Cast & creator
Miles Malleson
Best known for The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sunday Night Theatre, Sunday-Night Play
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).
Also known as: Майлс Моллесон, William Miles Malleson
143
film credits
6
television credits
111
1921–2021 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (149)
Showing 149 of 149 credits
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Albertus
1955
Sunday Night Theatre
Quince
1950Sunday-Night Play
Writer
1960
The Buccaneers
Josiah Parkerhouse
1956Television Playhouse
Uncle Simon
1955
The Thief of Bagdad
Sultan
1940The Thief of Bagdad
Screenplay
1940The Thief of Bagdad
Dialogue
1940
Dracula
Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
1958
The 39 Steps
Palladium Manager (uncredited)
1935
The Brides of Dracula
Dr. Tobler
1960
Stage Fright
Mr. Fortesque
1950
Peeping Tom
Elderly Gentleman Customer
1960
Dead of Night
Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
1945
Scrooge
Old Joe
1951
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Hangman
1949
The Importance of Being Earnest
Canon Chasuble
1952
First Men in the Moon
Dymchurch Registrar
1964
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Bishop Frankland
1959
The Man Who Never Was
Scientist
1956
The Phantom of the Opera
2nd Cabby
1962
The Man in the White Suit
The Tailor
1951
Victoria Regina
Conyngham
1964
I'm All Right Jack
Windrush Sr., Stanley's father
1959
The First of the Few
Screenplay
1942
The Admirable Crichton
Vicar
1957
The Queen of Spades
Tchybukin
1949
The Demi-Paradise
Theatre Cashier
1943
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Lord of Misrule
1948
Golden Salamander
Douvet
1950
Murder Ahoy
Bishop
1964
Gideon's Day
The Judge
1958
The Woman's Angle
A. Secrett
1952
Venetian Bird
Grespi
1952
Yours Unfaithfully
Writer
2021
Kidnapped
Mr. Rankeillor
1960The Headmaster
Palliser Grantley
1921
Private's Progress
Mr. Windrush Sr.
1956
A Jolly Bad Fellow
Dr. Woolley
1964
A Night in Montmartre
Minor Role
1931A Night in Montmartre
Theatre Play
1931
Victoria the Great
Sir James
1937Victoria the Great
Writer
1937
Train of Events
Johnson, the Timekeeper
1949
Q Planes
Minor Role
1939
The Captain's Table
Canon Swingler
1959
The Brain
Dr. Miller
1962
The Captain's Paradise
Lawrence St. James
1953
Call Me Bwana
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
1963
Three Men in a Boat
2nd Old Gentleman
1956
Knight Without Armour
Drunken Red Commissar
1937
The Hellfire Club
Judge
1961
The Naked Truth
Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
1957
The Queen's Affair
The Chancellor
1934The Queen's Affair
Screenplay
1934
Happy Is the Bride
1st Magistrate
1958
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Resident Advisor Davidson
1959
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Duke of Avon
1961
And the Same to You
Bishop
1960
Trent's Last Case
Burton Cupples
1952
The Bing Crosby Show
Self
1961
Conflict
Writer
2020
You Must Be Joking
Salesman
1965
Postman's Knock
Psychiatrist
1962
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Quince
1958
The Magic Box
Orchestra Conductor
1952Summer Lightning
Beach
1933Summer Lightning
Screenplay
1933
Peg of Old Drury
Minor Role (uncredited)
1935Peg of Old Drury
Scenario Writer
1935
Woman Hater
Vicar
1948
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
Thaddeus Sholto
1932
Sally in Our Alley
Screenplay
1931
While the Sun Shines
Horton
1947
Heavens Above!
Bishop Rockeby
1963
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Assistant Curator
1960
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Quince
1964
Campbell's Kingdom
(unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
1957
Barnacle Bill
Angler
1957Nell Gwyn
Chiffinch
1934Nell Gwyn
Writer
1934
Folly to Be Wise
Dr. Hector McAdam
1952
The Silken Affair
Mr. Blucher
1956
They Flew Alone
Vacuum Salesman
1942They Flew Alone
Screenplay
1942
Journey Together
(uncredited)
1945
One Night with You
Jailer
1948
The W Plan
Writer
1930
Bachelor of Hearts
Dr. Butson
1958
Brothers in Law
Kendall Grimes Q.C.
1957
Dry Rot
Country Gentleman
1956
Idol of Paris
Offenbach
1948
Major Barbara
Morrison
1941
Yellow Canary
Screenplay
1943
Go to Blazes
Salesman
1962
Tudor Rose
Jane's Father
1936Tudor Rose
Writer
1936
They Met in the Dark
Writer
1943
Unpublished Story
Farmfield
1942
The Mayor's Nest
Clerk
1932
Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery
1925
The Gentle Sex
Tran Guard
1943
Double Bunk
Rev. Thomas
1961
Sixty Glorious Years
Wounded Soldier
1938Sixty Glorious Years
Writer
1938
Behind the Mask
Sir Oswald Pettiford
1958
King's Rhapsody
Jules
1955
Cardboard Cavalier
Judge Gorebucket
1949
Love on Wheels
Academy of Music Porter
1932
Squadron Leader X
Writer
1943
The Perfect Woman
Prof. Ernest Belman
1949
Perfect Understanding
Announcer
1933Perfect Understanding
Dialogue
1933Perfect Understanding
Story
1933
The Two Worlds
Writer
1930
The Happy Family
Mr. Thwaites
1952
Rhodes of Africa
Minor Role (uncredited)
1936Rhodes of Africa
Dialogue
1936The Yellow Mask
Dialogue
1930
A Royal Divorce
Writer
1938
Lazybones
Pessimist
1935Lazybones
The Pessimist
1935
Treasure Hunt
Mr. Walsh
1952
Action for Slander
Minor Role
1937Action for Slander
Screenplay
1937
Geordie
Lord Paunceton
1955
Bond Street
Minor Role (uncredited)
1948
The Water Gipsies
Writer
1932
Thunder Rock
Chairman of Directors
1942
Vintage Wine
Henri Popinot
1935
Children of Chance
1930Children of Chance
Writer
1930For Freedom
Minor Role
1940Money Means Nothing
Doorman
1932Money Means Nothing
Writer
1932
The Rat
Dialogue
1937
The Blue Danube
1932The Blue Danube
Writer
1932
Two Worlds
Dialogue
1930
Land of Promise
Mr. Know-All
1946Land of Promise
Writer
1946Frail Women
Registrar
1932Falling in Love
Writer
1934
Night Birds
Minor Role
1930Night Birds
Writer
1930The Love Contract
Peters
1932
City of Song
Theater Watchman
1931City of Song
Writer
1931Lucky children
Screenplay
1931