John Mills: movies and TV shows
John Mills has 157 credits in the archive: 128 films and 29 TV series, from 1932 to 2013. Highest rated: Martin Chuzzlewit (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1932 – 2013 · busiest year: 1935 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.2 | 105 |
| 2010 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self – Interviewee | Film | 6.7 | 102 |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Gentleman | Film | 6.3 | 95 |
| 2003 | The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough | Film | — | 95 | |
| 2002 | Forever Ealing | Self | Film | 7.2 | 94 |
| 2002 | Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making | Self (archive) | Film | — | 94 |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self | TV | 6.1 | 93 |
| 2001 | The Gentleman Thief | Arthur Rosehip | Film | — | 93 |
| 2000 | Sir John Mills' Moving Memories | Self | Film | 7.0 | 92 |
| 2000 | A Profile of In Which We Serve | Interviewee | Film | — | 92 |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 90 |
| 1998 | Cats | Gus the Theatre Cat | Film | 7.3 | 90 |
| 1997 | Bean | Chairman | Film | 6.5 | 89 |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Old King Norway | Film | 7.3 | 88 |
| 1996 | Clive Anderson All Talk | Self | TV | 7.5 | 88 |
| 1995 | The Grotesque | Sir Edward Cleghorn | Film | 5.4 | 87 |
| 1994 | Martin Chuzzlewit | Mr Chuffey | TV | 8.4 | 86 |
| 1994 | Deadly Advice | Jack the Ripper | Film | 4.7 | 86 |
| 1993 | The Big Freeze | Dapper man | Film | 6.7 | 85 |
| 1993 | Harnessing Peacocks | Bernard Quigley | Film | 5.0 | 85 |
| 1993 | Frankenstein | De Lacey | Film | 6.9 | 85 |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels | Praeger | TV | 6.0 | 82 |
| 1990 | Night of the Fox | Brig. Dougal Munro | Film | 6.1 | 82 |
| 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days | Faversham | TV | 6.8 | 81 |
| 1989 | Ending Up | Bernard | Film | — | 81 |
| 1989 | A Tale of Two Cities | Jarvis Lorry | TV | 5.7 | 81 |
| 1988 | The Lady and the Highwayman | Sir Lawrence Dobson | Film | 5.1 | 80 |
| 1988 | One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage | Self (uncredited) | Film | — | 80 |
| 1987 | Who's That Girl | Montgomery Bell | Film | 5.5 | 79 |
| 1987 | The Dame Edna Experience | Self | TV | 5.0 | 79 |
| 1987 | Hold the Dream | Henry Rossiter | TV | 4.4 | 79 |
| 1987 | The Best of British Cinema | Self - Narrator | TV | 8.0 | 79 |
| 1986 | When the Wind Blows | Jim Bloggs (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 78 |
| 1986 | The Wind and the Bomb | Film | 8.5 | 78 | |
| 1985 | A Woman of Substance | Henry Rossiter | TV | 7.6 | 77 |
| 1985 | Murder with Mirrors | Lewis Serrocold | Film | 6.5 | 77 |
| 1985 | The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio | Self | Film | 8.0 | 77 |
| 1984 | The Masks of Death | Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator | Film | 5.4 | 76 |
| 1983 | Sahara | Cambridge | Film | 5.7 | 75 |
| 1983 | Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi | Self | Film | — | 75 |
| 1982 | Wogan | Self | TV | 5.3 | 74 |
| 1982 | Hotel | TV | 6.8 | 74 | |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Lord Chelmsford | Film | 7.6 | 74 |
| 1980 | Young at Heart | Albert Collyer | TV | — | 72 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Sam Morrissey | TV | 6.8 | 71 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | William Perkins | TV | 6.8 | 71 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | The Man | TV | 6.8 | 71 |
| 1979 | Quatermass | Bernard Quatermass | TV | 6.8 | 71 |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Sir Henry Bartle Frere | Film | 6.1 | 71 |
| 1979 | The Quatermass Conclusion | Prof. Bernard Quatermass | Film | 4.2 | 71 |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self | TV | 5.3 | 70 |
| 1978 | The Thirty Nine Steps | Scudder | Film | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1978 | The Big Sleep | Inspector Carson | Film | 5.9 | 70 |
| 1978 | Dr. Strange | Thomas Lindmer | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 1978 | Late Night Story | self | TV | — | 70 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Bertram MacDonald | TV | 6.3 | 69 |
| 1977 | The Devil's Advocate | Monsignor Blaise Meredith | Film | 7.3 | 69 |
| 1976 | Trial by Combat | Colonel Bertie Cook | Film | 7.8 | 68 |
| 1975 | The Human Factor | Mike McAllister | Film | 5.8 | 67 |
| 1974 | The Zoo Gang | Thomas "The Elephant" Devon | TV | 7.8 | 66 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 65 |
| 1973 | Oklahoma Crude | Cleon Doyle | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 1972 | Young Winston | General Kitchner | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 1972 | Lady Caroline Lamb | Canning | Film | 5.9 | 64 |
| 1971 | Dulcima | Mr. Parker | Film | 7.3 | 63 |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor | Uncle Alfred | TV | 6.7 | 62 |
| 1970 | Ryan's Daughter | Michael | Film | 7.1 | 62 |
| 1970 | Adam's Woman | Sir Philip MacDonald | Film | 6.9 | 62 |
| 1969 | Run Wild, Run Free | The Moorman (Colonel) | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 1968 | A Black Veil for Lisa | Inspector Franz Bulon | Film | 5.8 | 60 |
| 1968 | Emma Hamilton | Lord William Hamilton | Film | 4.4 | 60 |
| 1967 | Chuka | Colonel Stuart Valois | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1967 | Dundee and the Culhane | Dundee | TV | 5.3 | 59 |
| 1967 | Africa: Texas Style! | Wing Commander Hayes | Film | 9.0 | 59 |
| 1966 | The Wrong Box | Masterman Finsbury | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1966 | Sky West and Crooked | Film | 5.6 | 58 | |
| 1966 | The Family Way | Ezra Fitton | Film | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow | General Boyd | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1965 | The Truth About Spring | Tommy Tyler | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1965 | King Rat | Smedley-Taylor | Film | 7.1 | 57 |
| 1964 | The Chalk Garden | Maitland | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1963 | The Danny Kaye Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1962 | Tiara Tahiti | Lt. Col. Clifford Southey | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1962 | The Valiant | Captain Morgan | Film | 8.3 | 54 |
| 1961 | The Parent Trap | Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1961 | The Singer Not the Song | Father Michael Keogh | Film | 6.4 | 53 |
| 1961 | Flame in the Streets | Jacko Palmer | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1960 | Swiss Family Robinson | Father | Film | 6.9 | 52 |
| 1960 | Tunes of Glory | Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander) | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1960 | Escape to Paradise/Water Birds | Film | — | 52 | |
| 1959 | Tiger Bay | Superintendent Graham | Film | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1959 | Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Barney | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1958 | I Was Monty's Double | Major Harvey | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1958 | Dunkirk | Cpl Tubby Binns | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1958 | Ice Cold in Alex | Captain Anson | Film | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1957 | The Vicious Circle | Dr. Howard Latimer | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1957 | Town on Trial | Supt. Mike Halloran | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | London Carriage Driver | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1956 | War and Peace | Platon Karataev | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1956 | The Letter | Robert Crosbie | Film | — | 48 |
| 1956 | It's Great to be Young! | Dingle | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1956 | The Baby and the Battleship | Puncher Roberts | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1955 | Escapade | John Hampden | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1955 | The End of the Affair | Albert Parkis | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1955 | The Colditz Story | Pat Reid | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1955 | Above Us the Waves | Commandant Fraser | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase | Robert Crosbie | TV | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1954 | Hobson's Choice | William Mossop | Film | 7.4 | 46 |
| 1953 | The Long Memory | Phillip Davidson | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1952 | The Way to Wimbledon | Self - Commentator | Film | — | 44 |
| 1952 | The Gentle Gunman | Terence Sullivan | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1951 | Mr. Denning Drives North | Tom Denning | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1950 | Morning Departure | Lt. Cmdr. Armstrong | Film | 6.9 | 42 |
| 1949 | The History of Mr. Polly | Alfred Polly | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1949 | The Rocking Horse Winner | Bassett | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1949 | The Rocking Horse Winner | Film | 6.5 | 41 | |
| 1948 | Scott of the Antarctic | Captain R.F. Scott R.N. | Film | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1947 | So Well Remembered | George Boswell | Film | 5.0 | 39 |
| 1947 | The October Man | Jim Ackland | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1946 | Great Expectations | Pip | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1946 | Land of Promise | The Voice | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1945 | The Way to the Stars | Pilot Officer Peter Penrose | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1945 | Total War in Britain | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.5 | 37 |
| 1945 | Waterloo Road | Jim Colter | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1944 | Victory Wedding | Bill Clark | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1944 | Information Please | British Flyer | Film | — | 36 |
| 1944 | This Happy Breed | Billy Mitchell | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1943 | We Dive at Dawn | Lt. Taylor RN | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1943 | The Sky’s the Limit | Tom | Film | — | 35 |
| 1942 | In Which We Serve | Ordinary Seaman Blake / Shorty Blake | Film | 6.8 | 34 |
| 1942 | The Black Sheep of Whitehall | Bobby Jessop | Film | 8.2 | 34 |
| 1942 | The Young Mr. Pitt | William Wilberforce | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1942 | The Big Blockade | Tom | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1941 | Cottage to Let | Flt·Lieut. Perry | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1941 | Old Bill and Son | Young Bill | Film | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1940 | All Hands | Jack | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1939 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Peter Colley as a Young Man | Film | 7.4 | 31 |
| 1939 | Happy Family | Fred | Film | — | 31 |
| 1937 | The Green Cockatoo | Jim Connor | Film | 5.9 | 29 |
| 1937 | O.H.M.S. | Cpl. Bert Dawson | Film | 4.7 | 29 |
| 1936 | First Offence | Johnnie Penrose | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1936 | Tudor Rose | Lord Guilford Dudley | Film | 8.1 | 28 |
| 1935 | Brown on Resolution | Albert Brown | Film | 6.3 | 27 |
| 1935 | Broadway Gondolier | Film | 6.0 | 27 | |
| 1935 | Car of Dreams | Robert Miller | Film | 6.1 | 27 |
| 1935 | Blind Justice | Ralph Summers | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1935 | Charing Cross Road | Tony | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1935 | Royal Cavalcade | Young Enlistee | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1934 | The Lash | Arthur Haughton | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1934 | Those Were the Days | Bobby Poskett | Film | 8.3 | 26 |
| 1934 | Doctor's Orders | Ronnie Blake | Film | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1934 | A Political Party | Tony Smithers | Film | 9.0 | 26 |
| 1933 | The Ghost Camera | Ernest Elton | Film | 6.3 | 25 |
| 1933 | Britannia of Billingsgate | Fred Bolton | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1932 | The Midshipmaid | Golightly | Film | 7.0 | 24 |