John Mills
Highest Rated: 100% Great Expectations (1946)
Lowest Rated: 17% Frankenstein (1993)
Birthday: Feb 22, 1908
Birthplace: North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
Although his has been knighted and won acting awards, John Mills has been seemingly overshadowed by his contemporaries (i.e., Alec Guinness, John Gielgud, James Mason) many of whom delivered showier performances in contrast to his more stoic, low-key turns. Whatever accounts for the discrepancy, when one reviews the extraordinary career of this actor (who continued to turn in neat cameos after some sixty years in showbiz), one is amazed at the range and scope of the material and the dazzling versatility displayed by the actor.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97% | 91% | Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff | Unknown (Character) | $20.0K | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Peace One Day | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 65% | 67% | Bright Young Things | Gentleman (Character) | $931.8K | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gentleman Thief | Arthur Rosehip (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 33% | 60% | The Very Thought of You | Property Master | $94.2K | 1999 |
| 20% | 80% | Cats: The Musical | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 44% | 53% | Bean | Chairman (Character) | $45.3M | 1997 |
| 95% | 89% | Hamlet | Old Norway (Character) | $4.4M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Deadly Advice | Jack the Ripper (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 17% | 47% | Frankenstein | De Lacey (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harnessing Peacocks | Bernard Quigley (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Freeze | Dapper Man (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | Night of the Fox | Brig. Dougal Munro (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | The Lady and the Highwayman | Sir Lawrence Dobson (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ending Up | Bernard (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The True Story of Spit MacPhee | Fyfe MacPhee (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spit MacPhee | Fyfe MacPhee (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The True Adventures of Spit MacPhee | Fyfe MacPhee (Character) | - | 1988 |
| 33% | 47% | Who's That Girl? | Montgomery Bell (Character) | $6.1M | 1987 |
| 88% | 88% | When the Wind Blows | Jim (Voice) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Murder With Mirrors | Lewis Serrocold (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | A Woman of Substance | Unknown (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death | Doctor Watson (Character) | - | 1984 |
| 85% | 92% | Gandhi | Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Quatermass Conclusion | Prof. Bernard Quatermass (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Devil's Advocate | Monsignor Blaise Meredith (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 50% | 61% | Zulu Dawn | Sir Henry Bartle Frere (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 51% | The Thirty-Nine Steps | Scudder (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Dr. Strange | Thomas Lindmer (Character) | $1.0M | 1978 |
| 57% | 27% | The Big Sleep | Inspector Jim Carson (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Devil's Advocate | Monsignor Blaise Meredith (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dirty Knight's Work | Colonel Bertie Cook (Character) | - | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Human Factor | Mike McAllister (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | 35% | Oklahoma Crude | Cleon Doyle (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pozo del Odio | Cleon (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 50% | 53% | Young Winston | General Kitchener (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | 8% | Lady Caroline Lamb | Canning (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dulcima | Mr. Parker (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adam's Woman | Sir Philip MacDonald (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 50% | 73% | Ryan's Daughter | Michael (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lady Hamilton | Lord William Hamilton (Character) | - | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Run Wild, Run Free | The Moorman (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Black Veil for Lisa | Inspector Franz Bulon (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Making of a Lady | Lord William Hamilton (Character) | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | 20% | Chuka | Col. Stuart Valois (Character) | - | 1967 |
| 75% | 83% | The Family Way | Ezra Fitton (Character) | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Africa, Texas Style! | Wing Commander Hayes (Character) | - | 1967 |
| 88% | 70% | The Wrong Box | Masterman Finsbury (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | 42% | The Truth About Spring | Tommy Tyler (Character) | - | 1965 |
| 75% | 56% | Operation Crossbow | Gen. Boyd (Character) | - | 1965 |
| 100% | 85% | King Rat | Col. George Smedley-Taylor (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | Gypsy Girl | Director | - | 1965 |
| 71% | 77% | The Chalk Garden | Maitland (Character) | - | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tiara Tahiti | Lt. Col. Clifford Southey (Character) | - | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Valiant | Captain Morgan (Character) | - | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | The Singer Not the Song | Father Michael Keogh (Character) | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Flame in the Streets | Jacko Palmer (Character) | - | 1961 |
| 75% | 78% | Tunes of Glory | Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Character) | - | 1960 |
| 83% | 78% | Swiss Family Robinson | Father Robinson (Character) | - | 1960 |
| 78% | 83% | Tiger Bay | Superintendent Graham (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Season of Passion | Barney (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | I Was Monty's Double | Major Harvey (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Ice Cold in Alex | Captain Anson (Character) | - | 1958 |
| 60% | 71% | Dunkirk | Binns (Character) | - | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Vicious Circle | Dr. Howard Latimer (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 30% | Town on Trial | Supt. Mike Halloran (Character) | - | 1957 |
| 50% | 63% | War and Peace | Platon Karatsev (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Baby and the Battleship | Puncher Roberts (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It's Great to Be Young | Mr. Dingle (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | The Colditz Story | Pat Reid (Character) | - | 1955 |
| 80% | 58% | The End of the Affair | Albert Parkis (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Escapade | John Hampden (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Above Us the Waves | Cmdr. Fraser (Character) | - | 1955 |
| 91% | 92% | Hobson's Choice | Willie Mossop (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Denning Drives North | Tom Denning (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | The Long Memory | Phillip Davidson (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gentle Gunman | Terence Sullivan (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Operation Disaster | Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | The History of Mr. Polly | Alfred Polly (Character) | - | 1949 |
| 83% | 70% | The Rocking Horse Winner | Bassett (Character) | - | 1949 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | Scott of the Antarctic | Captain R.F. Scott R.N. (Character) | - | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | So Well Remembered | George Boswell (Character) | - | 1947 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | The October Man | Jim Ackland (Character) | - | 1947 |
| 100% | 88% | Great Expectations | Pip (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | The Way to the Stars | Peter Penrose (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Blacksheep of Whitehall | Bobby (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | Waterloo Road | Jim Colter (Character) | - | 1945 |
| 100% | 77% | This Happy Breed | Billy Mitchell (Character) | - | 1944 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | We Dive at Dawn | Lt. Taylor (Character) | - | 1943 |
| 90% | 75% | In Which We Serve | Ordinary Seaman Shorty Blake (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Blockade | Royyal Air Force: Tom (Character) | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Cottage to Let | Flt-Lieut. George Perry (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Old Bill and Son | Young Bill Busby (Character) | - | 1940 |
| 83% | 87% | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Peter Colley (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Green Cockatoo | Jim Connor (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You're in the Army Now | Cpl. Bert Dawson (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lady Jane Grey | Lord Guilford Dudley (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nine Days a Queen | Lord Guilford Dudley (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doctor's Orders | Ronnie Blake (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Car of Dreams | Robert Miller (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Born for Glory | Albert Brown (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blind Justice | Ralph Summers (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Those Were the Days | Bobby Poskett (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ghost Camera | Ernest Elton (Character) | - | 1933 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Performances | Unknown (Character) | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heroes of Comedy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of the Unexpected | William Perkins (Character) | 1980 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Danny Kaye Show | Guest | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Producers' Showcase | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |