Miles Malleson
Known For
Acting
Born
1888-05-24 in Croydon, Surrey, England
Died
1969-03-15
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).
Most Known For
Television Playhouse
as Uncle Simon
Sunday Night Theatre
as Quince
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Albertus
Venetian Bird
as Grespi
The Buccaneers
as Josiah Parkerhouse
Golden Salamander
as Douvet
Q Planes
as Minor Role
Dracula
as Marx - Undertaker (uncredited)
Knight Without Armour
as Drunken Red Commissar
Nell Gwyn
as Chiffinch
The 39 Steps
as Palladium Manager (uncredited)
The Brides of Dracula
as Dr. Tobler
Scrooge
as Old Joe
Peeping Tom
as Elderly Gentleman Customer
The Thief of Bagdad
as Sultan
Dead of Night
as Hearse Driver (Segment "The Hearse Conductor")
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Bishop Frankland
Kind Hearts and Coronets
as The Hangman
Murder Ahoy
as Bishop
Stage Fright
as Mr. Fortesque