Acting
Miles Malleson
EN, DE, FR cinema · 121 credits
Born
24 May 1888
Died
15 March 1969 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Croydon, Surrey, England
Also known as Майлс Моллесон · William Miles Malleson
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).
Known for
Filmography
You Must Be Joking
as Salesman
Murder Ahoy
as Bishop
First Men in the Moon
as Dymchurch Registrar
A Jolly Bad Fellow
as Dr. Woolley
Heavens Above!
as Bishop Rockeby
Call Me Bwana
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
The Phantom of the Opera
as 2nd Cabby
Postman's Knock
as Psychiatrist
The Brain
as Dr. Miller
Go to Blazes
as Salesman
The Hellfire Club
as Judge
Double Bunk
as Rev. Thomas
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
as Duke of Avon
Peeping Tom
as Elderly Gentleman Customer
The Brides of Dracula
as Dr. Tobler
Kidnapped
as Mr. Rankeillor
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
as Assistant Curator
And the Same to You
as Bishop
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Bishop Frankland
I'm All Right Jack
as Windrush Sr., Stanley's father
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Resident Advisor Davidson
The Captain's Table
as Canon Swingler
Happy Is the Bride
as 1st Magistrate
Behind the Mask
as Sir Oswald Pettiford
Bachelor of Hearts
as Dr. Butson
Dracula
as Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
Gideon's Day
as The Judge
Barnacle Bill
as Angler
Brothers in Law
as Kendall Grimes Q.C.
The Naked Truth
as Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
Campbell's Kingdom
as (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
Private's Progress
as Mr. Windrush Sr.
Dry Rot
as Country Gentleman
The Silken Affair
as Mr. Blucher
Three Men in a Boat
as 2nd Old Gentleman
The Man Who Never Was
as Scientist
King's Rhapsody
as Jules
Geordie
as Lord Paunceton
The Captain's Paradise
as Lawrence St. James
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Canon Chasuble
Trent's Last Case
as Burton Cupples
The Woman's Angle
as A. Secrett
The Happy Family
as Mr. Thwaites
Treasure Hunt
as Mr. Walsh
The Magic Box
as Orchestra Conductor
Folly to Be Wise
as Dr. Hector McAdam
Venetian Bird
as Grespi
Scrooge
as Old Joe
The Man in the White Suit
as The Tailor
Stage Fright
as Mr. Fortesque
Golden Salamander
as Douvet
The Queen of Spades
as Tchybukin
The Perfect Woman
as Prof. Ernest Belman
Cardboard Cavalier
as Judge Gorebucket
Kind Hearts and Coronets
as The Hangman
Train of Events
as Johnson, the Timekeeper
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Lord of Misrule
Bond Street
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Idol of Paris
as Offenbach
Woman Hater
as Vicar
One Night with You
as Jailer
While the Sun Shines
as Horton
Land of Promise
as Mr. Know-All, Writer
Dead of Night
as Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
Journey Together
as (uncredited)
The Demi-Paradise
as Theatre Cashier
The Gentle Sex
as Tran Guard
Yellow Canary
Screenplay
Unpublished Story
as Farmfield
They Flew Alone
as Vacuum Salesman, Screenplay
Thunder Rock
as Chairman of Directors
The First of the Few
Screenplay
Major Barbara
as Morrison
The Thief of Bagdad
as Sultan, Screenplay, Dialogue
For Freedom
1940
For Freedom
as Minor Role
Q Planes
as Minor Role
Sixty Glorious Years
as Wounded Soldier, Writer
Knight Without Armour
as Drunken Red Commissar
Victoria the Great
as Sir James, Writer
Action for Slander
as Minor Role, Screenplay
The Rat
Dialogue
Rhodes of Africa
as Minor Role (uncredited), Dialogue
Tudor Rose
as Jane's Father, Writer
The 39 Steps
as Palladium Manager (uncredited)
Lazybones
as Pessimist, as The Pessimist
Vintage Wine
as Henri Popinot
Peg of Old Drury
as Minor Role (uncredited), Scenario Writer
The Queen's Affair
as The Chancellor, Screenplay
Nell Gwyn
1934
Nell Gwyn
as Chiffinch, Writer
Perfect Understanding
as Announcer, Dialogue, Story
Summer Lightning
1933
Summer Lightning
as Beach, Screenplay
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
as Thaddeus Sholto
Money Means Nothing
1932
Money Means Nothing
as Doorman, Writer
Frail Women
1932
Frail Women
as Registrar
Love on Wheels
as Academy of Music Porter
The Mayor's Nest
as Clerk
The Blue Danube
Actor, Writer
A Night in Montmartre
as Minor Role, Theatre Play
City of Song
as Theater Watchman, Writer
Sally in Our Alley
Screenplay
Night Birds
as Minor Role, Writer
Children of Chance
Actor, Writer
The W Plan
Writer
Two Worlds
Dialogue
The Headmaster
1921
The Headmaster
as Palliser Grantley