John Mills

Known for: Acting

Born: 1908-02-22 – 2005-04-23 (aged 97)

From: The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK

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.

Filmography (153)

TV★ 6.2
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
as Self – Interviewee
MOVIE★ 6.3
Bright Young Things
2003
as Gentleman
MOVIE
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
MOVIE★ 7.2
Forever Ealing
2002
as Self
MOVIE
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
2002
as Self (archive)
TV★ 6.1
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
MOVIE
The Gentleman Thief
2001
as Arthur Rosehip
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self
MOVIE
A Profile of In Which We Serve
2000
as Interviewee
MOVIE★ 7.3
Cats
1998
as Gus the Theatre Cat
TV
Parkinson
1998
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Bean
1997
as Chairman
MOVIE★ 7.3
Hamlet
1996
as Old King Norway
TV★ 7.5
Clive Anderson All Talk
1996
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Grotesque
1995
as Sir Edward Cleghorn
TV★ 8.4
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994
as Mr Chuffey
MOVIE★ 4.7
Deadly Advice
1994
as Jack the Ripper
MOVIE★ 6.9
Frankenstein
1993
as De Lacey
MOVIE★ 5.0
Harnessing Peacocks
1993
as Bernard Quigley
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Big Freeze
1993
as Dapper man
MOVIE★ 6.1
Night of the Fox
1990
as Brig. Dougal Munro
TV★ 6.0
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Praeger
TV★ 5.7
A Tale of Two Cities
1989
as Jarvis Lorry
TV★ 6.8
Around the World in 80 Days
1989
as Faversham
MOVIE
Ending Up
1989
as Bernard
MOVIE
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988
as Self (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
as Sir Lawrence Dobson
TV★ 5.0
The Dame Edna Experience
1987
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
Who's That Girl
1987
as Montgomery Bell
TV★ 4.4
Hold the Dream
1987
as Henry Rossiter
TV★ 8.0
The Best of British Cinema
1987
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.5
When the Wind Blows
1986
as Jim Bloggs (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
MOVIE★ 6.5
Murder with Mirrors
1985
as Lewis Serrocold
TV★ 7.6
A Woman of Substance
1985
as Henry Rossiter
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Masks of Death
1984
as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
MOVIE★ 5.7
Sahara
1983
as Cambridge
MOVIE
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
1983
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
Gandhi
1982
as Lord Chelmsford
TV★ 6.8
Hotel
1982
TV★ 5.3
Wogan
1982
as Self
TV
Young at Heart
1980
as Albert Collyer
MOVIE★ 4.2
The Quatermass Conclusion
1979
as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
TV★ 6.8
Quatermass
1979
as Bernard Quatermass
MOVIE★ 6.1
Zulu Dawn
1979
as Sir Henry Bartle Frere
TV★ 6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Sam Morrissey
TV
Late Night Story
1978
as self
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978
as Scudder
MOVIE★ 6.1
Dr. Strange
1978
as Thomas Lindmer
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Big Sleep
1978
as Inspector Carson
TV★ 5.3
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Devil's Advocate
1977
as Monsignor Blaise Meredith
TV★ 6.3
The Love Boat
1977
as Bertram MacDonald
MOVIE★ 7.8
Trial by Combat
1976
as Colonel Bertie Cook
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Human Factor
1975
as Mike McAllister
TV★ 7.8
The Zoo Gang
1974
as Thomas "The Elephant" Devon
MOVIE★ 6.1
Oklahoma Crude
1973
as Cleon Doyle
TV★ 6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
as Canning
MOVIE★ 6.2
Young Winston
1972
as General Kitchner
MOVIE★ 7.3
Dulcima
1971
as Mr. Parker
MOVIE★ 7.1
Ryan's Daughter
1970
as Michael
MOVIE★ 6.9
Adam's Woman
1970
as Sir Philip MacDonald
TV★ 6.7
Nanny and the Professor
1970
as Uncle Alfred
MOVIE★ 6.3
Run Wild, Run Free
1969
as The Moorman (Colonel)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
MOVIE★ 4.4
Emma Hamilton
1968
as Lord William Hamilton
MOVIE★ 5.8
A Black Veil for Lisa
1968
as Inspector Franz Bulon
TV★ 5.3
Dundee and the Culhane
1967
as Dundee
MOVIE★ 6.3
Chuka
1967
as Colonel Stuart Valois
MOVIE★ 9.0
Africa: Texas Style!
1967
as Wing Commander Hayes
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Family Way
1966
as Ezra Fitton
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Wrong Box
1966
as Masterman Finsbury
MOVIE★ 7.1
King Rat
1965
as Smedley-Taylor
MOVIE★ 6.7
Operation Crossbow
1965
as General Boyd
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Truth About Spring
1965
as Tommy Tyler
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Chalk Garden
1964
as Maitland
TV★ 7.0
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
TV★ 6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
Tiara Tahiti
1962
as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
MOVIE★ 8.3
The Valiant
1962
as Captain Morgan
MOVIE★ 6.3
Flame in the Streets
1961
as Jacko Palmer
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Parent Trap
1961
as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Singer Not the Song
1961
as Father Michael Keogh
MOVIE★ 6.9
Swiss Family Robinson
1960
as Father
MOVIE
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960
MOVIE★ 7.1
Tunes of Glory
1960
as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959
as Barney
MOVIE★ 7.2
Tiger Bay
1959
as Superintendent Graham
MOVIE★ 6.9
I Was Monty's Double
1958
as Major Harvey
MOVIE★ 7.3
Ice Cold in Alex
1958
as Captain Anson
MOVIE★ 6.8
Dunkirk
1958
as Cpl Tubby Binns
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Vicious Circle
1957
as Dr. Howard Latimer
MOVIE★ 6.5
Town on Trial
1957
as Supt. Mike Halloran
MOVIE★ 6.8
It's Great to be Young!
1956
as Dingle
MOVIE★ 6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as London Carriage Driver
MOVIE
The Letter
1956
as Robert Crosbie
MOVIE★ 6.7
War and Peace
1956
as Platon Karataev
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
as Puncher Roberts
MOVIE★ 5.6
Escapade
1955
as John Hampden
MOVIE★ 6.2
Above Us the Waves
1955
as Commandant Fraser
MOVIE★ 5.8
The End of the Affair
1955
as Albert Parkis
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Colditz Story
1955
as Pat Reid
TV★ 6.8
Producers' Showcase
1954
as Robert Crosbie
MOVIE★ 7.4
Hobson's Choice
1954
as William Mossop
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Long Memory
1953
as Phillip Davidson
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Gentle Gunman
1952
as Terence Sullivan
MOVIE
The Way to Wimbledon
1952
as Self - Commentator
MOVIE★ 6.4
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951
as Tom Denning
MOVIE★ 6.9
Morning Departure
1950
as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Rocking Horse Winner
1949
as Bassett
MOVIE★ 7.6
The History of Mr. Polly
1949
as Alfred Polly
MOVIE★ 7.2
Scott of the Antarctic
1948
as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
MOVIE★ 6.2
The October Man
1947
as Jim Ackland
MOVIE★ 5.0
So Well Remembered
1947
as George Boswell
MOVIE★ 7.3
Great Expectations
1946
as Pip
MOVIE★ 8.0
Land of Promise
1946
as The Voice
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Way to the Stars
1945
as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose
MOVIE★ 6.0
Waterloo Road
1945
as Jim Colter
MOVIE★ 8.5
Total War in Britain
1945
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.1
This Happy Breed
1944
as Billy Mitchell
MOVIE
Information Please
1944
as British Flyer
MOVIE★ 8.0
Victory Wedding
1944
as Bill Clark
MOVIE★ 6.3
We Dive at Dawn
1943
as Lt. Taylor RN
MOVIE
The Sky’s the Limit
1943
as Tom
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
as William Wilberforce
MOVIE★ 6.8
In Which We Serve
1942
as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake
MOVIE★ 8.2
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942
as Bobby Jessop
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Big Blockade
1942
as Tom
MOVIE★ 6.7
Cottage to Let
1941
as Flt·Lieut. Perry
MOVIE★ 6.6
Old Bill and Son
1941
as Young Bill
MOVIE★ 8.0
All Hands
1940
as Jack
MOVIE★ 7.4
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
as Peter Colley as a Young Man
MOVIE
Happy Family
1939
as Fred
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Green Cockatoo
1937
as Jim Connor
MOVIE★ 4.7
O.H.M.S.
1937
as Cpl. Bert Dawson
MOVIE★ 8.1
Tudor Rose
1936
as Lord Guilford Dudley
MOVIE★ 8.0
First Offence
1936
as Johnnie Penrose
MOVIE★ 6.0
Broadway Gondolier
1935
MOVIE★ 6.3
Brown on Resolution
1935
as Albert Brown
MOVIE★ 8.0
Royal Cavalcade
1935
as Young Enlistee
MOVIE★ 7.0
Blind Justice
1935
as Ralph Summers
MOVIE★ 6.1
Car of Dreams
1935
as Robert Miller
MOVIE★ 7.0
Charing Cross Road
1935
as Tony
MOVIE★ 6.5
Doctor's Orders
1934
as Ronnie Blake
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Lash
1934
as Arthur Haughton
MOVIE★ 9.0
A Political Party
1934
as Tony Smithers
MOVIE★ 8.3
Those Were the Days
1934
as Bobby Poskett
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Ghost Camera
1933
as Ernest Elton
MOVIE★ 7.0
Britannia of Billingsgate
1933
as Fred Bolton
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Midshipmaid
1932
as Golightly