John Mills
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.
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Movies (32)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
2010
Bright Young Things
as Gentleman
2003
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
Forever Ealing
as Self
2002
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
as Self (archive)
2002
The Gentleman Thief
as Arthur Rosehip
2001
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self
2000
A Profile of In Which We Serve
as Interviewee
2000
Cats
as Gus the Theatre Cat
1998
Bean
as Chairman
1997
Hamlet
as Old King Norway
1996
The Grotesque
as Sir Edward Cleghorn
1995
Deadly Advice
as Jack the Ripper
1994
Frankenstein
as De Lacey
1993
Harnessing Peacocks
as Bernard Quigley
1993
The Big Freeze
as Dapper man
1993
Night of the Fox
as Brig. Dougal Munro
1990
Ending Up
as Bernard
1989
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Self (uncredited)
1988
The Lady and the Highwayman
as Sir Lawrence Dobson
1988
Who's That Girl
as Montgomery Bell
1987
When the Wind Blows
as Jim Bloggs (voice)
1986
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
Murder with Mirrors
as Lewis Serrocold
1985
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
1985
The Masks of Death
as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
1984
Sahara
as Cambridge
1983
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
as Self
1983
Gandhi
as Lord Chelmsford
1982
The Quatermass Conclusion
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
1979
Zulu Dawn
as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
1979
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Scudder
1978
TV Shows (18)
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self
2001
Parkinson
as Self
1998
Clive Anderson All Talk
as Self
1996
Martin Chuzzlewit
as Mr Chuffey
1994
Perfect Scoundrels
as Praeger
1990
A Tale of Two Cities
as Jarvis Lorry
1989
Around the World in 80 Days
as Faversham
1989
The Dame Edna Experience
as Self
1987
Hold the Dream
as Henry Rossiter
1987
The Best of British Cinema
as Self - Narrator
1987
A Woman of Substance
as Henry Rossiter
1985
Hotel
1982
Wogan
as Self
1982
Young at Heart
as Albert Collyer
1980
Quatermass
as Bernard Quatermass
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
as Sam Morrissey
1979
Late Night Story
as self
1978