Family
Mills's sister Annette Mills was known as the partner of the puppet "Muffin", in the BBC Television series Muffin the Mule (1946-55). Her grand-daughter is the actress Susie Blake.
His first wife was the actress Aileen Raymond, who died only five days after he did. They were married in 1927 and divorced in 1941. Raymond later became the mother of actor Ian Ogilvy.
His second wife was the dramatist Mary Hayley Bell. Their marriage, on 16 January 1941, lasted 64 years, until his death in 2005. They were married in a rushed civil ceremony, because of the war; and it was not until 60 years later that they had their union blessed in a church. They lived in The Wick, London, for many years. They sold the house to musician Pete Townshend in 1975 and moved to Hills House, Denham.
Mills and Bell had two daughters, Juliet, star of television's Nanny and the Professor and Hayley, a Disney child star who starred in Pollyanna, The Parent Trap and Whistle Down the Wind, and one son, Jonathan Mills. In 1947, Mills appeared with his daughters in the film So Well Remembered. Mills's grandson by Hayley, Crispian Mills, is a musician, best known for his work with the alternative rock group Kula Shaker.
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