Ray Milland
Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and film director. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985. He is remembered for his Academy Award and Cannes Film Festival Award-winning portrayal of an alcoholic writer in Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend (1945) and also for such roles as a sophisticated leading man opposite John Wayne's corrupt character in Reap the Wild Wind (1942), the murder-plotting husband in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954) and Oliver Barrett III in Love Story (1970). Before becoming an actor, Milland served in the Household Cavalry of the British Army, becoming a proficient marksman, horseman and aeroplane pilot. He left the army to pursue a career in acting and appeared as an extra in several British productions before getting his first major role in The Flying Scotsman (1929). This led to a nine-month...
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The Sea Serpent
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Our Family Business
The Attic
Game for Vultures
Survival Run
The Darker Side of Terror
Oliver's Story
Blackout
Cruise Into Terror
The Pyjama Girl Case
The Uncanny
Slavers
Oil
The Last Tycoon
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
Aces High
The Swiss Conspiracy
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Escape to Witch Mountain
Gold
Witness to Murder
Terror in the Wax Museum
The House in Nightmare Park
The Big Game
Frogs
Embassy
The Thing with Two Heads
Black Noon
River of Gold
Love Story
Company of Killers
Daughter of the Mind
Quick, Let's Get Married
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
The Premature Burial
High Flight
The River's Edge
Three Brave Men
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Dial M for Murder
Jamaica Run
Let's Do It Again
The Thief
Bugles in the Afternoon
Something to Live For
Close to My Heart
Rhubarb
Night Into Morning
Circle of Danger
Copper Canyon
A Life of Her Own
A Woman of Distinction
It Happens Every Spring
Alias Nick Beal
Miss Tatlock's Millions
Sealed Verdict
So Evil My Love
The Big Clock
Variety Girl
Golden Earrings
The Trouble with Women
California
The Imperfect Lady
The Well Groomed Bride
The Lost Weekend
Kitty
Ministry of Fear
The Uninvited
Lady in the Dark
Till We Meet Again
The Crystal Ball
Forever and a Day
The Major and the Minor
Are Husbands Necessary?
Reap the Wild Wind
Star Spangled Rhythm
The Lady Has Plans
I Wanted Wings
Skylark
Arise, My Love
French Without Tears
Untamed
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Irene
Everything Happens at Night
Hotel Imperial
Beau Geste
Say It in French
Men with Wings
Her Jungle Love
Tropic Holiday
Wise Girl
Wings Over Honolulu
Ebb Tide
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Easy Living
The Big Broadcast of 1937
The Return of Sophie Lang
Three Smart Girls
The Jungle Princess
Next Time We Love
Alias Mary Dow
Four Hours to Kill!
The Gilded Lily
The Glass Key
Many Happy Returns
Bolero
One Hour Late
Charlie Chan in London
We're Not Dressing
Menace
Orders Is Orders
Payment Deferred
But the Flesh Is Weak
The Man Who Played God
Ambassador Bill
Just a Gigolo
Bought!
Blonde Crazy
The Bachelor Father
Passion Flower
The Plaything
The Flying Scotsman
The Lady from the Sea
Moulin Rouge