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John Mills (I) (1908–2005)

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Sir John Mills, one of the most popular and beloved English actors, was born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills on February 22, 1908, at the Watts Naval Training College in North Elmham, Norfolk, England. The young Mills grew up in Felixstowe, Suffolk, where his father was a mathematics teacher and his mother was a theater box-office manager... See full bio »

Born:

Lewis Ernest Watts Mills
in The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK

Died:

(age 97) in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Still of John Mills and Grete Mosheim in Car of Dreams John Mills circa 1965 Still of James MacArthur, Dorothy McGuire and John Mills in Swiss Family Robinson John Mills guest on
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2005 Lights2 (short)
A Tramp
 
2003 Bright Young Things
Gentleman
 
2001 The Gentleman Thief (TV movie)
Arthur Rosehip
 
1998 Great Performances (TV series)
Gus the Theatrical Cat
– Cats (1998) … Gus the Theatrical Cat
 
1998 Cats
Gus the Theater Cat
 
1997 Bean
Chairman (as Sir John Mills)
 
1996 Hamlet
Old Norway
 
1995 Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets
Sir Edward Cleghorn
 
1994 Martin Chuzzlewit (TV mini-series)
Mr. Chuffey
– Episode Six (1994) … Mr. Chuffey
– Episode Three (1994) … Mr. Chuffey
– Episode Two (1994) … Mr. Chuffey
 
1994 Deadly Advice
Jack the Ripper
 
1993 Harnessing Peacocks (TV movie)
Bernard Quigley
 
1993 The Big Freeze
Dapper man
 
1992 Frankenstein (TV movie)
De Lacey
 
1992 Perfect Scoundrels (TV series)
Praeger
– Party Games (1992) … Praeger
 
1990 Night of the Fox (TV movie)
Brig. Dougal Munro
 
1989 A Tale of Two Cities (TV mini-series)
Jarvis Lorry
– Episode #1.2 (1989) … Jarvis Lorry
– Episode #1.1 (1989) … Jarvis Lorry
 
1989 Around the World in 80 Days (TV mini-series)
Faversham
– Episode #1.2 (1989) … Faversham (as Sir John Mills)
– Episode #1.1 (1989) … Faversham (as Sir John Mills)
– Episode #1.3 … Faversham (as Sir John Mills)
 
1989 The Lady and the Highwayman (TV movie)
Sir Lawrence Dobson
 
1989 Ending Up (TV movie)
Bernard
 
1988 Spit MacPhee (TV mini-series)
Fyfe MacPhee
 
1987 Who's That Girl
Montgomery Bell (as Sir John Mills)
 
1986 When the Wind Blows
Jim (voice)
 
1986 Hold the Dream (TV movie)
Henry Rossiter
 
1986 Hotel (TV series)
Charles Canfield
– Changes of Heart (1986) … Charles Canfield (as Sir John Mills)
 
1985 Edge of the Wind (TV movie)
Major General Blair
 
1985 Murder with Mirrors (TV movie)
Lewis Serrocold
 
1985 A Woman of Substance (TV mini-series)
Henry Rossiter
– Episode #1.3 (1985) … Henry Rossiter
– Episode #1.2 (1985) … Henry Rossiter (credit only)
– Episode #1.1 (1985) … Henry Rossiter
 
1984 Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (TV movie)
Doctor Watson
 
1983 Sahara
Cambridge
 
1982 Gandhi
The Viceroy
 
1980-1982 Young at Heart (TV series)
Albert Collyer
– On the Move (1982) … Albert Collyer
– Food, Glorious Food (1982) … Albert Collyer
– All Good Things Come to an End (1982) … Albert Collyer
– Wish You Were Here (1982) … Albert Collyer
– All's Well That Ends Well (1982) … Albert Collyer
See all 18 episodes »
 
1982 The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy (TV movie)
The Earl of Dorincourt
 
1980-1982 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Sam Morrissey / The Man / William Perkins
– Operation Safecrack (1982) … Sam Morrissey
– The Umbrella Man (1980) … The Man
– Galloping Foxley (1980) … William Perkins
 
1979 Quatermass (TV mini-series)
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
– An Endangered Species (1979) … Prof. Bernard Quatermass
– What Lies Beneath (1979) … Prof. Bernard Quatermass
– Lovely Lightning (1979) … Prof. Bernard Quatermass
– Ringstone Round (1979) … Prof. Bernard Quatermass
 
1979 Zulu Dawn
Sir Henry Bartle Frere
 
1979 The Love Boat (TV series)
Bertram MacDonald
– A Good and Faithful Servant/The Secret Life of Burl Smith/Tug of War/Designated Lover (1979) … Bertram MacDonald
 
1979 The Quatermass Conclusion
Prof. Bernard Quatermass
 
1978 The Thirty Nine Steps
Scudder
 
1978 Dr. Strange (TV movie)
Thomas Lindmer
 
1978 The Big Sleep
Inspector Jim Carson
 
1977 Des Teufels Advokat
Blaise Meredith
 
1976 A Dirty Knight's Work
Colonel Bertie Cook
 
1975 The 'Human' Factor
Mike McAllister
 
1974 The Zoo Gang (TV series)
Thomas 'The Elephant' Devon
– The Twisted Cross (1974) … Thomas 'The Elephant' Devon
– The Counterfeit Trap (1974) … Thomas 'The Elephant' Devon
– The Lion Hunt (1974) … Thomas 'The Elephant' Devon
– African Misfire (1974) … Thomas 'The Elephant' Devon
– Mindless Murder (1974) … Thomas 'The Elephant' Devon
See all 6 episodes »
 
1973 Oklahoma Crude
Cleon Doyle
 
1973 Lady Caroline Lamb
Canning
 
1972 Young Winston
General Kitchener
 
1971 Dulcima
Mr. Parker
 
1971 Nanny and the Professor (TV series)
Uncle Alfred
– The Human Fly (1971) … Uncle Alfred
 
1970 Ryan's Daughter
Michael
 
1970 Adam's Woman
Sir Philip MacDonald
 
1969 Run Wild, Run Free
The Moorman
 
1969 Oh! What a Lovely War
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
 
1968 Emma Hamilton
Lord William Hamilton
 
1968 A Black Veil for Lisa
Inspector Franz Bulon
 
1967 Dundee and the Culhane (TV series)
Dundee
– The Catch a Thief Brief (1967) … Dundee
– The Widow's Weeds Brief (1967) … Dundee
– The Thy Brother's Keeper Brief (1967) … Dundee
– The Death of a Warrior Brief (1967) … Dundee
– The 3:10 to a Lynching Brief (1967) … Dundee
See all 13 episodes »
 
1967 Chuka
Colonel Stuart Valois
 
1967 Africa: Texas Style
Wing Commander Hayes
 
1966 The Family Way
Ezra Fitton
 
1966 The Wrong Box
Masterman Finsbury
 
1965 King Rat
Smedley-Taylor
 
1965 Operation Crossbow
Gen. Boyd
 
1965 The Truth About Spring
Tommy Tyler
 
1964 The Chalk Garden
Maitland
 
1962-1964 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Davies / Inspector Fallon
– The Hell Walkers (1964) … Davies
– The Interrogator (1962) … Inspector Fallon
 
1962 Tiara Tahiti
Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
 
1962 The Valiant
Captain Morgan
 
1961 Flame in the Streets
Jacko Palmer
 
1961 The Parent Trap
Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited)
 
1961 The Singer Not the Song
Father Michael Keogh
 
1960 Swiss Family Robinson
Father Robinson
 
1960 Tunes of Glory
Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
 
1960 Season of Passion
Barney
 
1959 Tiger Bay
Superintendent Graham
 
1958 Hell, Heaven or Hoboken
Major Harvey
 
1958 Ice Cold in Alex
Captain Anson
 
1958 Dunkirk
Binns
 
1957 The Circle
Dr. Howard Latimer
 
1957 Town on Trial
Supt. Mike Halloran
 
1956 It's Great to Be Young!
Mr. Dingle
 
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
London Carriage Driver
 
1956 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Robert Crosbie
– The Letter (1956) … Robert Crosbie
 
1956 War and Peace
Platon Karataev
 
1956 The Baby and the Battleship
Puncher Roberts
 
1955 Escapade
John Hampden
 
1955 Above Us the Waves
Cmdr. Fraser
 
1955 The End of the Affair
Albert Parkis
 
1955 The Colditz Story
Pat Reid
 
1954 Hobson's Choice
Willie Mossop
 
1953 The Long Memory
Phillip Davidson
 
1952 The Gentle Gunman
Terence Sullivan
 
1952 Mr. Denning Drives North
Tom Denning
 
1950 Operation Disaster
Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
 
1949 The Rocking Horse Winner
Bassett
 
1949 The History of Mr. Polly
Alfred Polly
 
1948 Scott of the Antarctic
Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
 
1947 The October Man
Jim Ackland
 
1947 So Well Remembered
George Boswell
 
1946 Great Expectations
Pip
 
1945 Johnny in the Clouds
Peter Penrose
 
1945 Waterloo Road
Jim Colter
 
1944 This Happy Breed
Billy Mitchell
 
1944 Information Please (short)
British Flyer (uncredited)
 
1944 Victory Wedding (short)
Private Bill Clark
 
1943 We Dive at Dawn
Captain - Lt. Taylor, R.N.
 
1942 The Young Mr. Pitt
William Wilberforce
 
1942 In Which We Serve
Ordinary Seaman 'Shorty' Blake
 
1942 The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Bobby Jessop
 
1942 The Big Blockade
Tom
 
1941 Bombsight Stolen
Flt·Lieut. Perry
 
1941 Old Bill and Son
Young Bill Busby
 
1940 All Hands (short)
Jack
 
1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Peter Colley - as a Young Man
 
1939 Happy Family (short)
Fred
 
1937 The Green Cockatoo
Jim Connor
 
1937 You're in the Army Now
Cpl. Bert Dawson
 
1936 Nine Days a Queen
Lord Guilford Dudley
 
1936 The First Offence
Johnnie Penrose
 
1935 Born for Glory
Albert Brown
 
1935 Regal Cavalcade
Young Enlistee
 
1935 Charing Cross Road
Tony
 
1935 Car of Dreams
Robert Miller
 
1934 The Doctor's Secret
Ronnie Blake
 
1934 Those Were the Days
Bobby Poskett
 
1934 The River Wolves
Peter Farrell
 
1934 A Political Party
Tony Smithers
 
1934 The Lash
Arthur Haughton
 
1934 Blind Justice
Ralph Summers
 
1933 The Ghost Camera
Ernest Elton
 
1933 Britannia of Billingsgate
Fred Bolton
 
1932 Midshipmaid Gob
Golightly
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
1998 Great Performances (TV series)
– Cats (1998) (performer: "Gus: The Theatre Cat")
 
1960 Swiss Family Robinson (performer: "O Christmas Tree")
 
1956 The Baby and the Battleship (performer: "Way Back in Tennessee" - uncredited, "That Old Tattooed Lady" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1949 The Rocking Horse Winner (producer)
 
1949 The History of Mr. Polly (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1965 Gypsy Girl
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2002 Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making (video documentary) (special thanks - as Sir John Mills)
 
1997 To Be on Camera: A History with Hamlet (video documentary short) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (75 titles)
2005 The 100 Greatest War Films (TV documentary)
Himself (as Sir John Mills)
 
2005 Sir John Mills: A Century in Films (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 The Ultimate Film (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Peace One Day (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Bob Monkhouse: A BAFTA Tribute (TV special documentary)
Himself (as Sir John Mills)
 
2003 Today with Des and Mel (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 November 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Living Famously (TV series)
Himself
– Vivien Leigh (2003) … Himself (as Sir John Mills)
 
2002 Forever Ealing (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 Breakfast with Frost (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 September 2002 (2002) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 April 2002 (2002) … Himself (as Sir John Mills)
 
1977-2002 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Lloyd Scott (2002) … Himself
– Freddie Young (1996) … Himself
– Michael Denison & Dulcie Gray (1995) … Himself
– Juliet Mills (1992) … Himself
– Peter Cushing (1990) … Himself
See all 8 episodes »
 
2002 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.8 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making (video documentary)
Himself (as Sir John Mills)
 
2002 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Dick Emery (2002) … Himself (as Sir John Mills)
 
2002 Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute (TV documentary)
Himself (Guest in audience)
 
2002 Film Genre (TV series documentary)
Himself
– World War Two (2002) … Himself (as Sir John Mills)
 
2001 Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (TV special documentary)
Himself (as Sir John Mills)
 
2001 Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1977-2001 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 March 2001 (2001) … Himself
– Parkinson's Music (1977) … Himself
 
2000 40 Years on Coronation Street (TV special)
Himself - Narrator (voice) (as Sir John Mills)
 
2000 Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 An Audience with Cliff Richard (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Clive Anderson All Talk (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.7 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 The Troop (short)
Himself - Narrator
 
1999 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Hayley Mills: Seeing Double (1999) … Himself
 
1998 Arena: The Sir Noel Coward Trilogy (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Dennis Pennis R.I.P. (video)
Himself
 
1992-1997 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Presenter, cinema award
– The South Bank Show Awards (1997) … Himself - Presenter, cinema award
– Sir John Mills (1996) … Himself
– Sir Richard Attenborough (1992) … Himself
– Noel Coward (1992) … Himself
 
1995 An Audience with Shirley Bassey (TV special)
Himself - Audience Member
 
1995 Live for Peace: A Royal Gala (TV movie)
Himself
 
1994 An Audience with Bob Monkhouse (TV special)
Himself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1987-1994 Best of British (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– Thriller (1994) … Narrator
– Battle Cry (1994) … Narrator
– Conflict (1994) … Narrator
– Chase (1994) … Narrator
– Fantasy (1994) … Narrator
See all 57 episodes »
 
1992 The Late Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Missing Believed Lost: Britain's Missing Movie Heritage (1992) … Himself
 
1991 This Is Your Life (Highlights from the 1950's and 1960's) (TV movie)
Himself
 
1990 An Invitation to Remember (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– John Mills (1990) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1990 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1990 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to David Lean (TV special)
Himself (Guest Speaker)
 
1990 The British Comedy Awards 1990 (TV special documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
1989 Cilla's Goodbye to the '80s (TV movie)
Himself
 
1989 The Royal Variety Performance 1989 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988 One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1987 The Dame Edna Experience (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1987) … Himself
 
1987 Tribute to Her Majesty (documentary)
Himself - Presenter/Narrator
 
1987 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.3 (1987) … Himself
 
1987 The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1987 The Best of British Cinema (video documentary short)
Narrator (voice) (as Sir John Mills)
 
1986 Favourite Things (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Sir John Mills (1986) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1985 The Golden Gong (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
1983 The Making of Gandhi: Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi (TV movie)
Himself
 
1981 Tommy Steele: A Handful of Songs (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1980 Secombe with Music (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 December 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1980 The British Greats (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– Robert Donat (1980) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1978 Late Night Story (TV series short)
Himself - Reader
 
1978 Filmharmonic '78 (TV movie)
Himself - Introduced by
 
1977-1978 Stars on Sunday (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 September 1978 (1978) … Himself
– Stars on Christmas Sunday (1977) … Himself
 
1977 Fall In, the Stars (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Himself
 
1976 The Elstree Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1971 The Morecambe & Wise Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.4 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
– John Mills (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
1971 The Virginia Graham Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 31 March 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The British Screen Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1971 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself
– David Lean and John Mills (1971) … Himself
 
1970 The Irv Kupcinet Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 December 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.45 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 Film Night (TV series)
Himself
– We're the Last of the Travelling Circuses (1970) … Himself (as Johnny Mills)
 
1968 Wedding of the Doll (documentary)
Himself
 
1964 Five O'Clock Club (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.56 (1964) … Himself - Guest
 
1964 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Himself - Sketch Actor
– Episode #1.22 (1964) … Himself - Sketch Actor
 
1960-1962 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Richard Attenborough (1962) … Himself
– John Mills (1960) … Himself
 
1956 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Himself
– Constellation (1956) … Himself
 
1946 Total War in Britain (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1946 Land of Promise (documentary)
The Voice (voice)
 
1939 Happy Families (documentary short)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (13 titles)
2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2008 Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (TV documentary)
Arthur Haughton (uncredited)
 
2007 Bean: Scenes Unseen (video documentary short)
Chairman
 
2006 The 78th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
 
2006 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV documentary)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2005 Tribute to John Mills (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
2001 The Sketch Show Story
 
2000 Legends (TV series documentary)
 
1988 The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (video documentary)
Himself
 
1986 The Wind and the Bomb (documentary)
Jim (voice) (uncredited)
 
1979 Clapper Board (TV series)
 
1960 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 

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Other Works:

Wrote the foreword to "Coward On Film: The Cinema of Noel Coward" (Scarecrow Press, 2004) See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies  | 4 Print Biographies  | 6 Interviews  | 59 Articles  | 25 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Johnny Mills | Sir John Mills

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I used to write childish melodramas when I was seven or eight and act them out in the schoolhouse. See more »

Trivia:

Enlisted in the Royal Engineers in 1940 but received a medical discharge after a year and a half due to a duodenal ulcer. See more »

Nickname:

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Star Sign:

Pisces