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
- Murder Ahoy as Bishop
- Victoria Regina as Conyngham
- A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince
- A Jolly Bad Fellow as Dr. Woolley
1963
- Call Me Bwana as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
- Heavens Above! as Bishop Rockeby
1962
- The Phantom of the Opera as 2nd Cabby
- Postman's Knock as Psychiatrist
- Go to Blazes as Salesman
- The Brain as Dr. Miller
1961
- The Hellfire Club as Judge
- Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Duke of Avon
- The Bing Crosby Show as Self
- Double Bunk as Rev. Thomas
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)
- Happy Is the Bride as 1st Magistrate
- Gideon's Day as The Judge
- Behind the Mask as Sir Oswald Pettiford
- Bachelor of Hearts as Dr. Butson
- A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince
1957
- The Admirable Crichton
- The Naked Truth as Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
- Brothers in Law as Kendall Grimes Q.C.
- Barnacle Bill as Angler
- Campbell's Kingdom as (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
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
- Venetian Bird as Grespi
- The Magic Box as Orchestra Conductor
- The Importance of Being Earnest as Canon Chasuble
- The Happy Family as Mr. Thwaites
- Trent's Last Case as Burton Cupples
- Folly to Be Wise as Dr. Hector McAdam
- 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
- Woman Hater as Vicar
- Bond Street as Minor Role (uncredited)
- One Night with You as Jailer
- 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")
- Journey Together as (uncredited)
1943
- The Gentle Sex as Tran Guard
- Yellow Canary ... (Screenplay)
- The Demi-Paradise as Theatre Cashier
- They Met in the Dark ... (Writer)
- Squadron Leader X ... (Writer)
1942
- The First of the Few ... (Screenplay)
- Thunder Rock as Chairman of Directors
- They Flew Alone as Vacuum Salesman
- Unpublished Story as Farmfield
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
- The Rat ... (Dialogue)
- 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)
- Lazybones as 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
- Falling in Love ... (Writer)
1933
- Summer Lightning as Beach
- Perfect Understanding as Announcer
1932
- Love on Wheels as Academy of Music Porter
- The Mayor's Nest as Clerk
- Frail Women as Registrar
- The Love Contract as Peters
- The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case as Thaddeus Sholto
- Money Means Nothing as Doorman
- The Water Gipsies ... (Writer)
- The Blue Danube
1931
- A Night in Montmartre as Minor Role
- Sally in Our Alley ... (Screenplay)
- City of Song as Theater Watchman
- Lucky children ... (Screenplay)
1930
- The Two Worlds ... (Writer)
- The W Plan ... (Writer)
- Two Worlds ... (Dialogue)
- Children of Chance
- Night Birds as Minor Role
- The Yellow Mask ... (Dialogue)
1921
- The Headmaster as Palliser Grantley