John Mills

Cast

John Mills

Acting

Known for

Acting

Born

1908-02-22

From

The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK

Died

2005-04-23

Also known as Lewis Ernest Watts Mills, Sir John Mills, Sir John Mills, CBE

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.

Bean
6.5
MOVIE1997

Bean

as Chairman

Great Expectations
7.3
MOVIE1946

Great Expectations

as Pip

The Parent Trap
7.0
MOVIE1961

The Parent Trap

as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)

Gandhi
7.6
MOVIE1982

Gandhi

as Lord Chelmsford

Who's That Girl
5.5
MOVIE1987

Who's That Girl

as Montgomery Bell

Around the World in 80 Days
6.7
MOVIE1956

Around the World in 80 Days

as London Carriage Driver

Operation Crossbow
6.7
MOVIE1965

Operation Crossbow

as General Boyd

War and Peace
6.6
MOVIE1956

War and Peace

as Platon Karataev

Sahara
5.7
MOVIE1983

Sahara

as Cambridge

Zulu Dawn
6.1
MOVIE1979

Zulu Dawn

as Sir Henry Bartle Frere

Cats
7.2
MOVIE1998

Cats

as Gus the Theatre Cat

Hamlet
7.3
MOVIE1996

Hamlet

as Old King Norway

Dr. Strange
6.0
MOVIE1978

Dr. Strange

as Thomas Lindmer

Swiss Family Robinson
6.9
MOVIE1960

Swiss Family Robinson

as Father

Bright Young Things
6.3
MOVIE2003

Bright Young Things

as Gentleman

King Rat
7.1
MOVIE1965

King Rat

as Smedley-Taylor

Broadway Gondolier
6.0
MOVIE1935

Broadway Gondolier

Dunkirk
6.8
MOVIE1958

Dunkirk

as Cpl Tubby Binns

Escapade
5.6
MOVIE1955

Escapade

as John Hampden

Brown on Resolution
6.3
MOVIE1935

Brown on Resolution

as Albert Brown

Oh! What a Lovely War
6.7
MOVIE1969

Oh! What a Lovely War

as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig

Hobson's Choice
7.4
MOVIE1954

Hobson's Choice

as William Mossop

Scott of the Antarctic
7.2
MOVIE1948

Scott of the Antarctic

as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.

Young Winston
6.2
MOVIE1972

Young Winston

as General Kitchner

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
6.6
MOVIE2010

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

as Self – Interviewee

Ending Up
MOVIE1989

Ending Up

as Bernard

Happy Family
MOVIE1939

Happy Family

as Fred

When the Wind Blows
7.4
MOVIE1986

When the Wind Blows

as Jim Bloggs (voice)

The Big Sleep
5.9
MOVIE1978

The Big Sleep

as Inspector Carson

The Devil's Advocate
7.3
MOVIE1977

The Devil's Advocate

as Monsignor Blaise Meredith

Tiger Bay
7.2
MOVIE1959

Tiger Bay

as Superintendent Graham

I Was Monty's Double
6.9
MOVIE1958

I Was Monty's Double

as Major Harvey

Ice Cold in Alex
7.3
MOVIE1958

Ice Cold in Alex

as Captain Anson

Frankenstein
6.9
MOVIE1993

Frankenstein

as De Lacey

Above Us the Waves
6.2
MOVIE1955

Above Us the Waves

as Commandant Fraser

Tiara Tahiti
6.2
MOVIE1962

Tiara Tahiti

as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey

Night of the Fox
6.1
MOVIE1990

Night of the Fox

as Brig. Dougal Munro

Emma Hamilton
4.4
MOVIE1968

Emma Hamilton

as Lord William Hamilton

In Which We Serve
6.8
MOVIE1942

In Which We Serve

as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake

Ryan's Daughter
7.1
MOVIE1970

Ryan's Daughter

as Michael

Forever Ealing
7.2
MOVIE2002

Forever Ealing

as Self

The Thirty Nine Steps
6.8
MOVIE1978

The Thirty Nine Steps

as Scudder

Oklahoma Crude
6.1
MOVIE1973

Oklahoma Crude

as Cleon Doyle

Run Wild, Run Free
6.3
MOVIE1969

Run Wild, Run Free

as The Moorman (Colonel)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
7.4
MOVIE1939

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as Peter Colley as a Young Man

The Baby and the Battleship
6.4
MOVIE1956

The Baby and the Battleship

as Puncher Roberts

This Happy Breed
7.1
MOVIE1944

This Happy Breed

as Billy Mitchell

Murder with Mirrors
6.5
MOVIE1985

Murder with Mirrors

as Lewis Serrocold

The Wrong Box
6.5
MOVIE1966

The Wrong Box

as Masterman Finsbury

Chuka
6.3
MOVIE1967

Chuka

as Colonel Stuart Valois

The End of the Affair
5.8
MOVIE1955

The End of the Affair

as Albert Parkis

Tunes of Glory
7.1
MOVIE1960

Tunes of Glory

as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)

The Lady and the Highwayman
5.1
MOVIE1988

The Lady and the Highwayman

as Sir Lawrence Dobson

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
8.0
MOVIE1985

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

as Self

The Grotesque
5.4
MOVIE1995

The Grotesque

as Sir Edward Cleghorn

Tudor Rose
8.1
MOVIE1936

Tudor Rose

as Lord Guilford Dudley

A Black Veil for Lisa
5.8
MOVIE1968

A Black Veil for Lisa

as Inspector Franz Bulon

Mr. Denning Drives North
6.4
MOVIE1951

Mr. Denning Drives North

as Tom Denning

We Dive at Dawn
6.4
MOVIE1943

We Dive at Dawn

as Lt. Taylor RN

The Colditz Story
6.8
MOVIE1955

The Colditz Story

as Pat Reid

The Chalk Garden
7.2
MOVIE1964

The Chalk Garden

as Maitland

The Truth About Spring
6.9
MOVIE1965

The Truth About Spring

as Tommy Tyler

O.H.M.S.
4.7
MOVIE1937

O.H.M.S.

as Cpl. Bert Dawson

The Human Factor
5.8
MOVIE1975

The Human Factor

as Mike McAllister

The Gentle Gunman
6.5
MOVIE1952

The Gentle Gunman

as Terence Sullivan

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
7.0
MOVIE2000

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as Self

The Family Way
6.7
MOVIE1966

The Family Way

as Ezra Fitton

It's Great to be Young!
6.8
MOVIE1956

It's Great to be Young!

as Dingle

The Singer Not the Song
6.4
MOVIE1961

The Singer Not the Song

as Father Michael Keogh

Dulcima
7.3
MOVIE1971

Dulcima

as Mr. Parker

The Way to the Stars
6.1
MOVIE1945

The Way to the Stars

as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
6.8
MOVIE1959

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

as Barney

Adam's Woman
6.9
MOVIE1970

Adam's Woman

as Sir Philip MacDonald

Cottage to Let
6.7
MOVIE1941

Cottage to Let

as Flt·Lieut. Perry

The Midshipmaid
7.0
MOVIE1932

The Midshipmaid

as Golightly

The Masks of Death
5.4
MOVIE1984

The Masks of Death

as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator

The Valiant
8.3
MOVIE1962

The Valiant

as Captain Morgan

Flame in the Streets
6.3
MOVIE1961

Flame in the Streets

as Jacko Palmer

The History of Mr. Polly
7.6
MOVIE1949

The History of Mr. Polly

as Alfred Polly

The Vicious Circle
6.5
MOVIE1957

The Vicious Circle

as Dr. Howard Latimer

The Way to Wimbledon
MOVIE1952

The Way to Wimbledon

as Self - Commentator

The Young Mr. Pitt
6.2
MOVIE1942

The Young Mr. Pitt

as William Wilberforce

Town on Trial
6.5
MOVIE1957

Town on Trial

as Supt. Mike Halloran

Lady Caroline Lamb
5.9
MOVIE1972

Lady Caroline Lamb

as Canning

Deadly Advice
4.7
MOVIE1994

Deadly Advice

as Jack the Ripper

The Black Sheep of Whitehall
8.2
MOVIE1942

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

as Bobby Jessop

Britannia of Billingsgate
7.0
MOVIE1933

Britannia of Billingsgate

as Fred Bolton

Morning Departure
6.9
MOVIE1950

Morning Departure

as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong

The October Man
6.2
MOVIE1947

The October Man

as Jim Ackland

Those Were the Days
8.3
MOVIE1934

Those Were the Days

as Bobby Poskett

Harnessing Peacocks
5.0
MOVIE1993

Harnessing Peacocks

as Bernard Quigley

Africa: Texas Style!
9.0
MOVIE1967

Africa: Texas Style!

as Wing Commander Hayes

Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
MOVIE1983

Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

as Self

The Ghost Camera
6.3
MOVIE1933

The Ghost Camera

as Ernest Elton

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
MOVIE1988

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

as Self (uncredited)

Waterloo Road
6.0
MOVIE1945

Waterloo Road

as Jim Colter

First Offence
8.0
MOVIE1936

First Offence

as Johnnie Penrose

The Gentleman Thief
MOVIE2001

The Gentleman Thief

as Arthur Rosehip

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
MOVIE2003

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

Land of Promise
8.0
MOVIE1946

Land of Promise

as The Voice

So Well Remembered
5.0
MOVIE1947

So Well Remembered

as George Boswell

The Big Blockade
6.7
MOVIE1942

The Big Blockade

as Tom

Trial by Combat
7.8
MOVIE1976

Trial by Combat

as Colonel Bertie Cook

The Quatermass Conclusion
4.2
MOVIE1979

The Quatermass Conclusion

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

The Long Memory
6.7
MOVIE1953

The Long Memory

as Phillip Davidson

The Big Freeze
6.7
MOVIE1993

The Big Freeze

as Dapper man

Royal Cavalcade
8.0
MOVIE1935

Royal Cavalcade

as Young Enlistee

Blind Justice
7.0
MOVIE1935

Blind Justice

as Ralph Summers

The Green Cockatoo
5.9
MOVIE1937

The Green Cockatoo

as Jim Connor

The Rocking Horse Winner
6.5
MOVIE1949

The Rocking Horse Winner

as Bassett

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
MOVIE2002

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

as Self (archive)

Victory Wedding
8.0
MOVIE1944

Victory Wedding

as Bill Clark

A Political Party
9.0
MOVIE1934

A Political Party

as Tony Smithers

Total War in Britain
8.5
MOVIE1945

Total War in Britain

as Narrator (voice)

Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
MOVIE1960

Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

Information Please
MOVIE1944

Information Please

as British Flyer

Old Bill and Son
6.6
MOVIE1941

Old Bill and Son

as Young Bill

The Sky’s the Limit
MOVIE1943

The Sky’s the Limit

as Tom

All Hands
8.0
MOVIE1940

All Hands

as Jack

A Profile of In Which We Serve
MOVIE2000

A Profile of In Which We Serve

as Interviewee

The Wind and the Bomb
8.5
MOVIE1986

The Wind and the Bomb

Doctor's Orders
6.5
MOVIE1934

Doctor's Orders

as Ronnie Blake

The Lash
7.0
MOVIE1934

The Lash

as Arthur Haughton

Charing Cross Road
7.0
MOVIE1935

Charing Cross Road

as Tony

Car of Dreams
6.1
MOVIE1935

Car of Dreams

as Robert Miller

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