Ray Milland
British actor (1907-1986) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 79
Ray Milland was a Welsh and American actor. Initially known as a star of light comedies, he achieved a dramatic breakthrough with his portrayal of an alcoholic writer in Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend (1945).
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1986Died10 March 19861982
Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidFilm, (in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)1980
The Dream MerchantsSeries, Lawrence Radford1978
Battlestar GalacticaSeries, Sire Uri
Battlestar GalacticaFilm, 1978Sire Uri1976
Charlie's AngelsSeries, Oliver Barrows1975
Escape to Witch MountainFilm, Aristotle Bolt1973
The House in Nightmare ParkFilm, Stewart Henderson1972
Cool MillionSeries, Neil Fitzsimmons1970
Love StoryFilm, Oliver Barrett III1969
Bracken's WorldSeries1962
Panic in Year Zero!Film, Director1961
Kraft Mystery TheatreSeries1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward1957
SuspicionSeries, Roy Markham1955
Screen Director's PlayhouseSeries, Markheim
A Man AloneFilm, 1955Director1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Director1952
The ThiefFilm, Allan Fields1950
What's My Line?Series1948
So Evil My LoveFilm, Mark Bellis1946Academy Award for Best ActorAwardCannes Film Festival Award for Best ActorAwardGolden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleAward1945National Board of Review Award for Best ActorAward1944
Ministry of FearFilm, Stephen Neale1939
Beau GesteFilm, John Geste1934
Charlie Chan in LondonFilm, Neil Howard1929
PiccadillyFilm, Diner in Nightclub (uncredited)1907Born3 January 1907
Dead Men Don't Wear PlaidFilm, (in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)1980The Dream MerchantsSeries, Lawrence Radford1978Battlestar GalacticaSeries, Sire UriBattlestar GalacticaFilm, 1978Sire Uri1976Charlie's AngelsSeries, Oliver Barrows1975Escape to Witch MountainFilm, Aristotle Bolt1973The House in Nightmare ParkFilm, Stewart Henderson1972Cool MillionSeries, Neil Fitzsimmons1970Love StoryFilm, Oliver Barrett III1969Bracken's WorldSeries1962Panic in Year Zero!Film, Director1961Kraft Mystery TheatreSeries1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward1957SuspicionSeries, Roy Markham1955Screen Director's PlayhouseSeries, MarkheimA Man AloneFilm, 1955Director1953General Electric TheaterSeries, Director1952The ThiefFilm, Allan Fields1950What's My Line?Series1948So Evil My LoveFilm, Mark Bellis1946Academy Award for Best ActorAwardCannes Film Festival Award for Best ActorAwardGolden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Leading RoleAward1945National Board of Review Award for Best ActorAward1944Ministry of FearFilm, Stephen Neale1939Beau GesteFilm, John Geste1934Charlie Chan in LondonFilm, Neil Howard1929PiccadillyFilm, Diner in Nightclub (uncredited)1907Born3 January 1907People around Ray
Close ties
John Farrow Directed The Big Clock and California- Victor Young Wrote Reap the Wild Wind and Ministry of Fear
Mitchell Leisen Directed Golden Earrings and Arise, My Love
Charles Brackett Produced The Lost Weekend and The Uninvited
Sidney Lanfield Directed The Lady Has Plans (1942)
Buddy DeSylva Produced Sullivan's Travels and Lady in the Dark
Lewis Allen Directed The Uninvited and Star Spangled Rhythm
Arthur Hornblow, Jr. Produced The Major and the Minor (1942)
George Archainbaud Directed The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)
Billy Wilder Directed The Lost Weekend (1946)
Roger Corman Directed X and The Premature Burial
Norman Taurog Directed We're Not Dressing (1934)
William A. Wellman Produced Beau Geste and Men with Wings
Cedric Hardwicke Directed Forever and a Day (1943)
Wesley Ruggles Directed The Gilded Lily and Bolero
Alexander Hall Directed Let's Do It Again (1953)
Herbert Wilcox Directed Forever and a Day and Irene
Seton I. Miller Produced Ministry of Fear and California
Byron Foulger Also in The Lost Weekend and Sullivan's Travels
Nestor Paiva Also in Reap the Wild Wind and Beau Geste
William Perlberg Produced It Happens Every Spring and Rhubarb
Douglas Spencer Also in The Big Clock and Alias Nick Beal
Jean Hagen Ray directed Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
Alan Hale, Jr. Ray directed A Man Alone (1955)
Known for
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Dial M for Murder 1954
The Lost Weekend 1945
Sullivan's Travels 1941
The Big Clock 1948
King of Kings 1961
Filmography 40
193 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 10
Mal and Ray Milland at a Hollywood nightclub in 1942
Dorothy Lamour, Milland's leading lady in The Jungle Princess (1936)
Milland with Paulette Goddard in Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Milland, Paulette Goddard and John Wayne in Reap the Wild Wind
Milland in character as Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend (1945)
Jane Wyman, Walt Disney and Milland at 1953 Oscars
Milland, Robert Cummings and John Williams in Dial M for Murder (1954)Awards
About this person
His performance earned him the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, a Golden Globe Award, and ultimately an Academy Award - the first such accolades for any Welsh-born actor.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1986 · aged 79
