Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

157

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-02-22

Day of Death

2005-04-23 (97 years old)

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

John Mills

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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

Bean

1997

Bean

as

Chairman

Gandhi

1982

Gandhi

as

Lord Chelmsford

Frankenstein

1993

Frankenstein

as

De Lacey

The Big Sleep

1978

The Big Sleep

as

Inspector Carson

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

as

Self

When the Wind Blows

1986

When the Wind Blows

as

Jim Bloggs (voice)

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

Oh! What a Lovely War

as

Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig

Murder with Mirrors

1985

Murder with Mirrors

as

Lewis Serrocold

War and Peace

1956

War and Peace

as

Platon Karataev

The Human Factor

1975

The Human Factor

as

Mike McAllister

The Green Cockatoo

1937

The Green Cockatoo

as

Jim Connor

Cats

1998

Cats

as

Gus the Theatre Cat

Who's That Girl

1987

Who's That Girl

as

Montgomery Bell

In Which We Serve

1942

In Which We Serve

as

Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake

The Masks of Death

1984

The Masks of Death

as

Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator

The Quatermass Conclusion

1979

The Quatermass Conclusion

as

Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Above Us the Waves

1955

Above Us the Waves

as

Commandant Fraser

King Rat

1965

King Rat

as

Smedley-Taylor

Operation Crossbow

1965

Operation Crossbow

as

General Boyd

Great Expectations

1946

Great Expectations

as

Pip

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1939

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as

Peter Colley as a Young Man

The Thirty Nine Steps

1978

The Thirty Nine Steps

as

Scudder

Tunes of Glory

1960

Tunes of Glory

as

Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)

Tiger Bay

1959

Tiger Bay

as

Superintendent Graham

The Rocking Horse Winner

1949

The Rocking Horse Winner

as

Bassett

Scott of the Antarctic

1948

Scott of the Antarctic

as

Captain R.F. Scott R.N.

We Dive at Dawn

1943

We Dive at Dawn

as

Lt. Taylor RN

Mr. Denning Drives North

1951

Mr. Denning Drives North

as

Tom Denning

The Wrong Box

1966

The Wrong Box

as

Masterman Finsbury

The Way to the Stars

1945

The Way to the Stars

as

Pilot Officer Peter Penrose

Ice Cold in Alex

1958

Ice Cold in Alex

as

Captain Anson

Hobson's Choice

1954

Hobson's Choice

as

William Mossop

Ryan's Daughter

1970

Ryan's Daughter

as

Michael

The Colditz Story

1955

The Colditz Story

as

Pat Reid

Chuka

1967

Chuka

as

Colonel Stuart Valois

The Chalk Garden

1964

The Chalk Garden

as

Maitland

Young Winston

1972

Young Winston

as

General Kitchner

Morning Departure

1950

Morning Departure

as

Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong

Swiss Family Robinson

1960

Swiss Family Robinson

as

Father

Dunkirk

1958

Dunkirk

as

Cpl Tubby Binns

The October Man

1947

The October Man

as

Jim Ackland

Sahara

1983

Sahara

as

Cambridge

Waterloo Road

1945

Waterloo Road

as

Jim Colter

Emma Hamilton

1968

Emma Hamilton

as

Lord William Hamilton

The Family Way

1966

The Family Way

as

Ezra Fitton

This Happy Breed

1944

This Happy Breed

as

Billy Mitchell

The Long Memory

1953

The Long Memory

as

Phillip Davidson

Dulcima

1971

Dulcima

as

Mr. Parker

Dr. Strange

1978

Dr. Strange

as

Thomas Lindmer

The Gentle Gunman

1952

The Gentle Gunman

as

Terence Sullivan

Cottage to Let

1941

Cottage to Let

as

Flt·Lieut. Perry

The History of Mr. Polly

1949

The History of Mr. Polly

as

Alfred Polly

Night of the Fox

1990

Night of the Fox

as

Brig. Dougal Munro

The End of the Affair

1955

The End of the Affair

as

Albert Parkis

The Baby and the Battleship

1956

The Baby and the Battleship

as

Puncher Roberts

I Was Monty's Double

1958

I Was Monty's Double

as

Major Harvey

Trial by Combat

1976

Trial by Combat

as

Colonel Bertie Cook

The Lady and the Highwayman

1988

The Lady and the Highwayman

as

Sir Lawrence Dobson

The Singer Not the Song

1961

The Singer Not the Song

as

Father Michael Keogh

Run Wild, Run Free

1969

Run Wild, Run Free

as

The Moorman (Colonel)

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

1959

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

as

Barney

Town on Trial

1957

Town on Trial

as

Supt. Mike Halloran

The Vicious Circle

1957

The Vicious Circle

as

Dr. Howard Latimer

A Black Veil for Lisa

1968

A Black Veil for Lisa

as

Inspector Franz Bulon

Britannia of Billingsgate

1933

Britannia of Billingsgate

as

Fred Bolton

Tiara Tahiti

1962

Tiara Tahiti

as

Lt. Col. Clifford Southey

Royal Cavalcade

1935

Royal Cavalcade

as

Young Enlistee

Oklahoma Crude

1973

Oklahoma Crude

as

Cleon Doyle

The Valiant

1962

The Valiant

as

Captain Morgan

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

1942

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

as

Bobby Jessop

The Ghost Camera

1933

The Ghost Camera

as

Ernest Elton

The Truth About Spring

1965

The Truth About Spring

as

Tommy Tyler

Car of Dreams

1935

Car of Dreams

as

Robert Miller

O.H.M.S.

1937

O.H.M.S.

as

Cpl. Bert Dawson

Escapade

1955

Escapade

as

John Hampden

Africa: Texas Style!

1967

Africa: Texas Style!

as

Wing Commander Hayes

Those Were the Days

1934

Those Were the Days

as

Bobby Poskett

Forever Ealing

2002

Forever Ealing

as

Self

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

2003

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

as

The Big Blockade

1942

The Big Blockade

as

Tom

The Way to Wimbledon

1952

The Way to Wimbledon

as

Self - Commentator

So Well Remembered

1947

So Well Remembered

as

George Boswell

Lady Caroline Lamb

1972

Lady Caroline Lamb

as

Canning

Hamlet

1996

Hamlet

as

Old King Norway

The Big Freeze

1993

The Big Freeze

as

Dapper man

Flame in the Streets

1961

Flame in the Streets

as

Jacko Palmer

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

1988

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

as

Self (uncredited)

The Devil's Advocate

1977

The Devil's Advocate

as

Monsignor Blaise Meredith

The Sky’s the Limit

1943

The Sky’s the Limit

as

Tom

Happy Family

1939

Happy Family

as

Fred

Brown on Resolution

1935

Brown on Resolution

as

Albert Brown

Adam's Woman

1970

Adam's Woman

as

Sir Philip MacDonald

Broadway Gondolier

1935

Broadway Gondolier

as

The Grotesque

1995

The Grotesque

as

Sir Edward Cleghorn

The Midshipmaid

1932

The Midshipmaid

as

Golightly

Tudor Rose

1936

Tudor Rose

as

Lord Guilford Dudley

Zulu Dawn

1979

Zulu Dawn

as

Sir Henry Bartle Frere

Doctor's Orders

1934

Doctor's Orders

as

Ronnie Blake

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

1985

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

as

Self

The South Bank Show: Noël Coward

1992

The South Bank Show: Noël Coward

as

Self

Old Bill and Son

1941

Old Bill and Son

as

Young Bill

A Political Party

1934

A Political Party

as

Tony Smithers

Victory Wedding

1944

Victory Wedding

as

Bill Clark

Bright Young Things

2003

Bright Young Things

as

Gentleman

Harnessing Peacocks

1993

Harnessing Peacocks

as

Bernard Quigley

Around the World in Eighty Days

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days

as

London Carriage Driver

Ending Up

1989

Ending Up

as

Bernard

First Offence

1936

First Offence

as

Johnnie Penrose

Charing Cross Road

1935

Charing Cross Road

as

Tony

The Parent Trap

1961

The Parent Trap

as

Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)

The Lash

1934

The Lash

as

Arthur Haughton

The Young Mr. Pitt

1942

The Young Mr. Pitt

as

William Wilberforce

It's Great to be Young!

1956

It's Great to be Young!

as

Dingle

2000

A Profile of In Which We Serve

as

Interviewee

Deadly Advice

1994

Deadly Advice

as

Jack the Ripper

Land of Promise

1946

Land of Promise

as

The Voice

Blind Justice

1935

Blind Justice

as

Ralph Summers

All Hands

1940

All Hands

as

Jack

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

2010

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

as

Self – Interviewee

Information Please

1944

Information Please

as

British Flyer

The Wind and the Bomb

1986

The Wind and the Bomb

as

Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

1983

Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

as

Self

Total War in Britain

1945

Total War in Britain

as

Narrator (voice)

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

2002

Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

as

Self (archive)

Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

1960

Escape to Paradise/Water Birds

as

The Gentleman Thief

2001

The Gentleman Thief

as

Arthur Rosehip

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

as

Self

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

as

Sam Morrissey

Hotel

Hotel

as

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

as

Self

Nanny and the Professor

Nanny and the Professor

as

Uncle Alfred

The Zoo Gang

The Zoo Gang

as

Thomas "The Elephant" Devon

Dundee and the Culhane

Dundee and the Culhane

as

Dundee

A Woman of Substance

A Woman of Substance

as

Henry Rossiter

Clive Anderson All Talk

Clive Anderson All Talk

as

Self

Young at Heart

Young at Heart

as

Albert Collyer

The Best of British Cinema

The Best of British Cinema

as

Perfect Scoundrels

Perfect Scoundrels

as

Praeger

Talking Pictures

Talking Pictures

as

Self (archive footage)

The Dame Edna Experience

The Dame Edna Experience

as

Self

Hold the Dream

Hold the Dream

as

Henry Rossiter

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

as

Faversham

An Audience with...

An Audience with...

as

Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as

Self

Wogan

Wogan

as

Self

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

as

Jarvis Lorry

Martin Chuzzlewit

Martin Chuzzlewit

as

Mr. Chuffey

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

as

Bertram MacDonald

Quatermass

Quatermass

as

Bernard Quatermass

The Danny Kaye Show

The Danny Kaye Show

as

Self

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

as

William Perkins

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

as

The Man

Late Night Story

Late Night Story

as

self

Parkinson

Parkinson

as

Self

Production

The Rocking Horse Winner

1949

The Rocking Horse Winner

as

Crew

Directing

Sky West and Crooked

1966

Sky West and Crooked

as