John Mills
Known for Acting · 153 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
Wogan
1982
as Self
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Sam Morrissey / William Perkins / The Man
Hotel
1982
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
Parkinson
1998
as Self
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
A Woman of Substance
1985
as Henry Rossiter
Nanny and the Professor
1970
as Uncle Alfred
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Robert Crosbie
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
as Faversham
The Best of British Cinema
1987
as Self - Narrator
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Praeger
The Dame Edna Experience
1987
as Self
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994
as Mr Chuffey
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996
as Self
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
as Dundee
The Zoo Gang
1974
as Thomas "The Elephant" Devon
Hold the Dream
1987
as Henry Rossiter
Quatermass
1979
as Bernard Quatermass
Late Night Story
1978
as self
Young at Heart
1980
as Albert Collyer
A Tale of Two Cities
1989
as Jarvis Lorry
Movies (126)
Who's That Girl
1987
as Montgomery Bell
The Parent Trap
1961
as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as London Carriage Driver
I Was Monty's Double
1958
as Major Harvey
Bean
1997
as Chairman
Sahara
1983
as Cambridge
Gandhi
1982
as Lord Chelmsford
War and Peace
1956
as Platon Karataev
Great Expectations
1946
as Pip
Cats
1998
as Gus the Theatre Cat
Tiara Tahiti
1962
as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
Hamlet
1996
as Old King Norway
Swiss Family Robinson
1960
as Father
Chuka
1967
as Colonel Stuart Valois
Victory Wedding
1944
as Bill Clark
Ryan's Daughter
1970
as Michael
Bright Young Things
2003
as Gentleman
The Wrong Box
1966
as Masterman Finsbury
When the Wind Blows
1986
as Jim Bloggs (voice)
Zulu Dawn
1979
as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Young Winston
1972
as General Kitchner
In Which We Serve
1942
as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Hobson's Choice
1954
as William Mossop
Run Wild, Run Free
1969
as The Moorman (Colonel)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
as Peter Colley as a Young Man
Brown on Resolution
1935
as Albert Brown
Escapade
1955
as John Hampden
Night of the Fox
1990
as Brig. Dougal Munro
This Happy Breed
1944
as Billy Mitchell
Oklahoma Crude
1973
as Cleon Doyle
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
as Sir Lawrence Dobson
Operation Crossbow
1965
as General Boyd
Dr. Strange
1978
as Thomas Lindmer
The Letter
1956
as Robert Crosbie
The Big Sleep
1978
as Inspector Carson
Murder with Mirrors
1985
as Lewis Serrocold
Information Please
1944
as British Flyer
The Big Freeze
1993
as Dapper man
The Colditz Story
1955
as Pat Reid
Dunkirk
1958
as Cpl Tubby Binns
Forever Ealing
2002
as Self
The Singer Not the Song
1961
as Father Michael Keogh
Ending Up
1989
as Bernard
Ice Cold in Alex
1958
as Captain Anson
It's Great to be Young!
1956
as Dingle
A Black Veil for Lisa
1968
as Inspector Franz Bulon
The History of Mr. Polly
1949
as Alfred Polly
King Rat
1965
as Smedley-Taylor
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
1983
as Self
The Vicious Circle
1957
as Dr. Howard Latimer
Scott of the Antarctic
1948
as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
The Way to Wimbledon
1952
as Self - Commentator
The Chalk Garden
1964
as Maitland
Tiger Bay
1959
as Superintendent Graham
The Grotesque
1995
as Sir Edward Cleghorn
The Human Factor
1975
as Mike McAllister
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978
as Scudder
The Devil's Advocate
1977
as Monsignor Blaise Meredith
Tunes of Glory
1960
as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
The Truth About Spring
1965
as Tommy Tyler
The End of the Affair
1955
as Albert Parkis
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
as William Wilberforce
Africa: Texas Style!
1967
as Wing Commander Hayes
The Family Way
1966
as Ezra Fitton
Town on Trial
1957
as Supt. Mike Halloran
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
as Puncher Roberts
The Long Memory
1953
as Phillip Davidson
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959
as Barney
The Quatermass Conclusion
1979
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Trial by Combat
1976
as Colonel Bertie Cook
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
as Canning
Above Us the Waves
1955
as Commandant Fraser
The Masks of Death
1984
as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self – Interviewee
Deadly Advice
1994
as Jack the Ripper
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942
as Bobby Jessop
The Gentleman Thief
2001
as Arthur Rosehip
Morning Departure
1950
as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
Flame in the Streets
1961
as Jacko Palmer
So Well Remembered
1947
as George Boswell
The Gentle Gunman
1952
as Terence Sullivan
The Way to the Stars
1945
as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
We Dive at Dawn
1943
as Lt. Taylor RN
Emma Hamilton
1968
as Lord William Hamilton
Harnessing Peacocks
1993
as Bernard Quigley
The October Man
1947
as Jim Ackland
The Rocking Horse Winner
1949
as Bassett
The Big Blockade
1942
as Tom
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self
First Offence
1936
as Johnnie Penrose
The Green Cockatoo
1937
as Jim Connor
Dulcima
1971
as Mr. Parker
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
as Self
The Valiant
1962
as Captain Morgan
Cottage to Let
1941
as Flt·Lieut. Perry
Frankenstein
1993
as De Lacey
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951
as Tom Denning
O.H.M.S.
1937
as Cpl. Bert Dawson
The Ghost Camera
1933
as Ernest Elton
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002
as Self (archive)
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960
Tudor Rose
1936
as Lord Guilford Dudley
Broadway Gondolier
1935
Britannia of Billingsgate
1933
as Fred Bolton
The Sky’s the Limit
1943
as Tom
A Political Party
1934
as Tony Smithers
Adam's Woman
1970
as Sir Philip MacDonald
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
Waterloo Road
1945
as Jim Colter
The Lash
1934
as Arthur Haughton
Car of Dreams
1935
as Robert Miller
Those Were the Days
1934
as Bobby Poskett
Land of Promise
1946
as The Voice
The Midshipmaid
1932
as Golightly
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
Happy Family
1939
as Fred
Old Bill and Son
1941
as Young Bill
Doctor's Orders
1934
as Ronnie Blake
Blind Justice
1935
as Ralph Summers
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 153 credits spanning from 1932 to 2013, John Mills has appeared in 126 films and 27 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Mills Movies
- Who's That Girl (1987) — as Montgomery Bell
- The Parent Trap (1961) — as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — as London Carriage Driver
- I Was Monty's Double (1958) — as Major Harvey
- Bean (1997) — as Chairman
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