John Mills
Actor · 1908–2005 · The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
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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.
Acted in 123
2000s
- 2003
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
Movie
- 2001
The Gentleman Thief
Arthur Rosehip
- 2000
A Profile of In Which We Serve
Interviewee
1990s
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
The Grotesque
Sir Edward Cleghorn
- 1994
Deadly Advice
Jack the Ripper
- 1993
Frankenstein
De Lacey
Harnessing Peacocks
Bernard Quigley
The Big Freeze
Dapper man
- 1990
Night of the Fox
Brig. Dougal Munro
Perfect Scoundrels
Praeger · 1 episode
1980s
- 1989
A Tale of Two Cities
Jarvis Lorry · 2 episodes
- 1988
- 1987
Hold the Dream
Henry Rossiter · 4 episodes
- 1986
The Wind and the Bomb
Movie
- 1985
Murder with Mirrors
Lewis Serrocold
- 1984
The Masks of Death
Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
- 1983
- 1982
- 1980
Young at Heart
Albert Collyer · 19 episodes
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
Dr. Strange
Thomas Lindmer
- 1977
The Devil's Advocate
Monsignor Blaise Meredith
- 1976
- 1975
- 1974
The Zoo Gang
Thomas "The Elephant" Devon · 6 episodes
- 1973
Oklahoma Crude
Cleon Doyle
- 1972
Lady Caroline Lamb
Canning
Young Winston
General Kitchner
- 1971
Dulcima
Mr. Parker
- 1970
Adam's Woman
Sir Philip MacDonald
1960s
- 1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
- 1968
Emma Hamilton
Lord William Hamilton
A Black Veil for Lisa
Inspector Franz Bulon
- 1967
Dundee and the Culhane
Dundee · 13 episodes
Chuka
Colonel Stuart Valois
Africa: Texas Style!
Wing Commander Hayes
- 1966
The Wrong Box
Masterman Finsbury
- 1965
The Truth About Spring
Tommy Tyler
- 1964
The Chalk Garden
Maitland
- 1962
Tiara Tahiti
Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
The Valiant
Captain Morgan
- 1961
Flame in the Streets
Jacko Palmer
The Singer Not the Song
Father Michael Keogh
- 1960
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
Movie
1950s
- 1959
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Barney
Tiger Bay
Superintendent Graham
- 1958
Ice Cold in Alex
Captain Anson
Dunkirk
Cpl Tubby Binns
- 1957
Town on Trial
Supt. Mike Halloran
- 1956
It's Great to be Young!
Dingle
The Baby and the Battleship
Puncher Roberts
- 1955
Above Us the Waves
Commandant Fraser
The End of the Affair
Albert Parkis
The Colditz Story
Pat Reid
- 1954
- 1953
The Long Memory
Phillip Davidson
- 1952
The Gentle Gunman
Terence Sullivan
- 1951
Mr. Denning Drives North
Tom Denning
- 1950
Morning Departure
Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
1940s
- 1949
The Rocking Horse Winner
Bassett
- 1948
- 1947
The October Man
Jim Ackland
So Well Remembered
George Boswell
- 1946
Land of Promise
The Voice
- 1945
The Way to the Stars
Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
Waterloo Road
Jim Colter
- 1944
This Happy Breed
Billy Mitchell
- 1943
- 1942
The Young Mr. Pitt
William Wilberforce
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Bobby Jessop
The Big Blockade
Tom
- 1941
Cottage to Let
Flt·Lieut. Perry
Old Bill and Son
Young Bill
- 1940
All Hands
Jack
1930s
- 1939
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Peter Colley as a Young Man
- 1937
The Green Cockatoo
Jim Connor
O.H.M.S.
Cpl. Bert Dawson
- 1936
Tudor Rose
Lord Guilford Dudley
First Offence
Johnnie Penrose
- 1935
Broadway Gondolier
Movie
Brown on Resolution
Albert Brown
Royal Cavalcade
Young Enlistee
Car of Dreams
Robert Miller
- 1934
Doctor's Orders
Ronnie Blake
A Political Party
Tony Smithers
Those Were the Days
Bobby Poskett
- 1933
The Ghost Camera
Ernest Elton
Britannia of Billingsgate
Fred Bolton
- 1932
The Midshipmaid
Golightly
Produced 1
1940s
- 1949
The Rocking Horse Winner
Producer
Directed 1
1960s
- 1966
Sky West and Crooked
Director
Appearances17
2010s
- 2013
- 2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee
2000s
- 2002
Forever Ealing
Self
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Self (archive)
- 2001
- 2000
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self
1990s
- 1998
1980s
- 1988
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Self (uncredited)
- 1987
The Dame Edna Experience
Self · 1 episode
The Best of British Cinema
Self - Narrator · 48 episodes
- 1982
1970s
- 1978
- 1973
1950s
- 1952
The Way to Wimbledon
Self - Commentator
