From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
| Birth Location | The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK |
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| Born | 1908-02-22 |
| Died | 2005-04-23 |
Movies
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
2010
Bright Young Things
as Gentleman
2003
Forever Ealing
as Self
2002
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
Bean
as Chairman
1997
Hamlet
as Old King Norway
1996
The Grotesque
as Sir Edward Cleghorn
1995
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
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward
as Self
1992
Night of the Fox
as Brig. Dougal Munro
1990
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
Who's That Girl
as Montgomery Bell
1987
When the Wind Blows
as Jim Bloggs (voice)
1986
Murder with Mirrors
as Lewis Serrocold
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
The Quatermass Conclusion
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
1979
Zulu Dawn
as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
1979
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Scudder
1978
Dr. Strange
as Thomas Lindmer
1978
The Big Sleep
as Inspector Carson
1978
The Devil's Advocate
as Monsignor Blaise Meredith
1977
Trial by Combat
as Colonel Bertie Cook
1976
The Human Factor
as Mike McAllister
1975
Oklahoma Crude
as Cleon Doyle
1973
Lady Caroline Lamb
as Canning
1972
Young Winston
as General Kitchner
1972
Dulcima
as Mr. Parker
1971
Adam's Woman
as Sir Philip MacDonald
1970
Ryan's Daughter
as Michael
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
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
King Rat
as Smedley-Taylor
1965
Operation Crossbow
as General Boyd
1965
The Truth About Spring
as Tommy Tyler
1965
The Chalk Garden
as Maitland
1964
Tiara Tahiti
as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
1962
The Valiant
as Captain Morgan
1962
Flame in the Streets
as Jacko Palmer
1961
The Parent Trap
as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
1961
The Singer Not the Song
as Father Michael Keogh
1961
Swiss Family Robinson
as Father
1960
Tunes of Glory
as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
1960
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
as Barney
1959
Tiger Bay
as Superintendent Graham
1959
I Was Monty's Double
as Major Harvey
1958
Ice Cold in Alex
as Captain Anson
1958
Dunkirk
as Cpl Tubby Binns
1958
The Vicious Circle
as Dr. Howard Latimer
1957
Town on Trial
as Supt. Mike Halloran
1957
It's Great to be Young!
as Dingle
1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
as London Carriage Driver
1956
War and Peace
as Platon Karataev
1956
The Baby and the Battleship
as Puncher Roberts
1956
Escapade
as John Hampden
1955
Above Us the Waves
as Commandant Fraser
1955
The End of the Affair
as Albert Parkis
1955
The Colditz Story
as Pat Reid
1955
Hobson's Choice
as William Mossop
1954
The Long Memory
as Phillip Davidson
1953
The Gentle Gunman
as Terence Sullivan
1952
The Way to Wimbledon
as Self - Commentator
1952
Mr. Denning Drives North
as Tom Denning
1951
Morning Departure
as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
1950
The Rocking Horse Winner
as Bassett
1949
The History of Mr. Polly
as Alfred Polly
1949
Scott of the Antarctic
as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
1948
The October Man
as Jim Ackland
1947
So Well Remembered
as George Boswell
1947
Great Expectations
as Pip
1946
Land of Promise
as The Voice
1946
The Way to the Stars
as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
1945
Waterloo Road
as Jim Colter
1945
Total War in Britain
as Narrator (voice)
1945
This Happy Breed
as Billy Mitchell
1944
Information Please
as British Flyer
1944
Victory Wedding
as Bill Clark
1944
We Dive at Dawn
as Lt. Taylor RN
1943
The Sky’s the Limit
as Tom
1943
The Young Mr. Pitt
as William Wilberforce
1942
In Which We Serve
as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
1942
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
as Bobby Jessop
1942
The Big Blockade
as Tom
1942
Cottage to Let
as Flt·Lieut. Perry
1941
Old Bill and Son
as Young Bill
1941
All Hands
as Jack
1940
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Peter Colley as a Young Man
1939
Happy Family
as Fred
1939
The Green Cockatoo
as Jim Connor
1937
O.H.M.S.
as Cpl. Bert Dawson
1937
Tudor Rose
as Lord Guilford Dudley
1936
1935
Brown on Resolution
as Albert Brown
1935
Royal Cavalcade
as Young Enlistee
1935
Blind Justice
as Ralph Summers
1935
Car of Dreams
as Robert Miller
1935
Charing Cross Road
as Tony
1935
Doctor's Orders
as Ronnie Blake
1934
The Lash
as Arthur Haughton
1934
A Political Party
as Tony Smithers
1934
Those Were the Days
as Bobby Poskett
1934
The Ghost Camera
as Ernest Elton
1933
Britannia of Billingsgate
as Fred Bolton
1933
The Midshipmaid
as Golightly
1932
