Miles Malleson
Date of birth: 1888-05-24
Place of birth: Croydon, Surrey, England
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Майлс Моллесон, William Miles Malleson
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).
Movie Credits
Murder Ahoy
1964-09-22
During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been p
Stage Fright
1950-02-23
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the h
The Importance of Being Earnest
1952-06-02
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is f
Peeping Tom
1960-05-16
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of wome
The Queen's Affair
1934-03-01
Poor New York shop girl Nadina receives the unexpected news that she is next in line to be queen of
The Brides of Dracula
1960-05-01
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his m
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959-05-04
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Ho
The 39 Steps
1935-06-06
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in
The Thief of Bagdad
1940-02-19
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with th
Scrooge
1951-11-30
Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is v
First Men in the Moon
1964-07-01
The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands o
I'm All Right Jack
1959-08-18
Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at
Dead of Night
1945-09-09
An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his rec
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959-03-10
Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island.
Kidnapped
1960-02-24
Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventure
The Captain's Paradise
1953-06-09
Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English
The Phantom of the Opera
1962-06-25
A London opera house is haunted by tragic events on its opening night, but when its star is kidnappe
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948-10-04
Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover
The Queen of Spades
1949-03-16
A czarist captain stops at nothing to learn the secrets of a countess rumored to have sold her soul
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960-09-04
London at the turn of the century. Three men are on a mission from the IRA to steal all the gold in
Golden Salamander
1950-02-01
An archaeologist stumbles into the territory of an evil crime syndicate and struggles to set things
The Perfect Woman
1949-05-23
In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on
Postman's Knock
1962-02-22
Likeable country postman Harold Petts gets transferred from his village to London, where on his arri
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
1932-05-12
A young woman turns to Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing
Rhodes of Africa
1936-06-30
Rhodes of Africa is a 1936 British biographical film charting the life of Cecil Rhodes. It was direc
Perfect Understanding
1933-01-15
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement
The Demi-Paradise
1943-11-18
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the
Summer Lightning
1933-07-10
Hugo Carmody, the impoverished secretary to Lord Emsworth falls for Millicent the boss's niece, and
Trent's Last Case
1952-09-22
When a wealthy business man is found dead reporter Philip Trent is sent to investigate. Against the
Cardboard Cavalier
1949-03-31
A historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwynn. In Cromwellian England, royalists commiss
Happy Is the Bride
1958-03-04
In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the kno
You Must Be Joking
1965-08-03
A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a sele
The Captain's Table
1959-01-06
A captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although
Money Means Nothing
1932-09-01
British comedy film directed by Harcourt Templeman and Herbert Wilcox..
Lazybones
1935-06-23
Lazybones is an idle baronet. He hasn't a care in the world until his father cuts him off without a
Barnacle Bill
1957-12-17
A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as '
The Hellfire Club
1961-02-03
Years after fleeing his ancestral home with his mother, Jason returns home to claim his birthright,
Private's Progress
1956-02-17
Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of t
Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949-06-21
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic
The Admirable Crichton
1957-06-11
Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his equals -
Vintage Wine
1935-06-19
The members of the Popinot family of French champagne tycoons suspect that the widowed head of the f
Tudor Rose
1936-09-01
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she
Q Planes
1939-02-21
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team u
A Jolly Bad Fellow
1964-03-15
An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas t
Double Bunk
1961-05-06
When newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat. Aft
King's Rhapsody
1955-06-07
Flynn plays the exciled Ruritanian king who leaves his mistress to return home to a political marria
The Woman's Angle
1952-02-12
The organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell is a frustrated composer in se
For Freedom
1940-05-04
Made in 1940, this stirringly patriotic film cleverly combined new scenes with genuine newsreel foot
Night Birds
1930-10-16
Early British thriller about a master criminal named 'Flash Jack', who heads a gang of top-hatted th
The Brain
1962-09-05
A millionaire businessman's brain is kept alive after a fatal accident, and communicates clues to a
Knight Without Armour
1937-07-23
British agent working in Russia is forced to remain longer than planned once the revolution begins.
Frail Women
1932-01-15
Lilian has an illegitimate war-baby which is then adopted by a wealthy spinster.
Unpublished Story
1942-08-10
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisa
Victoria the Great
1937-09-01
The film biography of Queen Victoria focusing initially on the early years of her reign with her mar
Heavens Above!
1963-05-20
A clerical error leads to the appointment of a left-leaning small-town priest to a rich village, whe
Behind the Mask
1958-11-23
A newly qualified surgeon takes the blame for his drug addict colleague after the death their patien
The Love Contract
1932-07-27
A young woman becomes the driver of a wealthy stockbroker who lost her family’s savings.
Love on Wheels
1932-07-26
A department store assistant becomes publicity conscious.
They Flew Alone
1942-06-29
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in t
A Night in Montmartre
1931-07-16
A young couple live under a café in Paris that, unknown to them, is owned by a brutal blackmailer. W
The Happy Family
1952-03-30
When the Government decide to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan,
Sixty Glorious Years
1938-11-18
Continuing the story of 'Victoria the Great'.
Geordie
1955-09-02
Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building cours
Major Barbara
1941-05-14
Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels
Action for Slander
1937-07-21
A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.
Treasure Hunt
1952-06-01
Short of money the owners of Ballyroden Hall must attempt to run it as a guest house, but not everyo
Nell Gwyn
1934-08-01
King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become clo
Bachelor of Hearts
1958-12-12
A German scholar has girl troubles while studying at Cambridge.
The Magic Box
1952-01-01
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young a
City of Song
1931-01-09
A tourist guide in Naples is taken on by an English woman impressed by his singing, and who regards
Dracula
1958-04-21
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he
The Mayor's Nest
1932-06-27
A trombonist becomes mayor of a small town, but he struggles to cope with municipal issues.
The Bing Crosby Show
1961-12-11
Bing Crosby performs with special guests Bob Hope, Marion Ryan, Dave King, Terry-Thomas, and Shirley
Dry Rot
1956-10-31
Comedy about a trio of not particularly bright bookmakers who try to fix a horse race.
The Man in the White Suit
1951-08-07
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dir
The Gentle Sex
1943-05-23
During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary
Thunder Rock
1942-12-04
David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lig
Train of Events
1949-01-18
A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how
And the Same to You
1960-02-01
Dickie Dreadnought is the boxing-mad nephew of pious clergyman Reverend Sydney Mullet. To mollify hi
Brothers in Law
1957-03-04
Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wro
The Silken Affair
1956-10-02
An accountant who is creative with his firm's books uses the money to fund a romantic spree.
Peg of Old Drury
1935-08-27
a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and Face
Land of Promise
1946-01-02
Described as a 'film argument' about homes and houses, this film is in three parts showing houses as
Bond Street
1948-05-12
Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Li
Three Men in a Boat
1956-12-23
Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misa
Folly to Be Wise
1952-12-04
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on
Go to Blazes
1962-04-18
A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire t
Venetian Bird
1952-10-01
Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war. Sho
Journey Together
1945-10-01
Two Englishmen train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.
Idol of Paris
1948-04-24
The Idol of Paris is based on Paiva, Queen of Love, a novel by Alfred Schirokauer. Set in the mid-19
Gideon's Day
1958-03-25
Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-vi
The Man Who Never Was
1956-04-03
The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the
Woman Hater
1948-10-13
A confirmed bachelor and a woman who claims to hate men get together and find romance.
The Naked Truth
1957-12-03
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the per
Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery
1925-11-01
An opening section of heavy handed humour about boxing styles gives way to a genuine and extraordina
Campbell's Kingdom
1957-09-03
Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom
While the Sun Shines
1947-02-01
Lady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. She is on her way to ma
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1964-06-24
Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged wit
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961-01-01
It is the end of the 18th century and smuggling is considered to be a legitimate spare-time occupati
The Blue Danube
1932-01-11
In a Hungarian gypsy encampment, carefree Sandor lives with his beautiful sweetheart Yutka. Into the
The Headmaster
1921-01-01
Children of Chance
1930-11-20
A casual date at a high-class hotel leads Binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and
Lazybones
1935-06-23
Lazybones is an idle baronet. He hasn't a care in the world until his father cuts him off without a
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1958-11-09
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set i
One Night with You
1948-04-25
Two strangers meet when they both miss their trains, and end up spending a penniless day and night t
Call Me Bwana
1963-06-14
A returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in Africa where a little-known tribe finds it. Wa