Person
Miles Malleson
Acting · 1888–1969 · Croydon, Surrey, England
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
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Albertus
Sunday-Night Play
Writer
Sunday Night Theatre
Quince
The Buccaneers
Josiah Parkerhouse
Television Playhouse
Uncle Simon
A Night in Montmartre
Minor Role
Dracula
Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
Golden Salamander
Douvet
The Admirable Crichton
1957
The Thief of Bagdad
Sultan
Filmography
- 2021Yours UnfaithfullyWriter
- 2020ConflictWriter
- 1965You Must Be JokingSalesman
- 1964Victoria ReginaConyngham
- 1964Murder AhoyBishop
- 1964First Men in the MoonDymchurch Registrar
- 1964A Midsummer Night's DreamQuince
- 1964A Jolly Bad FellowDr. Woolley
- 1963Call Me BwanaPsychiatrist (uncredited)
- 1963Heavens Above!Bishop Rockeby
- 1962The BrainDr. Miller
- 1962The Phantom of the Opera2nd Cabby
- 1962Go to BlazesSalesman
- 1962Postman's KnockPsychiatrist
- 1961The Bing Crosby ShowSelf
- 1961Double BunkRev. Thomas
- 1961Fury at Smugglers' BayDuke of Avon
- 1961The Hellfire ClubJudge
- 1960Sunday-Night PlayWriter
- 1960The Day They Robbed the Bank of EnglandAssistant Curator
- 1960The Brides of DraculaDr. Tobler
- 1960Peeping TomElderly Gentleman Customer
- 1960KidnappedMr. Rankeillor
- 1960And the Same to YouBishop
- 1959I'm All Right JackWindrush Sr., Stanley's father
- 1959The Hound of the BaskervillesBishop Frankland
- 1959Carlton-Browne of the F.O.Resident Advisor Davidson
- 1959The Captain's TableCanon Swingler
- 1958Bachelor of HeartsDr. Butson
- 1958Behind the MaskSir Oswald Pettiford
- 1958A Midsummer Night's DreamQuince
- 1958DraculaMarx - Undertaker (uncredited)
- 1958Gideon's DayThe Judge
- 1958Happy Is the Bride1st Magistrate
- 1957Barnacle BillAngler
- 1957The Naked TruthReverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
- 1957Campbell's Kingdom(unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
- 1957The Admirable Crichton
- 1957Brothers in LawKendall Grimes Q.C.
- 1956Three Men in a Boat2nd Old Gentleman
- 1956Dry RotCountry Gentleman
- 1956The Silken AffairMr. Blucher
- 1956The BuccaneersJosiah Parkerhouse
- 1956The Man Who Never WasScientist
- 1956Private's ProgressMr. Windrush Sr.
- 1955The Adventures of Robin HoodAlbertus
- 1955Television PlayhouseUncle Simon
- 1955GeordieLord Paunceton
- 1955King's RhapsodyJules
- 1953The Captain's ParadiseLawrence St. James
- 1952Folly to Be WiseDr. Hector McAdam
- 1952Venetian BirdGrespi
- 1952Trent's Last CaseBurton Cupples
- 1952The Importance of Being EarnestCanon Chasuble
- 1952Treasure HuntMr. Walsh
- 1952The Happy FamilyMr. Thwaites
- 1952The Woman's AngleA. Secrett
- 1952The Magic BoxOrchestra Conductor
- 1951ScroogeOld Joe
- 1951The Man in the White SuitThe Tailor
- 1950Stage FrightMr. Fortesque
- 1950Golden SalamanderDouvet
- 1950Sunday Night TheatreQuince
- 1949Kind Hearts and CoronetsThe Hangman
- 1949The Perfect WomanProf. Ernest Belman
- 1949Cardboard CavalierJudge Gorebucket
- 1949The Queen of SpadesTchybukin
- 1949Train of EventsJohnson, the Timekeeper
- 1948Woman HaterVicar
- 1948Saraband for Dead LoversLord of Misrule
- 1948Bond StreetMinor Role (uncredited)
- 1948One Night with YouJailer
- 1948Idol of ParisOffenbach
- 1947While the Sun ShinesHorton
- 1946Land of PromiseMr. Know-All
- 1945Journey Together(uncredited)
- 1945Dead of NightHearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
- 1943Yellow CanaryScreenplay
- 1943The Demi-ParadiseTheatre Cashier
- 1943They Met in the DarkWriter
- 1943The Gentle SexTran Guard
- 1943Squadron Leader XWriter
- 1942Thunder RockChairman of Directors
- 1942The First of the FewScreenplay
- 1942Unpublished StoryFarmfield
- 1942They Flew AloneVacuum Salesman
- 1941Major BarbaraMorrison
- 1940For FreedomMinor Role
- 1940The Thief of BagdadSultan
- 1939Q PlanesMinor Role
- 1938Sixty Glorious YearsWounded Soldier
- 1938A Royal DivorceWriter
- 1937The RatDialogue
- 1937Victoria the GreatSir James
- 1937Knight Without ArmourDrunken Red Commissar
- 1937Action for SlanderMinor Role
- 1936Tudor RoseJane's Father
- 1936Rhodes of AfricaMinor Role (uncredited)
- 1935Peg of Old DruryMinor Role (uncredited)
- 1935LazybonesPessimist
- 1935Vintage WineHenri Popinot
- 1935The 39 StepsPalladium Manager (uncredited)
- 1934Falling in LoveWriter
- 1934Nell GwynChiffinch
- 1934The Queen's AffairThe Chancellor
- 1933Summer LightningBeach
- 1933Perfect UnderstandingAnnouncer
- 1932Money Means NothingDoorman
- 1932The Love ContractPeters
- 1932Love on WheelsAcademy of Music Porter
- 1932The Mayor's NestClerk
- 1932The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest CaseThaddeus Sholto
- 1932The Water GipsiesWriter
- 1932Frail WomenRegistrar
- 1932The Blue Danube
- 1931Lucky childrenScreenplay
- 1931A Night in MontmartreMinor Role
- 1931Sally in Our AlleyScreenplay
- 1931City of SongTheater Watchman
- 1930Children of Chance
- 1930Night BirdsMinor Role
- 1930The Two WorldsWriter
- 1930Two WorldsDialogue
- 1930The Yellow MaskDialogue
- 1930The W PlanWriter
- 1925Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery
- 1921The HeadmasterPalliser Grantley
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