Discover
Sir John Mills, 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. He received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Ryan's Daughter (1970).
Birth Name
John Lewis Ernest Watts Mills
Born
Saturday, 22 February 1908
Died
Saturday, 23 April 2005
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self - Interviewee / Himself – Interviewee | 2010 |
| Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies | Arthur Haughton | 2008 |
| The 78th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2006 |
| Screenwipe | Prof. Bernard Quatermass | 2006 |
| Peace One Day | Self | 2004 |
| Bright Young Things | Gentleman | 2003 |
| Forever Ealing | Self - Interviewee | 2002 |
| Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2001 |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self | 2001 |
| The Gentleman Thief | Arthur Rosehip | 2001 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self - Interviewee / Himself – Interviewee | 2010 |
| Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies | Arthur Haughton | 2008 |
| The 78th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2006 |
| Screenwipe | Prof. Bernard Quatermass | 2006 |
| Peace One Day | Self | 2004 |
| Bright Young Things | Gentleman | 2003 |
| Forever Ealing | Self - Interviewee | 2002 |
| Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2001 |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self | 2001 |
| The Gentleman Thief | Arthur Rosehip | 2001 |
| Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self | 2000 |
| Cats | Gus the Theatre Cat | 1998 |
| Bean | Chairman | 1997 |
| Hamlet | Old Norway / Old King Norway | 1996 |
| Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets | Sir Edward Cleghorn | 1996 |
| Martin Chuzzlewit | Mr. Chuffey | 1994 |
| Deadly Advice | Jack the Ripper | 1994 |
| Harnessing Peacocks | Bernard Quigley | 1993 |
| The Big Freeze | 1993 | |
| Frankenstein | De Lacey | 1992 |
| Night of the Fox | Brig. Dougal Munro | 1990 |
| Peter Cushing: A One-Way Ticket to Hollywood | Dr.Watson | 1989 |
| A Tale of Two Cities | Jarvis Lorry | 1989 |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Faversham | 1989 |
| The Lady and the Highwayman | Sir Lawrence Dobson | 1988 |
| The Dame Edna Experience | Self | 1987 |
| Who's That Girl | Montgomery Bell | 1987 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Hold the Dream | Henry Rossiter | 1986 |
| When the Wind Blows | Jim / Jim Bloggs (voice) | 1986 |
| Murder with Mirrors | Lewis Serrocold | 1985 |
| The Golden Gong | Himself / Self | 1985 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death | Doctor Watson / Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator | 1984 |
| A Woman of Substance | Henry Rossiter, Henry Rossiter (credit only) | 1984 |
| Sahara | Cambridge | 1983 |
| Gandhi | The Viceroy / Lord Chelmsford | 1982 |
| Hotel | Charles Canfield | 1982 |
| Quatermass | Prof. Bernard Quatermass | 1979 |
| The Quatermass Conclusion | Prof. Bernard Quatermass | 1979 |
| Zulu Dawn | Sir Henry Bartle Frere | 1979 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | William Perkins, The Man, Sam Morrissey | 1979 |
| The Thirty Nine Steps | Scudder | 1979 |
| Dr. Strange | Lindmer / Thomas Lindmer | 1978 |
| The Big Sleep | Inspector Carson / Inspektor Carson | 1978 |
| The South Bank Show | Self, Pip (clip from Great Expectations (1946)) | 1978 |
| Des Teufels Advokat | Monsignor Blaise Meredith | 1977 |
| The Love Boat | Bertram MacDonald | 1977 |
| Arena | Himself | 1975 |
| The 'Human' Factor | Mike McAllister | 1975 |
| The Zoo Gang | Thomas 'The Elephant' Devon / Thomas "The Elephant" Devon | 1974 |
| Oklahoma Crude | Cleon Doyle / Cleon | 1973 |
| Lady Caroline Lamb | Canning | 1972 |
| Young Winston | General Kitchener / General Kitchner | 1972 |
| Dulcima | Mr. Parker | 1971 |
| Adam's Woman | Sir Philip MacDonald | 1970 |
| Ryan's Daughter | Michael | 1970 |
| Nanny and the Professor | Uncle Alfred | 1970 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Oh! What a Lovely War | Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig / Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig | 1969 |
| Run Wild, Run Free | The Moorman (Colonel) / The Moorman | 1969 |
| Emma Hamilton | Lord William Hamilton | 1968 |
| A Black Veil for Lisa | Inspector Franz Bulon | 1968 |
| Dundee and the Culhane | Dundee | 1967 |
| Chuka | Colonel Stuart Valois / Col. Stuart Valois | 1967 |
| Africa: Texas Style | Wing Commander Hayes | 1967 |
| The Family Way | Ezra Fitton | 1966 |
| The Wrong Box | Masterman Finsbury | 1966 |
| King Rat | Smedley-Taylor | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| Operation Crossbow | General Boyd | 1965 |
| The Truth About Spring | Tommy Tyler | 1965 |
| The Chalk Garden | Maitland | 1964 |
| The Danny Kaye Show | Self | 1963 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| Tiara Tahiti | Lt. Col. Clifford Southey | 1962 |
| The Valiant | Capt. Morgan / Captain Morgan | 1962 |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | Davies, Inspector Fallon | 1961 |
| The Parent Trap | Golf Caddy | 1961 |
| Flame in the Streets | Jacko Palmer | 1961 |
| The Singer Not the Song | Father Michael Keogh | 1961 |
| Swiss Family Robinson | Father / Father Robinson | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Tunes of Glory | Lt. Col. Basil Barrow / Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander) | 1960 |
| Season of Passion | Barney | 1959 |
| Tiger Bay | Superintendent Graham | 1959 |
| Hell, Heaven or Hoboken | Major Harvey | 1958 |
| Ice Cold in Alex | Captain Anson | 1958 |
| Dunkirk | Corporal 'Tubby' Binns / Cpl Tubby Bins | 1958 |
| The Circle | Dr. Howard Latimer | 1957 |
| Town on Trial | Supt. Mike Halloran | 1957 |
| It's Great to Be Young! | Dingle | 1956 |
| Around the World in 80 Days | London Carriage Driver | 1956 |
| War and Peace | Platon Karataev | 1956 |
| The Baby and the Battleship | Puncher Roberts | 1956 |
| Escapade | John Hampden | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Above Us the Waves | Commandant Fraser / Cmdr. Fraser | 1955 |
| The End of the Affair | Albert Parkis | 1955 |
| The Colditz Story | Pat Reid | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Father (edited from: Swiss Family Robinson) | 1954 |
| Producers' Showcase | Robert Crosbie | 1954 |
| Hobson's Choice | William Mossop | 1954 |
| The Long Memory | Phillip Davidson | 1953 |
| The Gentle Gunman | Terence Sullivan | 1952 |
| Mr. Denning Drives North | Tom Denning | 1951 |
| Operation Disaster | Lieut. Commander Armstrong / Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong | 1950 |
| The Rocking Horse Winner | Bassett | 1949 |
| The History of Mr. Polly | Alfred Polly | 1949 |
| Scott of the Antarctic | Captain R.F. Scott R.N. | 1948 |
| The October Man | Jim Ackland | 1947 |
| So Well Remembered | George Boswell | 1947 |
| The Green Cockatoo | Jim Connor | 1947 |
| Great Expectations | Pip | 1946 |
| Johnny in the Clouds | Peter Penrose / Pilot Officer Peter Penrose | 1945 |
| Waterloo Road | Jim Colter | 1945 |
| This Happy Breed | Billy Mitchell | 1944 |
| We Dive at Dawn | Captain - Lt. Taylor, R.N. / Lt. Taylor RN | 1943 |
| The Young Mr. Pitt | William Wilberforce | 1942 |
| In Which We Serve | Ordinary Seaman Shorty Blake / Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake | 1942 |
| The Big Blockade | Royal Air Force: Tom / Tom | 1942 |
| Black Sheep of Whitehall | Bobby Jessop | 1942 |
| Bombsight Stolen | Flt·Lieut. Perry | 1941 |
| Old Bill and Son | Young Bill Busby / Young Bill | 1941 |
| Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Peter Colley (as a Young Man) / Peter Colley as a Young Man | 1939 |
| You're in the Army Now | Cpl. Bert Dawson | 1937 |
| Nine Days a Queen | Lord Guilford Dudley | 1936 |
| Car of Dreams | Robert Miller | 1935 |
| Born for Glory | Albert Brown | 1935 |
| Broadway Gondolier | Member of the Mills Brothers | 1935 |
| Regal Cavalcade | Young Enlistee | 1935 |
| Those Were the Days | Bobby Poskett | 1934 |
| The River Wolves | Peter Farrell | 1934 |
| A Political Party | Tony Smithers | 1934 |
| The Ghost Camera | Ernest Elton | 1933 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Gypsy Girl | 1965 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1971 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |
| 1971 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture | Won |
