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John Mills

Acting
Known For

97 Years Old

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.

Born

The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK on 22nd February 1908

Died

23rd April 2005

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The Love Boat Image
The Love Boat
Bertram MacDonald
Wogan Image
Wogan
Self
The Merv Griffin Show Image
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Parkinson Image
Parkinson
Self
Tales of the Unexpected Image
Tales of the Unexpected
The Man
Tales of the Unexpected Image
Tales of the Unexpected
William Perkins
Tales of the Unexpected Image
Tales of the Unexpected
Sam Morrissey
Hotel Image
Hotel
An Audience with... Image
An Audience with...
Self
The Valiant Image
The Valiant
Captain Morgan
Tiger Bay Image
Tiger Bay
Superintendent Graham
Hamlet Image
Hamlet
Old King Norway
First Offence Image
First Offence
Johnnie Penrose
Above Us the Waves Image
Above Us the Waves
Commandant Fraser
Car of Dreams Image
Car of Dreams
Robert Miller
The Midshipmaid Image
The Midshipmaid
Golightly
Harnessing Peacocks Image
Harnessing Peacocks
Bernard Quigley
Brown on Resolution Image
Brown on Resolution
Albert Brown
Goodbye, Mr. Chips Image
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Peter Colley as a Young Man
I Was Monty's Double Image
I Was Monty's Double
Major Harvey
Nanny and the Professor Image
Nanny and the Professor
Uncle Alfred
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Image
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
The Gentle Gunman Image
The Gentle Gunman
Terence Sullivan
Frankenstein Image
Frankenstein
De Lacey
Cats Image
Cats
Gus the Theatre Cat
Gandhi Image
Gandhi
Lord Chelmsford
The Danny Kaye Show Image
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
Young Winston Image
Young Winston
General Kitchner
War and Peace Image
War and Peace
Platon Karataev
The Ghost Camera Image
The Ghost Camera
Ernest Elton
Oh! What a Lovely War Image
Oh! What a Lovely War
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Great Expectations Image
Great Expectations
Pip
Forever Ealing Image
Forever Ealing
Self
The Human Factor Image
The Human Factor
Mike McAllister
Chuka Image
Chuka
Colonel Stuart Valois
The Young Mr. Pitt Image
The Young Mr. Pitt
William Wilberforce
A Political Party Image
A Political Party
Tony Smithers
Bean Image
Bean
Chairman
Oklahoma Crude Image
Oklahoma Crude
Cleon Doyle
Operation Crossbow Image
Operation Crossbow
General Boyd
Tiara Tahiti Image
Tiara Tahiti
Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
Adam's Woman Image
Adam's Woman
Sir Philip MacDonald
Talking Pictures Image
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
The Grotesque Image
The Grotesque
Sir Edward Cleghorn
Escapade Image
Escapade
John Hampden
So Well Remembered Image
So Well Remembered
George Boswell
Who's That Girl Image
Who's That Girl
Montgomery Bell
The Parent Trap Image
The Parent Trap
Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
Tudor Rose Image
Tudor Rose
Lord Guilford Dudley
Tunes of Glory Image
Tunes of Glory
Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
Night of the Fox Image
Night of the Fox
Brig. Dougal Munro
The American Film Institute Salute to ... Image
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
The Big Blockade Image
The Big Blockade
Tom
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Britannia of Billingsgate
Fred Bolton
O.H.M.S. Image
O.H.M.S.
Cpl. Bert Dawson
The Big Freeze Image
The Big Freeze
Dapper man
Doctor's Orders Image
Doctor's Orders
Ronnie Blake
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Ending Up
Bernard
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Producers' Showcase
Robert Crosbie
Sahara Image
Sahara
Cambridge
Those Were the Days Image
Those Were the Days
Bobby Poskett
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The History of Mr. Polly
Alfred Polly
A Woman of Substance Image
A Woman of Substance
Henry Rossiter
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Victory Wedding
Bill Clark
Around the World in 80 Days Image
Around the World in 80 Days
Faversham
The Dame Edna Experience Image
The Dame Edna Experience
Self
Lady Caroline Lamb Image
Lady Caroline Lamb
Canning
Hobson's Choice Image
Hobson's Choice
William Mossop
We Dive at Dawn Image
We Dive at Dawn
Lt. Taylor RN
King Rat Image
King Rat
Smedley-Taylor
Dunkirk Image
Dunkirk
Cpl Tubby Binns
Martin Chuzzlewit Image
Martin Chuzzlewit
Mr. Chuffey
Around the World in 80 Days Image
Around the World in 80 Days
London Carriage Driver
Dundee and the Culhane Image
Dundee and the Culhane
Dundee
Swiss Family Robinson Image
Swiss Family Robinson
Father
This Happy Breed Image
This Happy Breed
Billy Mitchell
Run Wild, Run Free Image
Run Wild, Run Free
The Moorman (Colonel)
The Zoo Gang Image
The Zoo Gang
Thomas "The Elephant" Devon
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Clive Anderson All Talk
Self
Bright Young Things Image
Bright Young Things
Gentleman
Quatermass Image
Quatermass
Bernard Quatermass
Africa: Texas Style! Image
Africa: Texas Style!
Wing Commander Hayes
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The Lash
Arthur Haughton
In Which We Serve Image
In Which We Serve
Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
Morning Departure Image
Morning Departure
Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
No Image
Perfect Scoundrels
Praeger
Old Bill and Son Image
Old Bill and Son
Young Bill
The Big Sleep Image
The Big Sleep
Inspector Carson
When the Wind Blows Image
When the Wind Blows
Jim Bloggs (voice)
Murder with Mirrors Image
Murder with Mirrors
Lewis Serrocold
Town on Trial Image
Town on Trial
Supt. Mike Halloran
No Image
Happy Family
Fred
Ice Cold in Alex Image
Ice Cold in Alex
Captain Anson
The Thirty Nine Steps Image
The Thirty Nine Steps
Scudder
Ryan's Daughter Image
Ryan's Daughter
Michael
Dr. Strange Image
Dr. Strange
Thomas Lindmer
Zulu Dawn Image
Zulu Dawn
Sir Henry Bartle Frere
The Family Way Image
The Family Way
Ezra Fitton
The Devil's Advocate Image
The Devil's Advocate
Monsignor Blaise Meredith
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Image
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee
The Lady and the Highwayman Image
The Lady and the Highwayman
Sir Lawrence Dobson
A Tale of Two Cities Image
A Tale of Two Cities
Jarvis Lorry
Scott of the Antarctic Image
Scott of the Antarctic
Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
The Green Cockatoo Image
The Green Cockatoo
Jim Connor
A Black Veil for Lisa Image
A Black Veil for Lisa
Inspector Franz Bulon
The End of the Affair Image
The End of the Affair
Albert Parkis
Emma Hamilton Image
Emma Hamilton
Lord William Hamilton
The Wrong Box Image
The Wrong Box
Masterman Finsbury
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Late Night Story
self
The Baby and the Battleship Image
The Baby and the Battleship
Puncher Roberts
The October Man Image
The October Man
Jim Ackland
The Colditz Story Image
The Colditz Story
Pat Reid
No Image
Information Please
British Flyer
Hold the Dream Image
Hold the Dream
Henry Rossiter
No Image
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Self
The Way to the Stars Image
The Way to the Stars
Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
The Long Memory Image
The Long Memory
Phillip Davidson
The Best of British Cinema Image
The Best of British Cinema
Self - Narrator
Flame in the Streets Image
Flame in the Streets
Jacko Palmer
Broadway Gondolier Image
Broadway Gondolier
Trial by Combat Image
Trial by Combat
Colonel Bertie Cook
The Chalk Garden Image
The Chalk Garden
Maitland
The Singer Not the Song Image
The Singer Not the Song
Father Michael Keogh
The Truth About Spring Image
The Truth About Spring
Tommy Tyler
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Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Self
Cottage to Let Image
Cottage to Let
Flt·Lieut. Perry
Royal Cavalcade Image
Royal Cavalcade
Young Enlistee
Deadly Advice Image
Deadly Advice
Jack the Ripper
The Black Sheep of Whitehall Image
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Bobby Jessop
The Vicious Circle Image
The Vicious Circle
Dr. Howard Latimer
Waterloo Road Image
Waterloo Road
Jim Colter
Young at Heart Image
Young at Heart
Albert Collyer
The Way to Wimbledon Image
The Way to Wimbledon
Self - Commentator
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds Image
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
Mr. Denning Drives North Image
Mr. Denning Drives North
Tom Denning
The Masks of Death Image
The Masks of Death
Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
Dulcima Image
Dulcima
Mr. Parker
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories Image
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self
The Quatermass Conclusion Image
The Quatermass Conclusion
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
It's Great to be Young! Image
It's Great to be Young!
Dingle
No Image
Charing Cross Road
Tony
A Profile of In Which We Serve Image
A Profile of In Which We Serve
Interviewee
The Rocking Horse Winner Image
The Rocking Horse Winner
Bassett
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The Sky’s the Limit
Tom
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough Image
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
Land of Promise Image
Land of Promise
The Voice
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Image
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Barney
All Hands Image
All Hands
Jack
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making Image
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Self (archive)
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage Image
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Self (uncredited)
The Gentleman Thief Image
The Gentleman Thief
Arthur Rosehip
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Blind Justice
Ralph Summers
The Wind and the Bomb Image
The Wind and the Bomb
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Total War in Britain
Narrator (voice)