John Mills
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 22 February 1908 · The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
- Died
- 23 April 2005
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
Acting 127
- 2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff as Self – Interviewee
- 2003Bright Young Things as Gentleman
- 2003The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
- 2002Forever Ealing as Self
- 2002Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making as Self (archive)
- 2001The Gentleman Thief as Arthur Rosehip
- 2000Sir John Mills' Moving Memories as Self
- 2000A Profile of In Which We Serve as Interviewee
- 1998Cats as Gus the Theatre Cat
- 1997Bean as Chairman
- 1996Hamlet as Old King Norway
- 1995The Grotesque as Sir Edward Cleghorn
- 1994Deadly Advice as Jack the Ripper
- 1993Frankenstein as De Lacey
- 1993Harnessing Peacocks as Bernard Quigley
- 1993The Big Freeze as Dapper man
- 1992The South Bank Show: Noël Coward as Self
- 1990Night of the Fox as Brig. Dougal Munro
- 1989Ending Up as Bernard
- 1988One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage as Self (uncredited)
- 1988The Lady and the Highwayman as Sir Lawrence Dobson
- 1987Who's That Girl as Montgomery Bell
- 1986When the Wind Blows as Jim Bloggs (voice)
- 1986The Wind and the Bomb
- 1985Murder with Mirrors as Lewis Serrocold
- 1985The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio as Self
- 1984The Masks of Death as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
- 1983Sahara as Cambridge
- 1983Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi as Self
- 1982Gandhi as Lord Chelmsford
- 1979The Quatermass Conclusion as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
- 1979Zulu Dawn as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
- 1978The Thirty Nine Steps as Scudder
- 1978Dr. Strange as Thomas Lindmer
- 1978The Big Sleep as Inspector Carson
- 1977The Devil's Advocate as Monsignor Blaise Meredith
- 1976Trial by Combat as Colonel Bertie Cook
- 1975The Human Factor as Mike McAllister
- 1973Oklahoma Crude as Cleon Doyle
- 1972Lady Caroline Lamb as Canning
- 1972Young Winston as General Kitchner
- 1971Dulcima as Mr. Parker
- 1970Ryan's Daughter as Michael
- 1970Adam's Woman as Sir Philip MacDonald
- 1969Run Wild, Run Free as The Moorman (Colonel)
- 1969Oh! What a Lovely War as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
- 1968Emma Hamilton as Lord William Hamilton
- 1968A Black Veil for Lisa as Inspector Franz Bulon
- 1967Chuka as Colonel Stuart Valois
- 1967Africa: Texas Style! as Wing Commander Hayes
- 1966The Family Way as Ezra Fitton
- 1966The Wrong Box as Masterman Finsbury
- 1965King Rat as Smedley-Taylor
- 1965Operation Crossbow as General Boyd
- 1965The Truth About Spring as Tommy Tyler
- 1964The Chalk Garden as Maitland
- 1962Tiara Tahiti as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
- 1962The Valiant as Captain Morgan
- 1961Flame in the Streets as Jacko Palmer
- 1961The Parent Trap as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
- 1961The Singer Not the Song as Father Michael Keogh
- 1960Swiss Family Robinson as Father
- 1960Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
- 1960Tunes of Glory as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
- 1959Summer of the Seventeenth Doll as Barney
- 1959Tiger Bay as Superintendent Graham
- 1958I Was Monty's Double as Major Harvey
- 1958Ice Cold in Alex as Captain Anson
- 1958Dunkirk as Cpl Tubby Binns
- 1957The Vicious Circle as Dr. Howard Latimer
- 1957Town on Trial as Supt. Mike Halloran
- 1956It's Great to be Young! as Dingle
- 1956Around the World in 80 Days as London Carriage Driver
- 1956The Letter as Robert Crosbie
- 1956War and Peace as Platon Karataev
- 1956The Baby and the Battleship as Puncher Roberts
- 1955Escapade as John Hampden
- 1955Above Us the Waves as Commandant Fraser
- 1955The End of the Affair as Albert Parkis
- 1955The Colditz Story as Pat Reid
- 1954Hobson's Choice as William Mossop
- 1953The Long Memory as Phillip Davidson
- 1952The Gentle Gunman as Terence Sullivan
- 1952The Way to Wimbledon as Self - Commentator
- 1951Mr. Denning Drives North as Tom Denning
- 1950Morning Departure as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
- 1949The Rocking Horse Winner as Bassett
- 1949The History of Mr. Polly as Alfred Polly
- 1948Scott of the Antarctic as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
- 1947The October Man as Jim Ackland
- 1947So Well Remembered as George Boswell
- 1946Great Expectations as Pip
- 1946Land of Promise as The Voice
- 1945The Way to the Stars as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
- 1945Waterloo Road as Jim Colter
- 1945Total War in Britain as Narrator (voice)
- 1944This Happy Breed as Billy Mitchell
- 1944Information Please as British Flyer
- 1944Victory Wedding as Bill Clark
- 1943We Dive at Dawn as Lt. Taylor RN
- 1943The Sky’s the Limit as Tom
- 1942The Young Mr. Pitt as William Wilberforce
- 1942In Which We Serve as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
- 1942The Black Sheep of Whitehall as Bobby Jessop
- 1942The Big Blockade as Tom
- 1941Cottage to Let as Flt·Lieut. Perry
- 1941Old Bill and Son as Young Bill
- 1940All Hands as Jack
- 1939Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Peter Colley as a Young Man
- 1939Happy Family as Fred
- 1937The Green Cockatoo as Jim Connor
- 1937O.H.M.S. as Cpl. Bert Dawson
- 1936Tudor Rose as Lord Guilford Dudley
- 1936First Offence as Johnnie Penrose
- 1935Broadway Gondolier
- 1935Brown on Resolution as Albert Brown
- 1935Royal Cavalcade as Young Enlistee
- 1935Blind Justice as Ralph Summers
- 1935Car of Dreams as Robert Miller
- 1935Charing Cross Road as Tony
- 1934Doctor's Orders as Ronnie Blake
- 1934The Lash as Arthur Haughton
- 1934A Political Party as Tony Smithers
- 1934Those Were the Days as Bobby Poskett
- 1933The Ghost Camera as Ernest Elton
- 1933Britannia of Billingsgate as Fred Bolton
- 1932The Midshipmaid as Golightly
Directing 1
- 1966Sky West and Crooked · director
Production 1
- 1949The Rocking Horse Winner · producer