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).
Filmography You Must Be Joking
1965
Salesman
Details First Men in the Moon
1964
Dymchurch Registrar
Details A Midsummer Night's Dream
1964
Quince
Details A Jolly Bad Fellow
1964
Dr. Woolley
Details Heavens Above!
1963
Bishop Rockeby
Details The Phantom of the Opera
1962
2nd Cabby
Details Postman's Knock
1962
Psychiatrist
Details The Bing Crosby Show
1961
Self
Details Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961
Duke of Avon
Details The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
1960
Assistant Curator
Details Peeping Tom
1960
Elderly Gentleman Customer
Details The Brides of Dracula
1960
Dr. Tobler
Details Kidnapped
1960
Mr. Rankeillor
Details And the Same to You
1960
Bishop
Details I'm All Right Jack
1959
Windrush Snr.
Details The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
Bishop Franklin
Details Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959
Resident Advisor Davidson
Details The Captain's Table
1959
Canon Swingler
Details Bachelor of Hearts
1958
Dr. Butson
Details Behind the Mask
1958
Sir Oswald Pettiford
Details Dracula
1958
Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
Details Happy Is the Bride
1958
1st Magistrate
Details The Naked Truth
1957
Rev. Bastable
Details Campbell's Kingdom
1957
(unconfirmed - not present in US release version)
Details The Admirable Crichton
1957
Character TBA
Details Brothers in Law
1957
Kendall Grimes Q.C.
Details Three Men in a Boat
1956
2nd Old Gentleman
Details Dry Rot
1956
Country Gentleman
Details The Silken Affair
1956
Mr. Blucher
Details The Man Who Never Was
1956
Scientist
Details Private's Progress
1956
Mr. Windrush Sr.
Details The Captain's Paradise
1953
Lawrence St. James
Details Folly to Be Wise
1952
Dr. Hector McAdam
Details Trent's Last Case
1952
Burton Cupples
Details The Importance of Being Earnest
1952
Canon Chasuble
Details The Happy Family
1952
Mr. Thwaites
Details The Woman's Angle
1952
A. Secrett
Details The Magic Box
1952
Orchestra Conductor
Details The Man in the White Suit
1951
The Tailor
Details Stage Fright
1950
Mr. Fortesque
Details Golden Salamander
1950
Douvet
Details Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949
The Hangman
Details The Perfect Woman
1949
Prof. Ernest Belman
Details Cardboard Cavalier
1949
Judge Gorebucket
Details The Queen of Spades
1949
Tchybukin
Details Train of Events
1949
Johnson, the Timekeeper
Details Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948
Lord of Misrule
Details Bond Street
1948
Minor Role (uncredited)
Details While the Sun Shines
1947
Horton
Details Land of Promise
1946
Mr. Know-All
Details Journey Together
1945
(uncredited)
Details Dead of Night
1945
Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
Details The Demi-Paradise
1943
Theatre Cashier
Details The Gentle Sex
1943
Tran Guard
Details Thunder Rock
1942
Chairman of Directors
Details Unpublished Story
1942
Farmfield
Details They Flew Alone
1942
Vacuum Salesman
Details The Thief of Bagdad
1940
Sultan
Details Sixty Glorious Years
1938
Wounded Soldier
Details Victoria the Great
1937
Sir James
Details Knight Without Armour
1937
Drunken Red Commissar
Details Action for Slander
1937
Minor Role
Details Tudor Rose
1936
Jane's Father
Details Rhodes of Africa
1936
Minor Role (uncredited)
Details Peg of Old Drury
1935
Minor Role (uncredited)
Details Vintage Wine
1935
Henri Popinot
Details The 39 Steps
1935
Palladium Manager (uncredited)
Details The Queen's Affair
1934
The Chancellor
Details Perfect Understanding
1933
Announcer
Details Money Means Nothing
1932
Doorman
Details The Love Contract
1932
Peters
Details Love on Wheels
1932
Academy of Music Porter
Details The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
1932
Thaddeus Sholto
Details The Blue Danube
1932
Character TBA
Details A Night in Montmartre
1931
Minor Role
Details City of Song
1931
Theater Watchman
Details Children of Chance
1930
Character TBA
Details Battling Bruisers: Some Boxing Buffoonery
1925
Character TBA
Details The Headmaster
1921
Palliser Grantley
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