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Mills, Sir John (1908-2005)
 

Film & TV credits


The MIDSHIPMAID1932Golightly
BRITANNIA OF BILLINGSGATE1933Fred Bolton
The GHOST CAMERA1933Ernest Elton
BLIND JUSTICE1934Ralph Summers
DOCTOR'S ORDERS1934Ronnie Blake
The LASH1934Arthur Haughton
A POLITICAL PARTY1934Tony Smithers
The RIVER WOLVES1934Peter Farrell
THOSE WERE THE DAYS1934Bobby
BROWN ON RESOLUTION1935Albert Brown
CAR OF DREAMS1935Robert Miller
CHARING CROSS ROAD1935Tony
ROYAL CAVALCADE1935Boy
FIRST OFFENCE1936Johnnie Penrose
TUDOR ROSE1936Lord Guildford Dudley
O.H.M.S.1937Bert Dawson
The GREEN COCKATOO1937Jim Connor
GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS1939Peter Colley as a young man
HAPPY FAMILIES1939Cast Member
ALL HANDS1940Jack
OLD BILL AND SON1940young Bill Busby
The BLACK SHEEP OF WHITEHALL1941Bobby Jessop
COTTAGE TO LET1941Flight Lieutenant George Perry
The BIG BLOCKADE1942Tom, Royal Air Force
The YOUNG MR. PITT1942William Wilberforce
IN WHICH WE SERVE1942Ordinary Seaman Shorty Blake
WE DIVE AT DAWN1943Lt Freddie Taylor, captain
VICTORY WEDDING1944Bill Clark
WATERLOO ROAD1944Jim Colter
THIS HAPPY BREED1944Billy Mitchell
The WAY TO THE STARS1945Peter Penrose
The SKY'S THE LIMIT1945Tom
GREAT EXPECTATIONS1946Pip
LAND OF PROMISE1946The Voice
The OCTOBER MAN1947Jim Ackland
SO WELL REMEMBERED1947George Boswell
THREE DAYS1948Director
The HISTORY OF MR. POLLY1948Alfred Polly
SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC1948Captain Robert Falcon Scott, RN
The HISTORY OF MR. POLLY1948Producer
FRIEND OF THE FAMILY1949Narrator
The ROCKING HORSE WINNER1949Bassett
The ROCKING HORSE WINNER1949Produced by
STAR PARADE1950Cast Member
MORNING DEPARTURE1950Lieutenant Commander Peter Armstrong
MR. DENNING DRIVES NORTH1951Tom Denning
The GENTLE GUNMAN1952Terence Sullivan
The WAY TO WIMBLEDON1952Commentator
The LONG MEMORY1952Philip Davidson
HOBSON'S CHOICE1953William 'Willie' Mossop
The END OF THE AFFAIR1954Albert Parkis
The COLDITZ STORY1955Pat Reid
ABOVE US THE WAVES1955Commander Frazer
ESCAPADE1955John Hampden
IT'S GREAT TO BE YOUNG!1956Dingle
The BABY AND THE BATTLESHIP1956"Puncher" Roberts
WAR AND PEACE1956Platon
TOWN ON TRIAL1956Superintendent Mike Halloran
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS1956London cabby
The VICIOUS CIRCLE1957Dr. Howard Latimer
DUNKIRK1958Binns
ICE COLD IN ALEX1958Captain Anson
I WAS MONTY'S DOUBLE1959Major Harvey
TIGER BAY1959Superintendent Graham
SUMMER OF THE SEVENTEENTH DOLL1959Barney
TUNES OF GLORY1960Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON1960Father
The SINGER NOT THE SONG1961Father Michael Keogh
FLAME IN THE STREETS1961Jacko Palmer
The VALIANT1961Captain Morgan
TIARA TAHITI1962Lt. Col. Clifford Southey
FROM PIGMENT TO PALETTE1964Commentator
The CHALK GARDEN1964Maitland
The TRUTH ABOUT SPRING1964Tommy Tyler
OPERATION CROSSBOW1964General Boyd
SKY WEST AND CROOKED1965Director
GOLDEN DRAMA1965Cast Member
KING RAT1965Colonel George Smedley-Taylor, The Senio
SOMETHING BETTER TO DO1966Commentator
The FAMILY WAY1966Ezra Fitton
The WRONG BOX1966Masterman Finsbury, Finsbury household
CHUKA1967Col. Stuart Valois
AFRICA - TEXAS STYLE1967Wing commander Hayes
La MORTE NON HA SESSO1968Franz Bulov
LADY HAMILTON - ZWISCHEN SCHMACH UND LIEBE1968Lord William Hamilton
OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR1969Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
RUN WILD, RUN FREE1969The Moorman
ADAM'S WOMAN1969Sir Philip MacDonald
RYAN'S DAUGHTER1970Michael
DAVID LEAN1970Interviewee
DULCIMA1971Mr. Parker
YOUNG WINSTON1972General Kitchener
LADY CAROLINE LAMB1972Canning
OKLAHOMA CRUDE1973Cleon Doyle
African Misfire1974Tommy Devon
The "HUMAN" FACTOR1975Mike McAllister
TRIAL BY COMBAT1976Bertie Cook
ANOTHER OPENING, ANOTHER SHOW1976Introduction
TO SEE SUCH FUN1977Cast Member
DES TEUFELS ADVOKAT1977Blaise Meredith
The THIRTY NINE STEPS1978colonel Scudder
The BIG SLEEP1978inspector Jim Carson
STARS ON SUNDAY[24/09/78]1978Cast Member
FILMHARMONIC '781978Introduction
An ENDANGERED SPECIES1979Quatermass
ZULU DAWN1979Sir Henry Bartle Frere
LOVELY LIGHTNING1979Quatermass
WHAT LIES BENEATH1979Quatermass
DECLARATIONS OF WAR ACTION1979Read by
DECLARATIONS OF WAR BRENT'S DEUS EX MACHINA1979Read by
DECLARATIONS OF WAR A NEW WAY TO SAY GOODNIGHT1979Read by
DECLARATIONS OF WAR PAPER CASUALTY1979Read by
DECLARATIONS OF WAR ADAGIO1979Read by
The QUATERMASS CONCLUSION1980Professor Bernard Quatermass
ROBERT DONAT1980Interviewee
AND THEY SAID IT WOULDN'T LAST1980Albert Collyer
PASTURES GREEN AND NEW1980Albert Collyer
The BOB HOPE CLASSIC CABARET1981Cast Member
TOMMY STEELE - A HANDFUL OF SONGS1981Narrator
ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT1981Albert Collyer
EVERYTHING IN THE GARDEN'S LOVELY1981Albert Collyer
I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE1981Albert Collyer
MEN WERE DECEIVERS EVER1981Albert Collyer
LOVE IS1981Albert Collyer
EASY COME, EASY GO1981Albert Collyer
The ADVENTURES OF LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY1982Cast Member
WHAT PRICE HONOUR1982Albert Collyer
GANDHI1982The Viceroy
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL1982Albert Collyer
WISH YOU WERE HERE1982Albert Collyer
ALL GOOD THINGS COME TO AN END1982Albert Collyer
FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD1982Albert Collyer
SAHARA1983Cambridge
RINGSTONE ROUND1984Quatermass
JIM DAVIDSON'S FALKLANDS SPECIAL1984Narrator
The EDGE OF THE WIND1985Cast Member
GALLOPING FOXLEY1985William Perkins
SIR JOHN MILLS1986Cast Member
The UMBRELLA MAN1986The Man
TRIBUTE TO HER MAJESTY1986Presenter/narrator
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS1986voice of Jim Bloggs
Power and Prejudice1987Presenter
The MASKS OF DEATH1987Doctor Watson
WHO'S THAT GIRL1987Montgomery Bell
The Heroes1987Narrator
Film Fun1988Narrator
Classic Tales1988Narrator
OPERATION SAFECRACK1989Sam Morrissey
Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance1989Narrator
The DAY WAR BROKE OUT1989Narrator
A TALE OF TWO CITIES1989Cast Member
The ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE 19891989Cast Member
MR ATTENBOROUGH AND MR GANDHI1989interviewee
JULES VERNE'S AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS1989Faversham
ENDING UP1990Bernard
NIGHT OF THE FOX1990General Munro
The GEORGE CROSS1990Presenter
LIMELIGHT - THE FILM YEARS1991Presenter
PARTY GAMES1992Praeger
SIR JOHN MILLS1992Interviewee
FRANKENSTEIN: THE REAL STORY1992De Lacey
HARNESSING PEACOCKS1993Cast Member
"ACTION!..." SIR RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH1993interviewee
The BIG FREEZE1994dapper man
DEADLY ADVICE1994Cast Member
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT EPISODE 21994Mr Chuffey
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT EPISODE 31994Mr Chuffey
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT EPISODE 61994Mr Chuffey
DR. STRANGE1995Cast Member
MURDER WITH MIRRORS1995Lewis Serrocold
The LADY AND THE HIGHWAYMAN1996Cast Member
The GROTESQUE1996Sir Edward Cleghorn
HAMLET1996Old Norway
A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE: EPISODE 11997Henry Rossiter
A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE: EPISODE 21997Henry Rossiter
A WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE: EPISODE 31997Henry Rossiter
HOLD THE DREAM1997Henry Rossiter
BEAN1997chairman
The NOEL COWARD TRILOGY CAPTAIN COWARD1998Interviewee
The TROOP1999Narrator
An AUDIENCE WITH CLIFF RICHARD1999audience member
THIS MORNING[14/02/2000]2000Interviewee
The HEAVEN AND EARTH SHOW[06/08/2000]2000Interviewee
OPEN HOUSE WITH GLORIA HUNNIFORD[06/03/2000]2000Interviewee
OPEN HOUSE WITH GLORIA HUNNIFORD[28/11/2000]2000Interviewee
GENTLEMAN THIEF2001Arthur Rosehip
CATS - THE MOVIE2002Gus the Theatre Cat