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).
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).
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Filmography (Movies)
You Must Be Joking
Character:Salesman
Release Date:03/08/1965
Murder Ahoy
Character:Bishop
Release Date:22/09/1964
First Men in the Moon
Character:Dymchurch Registrar
Release Date:06/08/1964
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character:Quince
Release Date:24/06/1964
A Jolly Bad Fellow
Character:Dr. Woolley
Release Date:15/03/1964
Call Me Bwana
Character:Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Release Date:14/06/1963
Heavens Above!
Character:Bishop Rockeby
Release Date:20/05/1963
The Brain
Character:Dr. Miller
Release Date:05/09/1962
The Phantom of the Opera
Character:2nd Cabby
Release Date:25/06/1962
Go to Blazes
Character:Salesman
Release Date:18/04/1962
Postman's Knock
Character:Psychiatrist
Release Date:22/02/1962
The Bing Crosby Show
Character:Self
Release Date:11/12/1961
Double Bunk
Character:Rev. Thomas
Release Date:06/05/1961
The Hellfire Club
Character:Judge
Release Date:03/02/1961
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Character:Duke of Avon
Release Date:01/01/1961
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Character:Assistant Curator
Release Date:04/09/1960
The Brides of Dracula
Character:Dr. Tobler
Release Date:15/06/1960
Peeping Tom
Character:Elderly Gentleman Customer
Release Date:07/04/1960
Kidnapped
Character:Mr. Rankeillor
Release Date:24/02/1960
And the Same to You
Character:Bishop
Release Date:01/02/1960
I'm All Right Jack
Character:Windrush Sr., Stanley's father
Release Date:18/08/1959
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Character:Bishop Frankland
Release Date:04/05/1959
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Character:Resident Advisor Davidson
Release Date:10/03/1959
The Captain's Table
Character:Canon Swingler
Release Date:06/01/1959
Bachelor of Hearts
Character:Dr. Butson
Release Date:12/12/1958
Behind the Mask
Character:Sir Oswald Pettiford
Release Date:23/11/1958
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character:Quince
Release Date:09/11/1958
Dracula
Character:Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
Release Date:21/04/1958
Gideon's Day
Character:The Judge
Release Date:25/03/1958
Happy Is the Bride
Character:1st Magistrate
Release Date:04/03/1958
Barnacle Bill
Character:Angler
Release Date:17/12/1957
The Naked Truth
Character:Reverend Cedric "Daddy Bassy" Bastable
Release Date:03/12/1957
Campbell's Kingdom
Character:(unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
Release Date:03/09/1957
The Admirable Crichton
Character:
Release Date:11/06/1957
Brothers in Law
Character:Kendall Grimes Q.C.
Release Date:04/03/1957
Three Men in a Boat
Character:2nd Old Gentleman
Release Date:23/12/1956
Dry Rot
Character:Country Gentleman
Release Date:31/10/1956
The Silken Affair
Character:Mr. Blucher
Release Date:02/10/1956
The Man Who Never Was
Character:Scientist
Release Date:03/04/1956
Private's Progress
Character:Mr. Windrush Sr.
Release Date:17/02/1956
Geordie
Character:Lord Paunceton
Release Date:02/09/1955
King's Rhapsody
Character:Jules
Release Date:07/06/1955
The Captain's Paradise
Character:Lawrence St. James
Release Date:09/06/1953
Folly to Be Wise
Character:Dr. Hector McAdam
Release Date:04/12/1952
Venetian Bird
Character:Grespi
Release Date:01/10/1952
Trent's Last Case
Character:Burton Cupples
Release Date:22/09/1952
The Importance of Being Earnest
Character:Canon Chasuble
Release Date:02/06/1952
Treasure Hunt
Character:Mr. Walsh
Release Date:01/06/1952
The Happy Family
Character:Mr. Thwaites
Release Date:30/03/1952
The Woman's Angle
Character:A. Secrett
Release Date:12/02/1952
The Magic Box
Character:Orchestra Conductor
Release Date:01/01/1952
Scrooge
Character:Old Joe
Release Date:30/11/1951
The Man in the White Suit
Character:The Tailor
Release Date:07/08/1951
Stage Fright
Character:Mr. Fortesque
Release Date:23/02/1950
Golden Salamander
Character:Douvet
Release Date:01/02/1950
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Character:The Hangman
Release Date:21/06/1949
The Perfect Woman
Character:Prof. Ernest Belman
Release Date:23/05/1949
Cardboard Cavalier
Character:Judge Gorebucket
Release Date:31/03/1949
The Queen of Spades
Character:Tchybukin
Release Date:16/03/1949
Train of Events
Character:Johnson, the Timekeeper
Release Date:18/01/1949
Woman Hater
Character:Vicar
Release Date:13/10/1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Character:Lord of Misrule
Release Date:04/10/1948
Bond Street
Character:Minor Role (uncredited)
Release Date:12/05/1948
One Night with You
Character:Jailer
Release Date:25/04/1948
Idol of Paris
Character:Offenbach
Release Date:24/04/1948
While the Sun Shines
Character:Horton
Release Date:01/02/1947
Land of Promise
Character:Mr. Know-All
Release Date:02/01/1946
Journey Together
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:01/10/1945
Dead of Night
Character:Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
Release Date:09/09/1945
The Demi-Paradise
Character:Theatre Cashier
Release Date:18/11/1943
The Gentle Sex
Character:Tran Guard
Release Date:23/05/1943
Thunder Rock
Character:Chairman of Directors
Release Date:04/12/1942
Unpublished Story
Character:Farmfield
Release Date:10/08/1942
They Flew Alone
Character:Vacuum Salesman
Release Date:29/06/1942
Major Barbara
Character:Morrison
Release Date:14/05/1941
For Freedom
Character:Minor Role
Release Date:04/05/1940
The Thief of Bagdad
Character:Sultan
Release Date:19/02/1940
Q Planes
Character:Minor Role
Release Date:21/02/1939
Sixty Glorious Years
Character:Wounded Soldier
Release Date:18/11/1938
Victoria the Great
Character:Sir James
Release Date:01/09/1937
Knight Without Armour
Character:Drunken Red Commissar
Release Date:23/07/1937
Action for Slander
Character:Minor Role
Release Date:21/07/1937
Tudor Rose
Character:Jane's Father
Release Date:01/09/1936
Rhodes of Africa
Character:Minor Role (uncredited)
Release Date:30/06/1936
Peg of Old Drury
Character:Minor Role (uncredited)
Release Date:27/08/1935
Lazybones
Character:Pessimist
Release Date:23/06/1935
Lazybones
Character:The Pessimist
Release Date:23/06/1935
Vintage Wine
Character:Henri Popinot
Release Date:19/06/1935
The 39 Steps
Character:Palladium Manager (uncredited)
Release Date:06/06/1935
Nell Gwyn
Character:Chiffinch
Release Date:01/08/1934
The Queen's Affair
Character:The Chancellor
Release Date:01/03/1934
Summer Lightning
Character:Beach
Release Date:10/07/1933
Perfect Understanding
Character:Announcer
Release Date:15/01/1933
Money Means Nothing
Character:Doorman
Release Date:01/09/1932
The Love Contract
Character:Peters
Release Date:27/07/1932
Love on Wheels
Character:Academy of Music Porter
Release Date:26/07/1932
The Mayor's Nest
Character:Clerk
Release Date:27/06/1932
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
Character:Thaddeus Sholto
Release Date:12/05/1932
Frail Women
Character:Registrar
Release Date:15/01/1932
The Blue Danube
Character:
Release Date:11/01/1932
A Night in Montmartre
Character:Minor Role
Release Date:16/07/1931
City of Song
Character:Theater Watchman
Release Date:09/01/1931
Children of Chance
Character:
Release Date:20/11/1930
Night Birds
Character:Minor Role
Release Date:16/10/1930
Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery
Character:
Release Date:01/11/1925
The Headmaster
Character:Palliser Grantley
Release Date:01/01/1921
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