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John Mills
Born: 1908-02-22 in The Watts Naval Training College, North Elmham, Norfolk, England, UK
Sir John Mills, CBE (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills; 22 February 1908 – 23 April 2005) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. On screen, he often played people who are not at all exceptional, but become heroes because of their common sense, generosity and good judgement.
Rated Filmography (106)
Sorted by Score9.0
Africa: Texas Style!
1967
9.0
A Political Party
1934
8.5
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
8.3
The Valiant
1962
8.3
Those Were the Days
1934
8.2
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1942
8.1
Tudor Rose
1936
8.0
Royal Cavalcade
1935
8.0
First Offence
1936
8.0
Land of Promise
1946
8.0
All Hands
1940
7.8
Trial by Combat
1976
7.6
Gandhi
1982
7.5
When the Wind Blows
1986
7.5
The History of Mr. Polly
1949
7.4
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
7.4
Hobson's Choice
1954
7.3
Dulcima
1971
7.3
The Devil's Advocate
1977
7.3
Hamlet
1996
7.3
Ice Cold in Alex
1958
7.3
Great Expectations
1946
7.2
Cats
1998
7.2
King Rat
1965
7.2
Scott of the Antarctic
1948
7.2
The Chalk Garden
1964
7.2
Forever Ealing
2002
7.2
Tiger Bay
1959
7.1
This Happy Breed
1944
7.1
Ryan's Daughter
1970
7.0
The Parent Trap
1961
7.0
Tunes of Glory
1960
7.0
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
7.0
The Midshipmaid
1932
6.9
The Truth About Spring
1965
6.9
I Was Monty's Double
1958
6.9
Adam's Woman
1970
6.9
Morning Departure
1950
6.9
Swiss Family Robinson
1960
6.8
Dunkirk
1958
6.8
It's Great to be Young!
1956
6.8
The Colditz Story
1955
6.8
Frankenstein
1993
6.8
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978
6.8
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1959
6.7
In Which We Serve
1942
6.7
Operation Crossbow
1965
6.7
The Long Memory
1953
6.7
Cottage to Let
1941
6.7
The Big Blockade
1942
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
6.7
The Big Freeze
1993
6.7
The Family Way
1966
6.6
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010
6.6
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
6.6
War and Peace
1956
6.6
Old Bill and Son
1941
6.5
The Rocking Horse Winner
1949
6.5
The Vicious Circle
1957
6.5
The Gentle Gunman
1952
6.5
Doctor's Orders
1934
6.5
Bean
1997
6.5
Town on Trial
1957
6.5
Murder with Mirrors
1985
6.4
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951
6.4
The Baby and the Battleship
1956
6.4
The Singer Not the Song
1961
6.4
The Wrong Box
1966
6.3
We Dive at Dawn
1943
6.3
Chuka
1967
6.3
The Ghost Camera
1933
6.3
Bright Young Things
2003
6.3
Flame in the Streets
1961
6.3
Brown on Resolution
1935
6.2
Young Winston
1972
6.2
The October Man
1947
6.2
Run Wild, Run Free
1969
6.2
Tiara Tahiti
1962
6.2
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
6.1
Oklahoma Crude
1973
6.1
Car of Dreams
1935
6.1
Night of the Fox
1990
6.1
Above Us the Waves
1955
6.1
Dr. Strange
1978
6.1
Zulu Dawn
1979
6.0
Waterloo Road
1945
6.0
The Way to the Stars
1945
6.0
Broadway Gondolier
1935
5.9
The Green Cockatoo
1937
5.9
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
5.8
The Big Sleep
1978
5.8
The End of the Affair
1955
5.8
Sahara
1983
5.8
The Human Factor
1975
5.8
A Black Veil for Lisa
1968
5.6
Escapade
1955
5.5
Who's That Girl
1987
5.4
The Masks of Death
1984
5.4
The Grotesque
1995
5.2
So Well Remembered
1947
5.1
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
5.0
Harnessing Peacocks
1993
4.7
Deadly Advice
1994
4.7
O.H.M.S.
1937
4.4
Emma Hamilton
1968
4.2
The Quatermass Conclusion
1979