Early life Mills was born in London, England, in 1927.
Career During the 1970s Mills appeared as the fraudulent medium Mr Tyson in
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974), as chip shop proprietor Len Holmes, in
The Sweeney episode "
May" (1976) and as
paedophile Reginald Barton in the
Granada Television daytime series,
Crown Court, the episode entitled
"Common Sense" (1978). Further television appearances during the 1980s saw him appear as Commissionaire Peterson in 'The Blue Carbuncle' episode of
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in 1984, and Reginald Crump in
Miss Marple:
A Pocketful of Rye in 1985. Also in 1984 he appeared as Harry Martin, an
accountant or book keeper, employed by
agoraphobic bookmaker Albert Wendle in the
Minder episode
Get Daley! He again appeared in
Minder in 1991, this time in the episode
The Greatest Show in Willesden in which he played
Arthur Daley's
barber, Len. He also appeared in
Channel 5's revival of
Minder starring
Shane Richie and
Lex Shrapnel. Along with
Linal Haft and
Paul Brooke he is one of only three actors to appear in both the classic series and this reboot, but starring in different roles in each. In 1997 he played Albert Potter in the
Yorkshire Television period drama Heartbeat, the episode entitled
"Small Beer." Mills appeared in television series such as
The Brief,
Midsomer Murders, ''
Foyle's War, Flambards and The Palace.'' Other television appearances have included Season Three of
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates playing Frank Wainthropp (1997), and as William Caulder, an ill-treated pensioner in a retirement home who commits suicide in the 2004
The Royal episode "For Better For Worse". He starred alongside
Ray Brooks in the 1984 hit BBC drama
Big Deal as the grumpy bookmaker Gil. ==Death==