Sir Lewis Ernest Watts Mills was married to actress, playwright and novelist Mary Hayley Bell for 64 years. They had three children Juliet Mills (b. 1941), Hayley Mills (b. 1946) and Jonathan Mills (b. 1949). Mills was a prolific stage, screen and television actor. He was appointed a CBE in 1960. In 1976 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He won an Academy Award in 1970 for his role in David Lean's film Ryan's Daughter. In 2002 Mills released his extensive home movie footage in a documentary/film entitled John Mills' Moving Memories, with interviews with Mills, his children Hayley, Juliet and Jonathon and Richard Attenborough. The film features behind the scenes footage and stories from films such as Ice Cold in Alex and Dunkirk. In addition the film also includes home footage of many of John Mills' friends and fellow cast members including Sir Laurence Olivier, Harry Andrews, Walt Disney, David Niven, Dirk Bogarde, Rex Harrison, Tyrone Power.
This is a charming autobiography of a life spent in the theater. In case you don't know John Mills, he played the dad in "Swiss Family Robinson" and is the father of Hayley Mills; he was a good friend of Noel Coward.