Ray Milland
Ray Milland | |
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 Milland in a publicity shot for Markham | |
| Born | Alfred Reginald Jones 3 January 1907 |
| Died | 10 March 1986 (aged 79) Torrance, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Lung cancer |
| Resting place | Cremated |
| Nationality | Welsh |
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| Education | King's College School, Cardiff |
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| Years active | 1929–1985 |
| Spouse | Muriel Weber (m. 1932–1986) |
| Children | 2 |
Ray Milland (3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and director.
Career[change | change source]
In the early years he achieved success in films such as Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937), Hotel Imperial (1939), Beau Geste (1939), and The Major and the Minor (1942) with Ginger Rogers. He was also in Ministry of Fear (1944), by Fritz Lang. In the Billy Wilder film The Lost Weekend (1945), he played the role of Don Birnam, an alcoholic writer. That role earned him an Academy Award as best actor.
In the 1950s he starred in the Alfred Hitchcock film Dial M for Murder (1954).
Another performance was as Oliver Barrett III (1970), in the Arthur Hiller film Love Story (1970), with Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal.
Sci-fi movies[change | change source]
In early 1960, Ray Milland started much to play evil characters, in horror and sci-fi movies such as Panic in Year Zero! (1962), he also directed. Premature Burial (1962) and X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963), by Roger Corman, in Frogs (1972), he played a man who is attacked by a plague of mutant frogs, The Thing with Two Heads (1972), he played a doctor who had a head transplant, Terror in the Wax Museum (1973).
Television[change | change source]
He had a long career in television, including his TV series Meet Mr. McNutley (1953–54), as Ray McNulty, and the Crime TV series Markham (1959–60), as Roy Markham a former lawyer, who works as a detective.
He was a special guest star in General Electric Theater, Night Gallery, Columbo, Battlestar Galactica, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Hart to Hart, and many more.
References[change | change source]
- Ray Milland on IMDb
- Ray Milland at the TCM Movie Database
- Ray Milland at the Internet Broadway Database
- Ray Milland at Find a Grave