John Mills

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Acting

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

• Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
• Bright Young Things (2003)
• The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough (2003)
• Forever Ealing (2002)
• Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making (2002)
• The Gentleman Thief (2001)
• Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)
• A Profile of In Which We Serve (2000)
• Cats (1998)
• Bean (1997)
• Hamlet (1996)
• The Grotesque (1995)
• Deadly Advice (1994)
• Frankenstein (1993)
• Harnessing Peacocks (1993)
• The Big Freeze (1993)
• Night of the Fox (1990)
• Ending Up (1989)
• One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1988)
• The Lady and the Highwayman (1988)
• Who's That Girl (1987)
• When the Wind Blows (1986)
• The Wind and the Bomb (1986)
• Murder with Mirrors (1985)
• The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio (1985)
• The Masks of Death (1984)
• Sahara (1983)
• Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi (1983)
• Gandhi (1982)
• The Quatermass Conclusion (1979)
• Zulu Dawn (1979)
• The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
• Dr. Strange (1978)
• The Big Sleep (1978)
• The Devil's Advocate (1977)
• Trial by Combat (1976)
• The Human Factor (1975)
• Oklahoma Crude (1973)
• Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)
• Young Winston (1972)
• Dulcima (1971)
• Ryan's Daughter (1970)
• Adam's Woman (1970)
• Run Wild, Run Free (1969)
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
• Emma Hamilton (1968)
• A Black Veil for Lisa (1968)
• Chuka (1967)
• Africa: Texas Style! (1967)
• The Family Way (1966)
• The Wrong Box (1966)
• Sky West and Crooked (1966)
• King Rat (1965)
• Operation Crossbow (1965)
• The Truth About Spring (1965)
• The Chalk Garden (1964)
• Tiara Tahiti (1962)
• The Valiant (1962)
• Flame in the Streets (1961)
• The Parent Trap (1961)
• The Singer Not the Song (1961)
• Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
• Escape to Paradise/Water Birds (1960)
• Tunes of Glory (1960)
• Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
• Tiger Bay (1959)
• I Was Monty's Double (1958)
• Ice Cold in Alex (1958)
• Dunkirk (1958)
• The Vicious Circle (1957)
• Town on Trial (1957)
• It's Great to be Young! (1956)
• Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
• The Letter (1956)
• War and Peace (1956)
• The Baby and the Battleship (1956)
• Escapade (1955)
• Above Us the Waves (1955)
• The End of the Affair (1955)
• The Colditz Story (1955)
• Hobson's Choice (1954)
• The Long Memory (1953)
• The Gentle Gunman (1952)
• The Way to Wimbledon (1952)
• Mr. Denning Drives North (1951)
• Morning Departure (1950)
• The Rocking Horse Winner (1949)
• The History of Mr. Polly (1949)
• Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
• The October Man (1947)
• So Well Remembered (1947)
• Great Expectations (1946)
• Land of Promise (1946)
• The Way to the Stars (1945)
• Waterloo Road (1945)
• Total War in Britain (1945)
• This Happy Breed (1944)
• Information Please (1944)
• Victory Wedding (1944)
• We Dive at Dawn (1943)
• The Sky’s the Limit (1943)
• The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
• In Which We Serve (1942)
• The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
• The Big Blockade (1942)
• Cottage to Let (1941)
• Old Bill and Son (1941)
• All Hands (1940)
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
• Happy Family (1939)
• The Green Cockatoo (1937)
• O.H.M.S. (1937)
• Tudor Rose (1936)
• First Offence (1936)
• Broadway Gondolier (1935)
• Brown on Resolution (1935)
• Royal Cavalcade (1935)
• Blind Justice (1935)
• Car of Dreams (1935)
• Charing Cross Road (1935)
• Doctor's Orders (1934)
• The Lash (1934)
• A Political Party (1934)
• Those Were the Days (1934)
• The Ghost Camera (1933)
• Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)
• The Midshipmaid (1932)