John Mills
Acting
Born February 22, 1908 — Died April 23, 2005
From The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
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, genero...
Filmography
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self – Interviewee
20106.7
Bright Young Things
Gentleman
20036.3
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
Forever Ealing
Self
20027.2
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
Self (archive)
2002
The Gentleman Thief
Arthur Rosehip
2001
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self
20007.0
A Profile of In Which We Serve
Interviewee
2000
Cats
Gus the Theatre Cat
19987.3
Bean
Chairman
19976.5
Hamlet
Old King Norway
19967.3
The Grotesque
Sir Edward Cleghorn
19955.4
Deadly Advice
Jack the Ripper
19944.7
Frankenstein
De Lacey
19936.9
Harnessing Peacocks
Bernard Quigley
19935.0
The Big Freeze
Dapper man
19936.7
Night of the Fox
Brig. Dougal Munro
19906.1
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Ending Up
Bernard
1989
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Self (uncredited)
1988
The Lady and the Highwayman
Sir Lawrence Dobson
19885.1
Who's That Girl
Montgomery Bell
19875.5
When the Wind Blows
Jim Bloggs (voice)
19867.5
The Wind and the Bomb
19868.5
Murder with Mirrors
Lewis Serrocold
19856.5
—
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Self
19858.0
The Masks of Death
Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
19845.4
Sahara
Cambridge
19835.7
—
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Self
1983
Gandhi
Lord Chelmsford
19827.6
The Quatermass Conclusion
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
19794.2
Zulu Dawn
Sir Henry Bartle Frere
19796.1
The Thirty Nine Steps
Scudder
19786.8
Dr. Strange
Thomas Lindmer
19786.0
The Big Sleep
Inspector Carson
19785.9
The Devil's Advocate
Monsignor Blaise Meredith
19777.3
Trial by Combat
Colonel Bertie Cook
19767.8
The Human Factor
Mike McAllister
19755.8
Oklahoma Crude
Cleon Doyle
19736.1
Lady Caroline Lamb
Canning
19725.9
Young Winston
General Kitchner
19726.2
Dulcima
Mr. Parker
19717.3
Ryan's Daughter
Michael
19707.1
Adam's Woman
Sir Philip MacDonald
19706.9
Run Wild, Run Free
The Moorman (Colonel)
19696.3
Oh! What a Lovely War
Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
19696.6
Emma Hamilton
Lord William Hamilton
19684.4
A Black Veil for Lisa
Inspector Franz Bulon
19685.8
Chuka
Colonel Stuart Valois
19676.3
Africa: Texas Style!
Wing Commander Hayes
19679.0
The Family Way
Ezra Fitton
19666.7
The Wrong Box
Masterman Finsbury
19666.4
King Rat
Smedley-Taylor
19657.2
Operation Crossbow
General Boyd
19656.7
The Truth About Spring
Tommy Tyler
19656.9
The Chalk Garden
Maitland
19647.2
Tiara Tahiti
Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
19626.2
The Valiant
Captain Morgan
19628.3
Flame in the Streets
Jacko Palmer
19616.3
The Parent Trap
Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
19617.0
The Singer Not the Song
Father Michael Keogh
19616.4
Swiss Family Robinson
Father
19606.8
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960
Tunes of Glory
Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
19607.1
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Barney
19596.8
Tiger Bay
Superintendent Graham
19597.2
I Was Monty's Double
Major Harvey
19586.9
Ice Cold in Alex
Captain Anson
19587.3
Dunkirk
Cpl Tubby Binns
19586.8
The Vicious Circle
Dr. Howard Latimer
19576.5
Town on Trial
Supt. Mike Halloran
19576.5
It's Great to be Young!
Dingle
19566.8
Around the World in 80 Days
London Carriage Driver
19566.7
—
The Letter
Robert Crosbie
19561.0
War and Peace
Platon Karataev
19566.6
The Baby and the Battleship
Puncher Roberts
19566.4
Escapade
John Hampden
19555.6
Above Us the Waves
Commandant Fraser
19556.1
The End of the Affair
Albert Parkis
19555.8
The Colditz Story
Pat Reid
19556.8
Hobson's Choice
William Mossop
19547.4
The Long Memory
Phillip Davidson
19536.7
The Gentle Gunman
Terence Sullivan
19526.5
The Way to Wimbledon
Self - Commentator
1952
Mr. Denning Drives North
Tom Denning
19516.4
Morning Departure
Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
19506.9
The Rocking Horse Winner
Bassett
19496.5
The History of Mr. Polly
Alfred Polly
19497.5
Scott of the Antarctic
Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
19487.2
The October Man
Jim Ackland
19476.2
So Well Remembered
George Boswell
19475.2
Great Expectations
Pip
19467.3
Land of Promise
The Voice
19468.0
The Way to the Stars
Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
19456.0
Waterloo Road
Jim Colter
19456.0
—
Total War in Britain
Narrator (voice)
19458.5
This Happy Breed
Billy Mitchell
19447.1
—
Information Please
British Flyer
1944
—
Victory Wedding
Bill Clark
19448.0
We Dive at Dawn
Lt. Taylor RN
19436.3
—
The Sky’s the Limit
Tom
1943
The Young Mr. Pitt
William Wilberforce
19426.2
In Which We Serve
Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
19426.8
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Bobby Jessop
19428.2
The Big Blockade
Tom
19426.7
Cottage to Let
Flt·Lieut. Perry
19416.7
Old Bill and Son
Young Bill
19416.6
All Hands
Jack
19408.0
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Peter Colley as a Young Man
19397.4
—
Happy Family
Fred
1939
The Green Cockatoo
Jim Connor
19375.9
O.H.M.S.
Cpl. Bert Dawson
19374.7
Tudor Rose
Lord Guilford Dudley
19368.1
First Offence
Johnnie Penrose
19368.0
Broadway Gondolier
19356.0
Brown on Resolution
Albert Brown
19356.3
Royal Cavalcade
Young Enlistee
19358.0
—
Blind Justice
Ralph Summers
19357.0
Car of Dreams
Robert Miller
19356.1
—
Charing Cross Road
Tony
19357.0
Doctor's Orders
Ronnie Blake
19346.5
—
The Lash
Arthur Haughton
19347.0
A Political Party
Tony Smithers
19349.0
Those Were the Days
Bobby Poskett
19348.3
The Ghost Camera
Ernest Elton
19336.3
—
Britannia of Billingsgate
Fred Bolton
19337.0
The Midshipmaid
Golightly
19327.0