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Sir John Mills CBE (22 February 1908 – 23 April 2005), born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills, was an English actor who made more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades.
Mills was born at the Watts Naval School in North Elmham, Norfolk, England, and grew up in Belton, where his father was the headmaster of the village school and in Felixstowe, Suffolk, where he lived in a modest house in Ham's Road. He was educated at Norwich High School for Boys, where it is said that his initials can still be seen carved into the brickwork on the side of the building in Upper St. Giles Street. He made his acting debut on the stage of the Sir John Leman School in Beccles in a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream when he played the part of Puck.[citation needed] Upon leaving school he worked as a clerk at a corn merchants in Ipswich.
Mills took an early interest in acting, making his professional debut at the London Hippodrome in The Five O'Clock Girl in 1929. He also starred in the Noël Coward revue Words and Music. He made his film debut in The Midshipmaid (1932), and appeared as Colley in the 1939 film version of Goodbye, Mr Chips, opposite Robert Donat.
Actors: Vivica A. Fox (actress), Faizon Love (actor), Antwon Tanner (actor), Ricky Harris (actor), Tim Moore (producer), Terry Lewis (composer), Shawn Michael Howard (actor), Dwayne Adway (actor), Shaun Baker (actor), Anthony C. Hall (director), Anthony C. Hall (producer), Anthony C. Hall (writer), Andrew Bachelor (actor), Jim Hill (actor), Nick Sivakumaran (producer),
Plot: Journalist DAVE CANNON investigates the story of inner-city high school basketball phenom QUENTON 'Q' MILLS, who became a six-foot maverick by age fourteen. When freshman Q first stepped onto the court in his size twelve shoe, legendary King High School coach DAVID JORDAN knew he had just witnessed the most talented basketball player ever in school history. Unconditionally loved by his mother PATRICIA, a tenacious woman of resolute strength and unshakable faith, supported by his misguided and damaged older brother KEVIN, adored by his girlfriend WANDA, idolized by his fellow teammates ANTHONY, BUMPY, BRUCE and TIM, and mentored by the sometimes guileful intentions of Coach Jordan, Q grew into a young man of remarkable character and a top college prospect. But the city streets had a different calling and claimed him after an altercation on a street with a gangbanger. Words were exchanged, a gun was drawn in broad daylight and seventeen hours later, the buzzer sounded and Q was gone...until journalist Dave Cannon uncovers a secret.
Keywords: one-letter-titleActors: Tristan Whalley (producer), Denise Haratzis (editor), Deborah Kennedy (actress), Natalie Imbruglia (actress), Tony Martin (actor), Rosemary Blight (producer), Sarah Abbey (miscellaneous crew), Deborah Wilde (miscellaneous crew), Jenny Bichard (miscellaneous crew), Kaliopi Eleni (actress), Adam Morgan (actor), Daryl Watson (miscellaneous crew), Daniel Frederiksen (actor), James Bogle (director), James Bogle (writer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Arnold Kopelson (producer), Mark Isham (composer), Veronica Cartwright (actress), Ashley Judd (actress), Camryn Manheim (actress), Ellen Mirojnick (costume designer), Mark Pellegrino (actor), Titus Welliver (actor), Leonard L. Thomas (actor), Andy Garcia (actor), David Strathairn (actor), Samuel L. Jackson (actor), Richard T. Jones (actor), Ava DuVernay (miscellaneous crew), Carol DePasquale (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Jessica Shepard is an on the rise police officer of San Francisco's esteemed police department, after having solved a big case about a serial killer. Her mentor John Mills is proud of Jessica as a father would be of his daughter, since Mills was the partner of Jessica's late father. With a newly established promotion, Jessica finds that she might once again have to prove herself in a department that takes no prisoners. Not to mention a new partner named Mike Delmarco, who might be Jessica's next closest thing to a confidant. However, a man has been found dead and the two officers are brought into the investigation. What they find is a surprise when the dead in question was a man Jessica slept with, he being part of a list of one night stands that Jessica has engaged in. Now under suspicion and a terrible drinking problem gnawing at her, Jessica will have to prove to her superiors and to her skeptical partner that she's not the one behind the murders and Mills is one of the few people standing behind her. This is a story about a woman trying to find the perpetrator of these horrible crimes, before she herself might end as one of them.
Keywords: alcoholism, bar, box-office-flop, childhood-trauma, critically-bashed, ex-boyfriend-ex-girlfriend-relationship, false-accusation, fatal-attraction, father, gunActors: Vangelis (composer), Anthony Hopkins (actor), Neil Morrissey (actor), John Sessions (actor), Dexter Fletcher (actor), Dino De Laurentiis (producer), Laurence Olivier (actor), Liam Neeson (actor), Edward Fox (actor), Philip Davis (actor), Mel Gibson (actor), Daniel Day-Lewis (actor), Bernard Hill (actor), June Randall (miscellaneous crew), Ian Mune (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.
Keywords: 1780s, 18th-century, admiral, anger, bare-chested-male-bondage, based-on-book, bayonet, brawl, british, british-navyActors: Barbara Jo Allen (actress), Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams (actor), Charles Starrett (actor), Blackie Whiteford (actor), Ben Taggart (actor), Max Terhune (actor), John Tyrrell (actor), Herbert Heyes (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Tex Ritter (actor), Emmett Lynn (actor), Ken Curtis (actor), Elmer (actor), Dub Taylor (actor), Edythe Elliott (actress),
Genres: Music, Western,Actors: George Barbier (actor), Leonid Kinskey (actor), Edgar Norton (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Dewey Robinson (actor), Spec O'Donnell (actor), Leila Hyams (actress), Cab Calloway (actor), Thomas Carrigan (actor), Alex Melesh (actor), Bing Crosby (actor), George Burns (actor), Stuart Erwin (actor), Benjamin Glazer (producer), Mary Stewart (actress),
Plot: A radio-singer, Bing Hornsby, is none-too-concerned about his job, and an affair with Mona leads to his dismissal. When it appears Hornsby is getting and paying a lot of attention to his fiancée, Anita Rogers, station manager Leslie McWhinney buys the station, gives Hornsby his job back, and goes on a honeymoon with Anita.
Keywords: 1930s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, based-on-play, brother-brother-relationship, deception, fiancee, guitar, guitar-player, husband-wife-relationship, loss-of-jobActors: John Beck (actor), Lew Kelly (actor), Rex Bell (actor), Charles Brinley (actor), Matthew Betz (actor), Fred Humes (actor), Yakima Canutt (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Buck Connors (actor), Jim Corey (actor), William Desmond (actor), Francis Ford (actor), Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian (actor), Bob Burns (actor), Cliff Lyons (actor),
Plot: A western adventure serial in 12 episodes. Buffalo Bill battles gambler Jim Rodney who is trying to scare off the townspeople so he can gain possession of a gold strike discovered in the area. A nearby Indian tribe is provoked to attack the town and the cavalry is called in.
Keywords: 12-chapters, american, b-movie, b-western, based-on-book, brother-sister-relationship, buffalo-bill-cody, cavalry-scout, cavalry-to-rescue, cavalrymanActors: Leo D. Maloney (director), Frank Ellis (actor), Al Hart (actor), Paul Hurst (actor), Melbourne MacDowell (actor), Leo D. Maloney (actor), Nelson McDowell (actor), Bud Osborne (actor), Henry Otto (actor), Fred Burns (actor), Eva Thatcher (actress), Ford Beebe (writer), Ford Beebe (writer), Joan Renee (actress),
Genres: Western,