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John Mills
Known for: ActingSir 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.
Filmography 60
Who's That Girl
+1
as Montgomery Bell 
Around the World in 80 Days
as Faversham 
A Woman of Substance
+6
as Henry Rossiter 
The Parent Trap
+2
as Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited) 
Quatermass
as Bernard Quatermass 
Young Winston
as General Kitchner 
Gandhi
+4
as Lord Chelmsford 
War and Peace
+1
as Platon Karataev 
Dr. Strange
as Thomas Lindmer 
Swiss Family Robinson
+3
as Father 
Bright Young Things
as Gentleman 
Scott of the Antarctic
as Captain R.F. Scott R.N. 
Great Expectations
+2
as Pip 
Sahara
+2
as Cambridge 
When the Wind Blows
+2
as Jim Bloggs (voice) 
Cats
as Gus the Theatre Cat 
King Rat
as Smedley-Taylor 
Above Us the Waves
as Commandant Fraser 
Hold the Dream
as Henry Rossiter 
Operation Crossbow
as General Boyd 
A Tale of Two Cities
as Jarvis Lorry 
Zulu Dawn
+4
as Sir Henry Bartle Frere 
Ice Cold in Alex
as Captain Anson 
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Scudder 
Hobson's Choice
as William Mossop 
Ryan's Daughter
as Michael 
In Which We Serve
+2
as Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake 
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee 
This Happy Breed
+1
as Billy Mitchell 
Oh! What a Lovely War
+1
as Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig 
Murder with Mirrors
as Lewis Serrocold 
Trial by Combat
as Colonel Bertie Cook 
The Big Sleep
+5
as Inspector Carson 
Oklahoma Crude
+3
as Cleon Doyle 
The Lady and the Highwayman
+1
as Sir Lawrence Dobson 
I Was Monty's Double
as Major Harvey 
Chuka
as Colonel Stuart Valois 
The Grotesque
as Sir Edward Cleghorn 
Run Wild, Run Free
as The Moorman (Colonel) 
The Wrong Box
as Masterman Finsbury 
The End of the Affair
+2
as Albert Parkis 
Tunes of Glory
as Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander) 
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
+1
as Peter Colley as a Young Man 
The Masks of Death
as Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator 
Dunkirk
as Cpl Tubby Binns 
The Family Way
as Ezra Fitton 
The Colditz Story
as Pat Reid 
Tiger Bay
as Superintendent Graham 
A Black Veil for Lisa
as Inspector Franz Bulon 
The Truth About Spring
as Tommy Tyler 
The Chalk Garden
as Maitland 
The Way to the Stars
as Pilot Officer Peter Penrose 
The Human Factor
as Mike McAllister 
We Dive at Dawn
as Lt. Taylor RN 
The Rocking Horse Winner
as Bassett 
O.H.M.S.
as Cpl. Bert Dawson 
Flame in the Streets
as Jacko Palmer 
Cottage to Let
as Flt·Lieut. Perry 
The Green Cockatoo
as Jim Connor 
The October Man
as Jim Ackland