The End of the Affair
1:15 pm - 3:25 pm, Sunday, April 12 on Talking Pictures TV (82)
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About this Broadcast
A woman gives up an affair to thank God for saving her novelist lover's life during an air raid in Second World War London, but soon begins to question her own faith. Drama based on a Graham Greene novel, starring Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, Peter Cushing and John Mills
1955
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General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Deborah Kerr
(Actor)
.. Sarah Miles
Van Johnson
(Actor)
.. Maurice Bendrix
Peter Cushing
(Actor)
.. Henry Miles
John Mills
(Actor)
.. Albert Parkis
Michael Goodliffe
(Actor)
.. Smythe
Stephen Murray
(Actor)
.. Father Crompton
Charles Goldner
(Actor)
.. Savage
Nora Swinburne
(Actor)
.. Mrs Bertram
Edward Dmytryk
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Deborah Kerr
(Actor)
.. Sarah Miles
Van Johnson
(Actor)
.. Maurice Bendrix
Peter Cushing
(Actor)
.. Henry Miles
John Mills
(Actor)
.. Albert Parkis
Born:
February 22, 1908
in
Norfolk
Best Known For:
A distinguished film and TV career.
Early-life:
Born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills at the Watts Naval School in North Elmham, Norfolk on February 22, 1908. His father was a teacher and his mother worked as a theatre box-office manager. John trained as a dancer in London at Zelia Raye's Dancing School and began appearing as a chorus boy in revues on the London stage.
Career:
Mills made his film debut in The Midshipmaid (1932) and went on to appear in a number of films, including Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939), before he enlisted in the Royal Engineers at the start of the Second World War. His war was cut short in 1942 by a stomach ulcer. He quickly returned to acting and went on to star in a number of acclaimed films in a career that spanned 70 years. Notable works included Great Expectations (1946), Scott of the Antarctic (1948), The Colditz Story (1954), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), Tunes of Glory (1960), Swiss Family Robinson (1960), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), Ryan's Daughter (1970), Young Winston (1972), Gandhi (1982) and Hamlet (1996). Among his roles on TV, he starred in Quatermass, Young at Heart, A Woman of Substance and Martin Chuzzlewit. He also appeared in a number of productions on Broadway. He was knighted in 1976. He died on April 23, 2005, at the age of 97.
Quote:
'One of the luckiest things that ever happened to me was to be born with a desperate desire to become an actor.'
Trivia:
Father of actors Juliet and Haley Mills. Won an Academy Award for Ryan's Daughter. He portrayed a military character, usually an officer, in a number of films.
Michael Goodliffe
(Actor)
.. Smythe
Stephen Murray
(Actor)
.. Father Crompton
Charles Goldner
(Actor)
.. Savage
Nora Swinburne
(Actor)
.. Mrs Bertram
Edward Dmytryk
(Director)
