Birth of John Mills
Birth of John Mills, born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
John Mills Biography and Timeline
Follow John Mills through 24 dated historical records for Great Britain.
John Mills, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
24Distinct records
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1908–2015Years on this page
1908
1932
The Midshipmaid
Film debut in The Midshipmaid
1939
Goodbye, Mr Chips
Appears as Colley in the 1939 film version of Goodbye, Mr Chips, opposite Robert Donat
1942
In Which We Serve
Appears in In Which We Serve
1943
We Dive at Dawn
Appears in We Dive at Dawn
1944
Waterloo Road
Appears in Waterloo Road. Appears in This Happy Breed
1945
The Way to the Stars
Appears in The Way to the Stars
1946
Great Expectations
Takes the lead in Great Expectations
1948
Scott of the Antarctic
Appears as Captain Robert Falcon Scott in Scott of the Antarctic
1954
The Colditz Story
Appears in The Colditz Story
1955
Above Us the Waves
Appears in Above Us the Waves
1958
I was Montys Double
Appears in I was Montys Double. Appears in Ice Cold in Alex
1960
CBE
Appointed a CBE
Tunes of Glory
Appears in Tunes of Glory
1969
Oh! What a Lovely War
Appears in Oh! What a Lovely War
1970
Ryans Daughter
For his role as the village idiot in Ryans Daughter, Mills wins an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1972
Young Winston
Appears in Young Winston
1974
Drama
Stars as Captain Tommy "The Elephant" Devon in the six-part television drama series The Zoo Gang, about a group of former underground freedom fighters from World War II
1976
Knighthood
Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
1979
Zulu Dawn
Appears in Zulu Dawn
Quatermass
Appears as the title character in Quatermass for ITV
2002
BAFTA
Recieves a Fellowship of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), the highest award given by the Academy
2008
Death of John Mills
Death of John Mills
2015
Labour Leave
Helps organise Labour Leave during the referendum campaign.
Role range: 2015-2016
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.