Miles Malleson

Acting · Born 1888-05-24 in 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).

Filmography

• Murder Ahoy as Bishop
• Stage Fright as Mr. Fortesque
• The Importance of Being Earnest as Canon Chasuble
• Peeping Tom as Elderly Gentleman Customer
• The Brides of Dracula as Dr. Tobler
• The Hound of the Baskervilles as Bishop Frankland
• The 39 Steps as Palladium Manager (uncredited)
• The Thief of Bagdad as Sultan
• Scrooge as Old Joe
• First Men in the Moon as Dymchurch Registrar