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| Sir John Mills CBE | |
|---|---|
 Mills in the 1979 serial Quatermass | |
| Born | Lewis Ernest Watts Mills (1908-02-22)22 Feb 1908 North Elmham, Norfolk, England |
| Died | 23 April 2005(2005-04-23) (aged 97) Denham, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Resting place | St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years agile | 1929–2005 |
| Spouse(s) | Aileen Raymond (yard. 1932; div. 1941) Mary Hayley Bell (one thousand. 1941) |
| Children | iii, including Juliet and Hayley |
| Relatives |
|
Sir John Mills CBE (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills; 22 Feb 1908 – 23 April 2005)[one] was an English actor who appeared in more than than 120 films in a career spanning 7 decades. He excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who frequently portrayed guileless, wounded state of war heroes. In 1971, he received the Academy Accolade for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Ryan's Daughter.
For his piece of work in film Mills was knighted past Elizabeth II in 1976. In 2002, he received a BAFTA Fellowship from the British University of Film and Television Arts, and was named a Disney Fable by The Walt Disney Visitor.
Early life [edit]
John Mills was born on 22 Feb 1908 in North Elmham, Norfolk,[ane] the son of Edith Mills (née Baker), a theatre box office manager, and Lewis Mills, a mathematics teacher.[2] Mills was born at Watts Naval Schoolhouse, where his father was a master. He spent his early years in the village of Belton where his father was the headmaster of the hamlet school. He beginning felt the thrill of performing at a concert in the school hall when he was 6 years old.[3] He lived in a modest house in Gainsborough Route, Felixstowe until 1929. His elder sister was Annette Mills, remembered as presenter of BBC Television's Muffin the Mule (1946–55).
He was educated at Balham Grammar School in London, Sir John Leman High School in Beccles, Suffolk and Norwich High School for Boys,[1] [four] where it is said that his initials can still be seen carved into the brickwork on the side of the building in Upper St Giles Street. Upon leaving school he worked as a clerk[2] at a corn merchant'due south in Ipswich earlier finding employment in London equally a commercial traveller for the Sanitas Disinfectant Company.
In September 1939, at the start of the Second World War, Mills enlisted in the British Army, joining the Majestic Engineers.[5] He was later commissioned equally a Second Lieutenant, but in 1942 he received a medical discharge because of a stomach ulcer.[5]
Career [edit]
Early career [edit]
Mills took an early interest in interim, making his professional début at the London Hippodrome in The Five O'Clock Girl in 1929. He followed this with a cabaret act.
Mills then got a task with a theatrical visitor that toured India, China and the Far East performing a number of plays. Noël Coward saw him appear in a production of Journey'south Terminate in Singapore and wrote Mills a letter of introduction to use back in London.[vi]
On his return Mills starred in The 1931 Revue, Coward'due south Cavalcade (1931) and the Noël Coward revue Words and Music (1932).
Early films [edit]
He made his film debut in The Midshipmaid (1932). He also appeared in The Ghost Camera (1933) with Ida Lupino and Britannia of Billingsgate (1934).
Mills was promoted to leading roles in A Political Political party (1934), a comedy. He was in a series of quota quickies: The River Wolves (1934); Those Were the Days (1934), the first moving-picture show of Will Hay; The Lash (1934); Blind Justice (1934); Medico'southward Orders (1934); and Car of Dreams (1935). He did Jill Darling (1934) on stage and was one of many names in Imperial Column (1935).
"A" movies [edit]
Mills had the star role in an A motion picture, Brown on Resolution (1935). It was back to quota quickies for Charing Cantankerous Road (1935) and The Commencement Offence (1936). He had another splendid office in an "A", playing Lord Guildford Dudley in Tudor Rose (1936). He did Aren't Men Beasts? (1936) on phase and worked for Hollywood director Raoul Walsh in O.H.M.S. (1937).
Mills starred in The Green Cockatoo (1937) directed by William Cameron Menzies. He appeared as Colley in the hugely popular 1939 film version of Cheerio, Mr Chips, opposite Robert Donat.
World War Two [edit]
At the Old Vic he was in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1939), She Stoops to Conquer (1939) and Of Mice and Men (1939–xl). He joined the army in 1939 just occasionally made films on leave. He went back to movies with Quondam Bill and Son (1940) and made Cottage to Permit (1941), a war film for Anthony Asquith. Mills went back to supporting Will Hay in The Blackness Sheep of Whitehall (1942) and he was one of many names in the war film, The Large Occludent (1942).
He was in Men in Shadow (1942) on phase, written past his wife. He achieved acclaim for his performance as an able seaman in Noël Coward's In Which We Serve (1942), a huge striking. Mills had some other expert support role in The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) playing William Wilberforce opposite Robert Donat. He was invalided out of the army in 1942.[7]
Stardom [edit]
Mills's climb to stardom began when he had the lead role in We Swoop at Dawn (1943), a film directed by Asquith most submariners. He was elevation billed in This Happy Breed (1944), directed past David Lean and adjusted from a Noël Coward play.
Too popular was Waterloo Road (1945), from Sidney Gilliat, in which Mills played a man who goes AWOL to retrieve his wife from a draft-dodger (played by Stewart Granger). Mills played a airplane pilot in The Fashion to the Stars (1945), directed by Asquith from a script by Terence Rattigan, and another large hit in Great britain. He did Duet for 2 Easily (1945) on stage.
Mills had his greatest success to date equally Pip in Great Expectations (1946), directed past David Lean. Information technology was the tertiary biggest hit at the British box office that year and Mills was voted the sixth most pop star.[viii]
Less successful critically and financially was So Well Remembered (1947) which used American writers and directors.[nine] The October Man (1947) was a mildly popular thriller from Roy Ward Baker.
Mills played the championship role in Scott of the Antarctic (1948), a biopic of Captain Scott. Information technology was the fourth most watched picture of the year in United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and Mills was the eighth biggest star.[10]
Producer [edit]
Mills turned producer with The History of Mr Polly (1949) from the novel by H. M. Wells.[11] It was directed past Anthony Pelissier and Mills said it was his favorite film.[12] Pelisse too made The Rocking Horse Winner (1949) which Mills produced; he also played a pocket-size part. More liked at the box office was a submarine drama, Morning time Deviation (1950), directed past Bakery. By this stage his fee was a reported £20,000 a movie.[13]
Career slump [edit]
After Morning time Divergence Mills took almost two years off.[14] The films he made on his return were not popular: a thriller, Mr Denning Drives N (1951); The Gentle Gunman (1952), where he and Dirk Bogarde played IRA gunmen for Basil Dearden; The Long Memory (1953), a thriller from Robert Hamer.[15]
Popularity revival [edit]
Mills had his start hitting in a number of years with Hobson'south Pick (1954), directed by Lean. He appeared in the war motion picture The Colditz Story (1955).
Mills played a supporting role in a movie for MGM, The Terminate of the Matter (1955), with Deborah Kerr and Van Johnson. More liked in Britain was another state of war story, Above U.s. the Waves (1955); this was sixth most popular pic at the British box office that year, and helped Mills become the fifth virtually popular star in the state.[16]
After Escapade (1955), Mills made the pop military machine comedy The Baby and the Battleship (1956), one of the biggest hits of 1956. Also on that list was some other Mills one-act, It's Great to Be Young (1956).[17]
Mills had a key support role as a peasant in War and Peace (1956) and made a cameo in Around the World in 80 Days (1956).
Mills appeared in the thrillers: Town on Trial (1957) directed past John Guillermin and The Vicious Circle (1957).[xviii] More popular with the public were the war films: Dunkirk (1958), the second most pop film of the year in United kingdom; Ice Cold in Alex (1958), directed by J. Lee Thompson; and I Was Monty's Double'(1958), directed past Guillermin.[19]
In the 1959 criminal offense drama Tiger Bay, directed by Thompson, Mills played a law detective investigating a murder that a young girl has witnessed. His daughter Hayley was cast, and earned splendid reviews.
Mills went to Australia to play a pikestaff cutter in the Hollywood financed Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959).
Meliorate received was Tunes of Glory (1960), a war machine drama directed by Ronald Neame co-starring Alec Guinness. Mills'southward performance earned him a Best Role player Honor at the Venice Motion-picture show Festival.
Walt Disney saw Tiger Bay and offered Hayley Mills the lead role in Pollyanna (1960). Disney also offered John Mills the lead in the take a chance film Swiss Family Robinson (1960), which was a huge hit. He did Ross (1960–61) on stage.
The Rank Arrangement insisted Mills play the function of the priest in The Singer Not the Vocal (1961) opposite Dirk Bogarde. Mills and Baker reteamed on an interracial drama Flame in the Streets (1961) and an Italian-British war moving-picture show The Valiant (1962).
Mills did a comedy with James Mason, Tiara Tahiti (1962). He had a back up office in The Chalk Garden (1964) starring Hayley.
After a cameo on the war motion picture Operation Crossbow (1965), Mills made a third film with his daughter, The Truth About Spring (1965). He had a cameo in King Rat (1965) for Bryan Forbes, who then directed Mills in The Incorrect Box (1966). Mills played Hayley's father-in-law on screen in The Family Way (1966). He then directed her in Sky Due west and Kleptomaniacal (1966) from a script written by his married woman.
He was the subject of This Is Your Life on two occasions, firstly in 1960 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews outside Pinewood Studios,[ citation needed ] and once more in 1983 when Eamonn surprised him on the stage of London's Wyndham'south Theatre at the curtain phone call of the play Little Lies.[ commendation needed ]
Character role player [edit]
Mills began to move into character roles, supporting Hugh O'Brian in Africa Texas Style (1967) and Rod Taylor in Chuka (1967). He went to Italian republic for a giallo, A Black Veil for Lisa (1968) and played William Hamilton in Emma Hamilton (1968).
Mills had a cameo in Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) for director Richard Attenborough and supported Marking Lester (though he was top billed) in Run Wild, Run Free (1969). He went to Australia to star in a captive drama, Adam's Woman (1970).
For his function as the village idiot in Ryan's Girl (1970) — a complete departure from his usual style – Mills won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
He was in Dulcima (1971) and then had support roles in Young Winston (1972) for Attenborough, Lady Caroline Lamb (1972), and Oklahoma Rough (1973). On phase he did Veterans at the Royal Courtroom, At the Cease of the Solar day (1973), The Adept Companions (1974), Smashing Expectations (1975) and Separate Tables (1977).
As well on the small screen, in 1974 he starred as Captain Tommy "The Elephant" Devon in the half dozen-part tv drama series The Zoo Gang, about a group of former underground freedom fighters from World War II, with Brian Keith, Lilli Palmer and Barry Morse.
In the late 1970s Mills could however get lead roles in films, as shown by The "Human" Factor (1975), Trial by Combat (1976), and The Devil's Advocate (1977). He had filmed supporting roles in The Big Sleep (1978) and The Xxx Nine Steps (1978).
His virtually famous television role was probably as the title character in Quatermass for ITV in 1979. He followed this with a sitcom in Young at Centre (1980–82).
On the big screen he was now mainly playing upper chaff types equally in Zulu Dawn (1979), Gandhi (1982), and Sahara (1983). He performed Adieu Mr Chips on stage (1982) followed by Niggling Lies (1983).
Later career [edit]
In 1986 he did The Petition at the National and the following yr did Pygmalion on Broadway. He provided a vocalism for When the Wind Blows (1986) and supported Madonna in Who'south That Girl (1987). His best roles were on TV in Harnessing Peacocks (1993) and Martin Chuzzlewit (1994). Mills too starred as Gus: The Theatre Cat in the filmed version of the musical Cats in 1998.
In 2000, Mills released his extensive abode cine-picture footage in a documentary film entitled Sir John Mills'due south Moving Memories, with interviews with Mills, his children Hayley, Juliet and Jonathan and Richard Attenborough. The pic was produced and written by Jonathan Mills, directed and edited by Marcus Dillistone, and features behind the scenes footage and stories from films such as Ice Cold in Alex and Dunkirk. In addition the film also includes home footage of many of Mills'southward friends and swain cast members including Laurence Olivier, Harry Andrews, Walt Disney, David Niven, Dirk Bogarde, Rex Harrison and Tyrone Ability. He portrayed a charming former gent as head of an art museum in the 1997 Mr. Bean. Mills'south last movie theater appearance was playing a tramp in Lights 2 (directed past Marcus Dillistone); the cinematographer was Jack Cardiff. They had last worked together on Scott of the Antarctic in 1948.
Personal life and death [edit]
His outset wife was the actress Aileen Raymond who died but v days after he did. They were married in 1932 and divorced in 1941. Raymond later became the mother of histrion Ian Ogilvy.
His second wife was the dramatist Mary Hayley Bong. Their marriage, on 16 January 1941, lasted for 64 years, until his death in 2005. They were married in a rushed civil anniversary, considering of the war; it was not until lx years later that they were married in a church building.[20] They lived in The Wick, London, for many years. They sold the house to musician Ronnie Woods in 1971 and moved to Hills House, Denham, south Buckinghamshire.
Mills and Bell had two daughters, Juliet, star of tv set's Nanny and the Professor and Hayley, a Disney child star who appeared in Pollyanna, The Parent Trap and Whistle Downward the Current of air, and one son, Jonathan Mills, a screenwriter.[2] In 1947, Mills appeared with his daughters in the film So Well Remembered. The 3 also appeared together decades later, on an episode of ABC'south The Love Gunkhole. Mills's grandson past Hayley, Crispian Mills, is a musician, all-time known for his work with the raga rock group Kula Shaker.
In the years leading up to his expiry, he appeared on television only on special occasions, his sight having failed nigh completely past 1992. Subsequently that, his film roles were cursory cameos.
He died aged 97 on 23 April 2005 in Denham, Buckinghamshire, following a stroke.[i] His second married woman died on 1 Dec 2005. They are buried in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Denham, Buckinghamshire.
Honours [edit]
Mills was appointed a Commander of the Lodge of the British Empire (CBE) in 1960.[2] In 1976 he was knighted[2] by the Queen.
In 1999, at 91 years of age, Mills became the oldest joining member of the amusement charitable fraternity, the G Order of Water Rats.[21]
In 2002, he received a Fellowship of the British Academy of Moving-picture show and Television Arts (BAFTA), their highest accolade, and was named a Disney Fable by the Walt Disney Company.
Filmography [edit]
Moving picture [edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | The Midshipmaid | Golightly | |
| 1933 | The Ghost Camera | Ernest Elton | |
| Britannia of Billingsgate | Fred Bolton | ||
| 1934 | A Political Party | Tony Smithers | |
| The River Wolves | Peter Farrell | ||
| Those Were the Days | Bobby Poskett | ||
| The Lash | Arthur Haughton | ||
| Blind Justice | Ralph Summers | ||
| Doctor'south Orders | Ronnie Blake | ||
| 1935 | Motorcar of Dreams | Robert Miller | |
| Royal Cavalcade | Young Enlistee | ||
| Brown on Resolution | Albert Dark-brown | (subsequently reissued in the Uk as Forever England) | |
| Charing Cross Road | Tony | ||
| 1936 | The First Offence | Johnnie Penrose | alternative championship Bad Blood |
| Tudor Rose | Lord Guilford Dudley | Released as Ix Days a Queen in USA | |
| 1937 | O.H.G.Southward. | Cpl. Bert Dawson | |
| The Green Cockatoo | Jim Connor | ||
| 1939 | Farewell, Mr Chips | Peter Colley – equally a Swain | |
| 1941 | Old Bill and Son | Young Bill Busby | |
| Cottage to Let | Flt. Lieutenant Perry | ||
| 1942 | The Black Sheep of Whitehall | Bobby Jessop | |
| The Large Occludent | Tom | ||
| In Which We Serve | Ordinary Seaman Blake | (with daughter Juliet Mills) | |
| The Young Mr. Pitt | William Wilberforce | ||
| 1943 | We Dive at Dawn | Lt. Taylor, R.Northward. | |
| 1944 | This Happy Breed | Billy Mitchell | |
| Victory Hymeneals | Bill Clark | Short[22] | |
| 1945 | Waterloo Road | Jim Colter | |
| The Way to the Stars | Peter Penrose | ||
| 1946 | Great Expectations | Pip | |
| 1947 | So Well Remembered | George Boswell | (with daughters Juliet Mills and Hayley Mills) |
| The October Human being | Jim Ackland | ||
| 1948 | Scott of the Antarctic | Helm Scott Helm R.F. Scott R.N. | |
| 1949 | The History of Mr Polly | Alfred Polly | |
| The Rocking Horse Winner | Bassett | (also produced) | |
| 1950 | Morning time Departure | Lt. Commander Armstrong | |
| 1951 | Mr Denning Drives North | Tom Denning | |
| 1952 | The Gentle Gunman | Terrence Sullivan | |
| 1953 | The Long Memory | Phillip Davidson | |
| 1954 | Hobson'due south Choice | Willie Mossop | Nominated-BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| 1955 | The Colditz Story | Pat Reid | |
| The End of the Matter | Albert Parkis | ||
| In a higher place Us the Waves | Commander Fraser | ||
| Escapade | John Hampden | ||
| 1956 | The Infant and the Battleship | Puncher Roberts | |
| War and Peace | Platon Karataev | ||
| Effectually the Earth in 80 Days | London Railroad vehicle Driver | ||
| It's Great to Be Young | Mr Dingle | ||
| 1957 | Town on Trial | Supt Mike Halloran | |
| The Vicious Circumvolve | Dr Howard Latimer | ||
| 1958 | Dunkirk | Corporal Binns | |
| Ice Cold in Alex | Captain Anson RASC | ||
| I Was Monty's Double | Major Harvey | (also titled Hell, Heaven or Hoboken) | |
| 1959 | Tiger Bay | Superintendent Graham | (with daughter Hayley Mills) |
| Summer of the Seventeenth Doll | Barney | (also titled Season of Passion) | |
| 1960 | Tunes of Glory | Lt. Col. Basil Barrow (Battalion Commander) | Volpi Cup for Best Histrion Nominated-BAFTA Award for Best Thespian in a Leading Part |
| Swiss Family unit Robinson | William Robinson | ||
| 1961 | The Singer Non the Vocal | Father Michael Keogh | |
| The Parent Trap | Mitch Evers' Golf Caddy | Uncredited | |
| Flame in the Streets | Jacko Palmer | ||
| 1962 | The Valiant | Captain Morgan | |
| Tiara Tahiti | Lt. Col. Clifford Southey | ||
| 1964 | The Chalk Garden | Maitland | (with daughter Hayley Mills) |
| 1965 | Performance Crossbow | Gen. Boyd | |
| The Truth About Spring | Tommy Tyler | (with daughter Hayley Mills) | |
| King Rat | Smedley – Taylor | ||
| 1966 | The Wrong Box | Masterman Finsbury | |
| The Family unit Way | Ezra Fitton | (with girl Hayley Mills) Prize San Sebastián for All-time Actor (tied with Maurice Ronet for The Champagne Murders) | |
| 1967 | Africa Texas Style | Wing Commander Hayes | |
| Chuka | Colonel Stuart Valois | ||
| 1968 | A Black Veil for Lisa | Inspector Franz Bulon | |
| Emma Hamilton | Sir William Hamilton | ||
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig | |
| Run Wild, Run Gratuitous | The Moorman | ||
| 1970 | Adam'south Adult female | Sir Phillip MacDonald | |
| Ryan'southward Daughter | Michael | Academy Laurels for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Kansas City Film Critics Circle Laurels for All-time Supporting Thespian Nominated-BAFTA Honour for Best Supporting Actor | |
| 1971 | Dulcima | Mr Parker | |
| 1972 | Immature Winston | General Kitchener | |
| Lady Caroline Lamb | Canning | ||
| 1973 | Oklahoma Rough | Cleon Doyle | |
| 1975 | The Human being Factor | Mike McAllister | |
| 1976 | Trial by Combat | Colonel Bertie Melt | (also titled A Dirty Knight's Work) |
| 1977 | The Devil's Advocate | Blaise Meredith | |
| 1978 | The Big Slumber | Inspector Jim Carson | |
| The Thirty Nine Steps | Scudder | ||
| 1979 | The Quatermass Conclusion | Professor Bernard Quatermass | |
| Zulu Dawn | Sir Henry Bartle Frere | ||
| 1982 | Gandhi | The Viceroy Businesswoman Chelmsford | |
| 1983 | Sahara | Cambridge | |
| 1986 | When the Current of air Blows | Jim | Vocalization |
| 1987 | Who'south That Girl | Montgomery Bell | (credited every bit Sir John Mills) |
| 1993 | The Big Freeze | Dapper human | |
| 1994 | Deadly Advice | Jack the Ripper | |
| 1995 | The Grotesque | Sir Edward Cleghorn | (besides titled Gentleman Don't Eat Poets) |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Old Norway | |
| 1997 | Bean | Chairman | (credited every bit Sir John Mills) |
| 1998 | Cats | Gus the Theater Cat | |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Gentleman | |
| 2004 | Lights2 | The Tramp | Cinematographer Jack Cardiff (previously worked on Scott of The Antarctic), (last movie function) |
Tv set [edit]
| Year | Title | Function | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Dundee and the Culhane | Dundee | xiii episodes |
| 1974 | The Zoo Gang | Thomas 'The Elephant' Devon | vi episodes |
| 1978 | Dr. Strange | Thomas Lindmer | TV Moving-picture show |
| 1979 | Quatermass | Professor Bernard Quatermass | |
| 1980 | Tales of the Unexpected | William Perkins | Season two, Episode 3 - Galloping Foxley |
| 1980 | Tales of the Unexpected | The Umbrella Homo | Season two, Episode xi |
| 1980–82 | Young at Heart | Albert Collyer | 18 episodes |
| 1982 | Tales of the Unexpected | Sam Morrissey | Flavor 5, Episode three - Operation Safecrack |
| 1982 | The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy [23] | The Earl of Dorincort | Television receiver Flick |
| 1984 | The Masks of Death | Dr Watson | TV Movie |
| 1985 | Murder with Mirrors | Lewis Serrocold | TV Movie |
| 1985 | Border of the Wind | General Blair | TV play |
| 1987 | The Dame Edna Experience | Flavour one, Episode 6 (equally himself) | |
| 1989 | A Tale of Two Cities | Jarvis Lorry | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Harnessing Peacocks | Bernard Quigley | Boob tube Movie |
| 1994 | Martin Chuzzlewit | Mr Chuffey | 3 episodes, Goggle box Mini-serial |
Stage appearances [edit]
| Year | Title | Theatre |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | The Five O'Clock Girl | London Hippodrome |
| 1930 | Charley'due south Aunt | New Theatre |
| 1931 | The 1931 Revue | London Pavilion |
| London Wall | Duke of York'southward Theatre | |
| Cavalcade | Theatre Regal Drury Lane | |
| 1932 | Words and Music | Adelphi Theatre |
| 1933 | Give Me a Ring | London Hippodrome |
| 1934 | Jill Darling | Saville Theatre |
| 1936 | Red Night | Queen's Theatre |
| Aren't Men Beasts! | Strand Theatre | |
| 1937 | Floodlight | Saville Theatre |
| Talk of the Devil | Piccadilly Theatre | |
| 1938 | Pelissier's Follies of 1938 | Saville Theatre |
| A Midsummer Dark's Dream | The Onetime Vic | |
| She Stoops to Conquer | The Former Vic | |
| 1939 | We at the Crossroads | Globe Theatre |
| Of Mice and Men | Gate Theatre/Apollo Theatre | |
| 1942 | Men in Shadow | Lyric Theatre |
| 1945 | Duet for Two Hands | Vaudeville Theatre |
| 1950 | The Damascus Bract | UK Tour |
| Pinnacle of the Ladder | St James'south Theatre | |
| 1951 | Effigy of Fun | Aldwych Theatre |
| 1953 | The Uninvited Guest | St James'southward Theatre |
| 1954 | Charley's Aunt | New Theatre/Strand Theatre |
| 1961 | Ross | Eugene O'Neill Theatre/Hudson Theatre, New York City |
| 1963 | Powers of Persuasion | Garrick Theatre |
| 1972 | Veterans | Purple Court Theatre |
| 1973 | At the End of the Mean solar day | Savoy Theatre |
| 1974 | The Good Companions | Her Majesty'due south Theatre |
| 1975 | Great Expectations | UK Tour and O'Keefe Centre, Toronto |
| 1977 | Separate Tables | Apollo Theatre |
| 1982 | Goodbye, Mr Chips | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| 1983 | Picayune Lies | Wyndham's Theatre |
| 1986 | The Petition | National Theatre/Wyndham'south Theatre |
| 1987 | Pygmalion | Plymouth Theatre, New York City |
| From 1992 | One-man evidence | Various venues |
Box office ranking [edit]
For a number of years, British film exhibitors voted him among the top x British stars at the box role via an almanac poll in the Move Picture Herald.
- 1945 – 4th[24]
|*1946 – 8th[25]
- 1947 – quaternary (6th about pop overall)[26]
- 1948 – 3rd (4th most popular over all)[27]
- 1949 – 3rd (8th most popular over all)[28] [29]
- 1950 – 4th (6th near popular overall)
- 1954 – 10th
- 1955 – second (fifth well-nigh popular overall)[xxx]
|*1956 – 10th[31]
- 1957 – 6th[32]
- 1958 – 6th
- 1961 – 5th
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d Brian McFarlane, "Mills, Sir John Lewis Ernest Watts (1908–2005)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, January 2009 available online. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Pulleine, Tim (25 April 2005). "Obituary: Sir John Mills". The Guardian . Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "Sir John Mills, Desert Isle Discs – BBC Radio 4".
- ^ Mills, John. Chapter 1 Up in the Clouds, Gentleman Delight Published by Orion.
- ^ a b "British thespian: Lewis Ernest Watts Mills". Encyclopædia Britannica. 22 October 2009.
- ^ "JOHN MILLS, Britain'south No. I Star". South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus. Vol. L, no. 38. New Southward Wales. eighteen May 1950. p. 26. Retrieved 15 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE LIFE STORY OF John Mills". Voice. Vol. 26, no. 46. Hobart. fourteen Nov 1953. p. 4. Retrieved xv September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Anna Neagle Most Pop Extra". The Sydney Morning time Herald. No. 34, 331. 3 Jan 1948. p. three. Retrieved fifteen September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Richard B. Jewell, Wearisome Fade to Black: The Decline of RKO Radio Pictures, Uni of California, 2016
- ^ "TOPS AT HOME". The Courier-Mail. No. 4087. Brisbane. 31 December 1949. p. four. Retrieved fifteen September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "John Mills To Direct, Produce". The News. Vol. fifty, no. 7, 719. Adelaide. one May 1948. p. 7. Retrieved fifteen September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "FILM Practiced TIMES". The Canberra Times. Vol. 63, no. 19, 559. 27 April 1989. p. 26. Retrieved fifteen September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Fortieth birthday was lucky for John Mills". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 17, no. 1. xi June 1949. p. 40. Retrieved xv September 2017 – via National Library of Commonwealth of australia.
- ^ "Australian Angles". The Sunday Herald (Sydney). No. 125. New South Wales, Australia. 17 June 1951. p. 12. Retrieved 15 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "WHAT NEWS IN FILMS? GOOGIE DITCHES STAR Function TO SEE Commonwealth of australia". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 2913. Western Commonwealth of australia. 3 October 1954. p. 1 (Mag). Retrieved 21 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Dirk Bogarde favourite moving picture player". The Irish Times. Dublin, Republic of ireland. 29 December 1955. p. 9.
- ^ "BRITISH. FILMS MADE Near Coin: BOX-OFFICE SURVEY". The Manchester Guardian. Manchester (U.k.). 28 December 1956. p. 3.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (17 November 2020). "John Guillermin: Activeness Human". Filmink.
- ^ "Alec Guinness "globe'due south biggest box-part attraction". The Manchester Guardian. Manchester (UK). 2 January 1959. p. five.
- ^ Obituary, The Age, 25 April 2005, p.9
- ^ "Biography of a Water Rat".
- ^ Victory Hymeneals. British Movie Found. Retrieved 29 April 2020
- ^ "The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1982)". British Pic Institute . Retrieved iv June 2016.
- ^ "'Bloomer Girl' to Play Instead of Jolson Opus". Los Angeles Times. 23 March 1946. p. A5.
- ^ "FILM WORLD". The W Australian (Second ed.). Perth. 28 Feb 1947. p. 20. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ "Anna Neagle Near Popular Extra". The Sydney Morning time Herald. 3 January 1948. p. three. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ "Bing Crosby Still All-time Box-office Describe". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 Dec 1948. p. three. Retrieved xi July 2012.
- ^ "Bob Hope Takes Lead from Bing in Popularity". The Canberra Times. 31 December 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 27 Apr 2012.
- ^ "TOPS AT HOME". The Courier-Mail service. Brisbane. 31 December 1949. p. 4. Retrieved 27 Apr 2012.
- ^ "The Dam Busters". The Times. London, England. 29 December 1955.
- ^ "The Most Popular Moving-picture show Star in Britain". The Times. London, England. seven Dec 1956.
- ^ "BRITISH ACTORS HEAD FILM POLL: BOX-OFFICE SURVEY". The Manchester Guardian. 27 December 1957. p. iii.
External links [edit]
- John Mills at IMDb
- It's Non Just Michael Powell: British Films of the 30s, 40s and 50s
- Sir John Mills Theatre – Eastern Angles
- [https://web.annal.org/web/20111002132000/http://www.planet625.com/quatermass/tv/quatermassIV/mills.htm
Profile] at the Nigel Kneale & Quatermass Appreciation
- Photographs and literature
- John Mills interview British Entertainment History Project
- Sir John Mills at Find a Grave
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mills
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