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 Jolly Bad Fellow as Dr. Woolley
- A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince
1963
- Call Me Bwana as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
- Heavens Above! as Bishop Rockeby
1962
- The Phantom of the Opera as 2nd Cabby
- The Brain as Dr. Miller
- Go to Blazes as Salesman
- Postman's Knock as Psychiatrist
1961
- Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Duke of Avon
- The Hellfire Club as Judge
- The Bing Crosby Show as Self
- Double Bunk as Rev. Thomas
1960
- Sunday-Night Play ... (Writer)
- The Brides of Dracula as Dr. Tobler
- Peeping Tom as Elderly Gentleman Customer
- 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
- Carlton-Browne of the F.O. as Resident Advisor Davidson
- The Captain's Table as Canon Swingler
1958
- Dracula as Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
- Gideon's Day as The Judge
- Happy Is the Bride as 1st Magistrate
- A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince
- Bachelor of Hearts as Dr. Butson
- Behind the Mask as Sir Oswald Pettiford
1957
- The Admirable Crichton as Vicar
- Campbell's Kingdom as (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
- The Naked Truth as Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
- 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
- Private's Progress as Mr. Windrush Sr.
- Three Men in a Boat as 2nd Old Gentleman
- The Silken Affair as Mr. Blucher
- Dry Rot as Country Gentleman
1955
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Albertus
- Television Playhouse as Uncle Simon
- King's Rhapsody as Jules
- Geordie as Lord Paunceton
1953
- The Captain's Paradise as Lawrence St. James
1952
- The Importance of Being Earnest as Canon Chasuble
- Venetian Bird as Grespi
- The Woman's Angle as A. Secrett
- The Magic Box as Orchestra Conductor
- Trent's Last Case as Burton Cupples
- Folly to Be Wise as Dr. Hector McAdam
- The Happy Family as Mr. Thwaites
- Treasure Hunt as Mr. Walsh
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
- Train of Events as Johnson, the Timekeeper
- The Queen of Spades as Tchybukin
- Cardboard Cavalier as Judge Gorebucket
- The Perfect Woman as Prof. Ernest Belman
1948
- Saraband for Dead Lovers as Lord of Misrule
- Woman Hater as Vicar
- One Night with You as Jailer
- Idol of Paris as Offenbach
- Bond Street as Minor Role (uncredited)
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
- The Demi-Paradise as Theatre Cashier
- They Met in the Dark ... (Writer)
- Yellow Canary ... (Screenplay)
- The Gentle Sex as Tran Guard
- Squadron Leader X ... (Writer)
1942
- The First of the Few ... (Screenplay)
- They Flew Alone as Vacuum Salesman
- Unpublished Story as Farmfield
- Thunder Rock as Chairman of Directors
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
- Knight Without Armour as Drunken Red Commissar
- Victoria the Great as Sir James
- Action for Slander as Minor Role
- The Rat ... (Dialogue)
1936
- Tudor Rose as Jane's Father
- Rhodes of Africa as Minor Role (uncredited)
1935
- The 39 Steps as Palladium Manager (uncredited)
- Peg of Old Drury as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Lazybones as Pessimist
- Vintage Wine as Henri Popinot
1934
- The Queen's Affair as The Chancellor
- Nell Gwyn as Chiffinch
- Falling in Love ... (Writer)
1933
- Summer Lightning as Beach
- Perfect Understanding as Announcer
1932
- The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case as Thaddeus Sholto
- The Mayor's Nest as Clerk
- Love on Wheels as Academy of Music Porter
- The Water Gipsies ... (Writer)
- Money Means Nothing as Doorman
- The Blue Danube
- Frail Women as Registrar
- The Love Contract as Peters
1931
- A Night in Montmartre as Minor Role
- Sally in Our Alley ... (Screenplay)
- Lucky children ... (Screenplay)
- City of Song as Theater Watchman
1930
- The W Plan ... (Writer)
- The Two Worlds ... (Writer)
- The Yellow Mask ... (Dialogue)
- Children of Chance
- Two Worlds ... (Dialogue)
- Night Birds as Minor Role
1921
- The Headmaster as Palliser Grantley