Birthday
1888/05/24
Day of death
1969/03/15 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Croydon, Surrey, England
Also know as
Майлс Моллесон, William Miles Malleson
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 ...Read more
(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 Franklin
(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 Snr.
(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
as ---
(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 Rev. Bastable
(1925) Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery
as ---
(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
as ---
(1921) The Headmaster
as Palliser Grantley
(1930) Children of Chance
as ---
(1935) Lazybones
as The Pessimist
(1956) The Buccaneers
as Josiah Parkerhouse
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Albertus
(1955) Television Playhouse
as Uncle Simon
(1964) Victoria Regina
as Conyngham