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John Mills

John Mills

Highest Rated: 100% Great Expectations (1946)

Lowest Rated: 17% Lady Caroline Lamb (1972)

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.

Highest rated movies

100% King Rat
100% Great Expectations
100% This Happy Breed
96% Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
95% Hamlet
92% Hobson's Choice
90% In Which We Serve
89% Gandhi

Photos

RUN WILD, RUN FREE, John Mills, Mark Lester, 1969 BROWN ON RESOLUTION, John Mills, 1935 DULCIMA, from left, Carol White, John Mills, 1971 GREAT EXPECTATIONS, John Mills, Valerie Hobson, 1946 GREAT EXPECTATIONS, John Mills, 1946 THE PARENT TRAP, Brian Keith, John Mills, 1961 THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER, John Mills, John Howard Davies, 1950 SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC, John Mills, 1948 SO WELL REMEMBERED, John Mills, 1947 GREAT EXPECTATIONS, John Mills, 1946 GREAT EXPECTATIONS, from left: John Mills, Alec Guinness, 1946 CHUKA, John Mills, 1967 OKLAHOMA CRUDE, John Mills, 1973 RYAN'S DAUGHTER, John Mills, 1970 THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON, John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, 1960 TIGER BAY, Horst Buchholx (lying down), John Mills, 1959 SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON, John Mills, Dorothy Maguire, 1960 TIGER BAY, (aka MYSTERY AT TIGER BAY), George Selway, (background), Anthony Dawson, John Mills, 1959 TIGER BAY, from left: Hayley Mills, John Mills, 1959 OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR, John Mills, 1969
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
96% 91% Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff Unknown (Character) $20.0K 2010
No Score Yet 100% Peace One Day Unknown (Character) - 2004
66% 68% Bright Young Things Gentleman (Character) $931.8K 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gentleman Thief Arthur Rosehip (Character) - 2001
40% 60% The Very Thought of You Property Master $94.2K 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cats Gus (Character) - 1998
20% 80% Cats: The Musical Unknown (Character) - 1998
43% 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 47% 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 87% A Woman of Substance Unknown (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 45% Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death Doctor Watson (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Making of Gandhi: Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi Self - 1983
89% 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 53% The 39 Steps Scudder (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 71% Dr. Strange Thomas Lindmer (Character) $1.0M 1978
57% 28% 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 32% Oklahoma Crude Cleon Doyle (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pozo del Odio Cleon (Character) - 1973
50% 52% Young Winston General Kitchener (Character) - 1972
17% 13% 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
47% 73% Ryan's Daughter Michael (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lady Hamilton Lord William Hamilton (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 86% Run Wild, Run Free The Moorman (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 62% 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
No Score Yet 0% Africa, Texas Style! Wing Commander Hayes (Character) - 1967
75% 82% The Family Way Ezra Fitton (Character) - 1966
88% 69% The Wrong Box Masterman Finsbury (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 40% The Truth About Spring Tommy Tyler (Character) - 1965
75% 54% Operation Crossbow Gen. Boyd (Character) - 1965
100% 84% 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
73% 78% Tunes of Glory Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Character) - 1960
82% 78% Swiss Family Robinson Father Robinson (Character) - 1960
78% 84% Tiger Bay Superintendent Graham (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Season of Passion Barney (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 59% I Was Monty's Double Major Harvey (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 94% Ice Cold in Alex Captain Anson (Character) - 1958
60% 73% Dunkirk Binns (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Vicious Circle Dr. Howard Latimer (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 33% 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
80% 72% 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 63% Above Us the Waves Cmdr. Fraser (Character) - 1955
92% 91% Hobson's Choice Willie Mossop (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Denning Drives North Tom Denning (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 54% 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 69% 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 44% Waterloo Road Jim Colter (Character) - 1945
100% 78% This Happy Breed Billy Mitchell (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 52% 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 59% Cottage to Let Flt-Lieut. George Perry (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Old Bill and Son Young Bill Busby (Character) - 1940
85% 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