Ray Milland
Actor, Film actor
1907 – 1986
Who was Ray Milland?
Ray Milland was a Welsh actor and director. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985, and he is best remembered for his Academy Award–winning portrayal of an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend, a sophisticated leading man opposite a corrupt John Wayne in Reap the Wild Wind, the murder-plotting husband in Dial M for Murder, and as Oliver Barrett III in Love Story.
Before becoming an actor Milland served in the Household Cavalry of the British Army, becoming a proficient marksman, horse-rider and plane pilot. He left the army to follow a career in acting and appeared as an extra in several British productions before getting his first major role in The Flying Scotsman. This led to a nine month contract with MGM and he moved to the United States where he appeared as a stock actor. After being released by MGM he was picked up by Paramount, who used Milland in a range of lesser speaking parts, normally as an English character. He was loaned out to Universal in 1936 for a film called Three Smart Girls, and its success saw Milland given a lead role in The Jungle Princess alongside new starlet Dorothy Lamour. The movie was a big success and catapulted both to stardom. Milland remained with Paramount for almost 20 years and as well as his Oscar winning role in The Lost Weekend he is remembered for the films The Big Clock, The Major and the Minor and The Thief, the last of which saw him nominated for a Golden Globe. After leaving Paramount he began directing and ended his career moving into television.
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- Born
- Jan 3, 1907
Neath - Also known as
- Raymond Milland
- R. Milland
- Raymond Alton Milland
- R.A. Milland
- Spike Milland
- Alfred Reginald Jones
- Ray the Magnificent
- Hollywood's Master Actor
- Ole Milland
- Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones
- Parents
- Spouses
- Muriel Frances Weber
(1932/09/30 - 1986/03/10)
- Muriel Frances Weber
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Lived in
- Neath Port Talbot
- Died
- Mar 10, 1986
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on July 23, 2013
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