Ray Milland
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- born: 03/Jan/1905 (Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK)
- died: 10/Mar/1986 (Torrance, California, USA) - lung cancer
Biography
Ray Milland was a successful Welsh actor and director who worked primarily in the United States. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985.
He was born Reginald Truscott-Jones in Neath, Wales, and took his stage surname from an area of the town. He married Malvinia Warner on September 30, 1932, and they remained together until his death. They had a son, Daniel, and an adopted daughter, Victoria.
The pinnacle of his career came in 1946 when he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of an alcoholic in the film "The Lost Weekend" (1945). He achieved some success as a director, before his popularity later slumped and he was reduced to acting in low-budget horror movies such as "X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes".
He died of lung cancer in Torrance, California in 1986, aged 81.
Filmography
With Hitchcock...
- Forever and a Day (1943) - cast: Lt. William 'Bill' Trimble
- Dial M for Murder (1954) - cast: Tony Wendice
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - A Home Away from Home (27/Sep/1963) - cast: Dr. Fennick
Other works of note...
- Easy Living (1937) - cast: John Ball, Jr.
- Beau Geste (1939) - cast: John Geste
- The Major and the Minor (1942) - cast: Major Philip Kirby
- The Uninvited (1944) - cast: Roderick Fitzgerald
- The Lost Weekend (1945) - cast: Don Birnam
- The Big Clock (1948) - cast: George Stroud
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