Miles Malleson

Known for: Acting
Born: May 24, 1888, Croydon, Surrey, England
Died: March 15, 1969
Movies: 133

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).

Best-Known Movies

7.3

The 39 Steps

1935

7.4

Peeping Tom

1960

7.2

Dracula

1958

7.6

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949

6.8

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1959

7.4

Scrooge

1951

6.8

Stage Fright

1950

7.2

Dead of Night

1945

7.1

The Thief of Bagdad

1940

6.7

The Brides of Dracula

1960

Filmography

1965	You Must Be Joking	Salesman
1964	Murder Ahoy	Bishop
1964	First Men in the Moon	Dymchurch Registrar
1964	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Quince
1964	A Jolly Bad Fellow	Dr. Woolley
1963	Call Me Bwana	Psychiatrist (uncredited)
1963	Heavens Above!	Bishop Rockeby
1962	The Brain	Dr. Miller
1962	The Phantom of the Opera	2nd Cabby
1962	Go to Blazes	Salesman
1962	Postman's Knock	Psychiatrist
1961	The Bing Crosby Show	Self
1961	Double Bunk	Rev. Thomas
1961	Fury at Smugglers' Bay	Duke of Avon
1961	The Hellfire Club	Judge
1960	The Day They Robbed the Bank of England	Assistant Curator
1960	The Brides of Dracula	Dr. Tobler
1960	Peeping Tom	Elderly Gentleman Customer
1960	Kidnapped	Mr. Rankeillor
1960	And the Same to You	Bishop
1959	I'm All Right Jack	Windrush Sr., Stanley's father
1959	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Bishop Frankland
1959	Carlton-Browne of the F.O.	Resident Advisor Davidson
1959	The Captain's Table	Canon Swingler
1958	Bachelor of Hearts	Dr. Butson
1958	Behind the Mask	Sir Oswald Pettiford
1958	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Quince
1958	Dracula	Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
1958	Gideon's Day	The Judge
1958	Happy Is the Bride	1st Magistrate
1957	Barnacle Bill	Angler
1957	The Naked Truth	Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
1957	Campbell's Kingdom	(unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
1957	The Admirable Crichton	Vicar
1957	Brothers in Law	Kendall Grimes Q.C.
1956	Three Men in a Boat	2nd Old Gentleman
1956	Dry Rot	Country Gentleman
1956	The Silken Affair	Mr. Blucher
1956	The Man Who Never Was	Scientist
1956	Private's Progress	Mr. Windrush Sr.
1955	Geordie	Lord Paunceton
1955	King's Rhapsody	Jules
1953	The Captain's Paradise	Lawrence St. James
1952	Folly to Be Wise	Dr. Hector McAdam
1952	Venetian Bird	Grespi
1952	Trent's Last Case	Burton Cupples
1952	The Importance of Being Earnest	Canon Chasuble
1952	Treasure Hunt	Mr. Walsh
1952	The Happy Family	Mr. Thwaites
1952	The Woman's Angle	A. Secrett
1952	The Magic Box	Orchestra Conductor
1951	Scrooge	Old Joe
1951	The Man in the White Suit	The Tailor
1950	Stage Fright	Mr. Fortesque
1950	Golden Salamander	Douvet
1949	Kind Hearts and Coronets	The Hangman
1949	The Perfect Woman	Prof. Ernest Belman
1949	Cardboard Cavalier	Judge Gorebucket
1949	The Queen of Spades	Tchybukin
1949	Train of Events	Johnson, the Timekeeper
1948	Woman Hater	Vicar
1948	Saraband for Dead Lovers	Lord of Misrule
1948	Bond Street	Minor Role (uncredited)
1948	One Night with You	Jailer
1948	Idol of Paris	Offenbach
1947	While the Sun Shines	Horton
1946	Land of Promise	Mr. Know-All
1945	Journey Together	(uncredited)
1945	Dead of Night	Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
1943	The Demi-Paradise	Theatre Cashier
1943	The Gentle Sex	Tran Guard
1942	Thunder Rock	Chairman of Directors
1942	Unpublished Story	Farmfield
1942	They Flew Alone	Vacuum Salesman
1941	Major Barbara	Morrison
1940	For Freedom	Minor Role
1940	The Thief of Bagdad	Sultan
1939	Q Planes	Minor Role
1938	Sixty Glorious Years	Wounded Soldier
1937	Victoria the Great	Sir James
1937	Knight Without Armour	Drunken Red Commissar
1937	Action for Slander	Minor Role
1936	Tudor Rose	Jane's Father
1936	Rhodes of Africa	Minor Role (uncredited)
1935	Peg of Old Drury	Minor Role (uncredited)
1935	Lazybones	Pessimist, The Pessimist
1935	Vintage Wine	Henri Popinot
1935	The 39 Steps	Palladium Manager (uncredited)
1934	Nell Gwyn	Chiffinch
1934	The Queen's Affair	The Chancellor
1933	Summer Lightning	Beach
1933	Perfect Understanding	Announcer
1932	Money Means Nothing	Doorman
1932	The Love Contract	Peters
1932	Love on Wheels	Academy of Music Porter
1932	The Mayor's Nest	Clerk
1932	The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case	Thaddeus Sholto
1932	Frail Women	Registrar
1932	The Blue Danube
1931	A Night in Montmartre	Minor Role
1931	City of Song	Theater Watchman
1930	Children of Chance
1930	Night Birds	Minor Role
1925	Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery
1921	The Headmaster	Palliser Grantley

Directing, Writing & Producing

2021	Yours Unfaithfully	Writer
2020	Conflict	Writer
1946	Land of Promise	Writer
1943	Yellow Canary	Screenplay
1943	They Met in the Dark	Writer
1943	Squadron Leader X	Writer
1942	The First of the Few	Screenplay
1942	They Flew Alone	Screenplay
1940	The Thief of Bagdad	Screenplay
1938	Sixty Glorious Years	Writer
1938	A Royal Divorce	Writer
1937	Victoria the Great	Writer
1937	Action for Slander	Screenplay
1936	Tudor Rose	Writer
1934	Falling in Love	Writer
1934	Nell Gwyn	Writer
1934	The Queen's Affair	Screenplay
1933	Summer Lightning	Screenplay
1932	Money Means Nothing	Writer
1932	The Water Gipsies	Writer
1932	The Blue Danube	Writer
1931	Lucky children	Screenplay
1931	Sally in Our Alley	Screenplay
1931	City of Song	Writer
1930	Children of Chance	Writer
1930	Night Birds	Writer
1930	The Two Worlds	Writer
1930	The W Plan	Writer

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