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John Mills: Death
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John Mills was ... much admired in ‘Morning Departure’ (1950) as a similarly inspirational leader, this time a submarine captain who has to encourage three of his crew, trapped with him in their stricken craft, to face death calmly. Despite his versatility as an actor, Mills continued to achieve his greatest success in similar roles: as Commander Fraser in ‘Above Us the Waves’ (1955), and as Pat Reid, the head of the escape committee, in ‘The
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John died on April 23, 2005, in Denham, Buckinghamshire. He was 97 and died at his home. The cause of his death is suspected to be from a chest infection. His funeral was scheduled for April 27, 2005, in Denham.
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From 1990 until his death on April 23, 2005, Mills appeared in eight movies and six TV productions. At age 89 he performed in the Rowan Atkinson comedy, BEAN; at 90 he played “Gus the Theatre Cat” in a TV and video production of Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s CATS; and at 95 he limned a cocaine-snorting comedian in Stephen Fry’s BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS.
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