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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.
The roles that explain the career.
80 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self – Interviewee | Film |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Gentleman | Film |
| 2002 | Forever Ealing | Self | Film |
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self | Film |
| 1998 | Cats | Gus the Theatre Cat | Film |
| 1997 | Bean | Chairman | Film |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Old King Norway | Film |
| 1995 | The Grotesque | Sir Edward Cleghorn | Film |
| 1993 | Frankenstein | De Lacey | Film |
| 1993 | Harnessing Peacocks | Bernard Quigley | Film |
| 1990 | Night of the Fox | Brig. Dougal Munro | Film |
| 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days | Faversham | TV |
| 1988 | The Lady and the Highwayman | Sir Lawrence Dobson | Film |
| 1988 | One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage | Self (uncredited) | Film |
| 1987 | Hold the Dream | Henry Rossiter | TV |
| 1987 | Who's That Girl | Montgomery Bell | Film |
| 1986 | When the Wind Blows | Jim Bloggs (voice) | Film |
| 1985 | Murder with Mirrors | Lewis Serrocold | Film |
| 1985 | A Woman of Substance | Henry Rossiter | TV |
| 1984 | The Masks of Death | Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator | Film |
| 1983 | Sahara | Cambridge | Film |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Lord Chelmsford | Film |
| 1979 | The Quatermass Conclusion | Prof. Bernard Quatermass | Film |
| 1979 | Quatermass | Bernard Quatermass | TV |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Sir Henry Bartle Frere | Film |
| 1978 | The Thirty Nine Steps | Scudder | Film |
| 1978 | The Big Sleep | Inspector Carson | Film |
| 1978 | Dr. Strange | Thomas Lindmer | Film |
| 1976 | Trial by Combat | Colonel Bertie Cook | Film |
| 1975 | The Human Factor | Mike McAllister | Film |
| 1974 | The Zoo Gang | Thomas "The Elephant" Devon | TV |
| 1973 | Oklahoma Crude | Cleon Doyle | Film |
| 1972 | Young Winston | General Kitchner | Film |
| 1971 | Dulcima | Mr. Parker | Film |
| 1970 | Ryan's Daughter | Michael | Film |
| 1969 | Run Wild, Run Free | The Moorman (Colonel) | Film |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig | Film |
| 1968 | A Black Veil for Lisa | Inspector Franz Bulon | Film |
| 1968 | Emma Hamilton | Lord William Hamilton | Film |
| 1967 | Chuka | Colonel Stuart Valois | Film |
| 1967 | Africa: Texas Style! | Wing Commander Hayes | Film |
| 1966 | The Family Way | Ezra Fitton | Film |
| 1966 | The Wrong Box | Masterman Finsbury | Film |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow | General Boyd | Film |
| 1965 | King Rat | Smedley-Taylor | Film |
| 1965 | The Truth About Spring | Tommy Tyler | Film |
| 1964 | The Chalk Garden | Maitland | Film |
| 1962 | Tiara Tahiti | Lt. Col. Clifford Southey | Film |
| 1962 | The Valiant | Captain Morgan | Film |
| 1961 | The Parent Trap | Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited) | Film |
| 1961 | The Singer Not the Song | Father Michael Keogh | Film |
| 1961 | Flame in the Streets | Jacko Palmer | Film |
| 1960 | Tunes of Glory | Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander) | Film |
| 1960 | Swiss Family Robinson | Father | Film |
| 1959 | Tiger Bay | Superintendent Graham | Film |
| 1959 | Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Barney | Film |
| 1958 | Dunkirk | Cpl Tubby Binns | Film |
| 1958 | I Was Monty's Double | Major Harvey | Film |
| 1958 | Ice Cold in Alex | Captain Anson | Film |
| 1957 | The Vicious Circle | Dr. Howard Latimer | Film |
| 1957 | Town on Trial | Supt. Mike Halloran | Film |
| 1956 | It's Great to be Young! | Dingle | Film |
| 1956 | The Baby and the Battleship | Puncher Roberts | Film |
| 1956 | War and Peace | Platon Karataev | Film |
| 1956 | The Letter | Robert Crosbie | Film |
| 1955 | Escapade | John Hampden | Film |
| 1955 | The End of the Affair | Albert Parkis | Film |
| 1955 | The Colditz Story | Pat Reid | Film |
| 1955 | Above Us the Waves | Commandant Fraser | Film |
| 1954 | Hobson's Choice | William Mossop | Film |
| 1953 | The Long Memory | Phillip Davidson | Film |
| 1952 | The Gentle Gunman | Terence Sullivan | Film |
| 1951 | Mr. Denning Drives North | Tom Denning | Film |
| 1950 | Morning Departure | Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong | Film |
| 1949 | The Rocking Horse Winner | Bassett | Film |
| 1949 | The History of Mr. Polly | Alfred Polly | Film |
| 1948 | Scott of the Antarctic | Captain R.F. Scott R.N. | Film |
| 1947 | The October Man | Jim Ackland | Film |
| 1946 | Great Expectations | Pip | Film |
| 1945 | Waterloo Road | Jim Colter | Film |
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