Ray Milland

American actor

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

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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