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Occupation
  
Actor

Siblings
  
Role
  
Actor

Name
  
John Mills

Years active
  
1932–2005


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Full Name
  
Lewis Ernest Watts Mills

Born
  
22 February 1908 (
1908-02-22
)

Died
  
April 23, 2005, Denham, United Kingdom

Children
  
Hayley Mills, Juliet Mills, Jonathan Mills

Spouse
  
Mary Hayley Bell (m. 1941–2005), Aileen Raymond (m. 1927–1941)

Movies
  
Ryan's Daughter, Great Expectations, Ice Cold in Alex, In Which We Serve, Hobson's Choice

Similar People
  
Hayley Mills, Mary Hayley Bell, Juliet Mills, David Lean, Jonathan Mills

John Mills actor CBE (1908-2005)


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 judgment. He received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Ryan's Daughter (1970).

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Early life

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Mills was born in Norfolk but grew up in Felixstowe, Suffolk, the son of Edith (Baker), a theatre box office manager, and Lewis Mills, a mathematics teacher.

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His spent his early years in the village of Belton where his father was the headmaster of the village school. He first felt the thrill of performing at a concert in the school hall when six years old. He lived in a modest house in Gainsborough Road Felixstowe until 1929. His older sister was Annette Mills, remembered as presenter of BBC Television's Muffin the Mule (1946–55).

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He was educated at Balham Grammar School in London, Sir John Leman High School in Beccles, Suffolk and Norwich High School for Boys, where it is said that his initials can still be seen carved into the brickwork on the side of the building in Upper St. Giles Street. Upon leaving school he worked as a clerk at a corn merchants in Ipswich before finding employment in London as a commercial traveller for the Sanitas Disinfectant Company.

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In September 1939, at the start of the Second World War, Mills enlisted in the British Army in the Royal Engineers. He was later commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, but in 1942 he received a medical discharge because of a stomach ulcer.

Early Career

Mills took an early interest in acting, making his professional début at the London Hippodrome in The Five O'Clock Girl in 1929. He followed this with a cabaret act.

Mills then got a job with a theatrical company that toured India, China and the Far East performing a number of plays. Noel Coward saw him appear in a production of Journey's End in Singapore and wrote Mills a letter of introduction to use back in London.

On his return Mills starred in The 1931 Revue, Coward's Cavalcade (1931) and the Noël Coward revue Words and Music (1932).

Early Films

He made his film début in The Midshipmaid (1932). He also appeared in The Ghost Camera (1933) with Ida Lupino and Britannia of Billingsgate (1934).

Mills was promoted to leading roles in A Political Party (1934), a comedy. He was in a series of quota quickies: The River Wolves (1934); Those Were the Days (1934), the first film of Will Hay; The Lash(1934); Blind Justice (1934); Doctor's Orders (1934); and Car of Dreams (1935). He did Jill Darling (1934) on stage and was one of many names in Royal Cavalcade (1935).

"A" Movies

Mills had the star role in an A film, Brown on Resolution (1935). It was back to quota quickies for Charing Cross Road (1935) and The First Offence (1936). He had another excellent part in an "A", playing Lord Guildford Dudley in Tudor Rose (1936). He did Aren't Men Beasts? (1936) on stage and worked for Hollywood director Raoul Walsh in O.H.M.S. (1937).

Mills starred in The Green Cockatoo (1937) directed by William Cameron Menzies. He appeared as Colley in the hugely popular 1939 film version of Goodbye, Mr Chips, opposite Robert Donat.

World War Two

At The Old Vic he was in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1939), She Stoops to Conquer (1939) and Of Mice and Men (1939-40). He joined the army in 1939 but occasionally made films on leave. He went back to movies with Old Bill and Son (1940) and made Cottage to Let (1941), a war film for Anthony Asquith. Mills went back to supporting Will Hay in The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) and he was one of many names in the war film, The Big Blockade (1942).

He was in Men in Shadow (1942) on stage, written by his wife. He achieved acclaim for his performance as an able seaman Noël Coward's In Which We Serve (1942), a huge hit. Mills had another good support role in The Young Mr Pitt (1942) playing William Wilberforce opposite Robert Donat. He was invalided out of the army in 1942.

Stardom

Mills' climb to stardom began when he had the lead role in We Dive at Dawn (1943), a film directed by Asquith about submariners. He was top billed in This Happy Breed (1944), directed by David Lean from a Noel Coward play, and a big hit.

Also popular was Waterloo Road (1945), from Sidney Gilliat, where Mills played a man who goes AWOL to retrieve his wife from draft-dodging Stewart Granger. Mills played a pilot in The Way to the Stars (1945), directed by Asquith from a script by Terence Rattigan, and another big hit in Britain. He did Duet for Two Hands (1945) on stage.

Mills had his greatest success to date in the lead in Great Expectations (1946), directed by David Lean. It was the third biggest hit at the British box office this year and Mills was voted the sixth most popular star.

Less successful critically and financially was So Well Remembered (1947) which used American writers and directors. The October Man (1947) was a mildly popular thriller from Roy Ward Baker.

Mills played the title role in Scott of the Antarctic (1948), a biopic of Captain Scott. It was the fourth most watched film of the year in Britain and Mills was the eighth biggest star.

Producer

Mills turned producer with The History of Mr. Polly (1949) from the novel by H.G. Wells. It was directed by Anthony Pelissier and Mills said it was his favorite film. Pelisse also made The Rocking Horse Winner (1949) which Mills produced; he also played a small role. More liked at the box office was a submarine drama, Morning Departure (1950), directed by Baker. By this stage his fee was a reported £20,000 a film.

Career Slump

After Morning Departure Mills took almost two years off. The films he made on his return were not popular: a thriller, Mr. Denning Drives North (1951); The Gentle Gunman (1952), where he and Dirk Bogarde played IRA gunmen for Basil Dearden; The Long Memory (1953), a thriller from Robert Hamer.

Popularity Revival

Mills' had his first hit in a number of years with Hobson's Choice (1954), directed by Lean. He was in The Colditz Story (1955), a popular war film.

Mills played a support role in a movie for MGM, The End of the Affair (1955) with Deborah Kerr and Van Johnson. More liked in Britain was another war story, Above Us the Waves (1955); this was sixth most popular film at the British box office that year, and helped Mills be the fifth most popular star in the country.

After Escapade (1955), Mills made the popular military comedy The Baby and the Battleship (1956), one of the biggest hits of 1956. Also on that list was another Mills comedy, It's Great to Be Young (1956).

Mills had a key support role as a peasant in War and Peace (1956) and made a cameo in Around the World in 80 Days (1956).

Mills tried some thrillers: Town on Trial (1957) directed by John Guillermin and The Vicious Circle (1957). More liked by the public were war films: Dunkirk (1958), the second most popular film of the tear in Britain; Ice Cold in Alex (1958), directed by J. Lee Thompson; and I Was Monty's Double'(1958), directed by Guillermin.

Hayley Mills

In the 1959 crime drama Tiger Bay, directed by Thompson, Mills played a police detective investigating a murder that a young girl has witnessed. His daughter Hayley was cast, and earned excellent reviews.

Mills went to Australia to play a cane cutter in the Hollywood financed Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959), a disappointing version of the well regarded play.

Better received was Tunes of Glory (1960), a military drama directed by Ronald Neame co-starring Alec Guinness. Mills' performance earned him a Best Actor Award at the Venice Film Festival.

Walt Disney saw Tiger Bay and offered Hayley Mills the lead role in Pollyanna (1960). Disney also offered John Mills the lead in the adventure film Swiss Family Robinson (1960), which was a huge hit. He did Ross (1960-61) on stage.

The Rank Organisation insisted Mills play the role of the priest in The Singer Not the Song (1961) opposite Dirk Bogarde, directed by Baker; the film has become regarded as a camp classic. Mills and Baker reteamed on an interracial drama Flame in the Streets (1961) and an Italian-British war film The Valiant (1962).

Mills did a comedy with James Mason, Tiara Tahiti (1962). He had a support role in The Chalk Garden (1964) starring Hayley.

After a cameo on the war film Operation Crossbow (1965), Mills made a third film with his daughter, The Truth About Spring (1965). He had a cameo in King Rat (1965) for Bryan Forbes, who then directed Mills in The Wrong Box (1966). Mills again played Hayley's father on screen in The Family Way (1966). He then directed her in Sky West and Crooked (1966) from a script written by his wife.

Character Actor

Mills began to drift into character roles, supporting Hugh O'Brian in Africa Texas Style (1967) and Rod Taylor in Chuka (1967). He went to Italy for a giallo, A Black Veil for Lisa (1968) and played William Hamilton in Emma Hamilton (1968).

Mills had a cameo in Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) for director Richard Attenborough and supported Mark Lester (though was top billed) in Run Wild, Run Free (1969). He went to Australia to star in a convict drama, Adam's Woman (1970).

For his role as the village idiot in Ryan's Daughter (1970) — a complete departure from his usual style – Mills won an Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

He was in Dulcima (1971) then had support roles in Young Winston (1972) for Attenborough, Lady Caroline Lamb (1972), and Oklahoma Crude (1973). On stage he did Veterans at the Royal Court, At the End of the Day (1973), The Good Companions (1974), Great Expectations (1975) and Separate Tables (1977).

Also on the small screen, in 1974 he starred as Captain Tommy "The Elephant" Devon in the six-part television drama series The Zoo Gang, about a group of former underground freedom fighters from World War II, with Brian Keith, Lilli Palmer and Barry Morse.

He could still get lead roles in films, as shown by The "Human" Factor (1975), Trial by Combat (1976), and The Devil's Advocate (1977). He had good support roles in The Big Sleep (1978) and The Thirty Nine Steps (1978).

His most famous television role was probably as the title character in Quatermass for ITV in 1979. He followed this with a sitcom in Young at Heart (1980-82).

On the big screen he was now mainly playing upper crust types as in Zulu Dawn (1979), Gandhi (1982), and Sahara (1983). He did Goodbye Mr Chips on stage (1982) followed by Little Lies (1983).

Later Career

In 1986 he did The Petition at the National and the following year did Pygmalion on Broadway. He provided a voice for When the Wind Blows (1986) and supported Madonna in Who's That Girl (1987).

His best roles were on TV in Harnessing Peacocks (1993) and Martin Chuzzlewit (1994).

Mills also starred as Gus: The Theatre Cat in the filmed version of the musical Cats in 1998.

In 2000, Mills released his extensive home cine-film footage in a documentary film entitled Sir John Mills' Moving Memories, with interviews with Mills, his children Hayley, Juliet and Jonathan and Richard Attenborough. The film was produced and written by Jonathan Mills, directed and edited by Marcus Dillistone, and features behind the scenes footage and stories from films such as Ice Cold in Alex and Dunkirk. In addition the film also includes home footage of many of Mills's friends and fellow cast members including Laurence Olivier, Harry Andrews, Walt Disney, David Niven, Dirk Bogarde, Rex Harrison and Tyrone Power.

Mills's last cinema appearance was playing a tramp in Lights 2 (directed by Marcus Dillistone); the cinematographer was Jack Cardiff. They had last worked together on Scott of the Antarctic in 1948. Their combined age was 186 years, a cinema record.

Personal life

His first wife was the actress Aileen Raymond, who died only five days after he did. They were married in 1932 and divorced in 1941. Raymond later became the mother of actor Ian Ogilvy.

His second wife was the dramatist Mary Hayley Bell. Their marriage, on 16 January 1941, lasted for 64 years, until his death in 2005. They were married in a rushed civil ceremony, because of the war; and it was not until 60 years later that they had their union blessed in a church. They lived in The Wick, London, for many years. They sold the house to musician Ronnie Wood in 1971 and moved to Hills House, Denham.

Mills and Bell had two daughters, Juliet, star of television's Nanny and the Professor and Hayley, a Disney child star who appeared in Pollyanna, The Parent Trap and Whistle Down the Wind, and one son, Jonathan Mills, a screenwriter. In 1947, Mills appeared with his daughters in the film So Well Remembered. The three also appeared together decades later, on an episode of ABC's The Love Boat. Mills's grandson by Hayley, Crispian Mills, is a musician, best known for his work with the raga rock group Kula Shaker.

Despite having always previously voted Conservative, Mills publicly supported Tony Blair's Labour Party in the 2001 General Election, later regretting this decision after the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Death

In the years leading up to his death, he appeared on television only on special occasions, his sight having failed almost completely in 1992. After that, his film roles were brief yet notable cameos.

He died aged 97 on 23 April 2005 in Denham, Buckinghamshire, following a chest infection. Lady Mills died on 1 December 2005. Sir John and Lady Mills are buried in Denham Churchyard.

Honours

Mills was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1960. In 1976 he was knighted by the Queen.

In 1999, at 91 years of age, Mills became the oldest joining member of the entertainment charitable fraternity, the Grand Order of Water Rats.

In 2002, he received a Fellowship of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), their highest award, and was named a Disney Legend by the Walt Disney Company.

Box office ranking

For a number of years, British film exhibitors voted him among the top ten British stars at the box office via an annual poll in the Motion Picture Herald.

  • 1945 – 4th
  • 1946 – 8th
  • 1947 – 4th (6th most popular overall)
  • 1948 – 3rd (4th most popular over all)
  • 1949 – 3rd (8th most popular over all)
  • 1950 – 4th (6th most popular overall)
  • 1954 – 10th
  • 1955 – 2nd (5th most popular overall)
  • 1956 – 10th
  • 1957 – 6th
  • 1958 – 6th
  • 1961 – 5th
  • Filmography

    Actor
    2005
    Lights2 (Short) as
    A Tramp
    2003
    Bright Young Things as
    Gentleman
    2001
    The Gentleman Thief (TV Movie) as
    Arthur Rosehip
    1998
    Cats as
    Gus the Theatre Cat
    1997
    Bean as
    Chairman (as Sir John Mills)
    1996
    Hamlet as
    Old Norway
    1995
    Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets as
    Sir Edward Cleghorn
    1994
    Martin Chuzzlewit (TV Mini Series) as
    Mr. Chuffey
    - Episode Six (1994) - Mr. Chuffey
    - Episode Three (1994) - Mr. Chuffey
    - Episode Two (1994) - Mr. Chuffey
    1994
    Deadly Advice as
    Jack the Ripper
    1993
    Harnessing Peacocks (TV Movie) as
    Bernard Quigley
    1993
    The Big Freeze (TV Movie) as
    Dapper Man
    1992
    Frankenstein (TV Movie) as
    De Lacey
    1992
    Perfect Scoundrels (TV Series) as
    Praeger
    - Party Games (1992) - Praeger
    1990
    Night of the Fox (TV Movie) as
    Brig. Dougal Munro
    1989
    Ending Up (TV Movie) as
    Bernard
    1989
    A Tale of Two Cities (TV Mini Series) as
    Jarvis Lorry
    - Episode #1.2 (1989) - Jarvis Lorry
    - Episode #1.1 (1989) - Jarvis Lorry
    1989
    Around the World in 80 Days (TV Mini Series) as
    Faversham
    - Episode #1.3 (1989) - Faversham (as Sir John Mills)
    - Episode #1.2 (1989) - Faversham (as Sir John Mills)
    - Episode #1.1 (1989) - Faversham (as Sir John Mills)
    1988
    The Lady and the Highwayman (TV Movie) as
    Sir Lawrence Dobson
    1988
    Spit MacPhee (TV Mini Series) as
    Fyfe MacPhee
    - Episode #1.4 (1988) - Fyfe MacPhee
    - Episode #1.3 (1988) - Fyfe MacPhee
    - Episode #1.2 (1988) - Fyfe MacPhee
    - Episode #1.1 (1988) - Fyfe MacPhee
    1987
    Who's That Girl as
    Montgomery Bell (as Sir John Mills)
    1987
    Hold the Dream (TV Mini Series) as
    Henry Rossiter
    - Episode #1.1 (1987) - Henry Rossiter
    1986
    When the Wind Blows as
    Jim Bloggs (voice)
    1986
    Hotel (TV Series) as
    Charles Canfield
    - Changes of Heart (1986) - Charles Canfield (as Sir John Mills)
    1985
    Edge of the Wind (TV Movie) as
    Major General Blair
    1985
    Murder with Mirrors (TV Movie) as
    Lewis Serrocold
    1985
    A Woman of Substance (TV Mini Series) as
    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) as
    Doctor Watson
    1983
    Sahara as
    Cambridge
    1982
    Gandhi as
    The Viceroy
    1980
    Young at Heart (TV Series) as
    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
    - What Price Honour? (1982) - Albert Collyer
    - Easy Come, Easy Go (1981) - Albert Collyer
    - Love Is (1981) - Albert Collyer
    - Men Were Deceivers Ever (1981) - Albert Collyer
    - All Through the Night (1981) - Albert Collyer
    - I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside (1981) - Albert Collyer
    - Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (1981) - Albert Collyer
    - Everything in the Garden's Lovely (1981) - Albert Collyer
    - And They Said It Wouldn't Last (1980) - Albert Collyer
    - Oh What a Tangled Web (1980) - Albert Collyer
    - Ashes to Ashes (1980) - Albert Collyer
    - There's No Place Like Home (1980) - Albert Collyer
    - Pastures Green and New (1980) - Albert Collyer
    1982
    The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy (TV Movie) as
    The Earl of Dorincourt
    1980
    Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) as
    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) as
    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
    The Quatermass Conclusion as
    Prof. Bernard Quatermass
    1979
    Zulu Dawn as
    Sir Henry Bartle Frere
    1979
    The Love Boat (TV Series) as
    Bertram MacDonald
    - A Good and Faithful Servant/The Secret Life of Burl Smith/Tug of War/Designated Lover (1979) - Bertram MacDonald
    1978
    The Thirty Nine Steps as
    Scudder
    1978
    Dr. Strange (TV Movie) as
    Lindmer
    1978
    The Big Sleep as
    Inspector Carson
    1977
    Des Teufels Advokat as
    Monsignor Blaise Meredith (as Sir John Mills)
    1976
    A Dirty Knight's Work as
    Colonel Bertie Cook
    1975
    The 'Human' Factor as
    Mike McAllister
    1974
    The Zoo Gang (TV Series) as
    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
    - Revenge: Post-dated (1974) - Thomas 'The Elephant' Devon
    1973
    Oklahoma Crude as
    Cleon
    1972
    Lady Caroline Lamb as
    Canning
    1972
    Young Winston as
    General Kitchener
    1971
    Dulcima as
    Mr. Parker
    1971
    Nanny and the Professor (TV Series) as
    Uncle Alfred
    - The Human Fly (1971) - Uncle Alfred
    1970
    Ryan's Daughter as
    Michael
    1970
    Adam's Woman as
    Sir Philip MacDonald
    1969
    Oh! What a Lovely War as
    Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
    1969
    Run Wild, Run Free as
    The Moorman
    1968
    Emma Hamilton as
    Lord William Hamilton
    1968
    A Black Veil for Lisa as
    Inspector Franz Bulon
    1967
    Dundee and the Culhane (TV Series) as
    Dundee
    - The Catch-a-Thief (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
    - The Duelist Brief (1967) - Dundee
    - The 1000 Feet Deep Brief (1967) - Dundee
    - The Jubilee Raid Brief (1967) - Dundee
    - The Dead Man's Brief (1967) - Dundee
    - The Murderer Stallion Brief (1967) - Dundee
    - The Cat in the Bag Brief (1967) - Dundee
    - The Vasquez Brief (1967) - Dundee
    - The Turn the Other Cheek Brief (1967) - Dundee
    1967
    Chuka as
    Col. Stuart Valois
    1967
    Africa: Texas Style as
    Wing Commander Hayes
    1966
    The Family Way as
    Ezra Fitton
    1966
    The Wrong Box as
    Masterman Finsbury
    1965
    King Rat as
    Colonel Smedley-Taylor
    1965
    Operation Crossbow as
    General Boyd
    1965
    The Truth About Spring as
    Tommy Tyler
    1964
    The Chalk Garden as
    Maitland
    1962
    The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series) as
    Davies / Inspector Fallon
    - The Hell Walkers (1964) - Davies
    - The Interrogator (1962) - Inspector Fallon
    1962
    Tiara Tahiti as
    Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
    1962
    The Valiant as
    Capt. Morgan
    1961
    Flame in the Streets as
    Jacko Palmer
    1961
    The Parent Trap as
    Golf Caddy (uncredited)
    1961
    The Singer Not the Song as
    Father Michael Keogh
    1960
    Swiss Family Robinson as
    Father Robinson
    1960
    Tunes of Glory as
    Lt. Col. Basil Barrow
    1959
    Season of Passion as
    Barney
    1959
    Tiger Bay as
    Superintendent Graham
    1958
    Hell, Heaven or Hoboken as
    Major Harvey
    1958
    Ice Cold in Alex as
    Captain Anson
    1958
    Dunkirk as
    Corporal 'Tubby' Binns
    1957
    The Circle as
    Dr. Howard Latimer
    1957
    Town on Trial as
    Supt. Mike Halloran
    1956
    It's Great to Be Young! as
    Dingle
    1956
    Around the World in 80 Days as
    London Carriage Driver
    1956
    Producers' Showcase (TV Series) as
    Robert Crosbie
    - The Letter (1956) - Robert Crosbie
    1956
    War and Peace as
    Platon Karataev
    1956
    The Baby and the Battleship as
    Puncher Roberts
    1955
    Escapade as
    John Hampden
    1955
    Above Us the Waves as
    Cmdr. Fraser
    1955
    The End of the Affair as
    Albert Parkis
    1955
    The Colditz Story as
    Pat Reid
    1954
    Hobson's Choice as
    William Mossop
    1953
    The Long Memory as
    Phillip Davidson
    1952
    The Gentle Gunman as
    Terence Sullivan
    1951
    Mr. Denning Drives North as
    Tom Denning
    1950
    Operation Disaster as
    Lieut. Commander Armstrong
    1949
    The Rocking Horse Winner as
    Bassett
    1949
    The History of Mr. Polly as
    Alfred Polly
    1948
    Scott of the Antarctic as
    Captain R.F. Scott R.N.
    1947
    The October Man as
    Jim Ackland
    1947
    So Well Remembered as
    George Boswell
    1946
    Great Expectations as
    Pip
    1945
    Johnny in the Clouds as
    Peter Penrose
    1945
    Waterloo Road as
    Jim Colter
    1944
    Information Please (Short) as
    British Flyer (uncredited)
    1944
    Victory Wedding (Short) as
    Private Bill Clark
    1944
    This Happy Breed as
    Billy Mitchell
    1943
    The Sky's the Limit (Short) as
    Tom
    1943
    We Dive at Dawn as
    Captain - Lt. Taylor, R.N.
    1942
    The Young Mr. Pitt as
    William Wilberforce
    1942
    In Which We Serve as
    Ordinary Seaman Shorty Blake
    1942
    The Big Blockade as
    Royal Air Force: Tom
    1942
    Black Sheep of Whitehall as
    Bobby Jessop
    1941
    Bombsight Stolen as
    Flt·Lieut. Perry
    1941
    Old Bill and Son as
    Young Bill Busby
    1940
    All Hands (Short) as
    Jack
    1939
    Goodbye, Mr. Chips as
    Peter Colley (as a Young Man)
    1937
    The Green Cockatoo as
    Jim Connor
    1937
    You're in the Army Now as
    Cpl. Bert Dawson
    1936
    Nine Days a Queen as
    Lord Guilford Dudley
    1936
    The First Offence as
    Johnnie Penrose
    1936
    Charing Cross Road as
    Tony
    1935
    Car of Dreams as
    Robert Miller
    1935
    Born for Glory as
    Albert Brown
    1934
    The Doctor's Secret as
    Ronnie Blake
    1934
    Blind Justice as
    Ralph Summers
    1934
    The Lash as
    Arthur Haughton
    1934
    Those Were the Days as
    Bobby Poskett
    1934
    The River Wolves as
    Peter Farrell
    1934
    A Political Party as
    Tony Smithers
    1933
    Britannia of Billingsgate as
    Fred Bolton
    1933
    The Ghost Camera as
    Ernest Elton
    1932
    Midshipmaid Gob as
    Golightly
    Producer
    1949
    The Rocking Horse Winner (producer)
    1949
    The History of Mr. Polly (producer)
    Director
    1966
    Gypsy Girl
    Soundtrack
    1998
    Cats (performer: "Gus: The Theatre Cat")
    1969
    Oh! What a Lovely War (performer: "Oh, It's a Lovely War" - uncredited)
    1960
    Swiss Family Robinson (performer: "O Christmas Tree" - uncredited)
    1958
    Ice Cold in Alex (performer: "My Old Man (Said Follow the Van)")
    1956
    The Baby and the Battleship (performer: "Way Back in Tennessee", "That Old Tattooed Lady" - uncredited)
    1935
    Car of Dreams (performer: "Goodbye Trouble", "Car of Dreams" - uncredited)
    1935
    Born for Glory (performer: "Danny Boy" - uncredited)
    Thanks
    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)
    Self
    2005
    The 100 Greatest War Films (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self (as Sir John Mills)
    2005
    Sir John Mills: A Century in Films (TV Movie) as
    Self
    2004
    The Ultimate Film (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2004
    Peace One Day (Documentary) as
    Self
    2004
    Bob Monkhouse: A BAFTA Tribute (TV Special) as
    Self (as Sir John Mills)
    2003
    Today with Des and Mel (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 4 November 2003 (2003) - Self
    1998
    Arena (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough (2003) - Self
    - The Noel Coward Trilogy - Part 2: Captain Coward (1998) - Self (as Sir John Mills)
    2003
    Living Famously (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Vivien Leigh (2003) - Self (as Sir John Mills)
    2002
    Film Genre (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - World War Two (2002) - Self (as Sir John Mills)
    2002
    Forever Ealing (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self - Interviewee
    2002
    Breakfast with Frost (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 15 September 2002 (2002) - Self
    - Episode dated 7 April 2002 (2002) - Self (as Sir John Mills)
    1960
    This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Lloyd Scott (2002) - Self
    - Freddie Young (1996) - Self
    - Michael Denison & Dulcie Gray (1995) - Self
    - Juliet Mills (1992) - Self
    - Peter Cushing, O.B.E. (1990) - Self
    - Barbara Cartland (1989) - Self
    - Rachel Kempson (1986) - Self
    - John Mills (1983) - Self
    - Douglas Bader (1982) - Self
    - Earl Mountbatten (1977) - Self
    - Anthony Quayle (1977) - Self
    - Richard Attenborough (1962) - Self
    - John Mills (1960) - Self
    2002
    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #2.8 (2002) - Self
    2002
    Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making (Video documentary) as
    Self (as Sir John Mills)
    2002
    Heroes of Comedy (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Dick Emery (2002) - Self (as Sir John Mills)
    2002
    Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute (TV Special) as
    Self - Guest in Audience
    2001
    Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (TV Special) as
    Self (as Sir John Mills)
    2001
    Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    1977
    Parkinson (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 24 March 2001 (2001) - Self
    - Episode #6.19 (1977) - Self
    2000
    A Profile of 'In Which We Serve' (Video documentary short) as
    Self
    2000
    Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (Video documentary) as
    Self
    2000
    40 Years on Coronation Street (TV Special) as
    Self - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    1999
    Best of British (TV Series documentary) as
    Self - Co-Star Cottage to Let / Co-Star Morning Departure
    - George Cole (1999) - Self - Co-Star Cottage to Let / Co-Star Morning Departure (as Sir John Mills)
    1999
    An Audience with Cliff Richard (TV Special) as
    Self
    1999
    Clive Anderson All Talk (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #4.7 (1999) - Self
    1999
    The Troop (Short) as
    Self - Narrator
    1999
    Biography (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Hayley Mills: Seeing Double (1999) - Self
    1998
    Des O'Connor Tonight (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #22.4 (1998) - Self (as Sir John Mills)
    1997
    To Be on Camera: A History with Hamlet (Video documentary short) as
    Self
    1997
    Dennis Pennis R.I.P. (Video) as
    Self
    1992
    The South Bank Show (TV Series documentary) as
    Self / Self - Presenter, Cinema Award
    - The South Bank Show Awards (1997) - Self - Presenter, Cinema Award
    - Sir John Mills (1996) - Self
    - Sir Richard Attenborough (1992) - Self
    - Noel Coward (1992) - Self
    1995
    An Audience with Shirley Bassey (TV Special) as
    Self - Audience Member
    1995
    Live for Peace: A Royal Gala (TV Special) as
    Self
    1994
    The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 1994 (TV Special) as
    Self
    1994
    An Audience with Bob Monkhouse (TV Special documentary) as
    Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
    1987
    Best of British (TV Series documentary) as
    Narrator / Actor
    - Thriller (1994) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Battle Cry (1994) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Conflict (1994) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Chase (1994) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Fantasy (1994) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - A Way of Life (1994) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Supernatural (1994) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Rebel (1994) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Slapstick (1994) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Things to Come (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Money Matters (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Behind the Lines (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Cliffhanger (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Affairs of the Heart (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Ealing Comedies (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - History in the Making (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Home Sweet Home (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - When We Were Young (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Classic Characters (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Scales of Justice (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Song and Dance (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Who Dunnit (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Independent Woman (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - George and Gracie (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Villain (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Rock 'N' Roll (1993) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - World of Adventure (1990) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - The Romantics (1990) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Private Lives (1990) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - The Gentle Touch (1990) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - A Class of Their Own (1990) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance (1989) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Going Places (1989) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Reel Lives (1989) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - English Gentlemen (1989) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Woman's Own (1989) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - New Frontiers (1989) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Heaven and Earth (1989) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Doctors and Nurses (1989) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - All at Sea (1989) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Love Story (1989) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Animal Antics (1989) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Film Fun (1988) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Kids (1988) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - All in the Game (1988) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Action Men (1988) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Classic Tales (1988) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Power and Prejudice (1987) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - The Eccentrics (1987) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Fine and Dandy (1987) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Things That Go Bump in the Night (1987) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - The War Game (1987) - Narrator / Actor (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - The All Singing All Dancing Show (1987) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - The English Roses (1987) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - I Spy (1987) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - Leave 'Em Laughing (1987) - Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    - The Heroes (1987) - Narrator / Actor (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    1992
    The Late Show (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Missing Believed Lost: Britain's Missing Movie Heritage (1992) - Self
    1991
    This Is Your Life (Highlights from the 1950's and 1960's) (TV Movie) as
    Self
    1990
    AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest Speaker
    - AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to David Lean (1990) - Self - Guest Speaker
    1990
    The British Comedy Awards 1990 (TV Special) as
    Self - Presenter
    1990
    A Royal Birthday Gala (TV Special) as
    Self
    1990
    An Invitation to Remember (TV Series) as
    Self - Interviewee
    - John Mills (1990) - Self - Interviewee
    1990
    7th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1989
    Cilla's Goodbye to the '80s (TV Movie) as
    Self
    1989
    The Royal Variety Performance 1989 (TV Special) as
    Self
    1988
    One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage (TV Special) as
    Self (uncredited)
    1987
    Wogan (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #8.22 (1988) - Self (as Sir John Mills)
    - Episode #7.61 (1987) - Self
    1987
    The Best of British Cinema (Video short documentary) as
    Narrator (voice, as Sir John Mills)
    1987
    The Dame Edna Experience (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.6 (1987) - Self
    1987
    The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Alec Guinness (TV Movie) as
    Self - Speaker
    1987
    Tribute to Her Majesty (Documentary) as
    Self - Presenter / Narrator
    1987
    Aspel & Company (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #4.3 (1987) - Self
    1987
    The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1986
    Favourite Things (TV Series documentary) as
    Self - Interviewee
    - Sir John Mills (1986) - Self - Interviewee (as Sir John Mills)
    1985
    The Golden Gong (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    1985
    The Time of Your Life (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Hayley Mills (1985) - Self (as Sir John Mills)
    1984
    Jim Davidson's Special (TV Series) as
    Self - Introduced and Narrated by
    - Jim Davidson's Falklands Special (1984) - Self - Introduced and Narrated by (as John Mills C.B.E.)
    1983
    The British Academy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Presenter
    1983
    The Making of Gandhi: Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    1981
    Tommy Steele: A Handful of Songs (TV Movie documentary) as
    Narrator
    1980
    Secombe with Music (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 17 December 1980 (1980) - Self
    1980
    The British Greats (TV Series) as
    Self - Interviewee
    - Robert Donat (1980) - Self - Interviewee (as Sir John Mills)
    1979
    Peter Couchman Tonight (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #2.1 (1979) - Self
    1979
    Late Night Story (TV Series short) as
    Self - Reader
    - Declarations of War: Adagio (1979) - Self - Reader
    - Declarations of War: Paper Casualty (1979) - Self - Reader
    - Declarations of War: A New Way to Say Goodnight (1979) - Self - Reader
    - Declarations of War: Brent's Deus Ex Machina (1979) - Self - Reader
    - Declarations of War Action (1979) - Self - Reader
    1978
    Mitchum in Marlowe Country (TV Short documentary) as
    Self (uncredited)
    1978
    Filmharmonic '78 (TV Special) as
    Self - Introduced by
    1977
    Stars on Sunday (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 24 September 1978 (1978) - Self
    - Stars on Christmas Sunday (1977) - Self
    1977
    Fall In, the Stars (TV Movie) as
    Self
    1977
    Night of 100 Stars (TV Special) as
    Self
    1976
    The Elstree Story (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    1976
    A World of Music (TV Series) as
    Self - Presenter
    - Another Opening, Another Show (1976) - Self - Presenter
    1974
    The Evening Standard Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1973
    The British Academy Award (TV Special) as
    Self - Presenter
    1966
    The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) as
    Self / Self - Guest
    - Special segment filmed on location in Stockton, CA on the set of "Oklahoma Crude" (1972) - Self
    - John Mills, Barbara Eden, Shecky Greene, Willie Shoemaker, Dr. Cleo Dawson (1970) - Self
    - John Mills, Mary Mills, Hayley Mills, Allen Ludden, Betty White, Gilbert Price, Phil Leeds, Max Morath (1966) - Self - Guest
    1971
    The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - David Lean and John Mills (1971) - Self
    1971
    The Morecambe & Wise Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #6.4 (1971) - Self
    1971
    Cinema (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - John Mills (1971) - Self
    1971
    The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Winner
    1971
    The Virginia Graham Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 31 March 1971 (1971) - Self
    1971
    The British Screen Awards (TV Special) as
    Self
    1970
    The Irv Kupcinet Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 28 December 1970 (1970) - Self
    1970
    The David Frost Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #3.45 (1970) - Self
    1970
    Film Night (TV Series) as
    Self
    - We're the Last of the Travelling Circuses (1970) - Self (as Johnny Mills)
    1969
    Sydney Tonight (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 15 January 1969 (1969) - Self
    1968
    Wedding of the Doll (Documentary short) as
    Self
    1966
    Film Preview (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.3 (1966) - Self
    1965
    Call My Bluff (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.11 (1965) - Self
    1964
    Today (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 18 December 1964 (1964) - Self
    1964
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - John and Hayley Mills, Jayne Mansfield, Phyllis Diller (1964) - Self - Guest
    1964
    Five O'Clock Club (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest
    - Episode #1.56 (1964) - Self - Guest
    1964
    The Danny Kaye Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.22 (1964) - Self
    1961
    Film Profile (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Michael Balcon (1961) - Self (voice)
    1960
    Here's Hollywood (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.26 (1960) - Self
    1956
    Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Constellation (1956) - Self
    1956
    Film Fanfare (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.21 (1956) - Self
    - Episode #1.1 (1956) - Self
    1952
    The Way to Wimbledon (Documentary short) as
    Self - Commentator
    1952
    This Is Show Business (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.8 (1952) - Self
    1948
    Stars on Parade (Documentary short) as
    Self
    1946
    Land of Promise (Documentary) as
    The Voice (voice)
    1946
    Total War in Britain (Documentary short) as
    Narrator (voice)
    1939
    Happy Family (Documentary short) as
    Fred
    1935
    Regal Cavalcade as
    Young Enlistee
    Archive Footage
    2015
    Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic (TV Movie documentary) as
    Pip (uncredited)
    2013
    Talking Pictures (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - John Mills: Talking Pictures (2013) - Self
    2012
    Arena (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Dickens on Film (2012) - Self
    2010
    Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (Documentary) as
    Self - Interviewee
    2008
    Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (TV Movie documentary) as
    Arthur Haughton (uncredited)
    2007
    Bean: Scenes Unseen (Video documentary short) as
    Chairman
    2006
    Screenwipe (TV Series documentary) as
    Prof. Bernard Quatermass
    - Episode #1.3 (2006) - Prof. Bernard Quatermass (uncredited)
    2006
    The 78th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Memorial Tribute
    2006
    The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - Memorial Tribute
    2006
    12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special) as
    Self - In Memoriam
    2005
    Tribute to John Mills (TV Movie documentary) as
    Self
    2005
    Weekend Sunrise (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 24 April 2005 (2005) - Self
    2002
    Heroes of Comedy (TV Series documentary)
    - Sidney James (2002)
    2001
    Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story (TV Mini Series documentary)
    2001
    The Making of 'Gandhi' - A Photo Montage (Video short) as
    Self (uncredited)
    2000
    Legends (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Sir John Mills (2000) - Self
    1997
    The Story of Bean (TV Movie documentary) as
    Chairman (uncredited)
    1989
    Peter Cushing: A One-Way Ticket to Hollywood (TV Movie documentary) as
    Dr.Watson
    1988
    The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (Video documentary) as
    Self
    1986
    The Wind and the Bomb (Documentary short) as
    Jim (uncredited)
    1985
    The South Bank Show (TV Series documentary) as
    Pip (clip from Great Expectations (1946))
    - Sir Alec Guinness (1985) - Pip (clip from Great Expectations (1946))
    1979
    Clapper Board (TV Series) as
    Various
    - Episode dated 23 April 1979 (1979) - Various
    1960
    The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
    Father (edited from: Swiss Family Robinson)
    - Escape to Paradise/Water Birds (1960) - Father (edited from: Swiss Family Robinson)

    References

    John Mills Wikipedia


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