Miles Malleson
Birthday: 1888-05-24
Place of Birth: Croydon, Surrey, England
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).
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Murder Ahoy
During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been p...
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Stage Fright
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the h...
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is f...
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Peeping Tom
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The Queen's Affair
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The Brides of Dracula
A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his m...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Ho...
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The 39 Steps
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The Thief of Bagdad
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Scrooge
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First Men in the Moon
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I'm All Right Jack
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Dead of Night
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Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
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Kidnapped
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The Captain's Paradise
Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English...
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The Phantom of the Opera
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Saraband for Dead Lovers
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The Queen of Spades
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The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
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Golden Salamander
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The Perfect Woman
In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on...
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Postman's Knock
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Rhodes of Africa
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The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
A young woman turns to Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing...
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Perfect Understanding
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The Demi-Paradise
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Summer Lightning
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Cardboard Cavalier
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Trent's Last Case
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Happy Is the Bride
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You Must Be Joking
A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a sele...
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The Captain's Table
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Money Means Nothing
British comedy film directed by Harcourt Templeman and Herbert Wilcox.....
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Lazybones
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Barnacle Bill
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The Hellfire Club
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Private's Progress
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Kind Hearts and Coronets
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The Admirable Crichton
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Vintage Wine
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Tudor Rose
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she ...
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Q Planes
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A Jolly Bad Fellow
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Double Bunk
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King's Rhapsody
Flynn plays the exciled Ruritanian king who leaves his mistress to return home to a political marria...
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The Woman's Angle
The organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell is a frustrated composer in se...
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For Freedom
Made in 1940, this stirringly patriotic film cleverly combined new scenes with genuine newsreel foot...
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Night Birds
Early British thriller about a master criminal named 'Flash Jack', who heads a gang of top-hatted th...
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The Brain
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Knight Without Armour
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Frail Women
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Unpublished Story
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisa...
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Victoria the Great
The film biography of Queen Victoria focusing initially on the early years of her reign with her mar...
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Heavens Above!
A clerical error leads to the appointment of a left-leaning small-town priest to a rich village, whe...
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Behind the Mask
A newly qualified surgeon takes the blame for his drug addict colleague after the death their patien...
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The Love Contract
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They Flew Alone
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in t...
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A Night in Montmartre
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The Happy Family
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Geordie
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Major Barbara
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Action for Slander
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Treasure Hunt
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Nell Gwyn
King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become clo...
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The Magic Box
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City of Song
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Dracula
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The Mayor's Nest
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The Bing Crosby Show
Bing Crosby performs with special guests Bob Hope, Marion Ryan, Dave King, Terry-Thomas, and Shirley...
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Dry Rot
Comedy about a trio of not particularly bright bookmakers who try to fix a horse race....
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The Man in the White Suit
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The Gentle Sex
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Thunder Rock
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Train of Events
A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how...
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And the Same to You
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Brothers in Law
Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wro...
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The Silken Affair
An accountant who is creative with his firm's books uses the money to fund a romantic spree....
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Peg of Old Drury
a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and Face...
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Land of Promise
Described as a 'film argument' about homes and houses, this film is in three parts showing houses as...
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Bond Street
Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Li...
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Folly to Be Wise
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on ...
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Three Men in a Boat
Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misa...
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Go to Blazes
A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire t...
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Venetian Bird
Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war. Sho...
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Journey Together
Two Englishmen train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin....
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Idol of Paris
The Idol of Paris is based on Paiva, Queen of Love, a novel by Alfred Schirokauer. Set in the mid-19...
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Gideon's Day
Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-vi...
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The Man Who Never Was
The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the ...
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Woman Hater
An English lord who dislikes women meets a French movie star who dislikes men....
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The Naked Truth
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the per...
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Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery
An opening section of heavy handed humour about boxing styles gives way to a genuine and extraordina...
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Campbell's Kingdom
Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom...
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While the Sun Shines
Lady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. She is on her way to ma...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged wit...
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Fury at Smugglers' Bay
It is the end of the 18th century and smuggling is considered to be a legitimate spare-time occupati...
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The Blue Danube
In a Hungarian gypsy encampment, carefree Sandor lives with his beautiful sweetheart Yutka. Into the...
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Children of Chance
A casual date at a high-class hotel leads Binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and...
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Lazybones
Lazybones is an idle baronet. He hasn't a care in the world until his father cuts him off without a ...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set i...
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One Night with You
Two strangers meet when they both miss their trains, and end up spending a penniless day and night t...
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Call Me Bwana
A returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in Africa where a little-known tribe finds it. Wa...
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