
Miles Malleson
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1888-05-24 – 1969-03-15
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).
Known for

Murder Ahoy
1964Bishop
Stage Fright
1950Mr. Fortesque
The Importance of Being Earnest
1952Canon Chasuble
Peeping Tom
1960Elderly Gentleman Customer
The Queen's Affair
1934The Chancellor
The Brides of Dracula
1960Dr. Tobler
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959Bishop Frankland
The 39 Steps
1935Palladium Manager (uncredited)
The Thief of Bagdad
1940Sultan
Scrooge
1951Old Joe
First Men in the Moon
1964Dymchurch Registrar
I'm All Right Jack
1959Windrush Sr., Stanley's father
Dead of Night
1945Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959Resident Advisor Davidson
Kidnapped
1960Mr. Rankeillor
The Captain's Paradise
1953Lawrence St. James
The Phantom of the Opera
19622nd Cabby
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948Lord of Misrule
The Queen of Spades
1949Tchybukin