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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

107

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).

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Acting

1965

You Must Be Joking as Salesman

1964		Victoria Regina as Conyngham
1964		Murder Ahoy as Bishop
1964		First Men in the Moon as Dymchurch Registrar
1964		A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince
1964		A Jolly Bad Fellow as Dr. Woolley

1963

Heavens Above! as Bishop Rockeby

1962		The Brain as Dr. Miller
1962		The Phantom of the Opera as 2nd Cabby
1962		Go to Blazes as Salesman
1962		Postman's Knock as Psychiatrist

1961		The Bing Crosby Show as Self
1961		Double Bunk as Rev. Thomas
1961		The Hellfire Club as Judge
1961		Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Duke of Avon

1960		The Day They Robbed the Bank of England as Assistant Curator
1960		Peeping Tom as Elderly Gentleman Customer
1960		The Brides of Dracula as Dr. Tobler
1960		Kidnapped as Mr. Rankeillor
1960		And the Same to You as Bishop

1959		I'm All Right Jack as Windrush Snr.
1959		The Hound of the Baskervilles as Bishop Frankland
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		The Admirable Crichton
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		The Buccaneers as Josiah Parkerhouse
1956		The Man Who Never Was as Scientist
1956		Private's Progress as Mr. Windrush Sr.

1955		The Adventures of Robin Hood as Albertus
1955		Television Playhouse as Uncle Simon
1955		Geordie as Lord Paunceton
1955		King's Rhapsody as Jules

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		The Importance of Being Earnest as Canon Chasuble
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		The Man in the White Suit as The Tailor

1950		Stage Fright as Mr. Fortesque
1950		Golden Salamander as Douvet

1949		Kind Hearts and Coronets as The Hangman
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

While the Sun Shines as Horton

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		The Thief of Bagdad as Sultan

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		Lazybones as The 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		Summer Lightning as Beach
1933		Perfect Understanding as Announcer

1932		Money Means Nothing as Doorman
1932		The Love Contract as Peters
1932		Love on Wheels as Academy of Music Porter
1932		The Mayor's Nest as Clerk
1932		The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case as Thaddeus Sholto
1932		Frail Women as Registrar
1932		The Blue Danube

1931		A Night in Montmartre as Minor Role
1931		City of Song as Theater Watchman

1930		Children of Chance
1930		Night Birds as Minor Role

1925

Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery

1921

The Headmaster as Palliser Grantley

Writing

2021

Yours Unfaithfully as Writer

2020

Conflict as Writer

1960

Sunday-Night Play as Writer

1946

Land of Promise as Writer

1943		Yellow Canary as Screenplay
1943		They Met in the Dark as Writer
1943		Squadron Leader X as Writer

1942		The First of the Few as Screenplay
1942		They Flew Alone as Screenplay

1940		The Thief of Bagdad as Screenplay
1940		The Thief of Bagdad as Dialogue

1938		Sixty Glorious Years as Writer
1938		A Royal Divorce as Writer

1937		The Rat as Dialogue
1937		Victoria the Great as Writer
1937		Action for Slander as Screenplay

1936		Tudor Rose as Writer
1936		Rhodes of Africa as Dialogue

1935

Peg of Old Drury as Scenario Writer

1934		Falling in Love as Writer
1934		Nell Gwyn as Writer
1934		The Queen's Affair as Screenplay

1933		Summer Lightning as Screenplay
1933		Perfect Understanding as Dialogue
1933		Perfect Understanding as Story

1932		Money Means Nothing as Writer
1932		The Water Gipsies as Writer
1932		The Blue Danube as Writer

1931		Lucky children as Screenplay
1931		A Night in Montmartre as Theatre Play
1931		Sally in Our Alley as Screenplay
1931		City of Song as Writer

1930		Children of Chance as Writer
1930		Night Birds as Writer
1930		The Two Worlds as Writer
1930		Two Worlds as Dialogue
1930		The Yellow Mask as Dialogue
1930		The W Plan as Writer