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William Miles Malleson (25 May 1888 – 15 March 1969) was an English actor and dramatist, particularly remembered for his appearances in British comedy films of the 1930s to 1960s. Towards the end of his career he also appeared in cameo roles in several Hammer horror films, with a fairly large role in The Brides of Dracula as the hypochondriac and fee-hungry local doctor. Malleson was also a writer on many films, including some of those in which he had small parts, such as Nell Gwyn (1934) and The Thief of Bagdad (1940). He also translated and adapted several of Molière's plays (The Misanthrope, which he titled The Slave of Truth, Tartuffe and The Imaginary Invalid).
The roles that explain the career.
67 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | You Must Be Joking | Salesman | Film |
| 1964 | A Jolly Bad Fellow | Dr. Woolley | Film |
| 1964 | Murder Ahoy | Bishop | Film |
| 1964 | First Men in the Moon | Dymchurch Registrar | Film |
| 1963 | Heavens Above! | Bishop Rockeby | Film |
| 1963 | Call Me Bwana | Psychiatrist (uncredited) | Film |
| 1962 | Postman's Knock | Psychiatrist | Film |
| 1962 | The Brain | Dr. Miller | Film |
| 1962 | The Phantom of the Opera | 2nd Cabby | Film |
| 1962 | Go to Blazes | Salesman | Film |
| 1961 | Double Bunk | Rev. Thomas | Film |
| 1961 | The Hellfire Club | Judge | Film |
| 1960 | Kidnapped | Mr. Rankeillor | Film |
| 1960 | The Brides of Dracula | Dr. Tobler | Film |
| 1960 | Peeping Tom | Elderly Gentleman Customer | Film |
| 1960 | The Day They Robbed the Bank of England | Assistant Curator | Film |
| 1960 | And the Same to You | Bishop | Film |
| 1959 | Carlton-Browne of the F.O. | Resident Advisor Davidson | Film |
| 1959 | I'm All Right Jack | Windrush Sr., Stanley's father | Film |
| 1959 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Bishop Frankland | Film |
| 1958 | Gideon's Day | The Judge | Film |
| 1958 | Dracula | Marx - Undertaker (uncredited) | Film |
| 1958 | Behind the Mask | Sir Oswald Pettiford | Film |
| 1958 | Bachelor of Hearts | Dr. Butson | Film |
| 1957 | Campbell's Kingdom | (unconfirmed - not present in US release version) | Film |
| 1957 | The Admirable Crichton | Film | |
| 1957 | Brothers in Law | Kendall Grimes Q.C. | Film |
| 1957 | Barnacle Bill | Angler | Film |
| 1957 | The Naked Truth | Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable | Film |
| 1956 | The Man Who Never Was | Scientist | Film |
| 1956 | Three Men in a Boat | 2nd Old Gentleman | Film |
| 1956 | Private's Progress | Mr. Windrush Sr. | Film |
| 1956 | Dry Rot | Country Gentleman | Film |
| 1955 | Geordie | Lord Paunceton | Film |
| 1953 | The Captain's Paradise | Lawrence St. James | Film |
| 1952 | Trent's Last Case | Burton Cupples | Film |
| 1952 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Canon Chasuble | Film |
| 1952 | Venetian Bird | Grespi | Film |
| 1952 | Folly to Be Wise | Dr. Hector McAdam | Film |
| 1951 | Scrooge | Old Joe | Film |
| 1951 | The Man in the White Suit | The Tailor | Film |
| 1950 | Golden Salamander | Douvet | Film |
| 1950 | Stage Fright | Mr. Fortesque | Film |
| 1949 | The Perfect Woman | Prof. Ernest Belman | Film |
| 1949 | The Queen of Spades | Tchybukin | Film |
| 1949 | Kind Hearts and Coronets | The Hangman | Film |
| 1949 | Cardboard Cavalier | Judge Gorebucket | Film |
| 1949 | Train of Events | Johnson, the Timekeeper | Film |
| 1948 | Saraband for Dead Lovers | Lord of Misrule | Film |
| 1945 | Dead of Night | Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor") | Film |
| 1943 | The Gentle Sex | Tran Guard | Film |
| 1943 | The Demi-Paradise | Theatre Cashier | Film |
| 1943 | They Met in the Dark | Writer | Film |
| 1942 | Unpublished Story | Farmfield | Film |
| 1942 | Thunder Rock | Chairman of Directors | Film |
| 1942 | They Flew Alone | Vacuum Salesman | Film |
| 1941 | Major Barbara | Morrison | Film |
| 1940 | The Thief of Bagdad | Sultan | Film |
| 1937 | Knight Without Armour | Drunken Red Commissar | Film |
| 1936 | Rhodes of Africa | Minor Role (uncredited) | Film |
| 1935 | The 39 Steps | Palladium Manager (uncredited) | Film |
| 1935 | Vintage Wine | Henri Popinot | Film |
| 1934 | Falling in Love | Writer | Film |
| 1933 | Perfect Understanding | Announcer | Film |
| 1932 | The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case | Thaddeus Sholto | Film |
| 1931 | City of Song | Theater Watchman | Film |
| 1931 | City of Song | Writer | Film |
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