Sir John Mills, CBE (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills, 22 February 1908
â€" 23 April 2005) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120
films in a career spanning seven decades. He excelled on camera as an
appealing British everyman who often portrayed guileless, wounded war
heroes.For his work in film Mills was knighted by Elizabeth II in
1976. In 2002, he received a BAFTA Fellowship from the British Academy
of Film and Television Arts, and was named a Disney Legend by the Walt
Disney Company.John Mills was born in Norfolk, the son of Edith Mills
(née Baker), a theatre box office manager, and Lewis Mills, a
mathematics teacher. Mills was born at Watts Naval School, where his
father was a master. He spent his early years in the village of Belton
where his father was the headmaster of the village school. He first
felt the thrill of performing at a concert in the school hall when he
was six years old. He lived in a modest house in Gainsborough Road,
Felixstowe until 1929. His older sister was Annette Mills, remembered
as presenter of BBC Television's Muffin the Mule (1946â€"55).
â€" 23 April 2005) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120
films in a career spanning seven decades. He excelled on camera as an
appealing British everyman who often portrayed guileless, wounded war
heroes.For his work in film Mills was knighted by Elizabeth II in
1976. In 2002, he received a BAFTA Fellowship from the British Academy
of Film and Television Arts, and was named a Disney Legend by the Walt
Disney Company.John Mills was born in Norfolk, the son of Edith Mills
(née Baker), a theatre box office manager, and Lewis Mills, a
mathematics teacher. Mills was born at Watts Naval School, where his
father was a master. He spent his early years in the village of Belton
where his father was the headmaster of the village school. He first
felt the thrill of performing at a concert in the school hall when he
was six years old. He lived in a modest house in Gainsborough Road,
Felixstowe until 1929. His older sister was Annette Mills, remembered
as presenter of BBC Television's Muffin the Mule (1946â€"55).
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