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
Cast Credits
You Must Be Joking
Character: Salesman
MOVIE • 1965
Victoria Regina
Character: Conyngham
TV • 1964
Murder Ahoy
Character: Bishop
MOVIE • 1964
First Men in the Moon
Character: Dymchurch Registrar
MOVIE • 1964
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character: Quince
MOVIE • 1964
A Jolly Bad Fellow
Character: Dr. Woolley
MOVIE • 1964
Heavens Above!
Character: Bishop Rockeby
MOVIE • 1963
The Brain
Character: Dr. Miller
MOVIE • 1962
The Phantom of the Opera
Character: 2nd Cabby
MOVIE • 1962
Go to Blazes
Character: Salesman
MOVIE • 1962
Postman's Knock
Character: Psychiatrist
MOVIE • 1962
The Bing Crosby Show
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1961
Double Bunk
Character: Rev. Thomas
MOVIE • 1961
The Hellfire Club
Character: Judge
MOVIE • 1961
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Character: Duke of Avon
MOVIE • 1961
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England
Character: Assistant Curator
MOVIE • 1960
Peeping Tom
Character: Elderly Gentleman Customer
MOVIE • 1960
The Brides of Dracula
Character: Dr. Tobler
MOVIE • 1960
Kidnapped
Character: Mr. Rankeillor
MOVIE • 1960
And the Same to You
Character: Bishop
MOVIE • 1960
Crew
Crew Credits
Yours Unfaithfully
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2021
Conflict
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2020
Sunday-Night Play
Role: Writer
TV • 1960
Land of Promise
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1946
Yellow Canary
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1943
They Met in the Dark
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1943
Squadron Leader X
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1943
The First of the Few
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1942
They Flew Alone
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1942
The Thief of Bagdad
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1940
The Thief of Bagdad
Role: Dialogue
MOVIE • 1940
Sixty Glorious Years
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1938
A Royal Divorce
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1938
The Rat
Role: Dialogue
MOVIE • 1937
Victoria the Great
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1937
Action for Slander
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1937
Tudor Rose
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1936
Rhodes of Africa
Role: Dialogue
MOVIE • 1936
Peg of Old Drury
Role: Scenario Writer
MOVIE • 1935
Falling in Love
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1934