Name
Miles Malleson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1888-05-24
Deathday
1969-03-15 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
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
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When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forc...
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Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with ...
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A London opera house is haunted by tragic events on its opening night, but when its star i...
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When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her ar...
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- 1964 Murder Ahoy as Bishop
- 1950 Stage Fright as Mr. Fortesque
- 1952 The Importance of Being Earnest as Canon Chasuble
- 1960 Peeping Tom as Elderly Gentleman Customer
- 1934 The Queen's Affair as The Chancellor
- 1960 The Brides of Dracula as Dr. Tobler
- 1959 The Hound of the Baskervilles as Bishop Frankland
- 1935 The 39 Steps as Palladium Manager (uncredited)
- 1940 The Thief of Bagdad as Sultan
- 1951 Scrooge as Old Joe
- 1964 First Men in the Moon as Dymchurch Registrar
- 1959 I'm All Right Jack as Windrush Sr., Stanley's father
- 1945 Dead of Night as Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
- 1959 Carlton-Browne of the F.O. as Resident Advisor Davidson
- 1960 Kidnapped as Mr. Rankeillor
- 1953 The Captain's Paradise as Lawrence St. James
- 1962 The Phantom of the Opera as 2nd Cabby
- 1948 Saraband for Dead Lovers as Lord of Misrule
- 1949 The Queen of Spades as Tchybukin
- 1960 The Day They Robbed the Bank of England as Assistant Curator
- 1950 Golden Salamander as Douvet
- 1949 The Perfect Woman as Prof. Ernest Belman
- 1962 Postman's Knock as Psychiatrist
- 1932 The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case as Thaddeus Sholto
- 1936 Rhodes of Africa as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1933 Perfect Understanding as Announcer
- 1943 The Demi-Paradise as Theatre Cashier
- 1933 Summer Lightning as Beach
- 1952 Trent's Last Case as Burton Cupples
- 1949 Cardboard Cavalier as Judge Gorebucket
- 1958 Happy Is the Bride as 1st Magistrate
- 1965 You Must Be Joking as Salesman
- 1959 The Captain's Table as Canon Swingler
- 1932 Money Means Nothing as Doorman
- 1935 Lazybones as Pessimist
- 1957 Barnacle Bill as Angler
- 1961 The Hellfire Club as Judge
- 1956 Private's Progress as Mr. Windrush Sr.
- 1949 Kind Hearts and Coronets as The Hangman
- 1957 The Admirable Crichton
- 1935 Vintage Wine as Henri Popinot
- 1936 Tudor Rose as Jane's Father
- 1939 Q Planes as Minor Role
- 1964 A Jolly Bad Fellow as Dr. Woolley
- 1961 Double Bunk as Rev. Thomas
- 1955 King's Rhapsody as Jules
- 1952 The Woman's Angle as A. Secrett
- 1940 For Freedom as Minor Role
- 1930 Night Birds as Minor Role
- 1962 The Brain as Dr. Miller
- 1937 Knight Without Armour as Drunken Red Commissar
- 1932 Frail Women as Registrar
- 1942 Unpublished Story as Farmfield
- 1937 Victoria the Great as Sir James
- 1963 Heavens Above! as Bishop Rockeby
- 1958 Behind the Mask as Sir Oswald Pettiford
- 1932 The Love Contract as Peters
- 1932 Love on Wheels as Academy of Music Porter
- 1942 They Flew Alone as Vacuum Salesman
- 1931 A Night in Montmartre as Minor Role
- 1952 The Happy Family as Mr. Thwaites
- 1938 Sixty Glorious Years as Wounded Soldier
- 1955 Geordie as Lord Paunceton
- 1941 Major Barbara as Morrison
- 1937 Action for Slander as Minor Role
- 1952 Treasure Hunt as Mr. Walsh
- 1934 Nell Gwyn as Chiffinch
- 1958 Bachelor of Hearts as Dr. Butson
- 1952 The Magic Box as Orchestra Conductor
- 1931 City of Song as Theater Watchman
- 1958 Dracula as Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
- 1932 The Mayor's Nest as Clerk
- 1961 The Bing Crosby Show as Self
- 1956 Dry Rot as Country Gentleman
- 1951 The Man in the White Suit as The Tailor
- 1943 The Gentle Sex as Tran Guard
- 1942 Thunder Rock as Chairman of Directors
- 1949 Train of Events as Johnson, the Timekeeper
- 1960 And the Same to You as Bishop
- 1957 Brothers in Law as Kendall Grimes Q.C.
- 1956 The Silken Affair as Mr. Blucher
- 1935 Peg of Old Drury as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1946 Land of Promise as Mr. Know-All
- 1948 Bond Street as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1956 Three Men in a Boat as 2nd Old Gentleman
- 1952 Folly to Be Wise as Dr. Hector McAdam
- 1962 Go to Blazes as Salesman
- 1952 Venetian Bird as Grespi
- 1945 Journey Together as (uncredited)
- 1948 Idol of Paris as Offenbach
- 1958 Gideon's Day as The Judge
- 1956 The Man Who Never Was as Scientist
- 1948 Woman Hater as Vicar
- 1957 The Naked Truth as Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
- 1925 Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery
- 1957 Campbell's Kingdom as (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
- 1947 While the Sun Shines as Horton
- 1964 A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince
- 1961 Fury at Smugglers' Bay as Duke of Avon
- 1932 The Blue Danube
- 1921 The Headmaster as Palliser Grantley
- 1930 Children of Chance
- 1935 Lazybones as The Pessimist
- 1958 A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince
- 1948 One Night with You as Jailer
- 1963 Call Me Bwana as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
- 1956 The Buccaneers ( 1 episode ) as Josiah Parkerhouse
- 1955 The Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1 episode ) as Albertus
- 1955 Television Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Uncle Simon
- 1964 Victoria Regina ( 1 episode ) as Conyngham
- 1950 Sunday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Quince
