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Miles Malleson

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Miles Malleson

Born May 24, 1888 in Croydon, Surrey, EnglandDied March 15, 1969103 films

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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Kind Hearts and Coronets posterFirst watchKind Hearts and Coronets19497.6as The HangmanWhen his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis…View film

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Filmography

103 films as actor
  1. 1965You Must Be JokingSalesman
  2. 1964Murder AhoyBishop
  3. 1964First Men in the MoonDymchurch Registrar
  4. 1964A Midsummer Night's DreamQuince
  5. 1964A Jolly Bad FellowDr. Woolley
  6. 1963Call Me BwanaPsychiatrist (uncredited)
  7. 1963Heavens Above!Bishop Rockeby
  8. 1962The BrainDr. Miller
  9. 1962The Phantom of the Opera2nd Cabby
  10. 1962Go to BlazesSalesman
  11. 1962Postman's KnockPsychiatrist
  12. 1961Double BunkRev. Thomas
  13. 1961Fury at Smugglers' BayDuke of Avon
  14. 1961The Hellfire ClubJudge
  15. 1960The Day They Robbed the Bank of EnglandAssistant Curator
  16. 1960The Brides of DraculaDr. Tobler
  17. 1960Peeping TomElderly Gentleman Customer
  18. 1960KidnappedMr. Rankeillor
  19. 1960And the Same to YouBishop
  20. 1959I'm All Right JackWindrush Sr., Stanley's father
  21. 1959The Hound of the BaskervillesBishop Frankland
  22. 1959Carlton-Browne of the F.O.Resident Advisor Davidson
  23. 1959The Captain's TableCanon Swingler
  24. 1958Bachelor of HeartsDr. Butson
  25. 1958Behind the MaskSir Oswald Pettiford
  26. 1958A Midsummer Night's DreamQuince
  27. 1958DraculaMarx - Undertaker (uncredited)
  28. 1958Gideon's DayThe Judge
  29. 1958Happy Is the Bride1st Magistrate
  30. 1957Barnacle BillAngler
  31. 1957The Naked TruthReverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
  32. 1957Campbell's Kingdom(unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
  33. 1957The Admirable CrichtonVicar
  34. 1957Brothers in LawKendall Grimes Q.C.
  35. 1956Three Men in a Boat2nd Old Gentleman
  36. 1956Dry RotCountry Gentleman
  37. 1956The Silken AffairMr. Blucher
  38. 1956The Man Who Never WasScientist
  39. 1956Private's ProgressMr. Windrush Sr.
  40. 1955GeordieLord Paunceton
  41. 1955King's RhapsodyJules
  42. 1953The Captain's ParadiseLawrence St. James
  43. 1952Folly to Be WiseDr. Hector McAdam
  44. 1952Venetian BirdGrespi
  45. 1952Trent's Last CaseBurton Cupples
  46. 1952The Importance of Being EarnestCanon Chasuble
  47. 1952Treasure HuntMr. Walsh
  48. 1952The Happy FamilyMr. Thwaites
  49. 1952The Woman's AngleA. Secrett
  50. 1952The Magic BoxOrchestra Conductor
  51. 1951ScroogeOld Joe
  52. 1951The Man in the White SuitThe Tailor
  53. 1950Stage FrightMr. Fortesque
  54. 1950Golden SalamanderDouvet
  55. 1949Kind Hearts and CoronetsThe Hangman
  56. 1949The Perfect WomanProf. Ernest Belman
  57. 1949Cardboard CavalierJudge Gorebucket
  58. 1949The Queen of SpadesTchybukin
  59. 1949Train of EventsJohnson, the Timekeeper
  60. 1948Woman HaterVicar
  61. 1948Saraband for Dead LoversLord of Misrule
  62. 1948Bond StreetMinor Role (uncredited)
  63. 1948One Night with YouJailer
  64. 1948Idol of ParisOffenbach
  65. 1947While the Sun ShinesHorton
  66. 1945Journey Together(uncredited)
  67. 1945Dead of NightHearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
  68. 1943The Demi-ParadiseTheatre Cashier
  69. 1943The Gentle SexTran Guard
  70. 1942Thunder RockChairman of Directors
  71. 1942Unpublished StoryFarmfield
  72. 1942They Flew AloneVacuum Salesman
  73. 1941Major BarbaraMorrison
  74. 1940For FreedomMinor Role
  75. 1940The Thief of BagdadSultan
  76. 1939Q PlanesMinor Role
  77. 1938Sixty Glorious YearsWounded Soldier
  78. 1937Victoria the GreatSir James
  79. 1937Knight Without ArmourDrunken Red Commissar
  80. 1937Action for SlanderMinor Role
  81. 1936Tudor RoseJane's Father
  82. 1936Rhodes of AfricaMinor Role (uncredited)
  83. 1935Peg of Old DruryMinor Role (uncredited)
  84. 1935LazybonesPessimist
  85. 1935Vintage WineHenri Popinot
  86. 1935The 39 StepsPalladium Manager (uncredited)
  87. 1934Nell GwynChiffinch
  88. 1934The Queen's AffairThe Chancellor
  89. 1933Summer LightningBeach
  90. 1933Perfect UnderstandingAnnouncer
  91. 1932Money Means NothingDoorman
  92. 1932The Love ContractPeters
  93. 1932Love on WheelsAcademy of Music Porter
  94. 1932The Mayor's NestClerk
  95. 1932The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest CaseThaddeus Sholto
  96. 1932Frail WomenRegistrar
  97. 1932The Blue Danube
  98. 1931A Night in MontmartreMinor Role
  99. 1931City of SongTheater Watchman
  100. 1930Children of Chance
  101. 1930Night BirdsMinor Role
  102. 1925Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery
  103. 1921The HeadmasterPalliser Grantley