Miles Malleson
Born: 1888-05-24 in Croydon, Surrey, England
Died: 1969-03-15
Known For: Acting
Biography
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).
Filmography
2021
- Yours Unfaithfully ... (Writer)
2020
- Conflict ... (Writer)
1965
- You Must Be Joking as Salesman
1964
- First Men in the Moon as Dymchurch Registrar
- Victoria Regina as Conyngham
- Murder Ahoy as Bishop
- A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince
- A Jolly Bad Fellow as Dr. Woolley
1963
- Heavens Above! as Bishop Rockeby
- Call Me Bwana as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
1962
- The Phantom of the Opera as 2nd Cabby
- The Brain as Dr. Miller
- Postman's Knock as Psychiatrist
- Go to Blazes as Salesman
1961
- Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Duke of Avon
- The Hellfire Club as Judge
- Double Bunk as Rev. Thomas
- The Bing Crosby Show as Self
1960
- Sunday-Night Play ... (Writer)
- Peeping Tom as Elderly Gentleman Customer
- The Brides of Dracula as Dr. Tobler
- Kidnapped as Mr. Rankeillor
- The Day They Robbed the Bank of England as Assistant Curator
- And the Same to You as Bishop
1959
- The Hound of the Baskervilles as Bishop Frankland
- I'm All Right Jack as Windrush Sr., Stanley's father
- The Captain's Table as Canon Swingler
- Carlton-Browne of the F.O. as Resident Advisor Davidson
1958
- Dracula as Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
- Gideon's Day as The Judge
- Behind the Mask as Sir Oswald Pettiford
- A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince
- Happy Is the Bride as 1st Magistrate
- Bachelor of Hearts as Dr. Butson
1957
- The Admirable Crichton
- The Naked Truth as Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
- Campbell's Kingdom as (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
- Barnacle Bill as Angler
- Brothers in Law as Kendall Grimes Q.C.
1956
- The Buccaneers as Josiah Parkerhouse
- The Man Who Never Was as Scientist
- Three Men in a Boat as 2nd Old Gentleman
- Private's Progress as Mr. Windrush Sr.
- Dry Rot as Country Gentleman
- The Silken Affair as Mr. Blucher
1955
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Albertus
- Television Playhouse as Uncle Simon
- Geordie as Lord Paunceton
- King's Rhapsody as Jules
1953
- The Captain's Paradise as Lawrence St. James
1952
- The Magic Box as Orchestra Conductor
- The Importance of Being Earnest as Canon Chasuble
- Folly to Be Wise as Dr. Hector McAdam
- Venetian Bird as Grespi
- Trent's Last Case as Burton Cupples
- The Happy Family as Mr. Thwaites
- Treasure Hunt as Mr. Walsh
- The Woman's Angle as A. Secrett
1951
- Scrooge as Old Joe
- The Man in the White Suit as The Tailor
1950
- Sunday Night Theatre as Quince
- Stage Fright as Mr. Fortesque
- Golden Salamander as Douvet
1949
- Kind Hearts and Coronets as The Hangman
- The Queen of Spades as Tchybukin
- 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
- One Night with You as Jailer
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")
- Journey Together as (uncredited)
1943
- They Met in the Dark ... (Writer)
- The Demi-Paradise as Theatre Cashier
- Squadron Leader X ... (Writer)
- The Gentle Sex as Tran Guard
- Yellow Canary ... (Screenplay)
1942
- The First of the Few ... (Screenplay)
- Unpublished Story as Farmfield
- Thunder Rock as Chairman of Directors
- They Flew Alone as Vacuum Salesman
1941
- Major Barbara as Morrison
1940
- The Thief of Bagdad as Sultan
- For Freedom as Minor Role
1939
- Q Planes as Minor Role
1938
- Sixty Glorious Years as Wounded Soldier
- A Royal Divorce ... (Writer)
1937
- Victoria the Great as Sir James
- Knight Without Armour as Drunken Red Commissar
- The Rat ... (Dialogue)
- 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)
- Vintage Wine as Henri Popinot
- Peg of Old Drury as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Lazybones as Pessimist
1934
- The Queen's Affair as The Chancellor
- Falling in Love ... (Writer)
- Nell Gwyn as Chiffinch
1933
- Perfect Understanding as Announcer
- Summer Lightning as Beach
1932
- The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case as Thaddeus Sholto
- The Blue Danube
- Love on Wheels as Academy of Music Porter
- Money Means Nothing as Doorman
- Frail Women as Registrar
- The Water Gipsies ... (Writer)
- The Mayor's Nest as Clerk
- The Love Contract as Peters
1931
- A Night in Montmartre as Minor Role
- Sally in Our Alley ... (Screenplay)
- City of Song as Theater Watchman
- Lucky children ... (Screenplay)
1930
- The W Plan ... (Writer)
- Children of Chance
- The Two Worlds ... (Writer)
- Two Worlds ... (Dialogue)
- The Yellow Mask ... (Dialogue)
- Night Birds as Minor Role
1921
- The Headmaster as Palliser Grantley