Miles Malleson
Acting
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).
Born: May 24, 1888
Place of Birth: Croydon, Surrey, England
Known For
Tudor Rose
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.
Kind Hearts and Coronets
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.
Peeping Tom
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.
Scrooge
Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.
The 39 Steps
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
Dracula
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.
Dead of Night
An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.
The Happy Family
When the Government decide to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan, all except the fact that the main road and the pedestrian subway into the site, are blocked by a little corner shop, which is owned and run by a Mr. Lord and his family. When the Lords refuse to be bought off, and decline the compensation offered by the authorities. the police and the bailiffs try to evict them, only to come under fire from the family, who have barricaded themselves inside the shop.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
The Thief of Bagdad
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
Filmography
as Salesman
as Conyngham
as Bishop
as Dymchurch Registrar
as Quince
as Dr. Woolley
as Psychiatrist (uncredited)
as Bishop Rockeby
as Dr. Miller
as 2nd Cabby
as Salesman
as Psychiatrist
as Self
as Rev. Thomas
as Judge
as Duke of Avon
as Assistant Curator
as Dr. Tobler
as Elderly Gentleman Customer
as Mr. Rankeillor
as Bishop
as Windrush Sr., Stanley's father
as Bishop Frankland
as Resident Advisor Davidson
as Canon Swingler
as Dr. Butson
as Sir Oswald Pettiford
as Quince
as Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
as The Judge
as 1st Magistrate
as Angler
as Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
as (unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
as Kendall Grimes Q.C.
as 2nd Old Gentleman
as Country Gentleman
as Mr. Blucher
as Josiah Parkerhouse
as Scientist
as Mr. Windrush Sr.
as Albertus
as Lord Paunceton
as Jules
as Lawrence St. James
as Dr. Hector McAdam
as Grespi
as Burton Cupples
as Canon Chasuble
as Mr. Walsh
as Mr. Thwaites
as A. Secrett
as Orchestra Conductor
as Old Joe
as The Tailor
as Mr. Fortesque
as Douvet
as Quince
as The Hangman
as Prof. Ernest Belman
as Judge Gorebucket
as Tchybukin
as Johnson, the Timekeeper
as Vicar
as Lord of Misrule
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Jailer
as Offenbach
as Horton
as Mr. Know-All
as (uncredited)
as Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
as Theatre Cashier
as Tran Guard
as Chairman of Directors
as Farmfield
as Vacuum Salesman
as Morrison
as Sultan
as Minor Role
as Wounded Soldier
as Sir James
as Drunken Red Commissar
as Minor Role
as Jane's Father
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Pessimist
as The Pessimist
as Henri Popinot
as Palladium Manager (uncredited)
as Chiffinch
as The Chancellor
as Announcer
as Academy of Music Porter
as Clerk
as Thaddeus Sholto
as Minor Role
as Theater Watchman
as Minor Role