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