Miles Malleson
Acting

Miles Malleson

Born 24 May 1888 · Croydon, Surrey, England · Died 15 March 1969

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

Peeping Tom
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Scrooge
Stage Fright
The Thief of Bagdad
Dead of Night
The Brides of Dracula
The Man in the White Suit
Murder Ahoy
First Men in the Moon
The Importance of Being Earnest
Yours Unfaithfully
Conflict
You Must Be Joking
Murder Ahoy
First Men in the Moon
A Jolly Bad Fellow
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Heavens Above!
The Phantom of the Opera
Postman's Knock
The Brain
Go to Blazes
The Hellfire Club
Double Bunk
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Peeping Tom
The Brides of Dracula
Kidnapped
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
And the Same to You
The Hound of the Baskervilles
I'm All Right Jack
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
The Captain's Table
Happy Is the Bride
Behind the Mask
Bachelor of Hearts
Gideon's Day
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Barnacle Bill
The Admirable Crichton
Brothers in Law
The Naked Truth
Campbell's Kingdom
Private's Progress
Dry Rot
The Silken Affair
Three Men in a Boat
The Man Who Never Was
King's Rhapsody
Geordie
The Captain's Paradise
The Importance of Being Earnest
Trent's Last Case
The Woman's Angle
The Happy Family
Treasure Hunt
The Magic Box
Folly to Be Wise
Venetian Bird
Scrooge
The Man in the White Suit
Stage Fright
Golden Salamander
The Queen of Spades
The Perfect Woman
Cardboard Cavalier
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Train of Events
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Idol of Paris
Woman Hater
One Night with You
While the Sun Shines
Land of Promise
Dead of Night
The Demi-Paradise
The Gentle Sex
Yellow Canary
Squadron Leader X
They Met in the Dark
Unpublished Story
They Flew Alone
Thunder Rock
The First of the Few
Major Barbara
The Thief of Bagdad
Q Planes
Sixty Glorious Years
A Royal Divorce
Knight Without Armour
Victoria the Great
Action for Slander
Tudor Rose
Lazybones
Vintage Wine
The Queen's Affair
Perfect Understanding
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
Love on Wheels
The Mayor's Nest
The Blue Danube
The Water Gipsies
A Night in Montmartre
City of Song
Sally in Our Alley
Night Birds
Children of Chance
The W Plan
The Two Worlds
Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery
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