End of the Run of the Mills

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The Parent Death Trap

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Death Has No Sex

British actor Sir John Mills, whose screen career spanned more than 50 years and 100 films, has died at the age of 97. One of Britain’s most prolific and most beloved actors for his touching performances of lads next door gone off to war in quintessential British war films such as Above Us the Waves, Morning Departure, Ice Cold in Alex, Oh What a Lovely War, and Tunes of Glory, Mills’s passing drew the sympathies of Buckingham Palace and Prime Minister Tony Blair. Best known as the father on Swiss Family Robinson, Mills also appeared in Gandhi, two versions of Around the World in 80 Days, was the screen’s best Pip in 1946’s Great Expectations and won the 1971 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Ryan’s Daughter. He’s also known as the pater familias of Disney staple Hayley Mills, and the two appeared together in several films, including The Parent Trap.