Editing John Mills (section)

==Personal life and death==
[[Image:The Wick, Richmond Hill, Richmond, Surrey.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[The Wick]] on Richmond Hill in [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], [[Greater London]], was the family home for many years.]]

His first wife was the actress [[Aileen Raymond]], They were married in 1932 and divorced in 1941. Raymond later became the mother of actor [[Ian Ogilvy]].

His second wife was the [[Playwright|dramatist]] [[Mary Hayley Bell]]. Their marriage, on 16 January 1941, lasted for 64 years until his death in 2005. They were married in a rushed civil ceremony, because of the war; it was not until sixty years later that they were married in a church.<ref>Obituary, ''[[The Age]]'', 25 April 2005, p.9</ref> They lived in [[The Wick]], London, for many years. They sold the house to musician [[Ronnie Wood]] in 1971 and moved to [[Hills House, Denham]], [[Buckinghamshire]].

Mills and Bell had two daughters, [[Juliet Mills|Juliet]], star of television's ''[[Nanny and the Professor]]'' and [[Hayley Mills|Hayley]], a Disney child star who appeared in ''[[Pollyanna (1960 film)|Pollyanna]]'', ''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]'' and ''[[Whistle Down the Wind (film)|Whistle Down the Wind]]''. They had one son, Jonathan Mills, a screenwriter.<ref name=Guardian/> In 1947, Mills appeared with his daughters in the film ''[[So Well Remembered]]''. The three also appeared together decades later, on an episode of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[The Love Boat]]''. Mills's grandson by Hayley, [[Crispian Mills]], is a musician, best known for his work with the [[raga rock]] group [[Kula Shaker]].

In the years leading up to John Mills's death, he appeared on television only on special occasions, his sight having failed almost completely by 1992. After that, his film roles were [[cameo appearance|cameos]]. He wrote an [[autobiography]] entitled ''Up in the Clouds, Gentlemen Please'', which was published in 1980 and revised in 2001.

Mills died on 23 April 2005 in [[Denham, Buckinghamshire|Denham]], [[Buckinghamshire]], aged 97, following a stroke.<ref name="dnb"/>

Lady Mills died on 1 December 2005. They were buried in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, [[Denham, Buckinghamshire]].