RIP Sir John Mills

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Aged 97. Seemed like one of the nice guys, but I admittedly know very little of him outside of his films.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 23 April 2005 15:15 (twenty years ago)

i love him.

― Masked Gazza, Saturday, 23 April 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)

fantastic in 'in which we serve'.

not so in 'who's that girl'.

― piscesboy, Saturday, 23 April 2005 15:24 (twenty years ago)

I thought when he renewed his wedding vows a few years back that it was one of the sweetest things I'd ever seen. His wife was so frail and old and confused, and he had nothing but pure love in his eyes when he looked at her. Melted my heart, so it did. I could almost forgive him for spawning someone who spawned that tube from Kula Shaker.

― ailsa (ailsa), Saturday, 23 April 2005 15:27 (twenty years ago)

Seriously one of my favourites.

Great Expectations
Hobson's Choice
Scott of the Antartic
Ice Cold...of course

i love these films

― Masked Gazza, Saturday, 23 April 2005 15:40 (twenty years ago)

those ch4 matinees keep me going a couple of years ago and he seemed to be in two a week. sad.

― koogs (koogs), Saturday, 23 April 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

Always seemed to be a really kind and gallant man - loyal to those around him.
He was a wonderful actor. And he dressed beautifully, too.

RIP.

― De_enis, Sunday, 24 April 2005 21:28 (twenty years ago)

too bad about Kula Shaker

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Sunday, 24 April 2005 22:57 (twenty years ago)

Classic, sad there isn't more love shown for him here. Maybe staying in the UK stopped him having a higher profile.

Anyway classic for this story if nothing else Sir John Mills reminisced on the days when censorship meant doing up two more buttons" in a sex scene. He recalled his faux pas of swearing on stage at the Theatre Royal, Brighton and the reaction of the audience: one theatregoer staged a walk-out, muttering: "It’s disgusting. I paid good money to see those fuckers."

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Monday, 25 April 2005 08:25 (twenty years ago)

Tragic, Hobsons Choice is my favourite movie.

― mzui (mzui), Monday, 25 April 2005 08:53 (twenty years ago)

I saw him on Broadway in the late '80s, playing Alfred Doolittle in "Pygmalion" ... opposite Peter O'Toole and Amanda Plummer!

He's fine in "Great Expectations" tho he was way too old for even Old Pip.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 April 2005 13:18 (twenty years ago)

Ooh, I saw that as well (and you've forgotten that Dora Bryan was also in that).

― suzy (suzy), Monday, 25 April 2005 14:13 (twenty years ago)

I've forgotten Dora Bryan.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 April 2005 14:15 (twenty years ago)

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