Acting · Croydon, Surrey, England · Born May 24, 1888
William Miles Malleson (25 May 1888 – 15 March 1969) was an English actor and dramatist, particularly remembered for his appearances in British comedy films of the 1930s to 1960s. Towards the end of his career he also appeared in cameo roles in several Hammer horror films, with a fairly large role in The Brides of Dracula as the hypochondriac and fee-hungry local doctor. Malleson was also a writer on many films, including some of those in which he had small parts, such as Nell Gwyn (1934) and The Thief of Bagdad (1940). He also translated and adapted several of Molière's plays (The Misanthrope, which he titled The Slave of Truth, Tartuffe and The Imaginary Invalid).
MovieYou Must Be Joking
1965
as Salesman
TVVictoria Regina
1964
as Conyngham
MovieMurder Ahoy
1964
as Bishop
MovieFirst Men in the Moon
1964
as Dymchurch Registrar
MovieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1964
as Quince
MovieA Jolly Bad Fellow
1964
as Dr. Woolley
MovieCall Me Bwana
1963
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
MovieHeavens Above!
1963
as Bishop Rockeby
MovieThe Brain
1962
as Dr. Miller
MovieThe Phantom of the Opera
1962
as 2nd Cabby
MovieGo to Blazes
1962
as Salesman
MoviePostman's Knock
1962
as Psychiatrist
MovieThe Bing Crosby Show
1961
as Self
MovieDouble Bunk
1961
as Rev. Thomas
MovieFury at Smugglers' Bay
1961
as Duke of Avon
MovieThe Hellfire Club
1961
as Judge
MovieThe Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960
as Assistant Curator
MovieThe Brides of Dracula
1960
as Dr. Tobler
MoviePeeping Tom
1960
as Elderly Gentleman Customer
MovieKidnapped
1960
as Mr. Rankeillor
MovieAnd the Same to You
1960
as Bishop
MovieI'm All Right Jack
1959
as Windrush Sr., Stanley's father
MovieThe Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
as Bishop Frankland
MovieCarlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959
as Resident Advisor Davidson
MovieThe Captain's Table
1959
as Canon Swingler
MovieBachelor of Hearts
1958
as Dr. Butson
MovieBehind the Mask
1958
as Sir Oswald Pettiford
MovieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1958
as Quince
MovieDracula
1958
as Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
MovieGideon's Day
1958
as The Judge
MovieHappy Is the Bride
1958
as 1st Magistrate
MovieBarnacle Bill
1957
as Angler
MovieThe Naked Truth
1957
as Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
MovieCampbell's Kingdom
1957
as (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
MovieThe Admirable Crichton
1957
MovieBrothers in Law
1957
as Kendall Grimes Q.C.
MovieThree Men in a Boat
1956
as 2nd Old Gentleman
MovieDry Rot
1956
as Country Gentleman
MovieThe Silken Affair
1956
as Mr. Blucher
TVThe Buccaneers
1956
as Josiah Parkerhouse
MovieThe Man Who Never Was
1956
as Scientist
MoviePrivate's Progress
1956
as Mr. Windrush Sr.
TVThe Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Albertus
Television Playhouse
1955
as Uncle Simon
MovieGeordie
1955
as Lord Paunceton
MovieKing's Rhapsody
1955
as Jules
MovieThe Captain's Paradise
1953
as Lawrence St. James
MovieFolly to Be Wise
1952
as Dr. Hector McAdam
MovieVenetian Bird
1952
as Grespi
MovieTrent's Last Case
1952
as Burton Cupples
MovieThe Importance of Being Earnest
1952
as Canon Chasuble
MovieTreasure Hunt
1952
as Mr. Walsh
MovieThe Happy Family
1952
as Mr. Thwaites
MovieThe Woman's Angle
1952
as A. Secrett
MovieThe Magic Box
1952
as Orchestra Conductor
MovieScrooge
1951
as Old Joe
MovieThe Man in the White Suit
1951
as The Tailor
MovieStage Fright
1950
as Mr. Fortesque
MovieGolden Salamander
1950
as Douvet
TVSunday Night Theatre
1950
as Quince
MovieKind Hearts and Coronets
1949
as The Hangman
MovieThe Perfect Woman
1949
as Prof. Ernest Belman
MovieCardboard Cavalier
1949
as Judge Gorebucket
MovieThe Queen of Spades
1949
as Tchybukin
MovieTrain of Events
1949
as Johnson, the Timekeeper
MovieWoman Hater
1948
as Vicar
MovieSaraband for Dead Lovers
1948
as Lord of Misrule
MovieBond Street
1948
as Minor Role (uncredited)
MovieOne Night with You
1948
as Jailer
MovieIdol of Paris
1948
as Offenbach
MovieWhile the Sun Shines
1947
as Horton
MovieLand of Promise
1946
as Mr. Know-All
MovieJourney Together
1945
as (uncredited)
MovieDead of Night
1945
as Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
MovieThe Demi-Paradise
1943
as Theatre Cashier
MovieThe Gentle Sex
1943
as Tran Guard
MovieThunder Rock
1942
as Chairman of Directors
MovieUnpublished Story
1942
as Farmfield
MovieThey Flew Alone
1942
as Vacuum Salesman
MovieMajor Barbara
1941
as Morrison
For Freedom
1940
as Minor Role
MovieThe Thief of Bagdad
1940
as Sultan
MovieQ Planes
1939
as Minor Role
MovieSixty Glorious Years
1938
as Wounded Soldier
MovieVictoria the Great
1937
as Sir James
MovieKnight Without Armour
1937
as Drunken Red Commissar
MovieAction for Slander
1937
as Minor Role
MovieTudor Rose
1936
as Jane's Father
MovieRhodes of Africa
1936
as Minor Role (uncredited)
MoviePeg of Old Drury
1935
as Minor Role (uncredited)
MovieLazybones
1935
as Pessimist
MovieVintage Wine
1935
as Henri Popinot
MovieThe 39 Steps
1935
as Palladium Manager (uncredited)
Nell Gwyn
1934
as Chiffinch
MovieThe Queen's Affair
1934
as The Chancellor
Summer Lightning
1933
as Beach
MoviePerfect Understanding
1933
as Announcer
Money Means Nothing
1932
as Doorman
The Love Contract
1932
as Peters
MovieLove on Wheels
1932
as Academy of Music Porter
MovieThe Mayor's Nest
1932
as Clerk
MovieThe Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
1932
as Thaddeus Sholto
Frail Women
1932
as Registrar
MovieThe Blue Danube
1932
MovieA Night in Montmartre
1931
as Minor Role
MovieCity of Song
1931
as Theater Watchman
MovieChildren of Chance
1930
MovieNight Birds
1930
as Minor Role
MovieBattling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery
1925
The Headmaster
1921
as Palliser Grantley
