Miles Malleson
William Miles Malleson (born May 25, 1888 in Croydon , England , † March 15, 1969 in London , England) was a British actor and screenwriter .
Life
Miles Malleson, son of a chemist, was educated at Brighton College and later studied at Emmanuel College , Cambridge . Malleson gained his first stage experience in the 1910s and took acting lessons from Herbert Beerbohm Tree . He was briefly deployed in Malta during World War I, but was wounded in 1915 and later became an enemy of the war.
Malleson is particularly known for his mostly comical supporting roles in British comedies from the 1930s to 1960s. His better-known appearances include the poetically inclined executioner in the black comedy Adel obliged (1949) and the Dr. Chasuable in the Oscar Wilde -Literaturverfilmung Being Earnest (1952). Towards the end of his career he joined Hammer on -Horrorfilmen in mostly short but succinct supporting roles. Malleson was also the screenwriter of many films in which he played minor roles, such as in Nell Gwyn (1934) and as a toy obsessed sultan in The Thief of Baghdad (1940). He translated several plays by Molière into English and edited them, as well as authoring plays.
Miles Malleson was married three times and had many other relationships. He was married to his first wife, Lady Constance Annesley , from 1915 until their divorce in 1923, they had an open relationship , both of whom had known different partners over the years. The second wife Joan Billson died in 1956. His third wife was the actress Tatiana Lieven from 1946 to 1959. Miles Malleson, who went blind in the last few years of his life, died in 1969 at the age of 80.
Filmography (selection)
actor
- 1921: The Headmaster
- 1925: Battling Bruisers (Short)
- 1930: The W Plan
- 1932: The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
- 1936: Tudor Rose
- 1937: Tatjana (Knight Without Armor)
- 1937: Queen Victoria (Victoria the Great)
- 1940: The Thief of Baghdad (The Thief of Bagdad)
- 1940: Major Barbara
- 1942: Thunder Rock
- 1943: The Demi-Paradise
- 1945: Dream without End (Dead of Night)
- 1948: Pique Dame ( The Queen of Spades )
- 1949: The player ( The Queen of Spades )
- 1949: Nobility obliged (Kind Hearts and Coronets)
- 1949: The Perfect Woman
- 1950: The Red Lola (Stage Fright)
- 1951: The Man in the White Suit (The Man in the White Suit)
- 1951: A Christmas Story (Scrooge)
- 1951: The Wonderful Flicker Box (The Magic Box)
- 1952: Being Earnest (The Importance of Being Earnest)
- 1953: The Key to Paradise (The Captain's Paradise)
- 1955: Geordie
- 1956: The Best Man in the Military (Private's Progress)
- 1956: The Man Who Never Was (The Man Who Never Was)
- 1957: Captain Seasick (Barnacle Bill)
- 1957: The Admirable Crichton
- 1957: The Ugly Truth (The Naked Truth)
- 1958: Dracula
- 1958: With your head through the wall (Bachelor of Hearts)
- 1959: I'm All Right Jack
- 1959: The Hound of the Baskervilles (The Hound of the Baskervilles)
- 1960: The Adventures of David Balfour (Kidnapped)
- 1960: Eyes of Fear (Peeping Tom)
- 1960: The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
- 1960: The Hellfire Club
- 1960: Dracula and his brides (The Brides of Dracula)
- 1963: Heavenly Delights (Heavens Above!)
- 1964: Circus World (Circus World)
- 1964: First Men in the Moon (First Men in the Moon)
- 1964: killer ahoy! (Murder Ahoy)
Screenwriter
- 1934: Nell Gwyn
- 1936: Tudor Rose
- 1937: Queen Victoria ( Victoria the Great )
- 1938: Sixty Glorious Years
- 1940: The Thief of Baghdad ( The Thief of Bagdad)
- 1942: The First of the Few
- 1943: Sabotage agent (no mention)
- 1943: Yellow Canary
Plays
- 1960: Three Plays
Web links
- Miles Malleson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Miles Malleson in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Miles Malleson at the British Film Institute
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Malleson, Miles |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Malleson, William Miles (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1888 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Croydon , England |
DATE OF DEATH | March 15, 1969 |
Place of death | London , England |