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Miles Malleson

Personal info

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

5 / May / 1888 (136 years old)

Place of Birth

Croydon, Surrey, England

Also Known As

  • Майлс Моллесон
  • William Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson

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 Misanthro...

Known For

8.1
Tudor Rose

Tudor Rose

3 / Sep / 1936
7.7
Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets

3 / Jun / 1949
7.4
Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom

2 / May / 1960
7.4
Scrooge

Scrooge

4 / Nov / 1951
7.3
The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

5 / Jun / 1935
7.3
Dracula

Dracula

2 / Apr / 1958
7.2
Dead of Night

Dead of Night

1 / Sep / 1945
7.2
The Happy Family

The Happy Family

1 / Mar / 1952
7.2
The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

2 / Jun / 1952
7.1
The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad

2 / Feb / 1940

Credits

Acting

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

Writing

2021
Yours Unfaithfully
Writer
2020
Conflict
Writer
1946
Land of Promise
Writer
1943
Yellow Canary
Screenplay
1943
Squadron Leader X
Writer
1943
They Met in the Dark
Writer
1942
The First of the Few
Screenplay
1942
They Flew Alone
Screenplay
1940
The Thief of Bagdad
Screenplay
1940
The Thief of Bagdad
Dialogue
1938
A Royal Divorce
Writer
1938
Sixty Glorious Years
Writer
1937
Action for Slander
Screenplay
1937
The Rat
Dialogue
1937
Victoria the Great
Writer
1936
Rhodes of Africa
Dialogue
1936
Tudor Rose
Writer
1935
Peg of Old Drury
Scenario Writer
1934
The Queen's Affair
Screenplay
1934
Falling in Love
Writer
1934
Nell Gwyn
Writer
1933
Summer Lightning
Screenplay
1933
Perfect Understanding
Dialogue
1933
Perfect Understanding
Story
1932
Money Means Nothing
Writer
1932
The Water Gipsies
Writer
1932
The Blue Danube
Writer
1931
Lucky children
Screenplay
1931
City of Song
Writer
1931
A Night in Montmartre
Theatre Play
1931
Sally in Our Alley
Screenplay
1930
The W Plan
Writer
1930
Night Birds
Writer
1930
Children of Chance
Writer
1930
Two Worlds
Dialogue
1930
The Yellow Mask
Dialogue
1930
The Two Worlds
Writer