Acting
John Mills
EN, FR, DE, IT cinema · 127 credits
Born
22 February 1908
Died
23 April 2005 (aged 97)
Birthplace
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
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
Filmography
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
Bright Young Things
as Gentleman
Forever Ealing
as Self
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
as Self (archive)
The Gentleman Thief
as Arthur Rosehip
A Profile of In Which We Serve
as Interviewee
Cats
as Gus the Theatre Cat
Bean
as Chairman
Hamlet
as Old King Norway
The Grotesque
as Sir Edward Cleghorn
Deadly Advice
as Jack the Ripper
Frankenstein
as De Lacey
The Big Freeze
as Dapper man
Harnessing Peacocks
as Bernard Quigley
Night of the Fox
as Brig. Dougal Munro
Ending Up
1989
Ending Up
as Bernard
The Lady and the Highwayman
as Sir Lawrence Dobson
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Self (uncredited)
Who's That Girl
as Montgomery Bell
When the Wind Blows
as Jim Bloggs (voice)
Murder with Mirrors
as Lewis Serrocold
The Masks of Death
as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
Sahara
as Cambridge
Gandhi
as Lord Chelmsford
The Quatermass Conclusion
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Zulu Dawn
as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
The Big Sleep
as Inspector Carson
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Scudder
Dr. Strange
as Thomas Lindmer
The Devil's Advocate
as Monsignor Blaise Meredith
Trial by Combat
as Colonel Bertie Cook
The Human Factor
as Mike McAllister
Oklahoma Crude
as Cleon Doyle
Young Winston
as General Kitchner
Lady Caroline Lamb
as Canning
Dulcima
as Mr. Parker
Ryan's Daughter
as Michael
Adam's Woman
as Sir Philip MacDonald
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Run Wild, Run Free
as The Moorman (Colonel)
Emma Hamilton
as Lord William Hamilton
A Black Veil for Lisa
as Inspector Franz Bulon
Chuka
as Colonel Stuart Valois
Africa: Texas Style!
as Wing Commander Hayes
The Wrong Box
as Masterman Finsbury
The Family Way
as Ezra Fitton
Sky West and Crooked
Director
King Rat
as Smedley-Taylor
Operation Crossbow
as General Boyd
The Truth About Spring
as Tommy Tyler
The Chalk Garden
as Maitland
Tiara Tahiti
as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
The Valiant
as Captain Morgan
The Singer Not the Song
as Father Michael Keogh
Flame in the Streets
as Jacko Palmer
The Parent Trap
as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
Tunes of Glory
as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
Swiss Family Robinson
as Father
Tiger Bay
as Superintendent Graham
Ice Cold in Alex
as Captain Anson
Dunkirk
as Cpl Tubby Binns
I Was Monty's Double
as Major Harvey
Town on Trial
as Supt. Mike Halloran
The Vicious Circle
as Dr. Howard Latimer
War and Peace
as Platon Karataev
The Baby and the Battleship
as Puncher Roberts
Around the World in 80 Days
as London Carriage Driver
It's Great to be Young!
as Dingle
The Letter
1956
The Letter
as Robert Crosbie
Above Us the Waves
as Commandant Fraser
The Colditz Story
as Pat Reid
The End of the Affair
as Albert Parkis
Escapade
as John Hampden
Hobson's Choice
as William Mossop
The Long Memory
as Phillip Davidson
The Gentle Gunman
as Terence Sullivan
The Way to Wimbledon
as Self - Commentator
Mr. Denning Drives North
as Tom Denning
Morning Departure
as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
The Rocking Horse Winner
as Bassett, Producer
The History of Mr. Polly
as Alfred Polly
Scott of the Antarctic
as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
The October Man
as Jim Ackland
So Well Remembered
as George Boswell
Land of Promise
as The Voice
The Way to the Stars
as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
Waterloo Road
as Jim Colter
Total War in Britain
1945
Total War in Britain
as Narrator (voice)
This Happy Breed
as Billy Mitchell
Victory Wedding
1944
Victory Wedding
as Bill Clark
Information Please
1944
Information Please
as British Flyer
We Dive at Dawn
as Lt. Taylor RN
In Which We Serve
as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
as Bobby Jessop
The Young Mr. Pitt
as William Wilberforce
Cottage to Let
as Flt·Lieut. Perry
Old Bill and Son
as Young Bill
All Hands
as Jack
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Peter Colley as a Young Man
The Green Cockatoo
as Jim Connor
O.H.M.S.
as Cpl. Bert Dawson
Tudor Rose
as Lord Guilford Dudley
First Offence
as Johnnie Penrose
Royal Cavalcade
as Young Enlistee
Car of Dreams
as Robert Miller
Brown on Resolution
as Albert Brown
Blind Justice
1935
Blind Justice
as Ralph Summers
Those Were the Days
as Bobby Poskett
Doctor's Orders
as Ronnie Blake
A Political Party
as Tony Smithers
The Lash
1934
The Lash
as Arthur Haughton
Britannia of Billingsgate
as Fred Bolton
The Ghost Camera
as Ernest Elton
The Midshipmaid
as Golightly