John Mills

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

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.

Appearances

Bean
6.5
Bean
Chairman
Gandhi
7.6
Gandhi
Lord Chelmsford
Frankenstein
6.9
Frankenstein
De Lacey
The Big Sleep
5.9
The Big Sleep
Inspector Carson
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
7.0
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self
When the Wind Blows
7.5
When the Wind Blows
Jim Bloggs (voice)
Oh! What a Lovely War
6.7
Oh! What a Lovely War
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
Murder with Mirrors
6.5
Murder with Mirrors
Lewis Serrocold
War and Peace
6.6
War and Peace
Platon Karataev
The Human Factor
5.8
The Human Factor
Mike McAllister
The Green Cockatoo
5.9
The Green Cockatoo
Jim Connor
Cats
7.2
Cats
Gus the Theatre Cat
Who's That Girl
5.5
Who's That Girl
Montgomery Bell
In Which We Serve
6.8
In Which We Serve
Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
The Masks of Death
5.4
The Masks of Death
Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
The Quatermass Conclusion
4.2
The Quatermass Conclusion
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Above Us the Waves
6.2
Above Us the Waves
Commandant Fraser
King Rat
7.1
King Rat
Smedley-Taylor
Operation Crossbow
6.7
Operation Crossbow
General Boyd
Great Expectations
7.3
Great Expectations
Pip
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
7.4
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Peter Colley as a Young Man
The Thirty Nine Steps
6.8
The Thirty Nine Steps
Scudder
Tunes of Glory
7.2
Tunes of Glory
Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
Tiger Bay
7.2
Tiger Bay
Superintendent Graham
The Rocking Horse Winner
6.5
The Rocking Horse Winner
Bassett
Scott of the Antarctic
7.2
Scott of the Antarctic
Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
We Dive at Dawn
6.4
We Dive at Dawn
Lt. Taylor RN
Mr. Denning Drives North
6.4
Mr. Denning Drives North
Tom Denning
The Wrong Box
6.4
The Wrong Box
Masterman Finsbury
The Way to the Stars
6.1
The Way to the Stars
Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
Ice Cold in Alex
7.3
Ice Cold in Alex
Captain Anson
Hobson's Choice
7.4
Hobson's Choice
William Mossop
Ryan's Daughter
7.1
Ryan's Daughter
Michael
The Colditz Story
6.8
The Colditz Story
Pat Reid
Chuka
6.3
Chuka
Colonel Stuart Valois
The Chalk Garden
7.2
The Chalk Garden
Maitland
Young Winston
6.2
Young Winston
General Kitchner
Morning Departure
6.9
Morning Departure
Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
Swiss Family Robinson
6.9
Swiss Family Robinson
Father
Dunkirk
6.8
Dunkirk
Cpl Tubby Binns
The October Man
6.2
The October Man
Jim Ackland
Sahara
5.7
Sahara
Cambridge
Waterloo Road
6.1
Waterloo Road
Jim Colter
Emma Hamilton
4.4
Emma Hamilton
Lord William Hamilton
The Family Way
6.7
The Family Way
Ezra Fitton
This Happy Breed
7.1
This Happy Breed
Billy Mitchell
The Long Memory
6.7
The Long Memory
Phillip Davidson
Dulcima
7.3
Dulcima
Mr. Parker
Dr. Strange
6.0
Dr. Strange
Thomas Lindmer
The Gentle Gunman
6.5
The Gentle Gunman
Terence Sullivan
Cottage to Let
6.7
Cottage to Let
Flt·Lieut. Perry
The History of Mr. Polly
7.6
The History of Mr. Polly
Alfred Polly
Night of the Fox
6.3
Night of the Fox
Brig. Dougal Munro
The End of the Affair
5.8
The End of the Affair
Albert Parkis
The Baby and the Battleship
6.4
The Baby and the Battleship
Puncher Roberts
I Was Monty's Double
6.9
I Was Monty's Double
Major Harvey
Trial by Combat
7.8
Trial by Combat
Colonel Bertie Cook
The Lady and the Highwayman
5.1
The Lady and the Highwayman
Sir Lawrence Dobson
The Singer Not the Song
6.4
The Singer Not the Song
Father Michael Keogh
Run Wild, Run Free
6.3
Run Wild, Run Free
The Moorman (Colonel)
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
6.8
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Barney
Town on Trial
6.5
Town on Trial
Supt. Mike Halloran
The Vicious Circle
6.5
The Vicious Circle
Dr. Howard Latimer
A Black Veil for Lisa
5.8
A Black Veil for Lisa
Inspector Franz Bulon
Britannia of Billingsgate
7.0
Britannia of Billingsgate
Fred Bolton
Tiara Tahiti
6.2
Tiara Tahiti
Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
Royal Cavalcade
8.0
Royal Cavalcade
Young Enlistee
Oklahoma Crude
6.1
Oklahoma Crude
Cleon Doyle
The Valiant
8.3
The Valiant
Captain Morgan
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
8.2
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Bobby Jessop
The Ghost Camera
6.3
The Ghost Camera
Ernest Elton
The Truth About Spring
6.9
The Truth About Spring
Tommy Tyler
Car of Dreams
6.1
Car of Dreams
Robert Miller
O.H.M.S.
4.7
O.H.M.S.
Cpl. Bert Dawson
Escapade
5.6
Escapade
John Hampden
Africa: Texas Style!
9.0
Africa: Texas Style!
Wing Commander Hayes
Those Were the Days
8.3
Those Were the Days
Bobby Poskett
Forever Ealing
7.2
Forever Ealing
Self
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
The Big Blockade
6.7
The Big Blockade
Tom
The Way to Wimbledon
The Way to Wimbledon
Self - Commentator
So Well Remembered
5.0
So Well Remembered
George Boswell
Lady Caroline Lamb
5.9
Lady Caroline Lamb
Canning
Hamlet
7.3
Hamlet
Old King Norway
The Big Freeze
6.7
The Big Freeze
Dapper man
Flame in the Streets
6.3
Flame in the Streets
Jacko Palmer
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Self (uncredited)
The Devil's Advocate
7.3
The Devil's Advocate
Monsignor Blaise Meredith
The Sky’s the Limit
The Sky’s the Limit
Tom
Happy Family
Happy Family
Fred
Brown on Resolution
6.3
Brown on Resolution
Albert Brown
Adam's Woman
6.9
Adam's Woman
Sir Philip MacDonald
Broadway Gondolier
6.0
Broadway Gondolier
The Grotesque
5.4
The Grotesque
Sir Edward Cleghorn
The Midshipmaid
7.0
The Midshipmaid
Golightly
Tudor Rose
8.1
Tudor Rose
Lord Guilford Dudley
Zulu Dawn
6.1
Zulu Dawn
Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Doctor's Orders
6.5
Doctor's Orders
Ronnie Blake
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
8.0
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Self
Old Bill and Son
6.6
Old Bill and Son
Young Bill
A Political Party
9.0
A Political Party
Tony Smithers
Victory Wedding
8.0
Victory Wedding
Bill Clark
Bright Young Things
6.3
Bright Young Things
Gentleman
Harnessing Peacocks
5.0
Harnessing Peacocks
Bernard Quigley
Around the World in 80 Days
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
London Carriage Driver
Ending Up
0.0
Ending Up
Bernard
First Offence
8.0
First Offence
Johnnie Penrose
Charing Cross Road
7.0
Charing Cross Road
Tony
The Parent Trap
7.0
The Parent Trap
Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
The Lash
7.0
The Lash
Arthur Haughton
The Young Mr. Pitt
6.2
The Young Mr. Pitt
William Wilberforce
It's Great to be Young!
6.8
It's Great to be Young!
Dingle
A Profile of In Which We Serve
A Profile of In Which We Serve
Interviewee
Deadly Advice
4.7
Deadly Advice
Jack the Ripper
Land of Promise
8.0
Land of Promise
The Voice
Blind Justice
7.0
Blind Justice
Ralph Summers
All Hands
8.0
All Hands
Jack
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
6.6
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee
Information Please
Information Please
British Flyer
The Wind and the Bomb
8.5
The Wind and the Bomb
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Self
Total War in Britain
8.5
Total War in Britain
Narrator (voice)
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Self (archive)
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
The Gentleman Thief
The Gentleman Thief
Arthur Rosehip
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
6.1
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
Tales of the Unexpected
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
Sam Morrissey
Hotel
6.8
Hotel
The Merv Griffin Show
6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Nanny and the Professor
6.4
Nanny and the Professor
Uncle Alfred
The Zoo Gang
7.8
The Zoo Gang
Thomas "The Elephant" Devon
Dundee and the Culhane
5.3
Dundee and the Culhane
Dundee
A Woman of Substance
7.6
A Woman of Substance
Henry Rossiter
Clive Anderson All Talk
7.5
Clive Anderson All Talk
Self
Young at Heart
Young at Heart
Albert Collyer
The Best of British Cinema
8.0
The Best of British Cinema
Self - Narrator
Perfect Scoundrels
6.0
Perfect Scoundrels
Praeger
Talking Pictures
6.2
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
The Dame Edna Experience
5.0
The Dame Edna Experience
Self
Around the World in 80 Days
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
Faversham
An Audience with...
5.3
An Audience with...
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Wogan
5.3
Wogan
Self
The Love Boat
6.3
The Love Boat
Bertram MacDonald
Quatermass
6.8
Quatermass
Bernard Quatermass
The Danny Kaye Show
7.0
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
Tales of the Unexpected
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
William Perkins
Tales of the Unexpected
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
The Man
Late Night Story
Late Night Story
self
Parkinson
Parkinson
Self
A Tale of Two Cities
5.7
A Tale of Two Cities
Jarvis Lorry
Producers' Showcase
6.8
Producers' Showcase
Robert Crosbie
Martin Chuzzlewit
8.4
Martin Chuzzlewit
Mr Chuffey
Hold the Dream
4.4
Hold the Dream
Henry Rossiter

Crew

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