Ray Milland | Film Actor, Hollywood Star, Leading Man | Britannica (2025)

American actor

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Also known as: Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones

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Original name:: Reginald Truscott-Jones

Born:: Jan. 3, 1907, Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales

Died:: March 10, 1986, Torrance, Calif., U.S. (aged 79)

Awards And Honors:: Academy Award (1946); Academy Award (1946): Actor in a Leading Role; Golden Globe Award (1946): Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Married To:: Muriel Frances Weber (married 1932)

Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In):: "Serpiente de mar" (1985); "Hart to Hart" (1982–1983); "The Dream Merchants" (1980); "The Attic" (1980); "Charlie's Angels" (1980); "The Love Boat" (1979); "Game for Vultures" (1979); "Survival Run" (1979); "Oliver's Story" (1978); "Fantasy Island" (1978); "Battlestar Galactica" (1978); "Battlestar Galactica" (1978); "Blackout" (1978); "Slavers" (1978); "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" (1978); "La ragazza dal pigiama giallo" (1978); "The Uncanny" (1977); "Testimony of Two Men" (1977); "Cuibul salamandrelor" (1977); "Seventh Avenue" (1977); "The Last Tycoon" (1976); "Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II" (1976); "Aces High" (1976); "The Swiss Conspiracy" (1976); "Rich Man, Poor Man" (1976); "Ellery Queen" (1975); "Escape to Witch Mountain" (1975); "Gold" (1974); "Un par de zapatos del '32" (1974); "Terror in the Wax Museum" (1973); "The Big Game" (1973); "The House in Nightmare Park" (1973); "Cool Million" (1972); "Columbo" (1971–1972); "The Thing with Two Heads" (1972); "The Bob Hope Show" (1972); "Frogs" (1972); "Embassy" (1972); "Night Gallery" (1971); "Love Story" (1970); "The Name of the Game" (1970); "Bracken's World" (1969); "Hostile Witness" (1968); "The Confession" (1964); "The DuPont Show of the Week" (1963); "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (1963); "Kraft Mystery Theater" (1963); "X" (1963); "Panic in the Year Zero" (1962); "Premature Burial" (1962); "Alcoa Premiere" (1962); "Markham" (1959–1960); "Goodyear Theatre" (1959); "General Electric Theater" (1956–1958); "Decision" (1958); "Suspicion" (1958); "The Safecracker" (1958); "High Flight" (1957); "The River's Edge" (1957); "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1957); "Three Brave Men" (1956); "The Ford Television Theatre" (1956); "Lisbon" (1956); "Screen Directors Playhouse" (1956); "A Man Alone" (1955); "The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing" (1955); "Meet Mr. McNutley" (1953–1955); "Dial M for Murder" (1954); "Let's Do It Again" (1953); "Jamaica Run" (1953); "The Thief" (1952); "Something to Live For" (1952); "Bugles in the Afternoon" (1952); "Close to My Heart" (1951); "Rhubarb" (1951); "Night Into Morning" (1951); "Circle of Danger" (1951); "Copper Canyon" (1950); "A Life of Her Own" (1950); "A Woman of Distinction" (1950); "It Happens Every Spring" (1949); "Alias Nick Beal" (1949); "Miss Tatlock's Millions" (1948); "Sealed Verdict" (1948); "The Big Clock" (1948); "So Evil My Love" (1948); "Variety Girl" (1947); "Golden Earrings" (1947); "The Trouble with Women" (1947); "The Imperfect Lady" (1947); "California" (1947); "The Well-Groomed Bride" (1946); "Kitty" (1945); "The Lost Weekend" (1945); "Till We Meet Again" (1944); "Ministry of Fear" (1944); "The Uninvited" (1944); "Lady in the Dark" (1944); "The Crystal Ball" (1943); "Forever and a Day" (1943); "Star Spangled Rhythm" (1942); "The Major and the Minor" (1942); "Are Husbands Necessary?" (1942); "Reap the Wild Wind" (1942); "The Lady Has Plans" (1942); "Skylark" (1941); "I Wanted Wings" (1941); "Arise, My Love" (1940); "Untamed" (1940); "The Doctor Takes a Wife" (1940); "Irene" (1940); "French Without Tears" (1940); "Everything Happens at Night" (1939); "Beau Geste" (1939); "Hotel Imperial" (1939); "Say It in French" (1938); "Men with Wings" (1938); "Tropic Holiday" (1938); "Her Jungle Love" (1938); "Wise Girl" (1937); "Ebb Tide" (1937); "Easy Living" (1937); "Wings Over Honolulu" (1937); "Bulldog Drummond Escapes" (1937); "Three Smart Girls" (1936); "The Jungle Princess" (1936); "The Big Broadcast of 1937" (1936); "The Return of Sophie Lang" (1936); "Next Time We Love" (1936); "The Glass Key" (1935); "Alias Mary Dow" (1935); "Four Hours to Kill!" (1935); "The Gilded Lily" (1935); "One Hour Late" (1934); "Menace" (1934); "Charlie Chan in London" (1934); "Many Happy Returns" (1934); "Orders Is Orders" (1934); "We're Not Dressing" (1934); "Bolero" (1934); "This Is the Life" (1933); "Payment Deferred" (1932); "Blonde Crazy" (1931); "Ambassador Bill" (1931); "Bought!" (1931); "Just a Gigolo" (1931); "The Bachelor Father" (1931); "The Plaything" (1929); "The Flying Scotsman" (1929); "The Lady from the Sea" (1929)

Movies/Tv Shows (Directed):: "Hostile Witness" (1968); "Panic in the Year Zero" (1962); "The Dick Powell Show" (1961); "Thriller" (1961); "Goodyear Theatre" (1959); "General Electric Theater" (1956–1958); "Suspicion" (1958); "The Safecracker" (1958); "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1957); "The Ford Television Theatre" (1956); "Lisbon" (1956); "A Man Alone" (1955)

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Ray Milland (born Jan. 3, 1907, Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales—died March 10, 1986, Torrance, Calif., U.S.) was a Welsh-born American actor.

Milland made his film debut in 1929 and moved to Hollywood in 1930. He was the debonair romantic leading man in many movies of the 1930s and ’40s. He won acclaim for his performance as an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend (1945, Academy Award) and also played dramatic parts in The Big Clock (1948), Something to Live For (1952), and Dial M for Murder (1954). In his later years he generally played only minor roles. He directed several movies in the 1950s and early ’60s.

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