John Mills

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John Mills

Acting February 22, 1908

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.…

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Bean

Bean

6.5 1997 Movie
Gandhi

Gandhi

7.6 1982 Movie
The Love Boat

The Love Boat

6.3 1977 TV Show
The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

6.8 1962 TV Show
Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

6.7 1956 Movie
Who's That Girl

Who's That Girl

5.5 1987 Movie
Hamlet

Hamlet

7.3 1996 Movie
The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

7.0 1961 Movie
Wogan

Wogan

5.3 1982 TV Show
Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

6.7 1979 TV Show
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

7.3 1946 Movie
Hotel

Hotel

6.8 1982 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2013
    Talking Pictures

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  2. 2010
    Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

    Movie Self – Interviewee

  3. 2003
    Bright Young Things

    Movie Gentleman

  4. 2003
    The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

    Movie

  5. 2002
    Forever Ealing

    Movie Self

  6. 2002
    Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

    Movie Self (archive)

  7. 2001
    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

    TV show Self

  8. 2001
    The Gentleman Thief

    Movie Arthur Rosehip

  9. 2000
    Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

    Movie Self

  10. 2000
    A Profile of In Which We Serve

    Movie Interviewee

  11. 1998
    Cats

    Movie Gus the Theatre Cat

  12. 1998
    Parkinson

    TV show Self

  13. 1997
    Bean

    Movie Chairman

  14. 1996
    Hamlet

    Movie Old King Norway

  15. 1996
    Clive Anderson All Talk

    TV show Self

  16. 1995
    The Grotesque

    Movie Sir Edward Cleghorn

More credits
  1. 1994
    Martin Chuzzlewit

    TV show Mr Chuffey

  2. 1994
    Deadly Advice

    Movie Jack the Ripper

  3. 1993
    Frankenstein

    Movie De Lacey

  4. 1993
    Harnessing Peacocks

    Movie Bernard Quigley

  5. 1993
    The Big Freeze

    Movie Dapper man

  6. 1990
    Night of the Fox

    Movie Brig. Dougal Munro

  7. 1990
    Perfect Scoundrels

    TV show Praeger

  8. 1989
    A Tale of Two Cities

    TV show Jarvis Lorry

  9. 1989
    Around the World in 80 Days

    TV show Faversham

  10. 1989
    Ending Up

    Movie Bernard

  11. 1988
    One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  12. 1988
    The Lady and the Highwayman

    Movie Sir Lawrence Dobson

  13. 1987
    The Dame Edna Experience

    TV show Self

  14. 1987
    Who's That Girl

    Movie Montgomery Bell

  15. 1987
    Hold the Dream

    TV show Henry Rossiter

  16. 1987
    The Best of British Cinema

    TV show Self - Narrator

  17. 1986
    When the Wind Blows

    Movie Jim Bloggs (voice)

  18. 1986
    The Wind and the Bomb

    Movie

  19. 1985
    Murder with Mirrors

    Movie Lewis Serrocold

  20. 1985
    A Woman of Substance

    TV show Henry Rossiter

  21. 1985
    The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

    Movie Self

  22. 1984
    The Masks of Death

    Movie Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator

  23. 1983
    Sahara

    Movie Cambridge

  24. 1983
    Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

    Movie Self