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Sir John Mills Dies

 
 
Don1
 
Reply Sat 23 Apr, 2005 09:54 am
Aged 97 not a bad innings as we say in cricket circles, his contribution to film making was considerable. God rest him.
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Lightwizard
 
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Reply Sat 23 Apr, 2005 10:29 am
Certainly an impressive filmography as an actor (he also produced two films):

Actor - filmography
(2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s) (1960s) (1950s) (1940s) (1930s)

Lights2 (2005) (V) .... A Tramp
Snow Prince (2004)
Bright Young Things (2003) .... Man Taking Cocaine at Party
The Gentleman Thief (2001) (TV) .... Arthur Rosehip


Cats (1998) (TV) .... Gus the Theatre Cat
... aka Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Cats' (complete title)
... aka Great Performances: Cats (USA: series title)
Bean (1997) (as Sir John Mills) .... Chairman
... aka Bean: The Movie (USA: video box title)
... aka Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie (Hong Kong: English title)
Hamlet (1996) .... Old Norway
... aka William Shakespeare's Hamlet
The Grotesque (1995) .... Sir Edward Cleghorn
... aka Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (USA)
... aka Grave Indiscretion (USA: video title)
"Martin Chuzzlewit" (1994) (mini) TV Series .... Mr. Chuffey
Frankenstein (1993) (TV) .... De Lacey
The Big Freeze (1993) .... Dapper man
Deadly Advice (1993) .... Jack the Ripper
Harnessing Peacocks (1992) (TV) .... Bernard Quigley
Night of the Fox (1990) (TV) .... Brig. Dougal Munro
... aka Complot du renard, Le (France)
"A Tale of Two Cities" (1989) (mini) TV Series .... Jarvis Lorry
"Around the World in 80 Days" (1989/I) (mini) TV Series (as Sir John Mills) .... Faversham
... aka Giro del mondo in 80 giorni, Il (Italy)
... aka In 80 Tagen um die Welt (West Germany)
The Lady and the Highwayman (1989) (TV) .... Sir Lawrence Dobson
Ending Up (1989) (TV) .... Bernard
"Spit MacPhee" (1988) (mini) TV Series .... Fyfe MacPhee
Who's That Girl? (1987) (as Sir John Mills) .... Montgomery Bell
The Best of British Cinema (1987) (V) (voice) (as Sir John Mills) .... Narrator
Hold the Dream (1986) (TV) .... Henry Rossiter
When the Wind Blows (1986) (voice) .... Jim
Murder with Mirrors (1985) (TV) .... Lewis Serrocold
... aka Agatha Christie's 'Murder with Mirrors'
The Masks of Death (1984) (TV) .... Dr. John H. Watson/Narrator
... aka Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (USA)
Sahara (1983) .... Cambridge
"A Woman of Substance" (1983) (mini) TV Series .... Henry Rossiter
Gandhi (1982) .... Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy (F.J.N. Thesiger)
... aka Richard Attenborough's Film: Gandhi (USA: complete title)
"Young at Heart" (1980) TV Series .... Albert Collyer


"Quatermass" (1979) TV Series .... Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Zulu Dawn (1979) .... Sir Henry Bartle Frere
Dr. Strange (1978) (TV) .... Thomas Lindmer
The Big Sleep (1978) .... Inspector Jim Carson
Quatermass (1978) .... Professor Bernard Quatermass
... aka The Quatermass Conclusion
The Thirty-Nine Steps (1978) .... Scudder
... aka The 39 Steps
Teufels Advokat, Des (1977) .... Blaise Meredith
... aka The Devil's Advocate (UK)
Trial by Combat (1976) .... Colonel Bertie Cook
... aka A Choice of Arms
... aka Choice of Weapons
... aka Dirty Knight's Work (USA)
The Human Factor (1975) .... Mike McAllister
... aka Giustiziere, Il (Italy)
"The Zoo Gang" (1974) TV Series .... Capt. Tommy 'The Elephant' Devon
Oklahoma Crude (1973) .... Cleon Doyle
Young Winston (1972) .... Gen. Herbert Kitchener
Lady Caroline Lamb (1972) .... Canning
... aka Peccato d'amore (Italy)
Dulcima (1971) .... Mr. Parker
Ryan's Daughter (1970) .... Michael
Adam's Woman (1970) .... Sir Philip MacDonald
... aka Return of the Boomerang


Run Wild, Run Free (1969) .... The Moorman
... aka The White Colt
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) .... Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
Lady Hamilton - Zwischen Schmach und Liebe (1968) .... Sir William Hamilton
... aka Emma Hamilton (UK) (USA)
... aka Amours de Lady Hamilton, Les (France)
... aka Calde notti di Lady Hamilton, Le (Italy)
... aka The Making of a Lady
Morte non ha sesso, La (1968) .... Inspector Franz Bulon
... aka A Black Veil for Lisa (USA)
... aka Death Has No Sex
... aka Geheimnis der jungen Witwe, Das (West Germany)
"Dundee and the Culhane" (1967) TV Series .... Dundee (1967)
Chuka (1967) .... Col. Stuart Valois
... aka Chuka: The Gunfighter
Africa - Texas Style! (1967) .... Wing Comdr. Howard Hayes
The Family Way (1966) .... Ezra Fitton
The Wrong Box (1966) .... Masterman Finsbury
King Rat (1965) .... Col. George Smedley-Taylor
Operation Crossbow (1965) .... General Boyd
... aka The Great Spy Mission (UK) (USA: reissue title)
... aka Code Name: Operation Crossbow
The Chalk Garden (1964) .... Maitland
The Truth About Spring (1964) .... Tommy Tyler
Tiara Tahiti (1962) .... Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
The Valiant (1962) .... Captain Morgan
... aka Affondamento della valiant, L' (Italy)
The Singer Not the Song (1961) .... Father Keogh
The Parent Trap (1961) (uncredited) .... Mitch Evers' golf caddy
Flame in the Streets (1961) .... Jacko Palmer
Tunes of Glory (1960) .... Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander)
Swiss Family Robinson (1960) .... Father Robinson
Tiger Bay (1959) .... Supt. Graham
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959) .... Barney
... aka Season of Passion (USA)
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958) .... Capt. Anson
... aka Desert Attack (USA)
Dunkirk (1958) .... Cpl. 'Tubby' Bins
I Was Monty's Double (1958) .... Maj. Harvey
... aka Hell, Heaven or Hoboken
Town on Trial (1957) .... Supt. Mike Halloran
The Vicious Circle (1957) .... Dr. Howard Latimer
... aka The Circle (USA)
It's Great to Be Young! (1956) .... Mr. Dingle
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) .... Carriage Driver
War and Peace (1956) .... Platon Karatsev
... aka Guerra e pace (Italy)
The Baby and the Battleship (1956) .... Puncher Roberts
Above Us the Waves (1955) .... Cmdr. Fraser
The End of the Affair (1955) .... Albert Parkis
The Colditz Story (1955) .... Pat Reid
Escapade (1955) .... John Hampden
Hobson's Choice (1954) .... Willie Mossop
The Gentle Gunman (1952) .... Terence Sullivan
Mr. Denning Drives North (1952) .... Tom Denning
The Long Memory (1952) .... Phillip Davidson
Morning Departure (1950) .... Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong
... aka Operation Disaster (USA)
The Rocking Horse Winner (1950) .... Bassett
The History of Mr. Polly (1949) .... Alfred Polly
Scott of the Antarctic (1948) .... Capt. Robert Falcon Scott
So Well Remembered (1947) .... George Boswell
The October Man (1947) .... Jim Ackland
Great Expectations (1946) .... Pip as a young man
Land of Promise (1946) .... The Comon Man
Total War in Britain (1946) (voice) .... Narrator
The Way to the Stars (1945) .... Peter Penrose
... aka Johnny in the Clouds (USA)
Waterloo Road (1945) .... Jim Colter
This Happy Breed (1944) .... Billy Mitchell
... aka Noel Coward's This Happy Breed (UK: complete title)
We Dive at Dawn (1943) .... Captain - Lt. Freddie Taylor
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) .... William Wilberforce
In Which We Serve (1942) .... Ordinary Seaman Shorty Blake
The Goose Steps Out (1942) (uncredited)
The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) .... Bobby Jessop
Cottage to Let (1941) .... Flight Lt. George Perry
... aka Bombsight Stolen
Old Bill and Son (1941) .... Young Bill Busby
Now You're Talking (1940)
The Big Blockade (1940) .... Tom
All Hands (1940) .... Jack
Dangerous Comment (1940)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) .... Peter Colley as a young man
The Green Cockatoo (1937) .... Jim Connor
... aka Four Dark Hours
... aka Race Gang (UK: reissue title)
O.H.M.S. (1937) .... Cpl. Bert Dawson
... aka You're in the Army Now (USA)
Tudor Rose (1936) .... Lord Guilford Dudley
... aka Lady Jane Grey
... aka Nine Days a Queen (USA)
Brown on Resolution (1935) .... Albert Brown
... aka Born for Glory (USA)
... aka Forever England (UK: reissue title)
Royal Cavalcade (1935) .... Boy
... aka Regal Cavalcade (USA)
Car of Dreams (1935) .... Robert Miller
Charing Cross Road (1935) .... Tony
Blind Justice (1934) .... Ralph Summers
Doctor's Orders (1934) .... Ronnie Blake
The Lash (1934) .... Arthur Haughton
A Political Party (1934) .... Tony Smithers
The River Wolves (1934) .... Peter Farrell
Britannia of Billingsgate (1933) .... Fred Bolton
The First Offence (1933) .... Johnnie Penrose
... aka Bad Blood (UK: alternative title)
... aka The First Offense
The Ghost Camera (1933) .... Ernest Elton
Those Were the Days (1933) .... Bobby
The Midshipmaid (1932) .... Golightly
... aka Midshipmaid Gob (USA)

I guess I remember him best in "Charing Cross Road," "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" and "Ryan's Daughter" but he was always excellent in his roles.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Sat 23 Apr, 2005 10:43 am
Sad to see the really good ones go.
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