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Sir John Mills, 1953

“Sir John Mills — quite simply, one of the UK's greatest ever actors — died in April 2005.

He really was one of the most significant of all British film stars, with a sixty-year career which encompassed well over 100 films, as well as a great number of appearances on television and in the theatre.

He was engaging and chirpy in the many films he completed before the outbreak of the Second World War but - just as it did for so many in the film industry - war changed everything for him. Mills moved on to playing a number of military parts; his heroes were honest, decent, brave and tough under pressure.

His ‘Pip’ in ‘Great Expectations’ was definitive, but it was for playing a mute in ‘Ryan’s Daughter’ that he finally received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

His passing is a sad loss; this wonderful actor will be missed by all.”

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