Actor · Director · Producer
John Mills
John Mills has worked on 117 movies and 15 TV shows, between 1932 and 2003. On Nahoko: 48 movies and 7 TV shows. Best known for Gandhi, Bean and Great Expectations.
- Born
- 22 February 1908
- Birthplace
- The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
- Height
- 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
- Died
- 23 April 2005 (aged 97)
- Also known as
- Lewis Ernest Watts Mills, Sir John Mills, Johnny Mills
- Activities
- Actor · Director · Producer
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Career start
- 1932
- Education
- Norwich High School for Boys, Langley School, Sir John Leman High School
Known for
★ 8.0Rent/BuyGandhi1982
★ 6.5Rent/BuyBean1997
★ 7.8
Great Expectations1946
★ 7.1
Swiss Family Robinson1960
★ 7.7
When the Wind Blows1986
★ 7.9Rent/BuyGoodbye, Mr. Chips1939
★ 4.9
Who's That Girl1987
★ 7.4
Ryan's Daughter1970
★ 7.7
Hobson's Choice1954
★ 6.7
Zulu Dawn1979
★ 7.7
Ice Cold in Alex1958
★ 7.2In Which We Serve1942Where to watch
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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, generosity and good judgement.
Career in figures
Awards and nominations
2 wins
- 1976Knight BachelorWon
- 1971Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor · Ryan's DaughterWon
Source: Wikidata
Frequent collaborators
Kay Walsh4 titles together
Hayley Mills3 titles together
Bernard Miles2 titles together
Celia Johnson2 titles together
Joyce Carey2 titles together
Stanley Holloway2 titles together
Valerie Hobson2 titles together
Elizabeth Sellars2 titles togetherFilmography 55
2010
- Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack CardiffMovieMovie · as themselves★ 7.6
2003
- Bright Young ThingsMovieMovie · as Gentleman★ 6.5
1997
- BeanMovieMovie · as ChairmanRent/Buy★ 6.5
1996
- HamletMovieMovie · as Old King Norway
★ 7.7
1989
- Around the World in 80 DaysTV showTV show · as Faversham · 3 episodes★ 7.1
1987
- Who's That GirlMovieMovie · as Montgomery Bell★ 4.9
1986
- When the Wind BlowsMovieMovie · as Jim Bloggs (voice)★ 7.7
1984
- A Woman of SubstanceTV showTV show · as Henry Rossiter · 3 episodes
★ 7.5
1982
- GandhiMovieMovie · as Lord ChelmsfordRent/Buy★ 8.0
1979
- Zulu DawnMovieMovie · as Sir Henry Bartle Frere★ 6.7
- Tales of the UnexpectedTV showTV show · as Sam Morrissey / William Perkins / The Man · 1 episode★ 7.6
- QuatermassTV showTV show · as Bernard Quatermass · 4 episodes★ 7.0
1978
- The Big SleepMovieMovie · as Inspector Carson★ 5.8
- The Thirty Nine StepsMovieMovie · as Scudder
★ 6.6
1977
- The Love BoatTV showTV show · as Bertram MacDonald · 1 episode
★ 6.3
1975
- The 'Human' FactorMovieMovie · as Mike McAllister
★ 5.7
1973
- Oklahoma CrudeMovieMovie · as Cleon Doyle★ 6.3
1972
- Young WinstonMovieMovie · as General Kitchner★ 6.7
1970
- Ryan's DaughterMovieMovie · as Michael★ 7.4
- Nanny and the ProfessorTV showTV show · as Uncle Alfred · 1 episode★ 7.2
1969
- Oh! What a Lovely WarMovieMovie · as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig★ 7.0
1967
- ChukaMovieMovie · as Colonel Stuart Valois★ 6.3
1966
- The Wrong BoxMovieMovie · as Masterman Finsbury★ 6.7
- The Family WayMovieMovie · as Ezra Fitton
★ 7.3
1965
- Operation CrossbowMovieMovie · as General Boyd
★ 6.6 - King RatMovieMovie · as Smedley-Taylor★ 7.5
1964
- The Chalk GardenMovieMovie · as MaitlandRent/Buy★ 7.2
1961
- The Parent TrapMovieMovie · as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)★ 7.2
1960
- Swiss Family RobinsonMovieMovie · as Father★ 7.1
- Tunes of GloryMovieMovie · as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
★ 7.5
1959
- Tiger BayMovieMovie · as Superintendent GrahamRent/Buy★ 7.4
1958
- Ice Cold in AlexMovieMovie · as Captain Anson★ 7.7
- DunkirkMovieMovie · as Cpl Tubby Binns★ 7.1
- Hell, Heaven or HobokenMovieMovie · as Major Harvey★ 6.9
1957
- Town on TrialMovieMovie · as Supt. Mike Halloran★ 6.5
- The CircleMovieMovie · as Dr. Howard Latimer★ 6.6
1956
- Around the World in 80 DaysMovieMovie · as London Carriage Driver★ 6.7
- War and PeaceMovieMovie · as Platon Karataev★ 6.7
1955
- The Colditz StoryMovieMovie · as Pat Reid★ 6.9
- Above Us the WavesMovieMovie · as Commandant Fraser★ 6.6
- The End of the AffairMovieMovie · as Albert Parkis★ 6.5
1954
- Hobson's ChoiceMovieMovie · as William Mossop★ 7.7
1953
- The Long MemoryMovieMovie · as Phillip Davidson★ 7.0
1949
- The Rocking Horse WinnerMovieMovie · as Bassett · ProducerRent/Buy★ 7.2
1948
- Scott of the AntarcticMovieMovie · as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.★ 7.0
1947
- The October ManMovieMovie · as Jim Ackland
★ 7.0
1946
- Great ExpectationsMovieMovie · as Pip★ 7.8
1945
- Johnny in the CloudsMovieMovie · as Pilot Officer Peter PenroseRent/Buy★ 7.3
1944
- This Happy BreedMovieMovie · as Billy Mitchell★ 7.3
1943
- We Dive at DawnMovieMovie · as Lt. Taylor RN★ 6.7
1942
- In Which We ServeMovieMovie · as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake★ 7.2
1941
- Bombsight StolenMovieMovie · as Flt·Lieut. Perry
★ 6.7
1939
- Goodbye, Mr. ChipsMovieMovie · as Peter Colley as a Young ManRent/Buy★ 7.9
More credits 90
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2003
- The Many Lives of Richard AttenboroughMovieMovie
2002
- Forever EalingMovieMovie · as themselves
2001
- The Gentleman ThiefMovieMovie · as Arthur Rosehip
2000
- A Profile of In Which We ServeMovieMovie · as Interviewee
- Sir John Mills' Moving MemoriesMovieMovie · as themselves
1998
- CatsMovieMovie · as Gus the Theatre Cat
1995
- The GrotesqueMovieMovie · as Sir Edward Cleghorn
1994
- Deadly AdviceMovieMovie · as Jack the Ripper
- Martin ChuzzlewitTV showTV show · as Mr Chuffey · 3 episodes
1993
- FrankensteinMovieMovie · as De Lacey
- Harnessing PeacocksMovieMovie · as Bernard Quigley
- The Big FreezeMovieMovie · as Dapper man
1990
- Night of the FoxMovieMovie · as Brig. Dougal Munro
- Perfect ScoundrelsTV showTV show · as Praeger · 1 episode
1989
- A Tale of Two CitiesTV showTV show · as Jarvis Lorry · 2 episodes
- Ending UpMovieMovie · as Bernard
1988
- One More Audience with Dame Edna EverageMovieMovie · as themselves (uncredited)
- The Lady and the HighwaymanMovieMovie · as Sir Lawrence Dobson
1987
- Hold the DreamTV showTV show · as Henry Rossiter · 4 episodes
- The Best of British CinemaTV showTV show · as themselves · 48 episodes
- The Dame Edna ExperienceTV showTV show · as themselves · 1 episode
1986
- The Wind and the BombMovieMovie
1985
- Murder with MirrorsMovieMovie · as Lewis Serrocold
- The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary StudioMovieMovie · as themselves
1984
- The Masks of DeathMovieMovie · as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
1983
- Mr. Attenborough and Mr. GandhiMovieMovie · as themselves
1980
- Young at HeartTV showTV show · as Albert Collyer · 19 episodes
1979
- The Quatermass ConclusionMovieMovie · as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
1978
- Dr. StrangeMovieMovie · as Thomas Lindmer
- Late Night StoryTV showTV show · as themselves · 5 episodes
1977
- The Devil's AdvocateMovieMovie · as Monsignor Blaise Meredith
1976
- Trial by CombatMovieMovie · as Colonel Bertie Cook
1974
- The Zoo GangTV showTV show · as Thomas "The Elephant" Devon · 6 episodes
1972
- Lady Caroline LambMovieMovie · as Canning
1971
- DulcimaMovieMovie · as Mr. Parker
1970
- Adam's WomanMovieMovie · as Sir Philip MacDonald
1969
- Run Wild, Run FreeMovieMovie · as The Moorman (Colonel)
1968
- A Black Veil for LisaMovieMovie · as Inspector Franz Bulon
- Emma HamiltonMovieMovie · as Lord William Hamilton
1967
- Africa: Texas Style!MovieMovie · as Wing Commander Hayes
- Dundee and the CulhaneTV showTV show · as Dundee · 13 episodes
1966
- Sky West and CrookedMovieMovie · Director
1965
- The Truth About SpringMovieMovie · as Tommy Tyler
1963
- The Danny Kaye ShowTV showTV show · as themselves · 1 episode
1962
- The ValiantMovieMovie · as Captain Morgan
- Tiara TahitiMovieMovie · as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
1961
- Flame in the StreetsMovieMovie · as Jacko Palmer
- The Singer Not the SongMovieMovie · as Father Michael Keogh
1960
- Escape to Paradise/Water BirdsMovieMovie
1959
- Summer of the Seventeenth DollMovieMovie · as Barney
1956
- It's Great to be Young!MovieMovie · as Dingle
- The Baby and the BattleshipMovieMovie · as Puncher Roberts
- The LetterMovieMovie · as Robert Crosbie
1955
- EscapadeMovieMovie · as John Hampden
1954
- Producers' ShowcaseTV showTV show · as Robert Crosbie · 1 episode
1952
- The Gentle GunmanMovieMovie · as Terence Sullivan
- The Way to WimbledonMovieMovie · as themselves
1951
- Mr. Denning Drives NorthMovieMovie · as Tom Denning
1950
- Morning DepartureMovieMovie · as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
1949
- The History of Mr. PollyMovieMovie · as Alfred Polly
1947
- So Well RememberedMovieMovie · as George Boswell
1946
- Land of PromiseMovieMovie · as The Voice (voice)
1945
- Total War in BritainMovieMovie · as themselves (voice)
- Waterloo RoadMovieMovie · as Jim Colter
1944
- Information PleaseMovieMovie · as British Flyer
- Victory WeddingMovieMovie · as Bill Clark
1943
- The Sky’s the LimitMovieMovie · as Tom
1942
- The Big BlockadeMovieMovie · as Tom
- The Black Sheep of WhitehallMovieMovie · as Bobby Jessop
- The Young Mr. PittMovieMovie · as William Wilberforce
1941
- Old Bill and SonMovieMovie · as Young Bill
1940
- All HandsMovieMovie · as Jack
1939
- Happy FamilyMovieMovie · as Fred
1937
- O.H.M.S.MovieMovie · as Cpl. Bert Dawson
- The Green CockatooMovieMovie · as Jim Connor
1936
- First OffenceMovieMovie · as Johnnie Penrose
- Tudor RoseMovieMovie · as Lord Guilford Dudley
1935
- Blind JusticeMovieMovie · as Ralph Summers
- Broadway GondolierMovieMovie
- Brown on ResolutionMovieMovie · as Albert Brown
- Car of DreamsMovieMovie · as Robert Miller
- Charing Cross RoadMovieMovie · as Tony
- Royal CavalcadeMovieMovie · as Young Enlistee
1934
- A Political PartyMovieMovie · as Tony Smithers
- Doctor's OrdersMovieMovie · as Ronnie Blake
- The LashMovieMovie · as Arthur Haughton
- Those Were the DaysMovieMovie · as Bobby Poskett
1933
- Britannia of BillingsgateMovieMovie · as Fred Bolton
- The Ghost CameraMovieMovie · as Ernest Elton
1932
- The MidshipmaidMovieMovie · as Golightly