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John Mills

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedFeb 22, 1908 (Died at 97)
Zodiac Sign♓Pisces
Place of BirthThe Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
Career Span1932 – 2005
Known Credits140 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 2.1

John Mills

Also known as:Lewis Ernest Watts MillsSir John MillsSir John Mills, CBEJohnny Mills+1 more
Total Works

140

115 movies • 25 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#2

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Bean
6.5
Bean
1997•movie
as Chairman
Gandhi
7.6
Gandhi
1982•movie
as Lord Chelmsford
Around the World in 80 Days
6.7
as London Carriage Driver
Hamlet
7.3
Hamlet
1996•movie
as Old King Norway

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 140 titles featuring John Mills

Bean
6.5
Bean
1997•movie

as Chairman

Gandhi
7.6
Gandhi
1982•movie

as Lord Chelmsford

Around the World in 80 Days
6.7

as London Carriage Driver

Hamlet
7.3
Hamlet
1996•movie

as Old King Norway

The Parent Trap
7.0
The Parent Trap
1961•movie

as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)

Great Expectations
7.3
Great Expectations
1946•movie

as Pip

Swiss Family Robinson
6.8

as Father

When the Wind Blows
7.5

as Jim Bloggs (voice)

War and Peace
6.6
War and Peace
1956•movie

as Platon Karataev

Who's That Girl
5.5
Who's That Girl
1987•movie

as Montgomery Bell

The Love Boat
6.2
1 eps
The Love Boat
1977•series

as Bertram MacDonald

Cats
7.2
Cats
1998•movie

as Gus the Theatre Cat

Ryan's Daughter
7.1
Ryan's Daughter
1970•movie

as Michael

Hobson's Choice
7.4
Hobson's Choice
1954•movie

as William Mossop

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
7.4
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939•movie

as Peter Colley as a Young Man

Operation Crossbow
6.7
Operation Crossbow
1965•movie

as General Boyd

Dr. Strange
6.0
Dr. Strange
1978•movie

as Thomas Lindmer

Zulu Dawn
6.1
Zulu Dawn
1979•movie

as Sir Henry Bartle Frere

Ice Cold in Alex
7.3
Ice Cold in Alex
1958•movie

as Captain Anson

In Which We Serve
6.7
In Which We Serve
1942•movie

as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake

The Big Sleep
5.9
The Big Sleep
1978•movie

as Inspector Carson

Bright Young Things
6.3

as Gentleman

Around the World in 80 Days
6.8
3 eps

as Faversham

King Rat
7.1
King Rat
1965•movie

as Smedley-Taylor

Dunkirk
6.9
Dunkirk
1958•movie

as Cpl Tubby Binns

The Wrong Box
6.4
The Wrong Box
1966•movie

as Masterman Finsbury

Tunes of Glory
7.0
Tunes of Glory
1960•movie

as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)

This Happy Breed
7.1
This Happy Breed
1944•movie

as Billy Mitchell

Sahara
5.9
Sahara
1983•movie

as Cambridge

The Colditz Story
6.8
The Colditz Story
1955•movie

as Pat Reid

Tiger Bay
7.2
Tiger Bay
1959•movie

as Superintendent Graham

Tales of the Unexpected
6.8
1 eps

as Sam Morrissey

Oh! What a Lovely War
6.6

as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig

The Chalk Garden
7.2
The Chalk Garden
1964•movie

as Maitland

Young Winston
6.2
Young Winston
1972•movie

as General Kitchner

The Thirty Nine Steps
6.7

as Scudder

Scott of the Antarctic
7.2

as Captain R.F. Scott R.N.

Above Us the Waves
6.1
Above Us the Waves
1955•movie

as Commandant Fraser

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
6.6

as Self – Interviewee

Oklahoma Crude
6.1
Oklahoma Crude
1973•movie

as Cleon Doyle

Chuka
6.3
Chuka
1967•movie

as Colonel Stuart Valois

The Family Way
6.7
The Family Way
1966•movie

as Ezra Fitton

The Way to the Stars
6.0

as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose

We Dive at Dawn
6.3
We Dive at Dawn
1943•movie

as Lt. Taylor RN

I Was Monty's Double
6.9

as Major Harvey

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
6.1
1 eps
The End of the Affair
5.8

as Albert Parkis

Hotel
6.8
1 eps
Hotel
1982•series
The Rocking Horse Winner
6.5

as Bassett

The October Man
6.2
The October Man
1947•movie

as Jim Ackland

Town on Trial
6.5
Town on Trial
1957•movie

as Supt. Mike Halloran

A Black Veil for Lisa
5.8

as Inspector Franz Bulon

Murder with Mirrors
6.5

as Lewis Serrocold

Cottage to Let
6.7
Cottage to Let
1941•movie

as Flt·Lieut. Perry

Frankenstein
6.8
Frankenstein
1993•movie

as De Lacey

The Human Factor
5.8
The Human Factor
1975•movie

as Mike McAllister

The Vicious Circle
6.5
The Vicious Circle
1957•movie

as Dr. Howard Latimer

Morning Departure
6.9
Morning Departure
1950•movie

as Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong

Waterloo Road
6.0
Waterloo Road
1945•movie

as Jim Colter

The Long Memory
6.7
The Long Memory
1953•movie

as Phillip Davidson

The Singer Not the Song
6.4

as Father Michael Keogh

The Ghost Camera
6.3
The Ghost Camera
1933•movie

as Ernest Elton

The Truth About Spring
6.9

as Tommy Tyler

Quatermass
6.8
4 eps
Quatermass
1979•series

as Bernard Quatermass

The Lady and the Highwayman
5.1

as Sir Lawrence Dobson

Dulcima
7.3
Dulcima
1971•movie

as Mr. Parker

Night of the Fox
6.1
Night of the Fox
1990•movie

as Brig. Dougal Munro

So Well Remembered
5.2
So Well Remembered
1947•movie

as George Boswell

Lady Caroline Lamb
5.9
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972•movie

as Canning

The Grotesque
5.4
The Grotesque
1995•movie

as Sir Edward Cleghorn

The Masks of Death
5.4
The Masks of Death
1984•movie

as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator

The Green Cockatoo
5.9
The Green Cockatoo
1937•movie

as Jim Connor

The Gentle Gunman
6.5
The Gentle Gunman
1952•movie

as Terence Sullivan

The Merv Griffin Show
6.8
1 eps

as Self

Sky West and Crooked
5.6

Role: Director

The History of Mr. Polly
7.5

as Alfred Polly

Flame in the Streets
6.3

as Jacko Palmer

Nanny and the Professor
6.7
1 eps

as Uncle Alfred

A Woman of Substance
7.6
3 eps

as Henry Rossiter

Emma Hamilton
4.4
Emma Hamilton
1968•movie

as Lord William Hamilton

Tiara Tahiti
6.2
Tiara Tahiti
1962•movie

as Lt. Col. Clifford Southey

Adam's Woman
6.9
Adam's Woman
1970•movie

as Sir Philip MacDonald

The Quatermass Conclusion
4.2

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass

Mr. Denning Drives North
6.4

as Tom Denning

The Baby and the Battleship
6.4

as Puncher Roberts

Escapade
5.6
Escapade
1955•movie

as John Hampden

The Young Mr. Pitt
6.2
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942•movie

as William Wilberforce

Run Wild, Run Free
6.2
Run Wild, Run Free
1969•movie

as The Moorman (Colonel)

Brown on Resolution
6.2

as Albert Brown

Tudor Rose
8.1
Tudor Rose
1936•movie

as Lord Guilford Dudley

Wogan
5.6
1 eps
Wogan
1982•series

as Self

Car of Dreams
6.1
Car of Dreams
1935•movie

as Robert Miller

Deadly Advice
4.7
Deadly Advice
1994•movie

as Jack the Ripper

Hold the Dream
4.4
4 eps
Hold the Dream
1987•series

as Henry Rossiter

The South Bank Show
5.6
1 eps
The South Bank Show
1978•series
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
8.2

as Bobby Jessop

The Big Blockade
6.7
The Big Blockade
1942•movie

as Tom

The Big Freeze
6.7
The Big Freeze
1993•movie

as Dapper man

Broadway Gondolier
6.0
Broadway Gondolier
1935•movie
It's Great to be Young!
6.8

as Dingle

Talking Pictures
6.2
1 eps
Talking Pictures
2013•series

as Self (archive footage)

The Dame Edna Experience
5.5
1 eps

as Self

Forever Ealing
7.2
Forever Ealing
2002•movie

as Self

Old Bill and Son
6.6
Old Bill and Son
1941•movie

as Young Bill

Martin Chuzzlewit
8.4
3 eps
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994•series

as Mr Chuffey

Trial by Combat
7.8
Trial by Combat
1976•movie

as Colonel Bertie Cook

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
6.8

as Barney

Harnessing Peacocks
5.0

as Bernard Quigley

The Zoo Gang
7.8
6 eps
The Zoo Gang
1974•series

as Thomas "The Elephant" Devon

The Danny Kaye Show
7.0
1 eps
The Danny Kaye Show
1963•series

as Self

Britannia of Billingsgate
7.0

as Fred Bolton

The Valiant
8.3
The Valiant
1962•movie

as Captain Morgan

O.H.M.S.
4.7
O.H.M.S.
1937•movie

as Cpl. Bert Dawson

Those Were the Days
8.3

as Bobby Poskett

The Devil's Advocate
7.3

as Monsignor Blaise Meredith

Dundee and the Culhane
5.3
13 eps

as Dundee

An Audience with...
5.3
1 eps
An Audience with...
1978•series

as Self

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
6.3
1 eps
A Tale of Two Cities
5.7
2 eps

as Jarvis Lorry

Doctor's Orders
6.5
Doctor's Orders
1934•movie

as Ronnie Blake

All Hands
8.0
All Hands
1940•movie

as Jack

The Wind and the Bomb
8.5
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
7.0
Royal Cavalcade
8.0
Royal Cavalcade
1935•movie

as Young Enlistee

Africa: Texas Style!
9.0

as Wing Commander Hayes

The Midshipmaid
7.0
The Midshipmaid
1932•movie

as Golightly

A Political Party
9.0
A Political Party
1934•movie

as Tony Smithers

First Offence
8.0
First Offence
1936•movie

as Johnnie Penrose

Land of Promise
8.0
Land of Promise
1946•movie

as The Voice

The Best of British Cinema
8.0
48 eps

as Self - Narrator

Perfect Scoundrels
6.0
1 eps
Perfect Scoundrels
1990•series

as Praeger

The Way to Wimbledon

as Self - Commentator

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

as Self (uncredited)

A Profile of In Which We Serve

as Interviewee

The Gentleman Thief

as Arthur Rosehip

Young at Heart
19 eps
Young at Heart
1980•series

as Albert Collyer

Parkinson
1 eps
Parkinson
1998•series

as Self