Photo of Dry Rot (1956) (1) featuring Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson

British actor, writer (1888–1969) | The Man in the White Suit (1951), Dead of Night (1945), Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

British playwright, screen writer and actor whose credits read like a potted history of the British cinema

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Photo of Dry Rot (1956) (1) featuring Miles Malleson
  • 7th September, 2020
Miles Malleson
Dry Rot (1956) photo (1) | Miles Malleson
The final scene from Anthony Asquith’s screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s play, ’The Importance Of Being Earnest’. Starring Edith Evans, Dorothy Tutin, Joan Greenwood, Michael Redgrave, Michael Denison, Margaret Rutherford and Miles Malleson
  • 22nd November, 2007
  • Candid
Joan Greenwood, Edith Evans, Dorothy Tutin, Michael Redgrave, Michael Denison, Margaret Rutherford, Miles Malleson
Backstage shot of Joan Greenwood in The Importance of Being Earnest

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The Sign of Four (1932)
Thaddeus Sholto
Perfect Understanding (1933) opening credits (3)
Perfect Understanding (1933)
Announcer
Nell Gwyn (1934) opening credits (2)
Nell Gwyn (1934)
Chiffinch
Nell Gwyn (1934) opening credits (2)
Lazybones (1935)
Pessimist
Knight Without Armour (1937) opening credits (6)
Knight Without Armour (1937)
Drunken Red Commissar
Knight Without Armour (1937) opening credits (6)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Sultan
Knight Without Armour (1937) opening credits (6)
Major Barbara (1941)
Morrison
Thunder Rock (1942) opening credits (2)
Thunder Rock (1942)
Chairman of Directors
They Flew Alone (1942) opening credits
They Flew Alone (1942)
Vacuum Salesman
Unpublished Story (1942) opening credits (2)
Unpublished Story (1942)
Farmfield
The Gentle Sex (1942) opening credits
The Gentle Sex (1943)
Guard
The Demi-Paradise (1943) opening credits (4)
The Demi-Paradise (1943)
Theatre Cashier
Dead of Night (1945) opening credits
Dead of Night (1945)
Hearse Driver
One Night with You (1948) opening credits
One Night with You (1948)
Jailer
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) opening credits
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
Lord of Misrule
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) opening credits
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
The Hangman
The Perfect Woman (1949) opening credits
The Perfect Woman (1949)
Prof. Ernest Belman
Cardboard Cavalier (1949) opening credits
Cardboard Cavalier (1949)
Judge Gorebucket
Woman Hater (1949) opening credits
Woman Hater (1949)
Vicar
Train of Events (1949) opening credits
Train of Events (1949)
Johnson, the timekeeper
The History of Mr Polly (1949) opening credits
The History of Mr Polly (1949)
Old gentleman on punt
The History of Mr Polly (1949) opening credits
Stage Fright (1950)
Mr Fortesque
Golden Salamander (1950) opening credits (4)
Golden Salamander (1950)
Douvet
Scrooge opening credits (1951)
Scrooge (1951)
Old Joe
The Man in the White Suit (1951) opening credits
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
The Tailor
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) opening credits
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Canon Chasuble
Trent’s Last Case (1952) opening credits
Trent’s Last Case (1952)
Burton Cupples
Trent’s Last Case (1952) opening credits
The Happy Family (1952)
Mr. Thwaites
Folly to Be Wise (1952) opening credits (4)
Folly to Be Wise (1952)
Dr Hector McAdam
Treasure Hunt (1952) opening credits (2)
Treasure Hunt (1952)
Mr Walsh
Venetian Bird (1952) opening credits (4)
Venetian Bird (1952)
Grespi
The Capt’s Paradise (1953) opening credits (3)
The Captain’s Paradise (1953)
Lawrence St. James
Geordie (1955) opening credits
Geordie (1955)
Lord Paunceton
Private’s Progress (1956) opening credits
Private’s Progress (1956)
Mr Windrush Snr.
Private’s Progress (1956) opening credits
Dry Rot (1956)
Yokel
Brothers in Law (1957) opening credits (3)
Brothers in Law (1957)
Kendall Grimes QC
The Naked Truth (1957) opening credits
The Naked Truth (1957)
Rev Cedric Bastable
The Admirable Crichton (1957) opening credits (5)
The Admirable Crichton (1957)
Vicar
The Admirable Crichton (1957) opening credits (5)
Behind the Mask (1958)
Sir Oswald Pettiford
I’m All Right Jack (1959) opening credits (3)
I’m All Right Jack (1959)
Windrush Snr.
The Capt’s Table (1959) opening credits
The Captain’s Table (1959)
Canon Swingler
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) opening credits (5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Bishop
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) opening credits (6)
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
Resident Advisor Davidson
Double Bunk (1961) opening credits (4)
Double Bunk (1961)
Rev Thomas
Double Bunk (1961) opening credits (4)
Go to Blazes (1962)
Salesman
Double Bunk (1961) opening credits (4)
Heavens Above! (1963)
Rockeby
Murder Ahoy (1964) opening credits
Murder Ahoy (1964)
Bishop Faulkner
Murder Ahoy (1964) opening credits
First Men in the Moon (1964)
Dymchurch Registrar
You Must Be Joking! (1965) opening credits (3)
You Must Be Joking! (1965)
Salesman
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