Hospitalised with a severe chest infection in August 2002.
In 1967, he appeared in "The Great Escape" themed episode of "The Golden Shot" (1967), hosted by Bob Monkhouse.
More than 400 stars of stage and screen took part in an event organized by the Lord's Taverners charity, of which he was the founding president in 1950, at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, south east London to honor his illustrious career and recent Diamond wedding anniversary. (21 February 2001)
Of the Oscar-winning father-daughter couples, he and his daughter Hayley Mills are one of two couples (the other is Jane Fonda/Henry Fonda) where the daughter won an Academy award before the father did.
Prior to his death he had planed on attending The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2005) (TV) where his daughter Juliet Mills was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for playing Tabitha Lennox in "Passions" (1999)
Ranked #88 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Suffered a bad fall at his Buckinghamshire home, breaking two ribs, and was kept overnight in hospital as a precaution. (November 2001)
Supported the Labour Party during the 2001 General Election campaign.
There is 16mm footage of Mills in the 1932 stage show "Words and Music" alongside Doris Hare. The show was written by Noel Coward.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1962 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for "Ross."
When he won the 1971 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award, Mills was the only winner present at the ceremony to accept his acting award. The other three winners of Academy Awards for acting that year, George C. Scott, Glenda Jackson, and Helen Hayes, didn't attend the awards. ceremony.
Younger brother of Annette Mills.