Acting · The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK · Born February 22, 1908
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.
TVTalking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MovieCameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self – Interviewee
MovieBright Young Things
2003
as Gentleman
MovieThe Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
MovieForever Ealing
2002
as Self
MovieSwiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002
as Self (archive)
TVFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
MovieThe Gentleman Thief
2001
as Arthur Rosehip
MovieSir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self
MovieA Profile of In Which We Serve
2000
as Interviewee
MovieCats
1998
as Gus the Theatre Cat
TVParkinson
1998
as Self
MovieBean
1997
as Chairman
MovieHamlet
1996
as Old King Norway
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996
as Self
MovieThe Grotesque
1995
as Sir Edward Cleghorn
TVMartin Chuzzlewit
1994
as Mr Chuffey
MovieDeadly Advice
1994
as Jack the Ripper
MovieFrankenstein
1993
as De Lacey
MovieHarnessing Peacocks
1993
as Bernard Quigley
MovieThe Big Freeze
1993
as Dapper man
MovieNight of the Fox
1990
as Brig. Dougal Munro
TVPerfect Scoundrels
1990
as Praeger
TVA Tale of Two Cities
1989
as Jarvis Lorry
TVAround the World in 80 Days
1989
as Faversham
Ending Up
1989
as Bernard
MovieOne More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988
as Self (uncredited)
MovieThe Lady and the Highwayman
1988
as Sir Lawrence Dobson
TVThe Dame Edna Experience
1987
as Self
MovieWho's That Girl
1987
as Montgomery Bell
TVHold the Dream
1987
as Henry Rossiter
TVThe Best of British Cinema
1987
as Self - Narrator
MovieWhen the Wind Blows
1986
as Jim Bloggs (voice)
MovieThe Wind and the Bomb
1986
MovieMurder with Mirrors
1985
as Lewis Serrocold
TVA Woman of Substance
1985
as Henry Rossiter
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
as Self
MovieThe Masks of Death
1984
as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
MovieSahara
1983
as Cambridge
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
1983
as Self
MovieGandhi
1982
as Lord Chelmsford
TVHotel
1982
TVWogan
1982
as Self
TVYoung at Heart
1980
as Albert Collyer
MovieThe Quatermass Conclusion
1979
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
TVQuatermass
1979
as Bernard Quatermass
MovieZulu Dawn
1979
as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Sam Morrissey
Late Night Story
1978
as self
MovieThe Thirty Nine Steps
1978
as Scudder
MovieDr. Strange
1978
as Thomas Lindmer
MovieThe Big Sleep
1978
as Inspector Carson
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
MovieThe Devil's Advocate
1977
as Monsignor Blaise Meredith
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Bertram MacDonald
MovieTrial by Combat
1976
as Colonel Bertie Cook
MovieThe Human Factor
1975
as Mike McAllister
TVThe Zoo Gang
1974
as Thomas "The Elephant" Devon
MovieOklahoma Crude
1973
as Cleon Doyle
TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MovieLady Caroline Lamb
1972
as Canning
MovieYoung Winston
1972
as General Kitchner
MovieDulcima
1971
as Mr. Parker
MovieRyan's Daughter
1970
as Michael
MovieAdam's Woman
1970
as Sir Philip MacDonald
TVNanny and the Professor
1970
as Uncle Alfred
MovieRun Wild, Run Free
1969
as The Moorman (Colonel)
MovieOh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
MovieEmma Hamilton
1968
as Lord William Hamilton
MovieA Black Veil for Lisa
1968
as Inspector Franz Bulon
TVDundee and the Culhane
1967
as Dundee
MovieChuka
1967
as Colonel Stuart Valois
MovieAfrica: Texas Style!
1967
as Wing Commander Hayes
MovieThe Family Way
1966
as Ezra Fitton
MovieThe Wrong Box
1966
as Masterman Finsbury
MovieKing Rat
1965
as Smedley-Taylor
MovieOperation Crossbow
1965
as General Boyd
MovieThe Truth About Spring
1965
as Tommy Tyler
MovieThe Chalk Garden
1964
as Maitland
TVThe Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
MovieTiara Tahiti
1962
as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
MovieThe Valiant
1962
as Captain Morgan
MovieFlame in the Streets
1961
as Jacko Palmer
MovieThe Parent Trap
1961
as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
MovieThe Singer Not the Song
1961
as Father Michael Keogh
MovieSwiss Family Robinson
1960
as Father
MovieEscape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960
MovieTunes of Glory
1960
as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
MovieSummer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959
as Barney
MovieTiger Bay
1959
as Superintendent Graham
MovieI Was Monty's Double
1958
as Major Harvey
MovieIce Cold in Alex
1958
as Captain Anson
MovieDunkirk
1958
as Cpl Tubby Binns
MovieThe Vicious Circle
1957
as Dr. Howard Latimer
MovieTown on Trial
1957
as Supt. Mike Halloran
MovieIt's Great to be Young!
1956
as Dingle
MovieAround the World in 80 Days
1956
as London Carriage Driver
The Letter
1956
as Robert Crosbie
MovieWar and Peace
1956
as Platon Karataev
MovieThe Baby and the Battleship
1956
as Puncher Roberts
MovieEscapade
1955
as John Hampden
MovieAbove Us the Waves
1955
as Commandant Fraser
MovieThe End of the Affair
1955
as Albert Parkis
MovieThe Colditz Story
1955
as Pat Reid
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Robert Crosbie
MovieHobson's Choice
1954
as William Mossop
MovieThe Long Memory
1953
as Phillip Davidson
MovieThe Gentle Gunman
1952
as Terence Sullivan
MovieThe Way to Wimbledon
1952
as Self - Commentator
MovieMr. Denning Drives North
1951
as Tom Denning
MovieMorning Departure
1950
as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
MovieThe Rocking Horse Winner
1949
as Bassett
MovieThe History of Mr. Polly
1949
as Alfred Polly
MovieScott of the Antarctic
1948
as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
MovieThe October Man
1947
as Jim Ackland
MovieSo Well Remembered
1947
as George Boswell
MovieGreat Expectations
1946
as Pip
MovieLand of Promise
1946
as The Voice
MovieThe Way to the Stars
1945
as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
MovieWaterloo Road
1945
as Jim Colter
Total War in Britain
1945
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThis Happy Breed
1944
as Billy Mitchell
Information Please
1944
as British Flyer
Victory Wedding
1944
as Bill Clark
MovieWe Dive at Dawn
1943
as Lt. Taylor RN
The Sky’s the Limit
1943
as Tom
MovieThe Young Mr. Pitt
1942
as William Wilberforce
MovieIn Which We Serve
1942
as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
MovieThe Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942
as Bobby Jessop
MovieThe Big Blockade
1942
as Tom
MovieCottage to Let
1941
as Flt·Lieut. Perry
MovieOld Bill and Son
1941
as Young Bill
MovieAll Hands
1940
as Jack
MovieGoodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
as Peter Colley as a Young Man
Happy Family
1939
as Fred
MovieThe Green Cockatoo
1937
as Jim Connor
MovieO.H.M.S.
1937
as Cpl. Bert Dawson
MovieTudor Rose
1936
as Lord Guilford Dudley
MovieFirst Offence
1936
as Johnnie Penrose
MovieBroadway Gondolier
1935
MovieBrown on Resolution
1935
as Albert Brown
MovieRoyal Cavalcade
1935
as Young Enlistee
Blind Justice
1935
as Ralph Summers
MovieCar of Dreams
1935
as Robert Miller
Charing Cross Road
1935
as Tony
MovieDoctor's Orders
1934
as Ronnie Blake
The Lash
1934
as Arthur Haughton
MovieA Political Party
1934
as Tony Smithers
MovieThose Were the Days
1934
as Bobby Poskett
MovieThe Ghost Camera
1933
as Ernest Elton
Britannia of Billingsgate
1933
as Fred Bolton
MovieThe Midshipmaid
1932
as Golightly
