Miles Malleson

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1888-05-24

Deathday 1969-03-15 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Croydon, Surrey, England

Also Known As Майлс Моллесон, William Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson

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).

Known For

Actor

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
Victoria Regina

as Conyngham

1963
Heavens Above!

as Bishop Rockeby

1962
The Brain

as Dr. Miller

1962
1962
Go to Blazes

as Salesman

1962
Postman's Knock

as Psychiatrist

1961
Double Bunk

as Rev. Thomas

1961
1961
Fury at Smugglers' Bay

as Duke of Avon

1960
The Brides of Dracula

as Dr. Tobler

1960
Peeping Tom

as Elderly Gentleman Customer

1960
Kidnapped

as Mr. Rankeillor

1960
1959
I'm All Right Jack

as Windrush Snr.

1959
1959
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

as Resident Advisor Davidson

1959
The Captain's Table

as Canon Swingler

1958
Bachelor of Hearts

as Dr. Butson

1958
Behind the Mask

as Sir Oswald Pettiford

1958
Dracula

as Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)

1958
Gideon's Day

as The Judge

1958
Happy Is the Bride

as 1st Magistrate

1957
Barnacle Bill

as Angler

1957
The Naked Truth

as Rev. Bastable

1957
Campbell's Kingdom

as (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)

1957
Brothers in Law

as Kendall Grimes Q.C.

1956
Three Men in a Boat

as 2nd Old Gentleman

1956
Dry Rot

as Country Gentleman

1956
The Silken Affair

as Mr. Blucher

1956
1956
Private's Progress

as Mr. Windrush Sr.

1956
The Buccaneers

as Josiah Parkerhouse

1955
Geordie

as Lord Paunceton

1955
1955
Television Playhouse

as Uncle Simon

1953
The Captain's Paradise

as Lawrence St. James

1952
Folly to Be Wise

as Dr. Hector McAdam

1952
Venetian Bird

as Grespi

1952
Trent's Last Case

as Burton Cupples

1952
1952
Treasure Hunt

as Mr. Walsh

1952
The Happy Family

as Mr. Thwaites

1952
The Woman's Angle

as A. Secrett

1952
The Magic Box

as Orchestra Conductor

1951
Scrooge

as Old Joe

1951
1950
Stage Fright

as Mr. Fortesque

1950
1949
1949
The Perfect Woman

as Prof. Ernest Belman

1949
Cardboard Cavalier

as Judge Gorebucket

1949
The Queen of Spades

as Tchybukin

1949
Train of Events

as Johnson, the Timekeeper

1948
Woman Hater

as Vicar

1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers

as Lord of Misrule

1948
Bond Street

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1948
Idol of Paris

as Offenbach

1947
1946
Land of Promise

as Mr. Know-All

1945
Journey Together

as (uncredited)

1945
Dead of Night

as Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")

1943
The Demi-Paradise

as Theatre Cashier

1943
The Gentle Sex

as Tran Guard

1942
Thunder Rock

as Chairman of Directors

1942
Unpublished Story

as Farmfield

1942
They Flew Alone

as Vacuum Salesman

1941
Major Barbara

as Morrison

1940
For Freedom

as Minor Role

1940
1939
Q Planes

as Minor Role

1938
Sixty Glorious Years

as Wounded Soldier

1937
Victoria the Great

as Sir James

1937
Knight Without Armour

as Drunken Red Commissar

1937
Action for Slander

as Minor Role

1936
Tudor Rose

as Jane's Father

1936
Rhodes of Africa

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1935
Peg of Old Drury

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1935
Lazybones

as Pessimist

1935
Vintage Wine

as Henri Popinot

1935
The 39 Steps

as Palladium Manager (uncredited)

1934
Nell Gwyn

as Chiffinch

1934
The Queen's Affair

as The Chancellor

1933
1933
1932
1932
1932
Love on Wheels

as Academy of Music Porter

1932
1932
Frail Women

as Registrar

1931
A Night in Montmartre

as Minor Role

1931
City of Song

as Theater Watchman

1930
Night Birds

as Minor Role

1921
The Headmaster

as Palliser Grantley

Writer

2021
2020
Conflict

as Writer

1946
Land of Promise

as Writer

1943
Yellow Canary

as Screenplay

1943
1943
1942
The First of the Few

as Screenplay

1942
They Flew Alone

as Screenplay

1940
The Thief of Bagdad

as Screenplay

1940
1938
A Royal Divorce

as Writer

1938
1937
Action for Slander

as Screenplay

1937
The Rat

as Dialogue

1937
1936
Rhodes of Africa

as Dialogue

1936
Tudor Rose

as Writer

1935
Peg of Old Drury

as Scenario Writer

1934
The Queen's Affair

as Screenplay

1934
Falling in Love

as Writer

1934
Nell Gwyn

as Writer

1933
Summer Lightning

as Screenplay

1933
1932
1932
1932
The Blue Danube

as Writer

1931
Lucky children

as Screenplay

1931
City of Song

as Writer

1931
A Night in Montmartre

as Theatre Play

1931
Sally in Our Alley

as Screenplay

1930
The W Plan

as Writer

1930
Night Birds

as Writer

1930
1930
Two Worlds

as Dialogue

1930
The Yellow Mask

as Dialogue

1930
The Two Worlds

as Writer