Tributes have been paid to Oscar-winning actor John Mills, who won an Oscar for his role in the Kerry-based 'Ryan's Daughter' in 1971.
He died peacefully at his home in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, yesterday after a short illness. He was 97.
The archetypal English gentleman, John Mills graced stage and screen for more than 60 years, starting as a £4-a-week chorus boy at the London Hippodrome in 1929. He appeared in more than 100 films.
He starred in a succession of David Lean films - In Which We Serve, This Happy Breed, Hobson's Choice and as Pip in Great Expectations.
But Sir John, who was knighted in 1976, will probably be best-remembered for his roles in such films as Ice Cold in Alex, Above Us the Waves, Dunkirk, Scott of the Antarctic and Tunes of Glory - one of his personal favourites.
He is survived by his wife, playwright Mary Hayley Bell, his son Jonathan, and daughters Juliet and Hayley, both actors.
The couple wed in 1941 and remained devoted to each other. Sir John had previously been married, at age 19, to Aileen Raymond.
