
John Mills
Known for Acting · 152 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

Hotel
1982

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Sam Morrissey / William Perkins / The Man

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

Parkinson
1998
as Self

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self

The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self

Nanny and the Professor
1970
as Uncle Alfred
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Robert Crosbie

A Woman of Substance
1985
as Henry Rossiter

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self

Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)

Around the World in 80 Days
1989
as Faversham

The Dame Edna Experience
1987
as Self

Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Praeger

Hold the Dream
1987
as Henry Rossiter

Martin Chuzzlewit
1994
as Mr Chuffey

Dundee and the Culhane
1967
as Dundee

The Zoo Gang
1974
as Thomas "The Elephant" Devon
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996
as Self

Quatermass
1979
as Bernard Quatermass

A Tale of Two Cities
1989
as Jarvis Lorry

The Best of British Cinema
1987
as Self - Narrator

Young at Heart
1980
as Albert Collyer
Late Night Story
1978
as self
Movies (125)

Bean
1997
as Chairman

Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as London Carriage Driver

Gandhi
1982
as Lord Chelmsford

The Parent Trap
1961
as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)

Who's That Girl
1987
as Montgomery Bell

Operation Crossbow
1965
as General Boyd

War and Peace
1956
as Platon Karataev

Great Expectations
1946
as Pip

Zulu Dawn
1979
as Sir Henry Bartle Frere

Hamlet
1996
as Old King Norway

Cats
1998
as Gus the Theatre Cat

Swiss Family Robinson
1960
as Father

Dr. Strange
1978
as Thomas Lindmer

Sahara
1983
as Cambridge

King Rat
1965
as Smedley-Taylor

Bright Young Things
2003
as Gentleman

Dunkirk
1958
as Cpl Tubby Binns

Young Winston
1972
as General Kitchner

Broadway Gondolier
1935

Escapade
1955
as John Hampden

The Big Sleep
1978
as Inspector Carson

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self – Interviewee
Happy Family
1939
as Fred

Hobson's Choice
1954
as William Mossop

Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Ending Up
1989
as Bernard

I Was Monty's Double
1958
as Major Harvey

Scott of the Antarctic
1948
as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.

In Which We Serve
1942
as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake

Frankenstein
1993
as De Lacey

Oklahoma Crude
1973
as Cleon Doyle

When the Wind Blows
1986
as Jim Bloggs (voice)

Brown on Resolution
1935
as Albert Brown

Ryan's Daughter
1970
as Michael

Above Us the Waves
1955
as Commandant Fraser

The End of the Affair
1955
as Albert Parkis

Tiger Bay
1959
as Superintendent Graham

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
as Peter Colley as a Young Man

The Baby and the Battleship
1956
as Puncher Roberts

The Thirty Nine Steps
1978
as Scudder

The Devil's Advocate
1977
as Monsignor Blaise Meredith

Emma Hamilton
1968
as Lord William Hamilton

Chuka
1967
as Colonel Stuart Valois
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
as Self

The Wrong Box
1966
as Masterman Finsbury

This Happy Breed
1944
as Billy Mitchell

The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
as Sir Lawrence Dobson

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self

Murder with Mirrors
1985
as Lewis Serrocold

Tiara Tahiti
1962
as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey

Mr. Denning Drives North
1951
as Tom Denning

The Singer Not the Song
1961
as Father Michael Keogh

The Truth About Spring
1965
as Tommy Tyler

Tunes of Glory
1960
as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)

Night of the Fox
1990
as Brig. Dougal Munro

A Black Veil for Lisa
1968
as Inspector Franz Bulon

The Grotesque
1995
as Sir Edward Cleghorn

Ice Cold in Alex
1958
as Captain Anson

Forever Ealing
2002
as Self

The Colditz Story
1955
as Pat Reid

The Chalk Garden
1964
as Maitland

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959
as Barney

Run Wild, Run Free
1969
as The Moorman (Colonel)

O.H.M.S.
1937
as Cpl. Bert Dawson

Deadly Advice
1994
as Jack the Ripper

Town on Trial
1957
as Supt. Mike Halloran

The Family Way
1966
as Ezra Fitton

The Way to the Stars
1945
as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose

We Dive at Dawn
1943
as Lt. Taylor RN

Flame in the Streets
1961
as Jacko Palmer

It's Great to be Young!
1956
as Dingle

The Valiant
1962
as Captain Morgan

The Gentle Gunman
1952
as Terence Sullivan

The Human Factor
1975
as Mike McAllister

Adam's Woman
1970
as Sir Philip MacDonald

Waterloo Road
1945
as Jim Colter

Dulcima
1971
as Mr. Parker

Cottage to Let
1941
as Flt·Lieut. Perry

Tudor Rose
1936
as Lord Guilford Dudley

Trial by Combat
1976
as Colonel Bertie Cook

The Masks of Death
1984
as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator

The Vicious Circle
1957
as Dr. Howard Latimer

The History of Mr. Polly
1949
as Alfred Polly

Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
as Canning

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003

The Midshipmaid
1932
as Golightly

The Big Freeze
1993
as Dapper man

Those Were the Days
1934
as Bobby Poskett

First Offence
1936
as Johnnie Penrose

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988
as Self (uncredited)

The Long Memory
1953
as Phillip Davidson

Harnessing Peacocks
1993
as Bernard Quigley

The October Man
1947
as Jim Ackland

The Big Blockade
1942
as Tom

The Green Cockatoo
1937
as Jim Connor

The Gentleman Thief
2001
as Arthur Rosehip

Land of Promise
1946
as The Voice

Africa: Texas Style!
1967
as Wing Commander Hayes
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
1983
as Self
Britannia of Billingsgate
1933
as Fred Bolton

The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942
as Bobby Jessop

The Way to Wimbledon
1952
as Self - Commentator

Morning Departure
1950
as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong

So Well Remembered
1947
as George Boswell

The Rocking Horse Winner
1949
as Bassett

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002
as Self (archive)

The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
as William Wilberforce

Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960

Royal Cavalcade
1935
as Young Enlistee

The Quatermass Conclusion
1979
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

A Profile of In Which We Serve
2000
as Interviewee

Old Bill and Son
1941
as Young Bill
Total War in Britain
1945
as Narrator (voice)
Information Please
1944
as British Flyer

The Wind and the Bomb
1986

All Hands
1940
as Jack
Victory Wedding
1944
as Bill Clark
Blind Justice
1935
as Ralph Summers
The Sky’s the Limit
1943
as Tom

A Political Party
1934
as Tony Smithers
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 152 credits spanning from 1932 to 2013, John Mills has appeared in 125 films and 27 TV shows.
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Most Popular John Mills Movies
- Bean (1997) — as Chairman
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — as London Carriage Driver
- Gandhi (1982) — as Lord Chelmsford
- The Parent Trap (1961) — as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
- Who's That Girl (1987) — as Montgomery Bell
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