Miles Malleson

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
May 24, 1888 (80 years old)
Died
March 15, 1969
Place of Birth
Croydon, Surrey, England
Popular Genres
Drama Comedy Thriller
Career Span
1921 – 1965

Miles Malleson

6 wins
23 nominations
3 Oscars
103 credits

William Miles Malleson (25 May 1888 – 15 March 1969) was an English actor and dramatist, particularly remembered for his appearances in British comedy films of the 1930s to 1960s. Towards the end of his career he also appeared in cameo roles in several Hammer horror films, with a fairly large role in The Brides of Dracula as the hypochondriac and fee-hungry local doctor. Malleson was also a writer on many films, including some of those in which he had small parts, such as Nell Gwyn (1934) and The Thief of Bagdad (1940). He also translated and adapted several of Molière's plays (The Misanthrope, which he titled The Slave of Truth, Tartuffe and The Imaginary Invalid).

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Personal Info

Born
May 24, 1888
From
Croydon, Surrey, England
Known For
Acting
Career
1921 – 1965

Award Recognition

6
Wins
23
Nominations
3
Oscars

Complete Filmography

1965

You Must Be Joking as Salesman

1964

Murder Ahoy as Bishop Award
First Men in the Moon as Dymchurch Registrar Award
A Jolly Bad Fellow as Dr. Woolley
A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince

1963

Heavens Above! as Bishop Rockeby

1962

The Phantom of the Opera as 2nd Cabby Award
Go to Blazes as Salesman
The Brain as Dr. Miller
Postman's Knock as Psychiatrist

1961

Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Duke of Avon
Double Bunk as Rev. Thomas
The Bing Crosby Show as Self
The Hellfire Club as Judge

1960

The Brides of Dracula as Dr. Tobler Award
Peeping Tom as Elderly Gentleman Customer Award
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England as Assistant Curator
Kidnapped as Mr. Rankeillor
And the Same to You as Bishop

1959

The Hound of the Baskervilles as Bishop Frankland Award
I'm All Right Jack as Windrush Snr. Award
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. as Resident Advisor Davidson
The Captain's Table as Canon Swingler

1958

Dracula as Marx - Undertaker (uncredited) Award
Gideon's Day as The Judge
Happy Is the Bride as 1st Magistrate
Bachelor of Hearts as Dr. Butson
Behind the Mask as Sir Oswald Pettiford

1957

Barnacle Bill as Angler
The Admirable Crichton
Campbell's Kingdom as (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
The Naked Truth as Rev. Bastable
Brothers in Law as Kendall Grimes Q.C.

1956

The Man Who Never Was as Scientist Award
Three Men in a Boat as 2nd Old Gentleman
Private's Progress as Mr. Windrush Sr.
The Silken Affair as Mr. Blucher
Dry Rot as Country Gentleman

1955

King's Rhapsody as Jules
Geordie as Lord Paunceton

1953

The Captain's Paradise as Lawrence St. James

1952

The Magic Box as Orchestra Conductor
The Importance of Being Earnest as Canon Chasuble
Venetian Bird as Grespi
Treasure Hunt as Mr. Walsh
The Woman's Angle as A. Secrett
Trent's Last Case as Burton Cupples
Folly to Be Wise as Dr. Hector McAdam
The Happy Family as Mr. Thwaites

1951

Scrooge as Old Joe
The Man in the White Suit as The Tailor

1950

Stage Fright as Mr. Fortesque Award
Golden Salamander as Douvet

1949

Kind Hearts and Coronets as The Hangman Award
The Queen of Spades as Tchybukin Award
Train of Events as Johnson, the Timekeeper
The Perfect Woman as Prof. Ernest Belman
Cardboard Cavalier as Judge Gorebucket

1948

Saraband for Dead Lovers as Lord of Misrule
Bond Street as Minor Role (uncredited)
Woman Hater as Vicar
Idol of Paris as Offenbach

1947

While the Sun Shines as Horton

1946

Land of Promise as Mr. Know-All

1945

Dead of Night as Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor") Award
Journey Together as (uncredited)

1943

The Gentle Sex as Tran Guard
The Demi-Paradise as Theatre Cashier

1942

They Flew Alone as Vacuum Salesman
Thunder Rock as Chairman of Directors
Unpublished Story as Farmfield

1941

Major Barbara as Morrison

1940

The Thief of Bagdad as Sultan Award
For Freedom as Minor Role

1939

Q Planes as Minor Role

1938

Sixty Glorious Years as Wounded Soldier

1937

Victoria the Great as Sir James
Knight Without Armour as Drunken Red Commissar
Action for Slander as Minor Role

1936

Tudor Rose as Jane's Father
Rhodes of Africa as Minor Role (uncredited)

1935

The 39 Steps as Palladium Manager (uncredited) Award
Lazybones as Pessimist
Lazybones as The Pessimist
Peg of Old Drury as Minor Role (uncredited)
Vintage Wine as Henri Popinot

1934

Nell Gwyn as Chiffinch
The Queen's Affair as The Chancellor

1933

Perfect Understanding as Announcer
Summer Lightning as Beach

1932

The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case as Thaddeus Sholto
Love on Wheels as Academy of Music Porter
Frail Women as Registrar
The Love Contract as Peters
The Mayor's Nest as Clerk
Money Means Nothing as Doorman
The Blue Danube

1931

A Night in Montmartre as Minor Role
City of Song as Theater Watchman

1930

Night Birds as Minor Role
Children of Chance

1925

Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery

1921

The Headmaster as Palliser Grantley

Photos & Videos

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The 39 Steps
Dracula
Scrooge
The Brides of Dracula
Peeping Tom
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Dead of Night
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Murder Ahoy
The Thief of Bagdad

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