John Mills, Best Supporting Actor 1970: MovieMonday.com

	RYAN'S DAUGHTER (Drama - PG) Sir John Mills won his Supporting Oscar for playing the mute in the small Irish village.
Sir John Mills (1908 - ) British character actor and leading man, who's real name is Lewis Ernest Mills. Father of child actress Hayley Mills. In 1976 John Mills was knighted for his acheievements in film. In 2001, he and his wife of 60 years renewed their wedding vows. John Mills started acting as a teenager and by his twenties John Mills was an accomplished vaudville performer. In the 1930's he started appearing in leading roles in British films, many of them musicals. He caught American audience's attention when he played the grown Peter Col- ley in Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939). Then Mill's quit films temporarily to join the war effort but when discharged from the army due to medical problems, he served his country onscreen by starring in such pro-allied films as In Which We Serve (1942) and We Dive at Dawn (1943). After the war John Mills got the part of Pip, in the film Great Expectations ( 1946)and his superb preformance in the picture cemented his position as a talented leading man. Throughout the 40's and 50 's he worked constantly, having leading roles in such films as in the thriller The Rocking Horse Winner (1949) and Tunes of Glory (1960). In 1959 he acted opposite daughter Hayley Mills in Tiger Bay and also did several disney movies. As John Mills aged, he started doing more supporting roles and directed his first and only film, Gypsy Girl (1966), which starred his daughter Hayley. Since winning the Oscar in 1970, John Mills still kept busy working in films, even after he lost his sight in 1990 at age 82. One his best later performances was as The Viceroy in the 1982 film, Gandhi. John Mills' other films include: THE GHOST CAMERA RIVER WOLVES THOSE WERE THE DAYS DOCTOR'S ORDERS FOREVER ENGLAND GOODBYE MR. CHIPS COTTAGE TO LET THE BIG BLOCKADE THE YOUNG MR. PITT IN WHICH WE WERE WATERLOO ROAD THE WAY TO THE STARS GREAT EXPECTATIONS THE OCTOBER MAN SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC THE HISTORY OF MR. POLLY HOBSON'S CHOICE WAR AND PEACE AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS TOWN ON TRIAL DUNKIRK I WAS MONTY'S DOUBLE TIGER BAY TURNES OF GLORY THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON OPERATION CROSSBOW KING RAT THE WRONG BOX AFRICA TEXAS STYLE CHUKA OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR YOUNG WINSTON OKLAHOMA CRUDE ZULU DAWN GANDHI SAHARA WHO'S THAT GIRL? DEADLY ADVICE THE BIG FREEZE THE GROTESQUE HAMLET BEAN BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS His television credits include: DR. STRANGE MASKS OF DEATH A WOMAN OS SUBSTANCE MURDER WITH MIRRORS LADY AND THE HIGHWAYMAN AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (TV Mini-Series) A TALE OF TWO CITIES (TV Mini-Series) NIGHT OF THE FOX FRANKENSTEIN MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT ( Mini TV Series) THE GENTLEMAN THIEF TV series, include: DUNDEE AND CULHANE (67) ZOO GANG (73) YOUNG AT HEART (80-81)

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