalcade
Royal Cavalcade
1935 • as Young Enlistee
★ 8.0
The Big Blockade
The Big Blockade
1942 • as Tom
★ 6.7
Adam's Woman
Adam's Woman
1970 • as Sir Philip MacDonald
★ 6.9
Land of Promise
Land of Promise
1946 • as The Voice
★ 8.0
The Gentle Gunman
The Gentle Gunman
1952 • as Terence Sullivan
★ 6.5
movie
Total War in Britain
1945 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 8.5
The Green Cockatoo
The Green Cockatoo
1937 • as Jim Connor
★ 5.9
movie
The Sky’s the Limit
1943 • as Tom
All Hands
All Hands
1940 • as Jack
★ 8.0
movie
The Lash
1934 • as Arthur Haughton
★ 7.0
movie
Charing Cross Road
1935 • as Tony
★ 7.0
A Political Party
A Political Party
1934 • as Tony Smithers
★ 9.0
movie
Blind Justice
1935 • as Ralph Summers
★ 7.0
movie
Happy Family
1939 • as Fred