John Mills

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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.

Known For

Bean

Chairman

Gandhi

Lord Chelmsford

Around the World in 80 Days

London Carriage Driver

Hamlet

Old King Norway

The Parent Trap

Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)

Great Expectations

Pip

Swiss Family Robinson

Father

When the Wind Blows

Jim Bloggs (voice)

Full Filmography

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

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