Miles Malleson
Acting
- Born:
- 1888-05-24
- Died:
- 1969-03-15
- 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
Filmography
You Must Be Joking
Victoria Regina
Murder Ahoy
First Men in the Moon
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Jolly Bad Fellow
Call Me Bwana
Heavens Above!
The Brain
The Phantom of the Opera
Go to Blazes
Postman's Knock
The Bing Crosby Show
Double Bunk
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
The Hellfire Club
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
The Brides of Dracula
Peeping Tom
Kidnapped
And the Same to You
I'm All Right Jack
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
The Captain's Table
Bachelor of Hearts
Behind the Mask
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Dracula
Gideon's Day
Happy Is the Bride
Barnacle Bill
The Naked Truth
Campbell's Kingdom
The Admirable Crichton
Brothers in Law
Three Men in a Boat
Dry Rot
The Silken Affair
The Buccaneers
The Man Who Never Was
Private's Progress
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Television Playhouse
Geordie
King's Rhapsody
The Captain's Paradise
Folly to Be Wise
Venetian Bird
Trent's Last Case
The Importance of Being Earnest
Treasure Hunt
The Happy Family
The Woman's Angle
The Magic Box
Scrooge
The Man in the White Suit
Stage Fright
Golden Salamander
Sunday Night Theatre
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Perfect Woman
Cardboard Cavalier
The Queen of Spades
Train of Events
Woman Hater
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Bond Street
One Night with You
Idol of Paris
While the Sun Shines
Land of Promise
Journey Together
Dead of Night
The Demi-Paradise
The Gentle Sex
Thunder Rock
Unpublished Story
They Flew Alone
Major Barbara
For Freedom
The Thief of Bagdad
Q Planes
Sixty Glorious Years
Victoria the Great
Knight Without Armour
Action for Slander
Tudor Rose
Rhodes of Africa
Peg of Old Drury
Lazybones
Vintage Wine
The 39 Steps
Nell Gwyn
The Queen's Affair
Summer Lightning
Perfect Understanding
Money Means Nothing
The Love Contract
Love on Wheels
The Mayor's Nest
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
Frail Women
The Blue Danube
A Night in Montmartre
City of Song
Children of Chance
Night Birds
Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery
The Headmaster