British Leading Man and Oscar Winner John Mills, 97 From: The Washington Post | Date: April 24, 2005| Author: Adam Bernstein | Copyright 2005 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

John Mills, 97, a distinguished and wide-ranging actor who excelled on camera as an appealing British Everyman and dutiful soldier, died April 23 at his home in Denham, west of London. He reportedly had a chest infection.

He won 1971's Academy Award for best supporting actor as the deaf- mute village idiot in the David Lean epic "Ryan's Daughter."

"It was weird," Mr. Mills once said. "I just thought I'd been wasting my time for the past 55 years learning all these millions of li...

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