Reginald Alfred John Truscott-...
| Sign | Capricorn |
| Born | Jan 3, 1905 Neath, Glamorgan |
| Died | Mar 10, 1986 Torrance, CA |
| Age | Died at 81 |
| Final Resting PlaceCremated | |
Ray Milland | |
| Job | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1929-1985 |
| Top Roles | Prof. Alexander 'Alec' Stevenson, Roderick Fitzgerald, Dr. Timothy Sterling, Stephen Tolliver, Tony Wendice |
| Top Genres | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Crime, Adventure, Musical |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Comic), Aviation |
| Top Collaborators | Charles Brackett (Producer), Mitchell Leisen (Director), Arthur Hornblow Jr. (Producer), Alfred Hitchcock (Director) |
| Shares birthday with | Marion Davies, Anna May Wong, ZaSu Pitts see more.. |
Ray Milland Overview:
Legendary actor, Ray Milland, was born Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones on Jan 3, 1905 in Neath, Glamorgan. Milland died at the age of 81 on Mar 10, 1986 in Torrance, CA and was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea near Pacific Crest Redondo Beach CA.
HONORS and AWARDS:
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Ray Milland was nominated for one Academy Award, winning for Best Actor for The Lost Weekend (as Don Birnam) in 1945.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1945 | Best Actor | The Lost Weekend (1945) | Don Birnam | Won |
He was honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the categories of Motion Pictures and Television. Ray Milland's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #79 on Apr 17, 1947.
BlogHub Articles:
Alias Nick Beal (1949): ’s a Devil
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 21, 2020 From 4 Star FilmsThis is my entry in the CMBA Politics on Film Blogathon. Alias Nick Beal handily flips the paradigm of cinematic angels in vogue with Hollywood, specifically during the 1940s. You could make a whole subgenre out of them. As its name suggests, the lynchpin character of the whole movie is Nick, though... Read full article
ON THE RUN, 1944: Ministry of Fear and Till We Meet Again
on Sep 17, 2020 From Caftan Womanstars as Stephen Neale, a man who thinks his long personal nightmare may be over. On the night he is released from a sanitorium, a sentence for the mercy killing of his wife, Stephen Neale faces a new and more immediate nightmare. Graham Greene's (The Third Man) 1943 novel The Ministry ... Read full article
in The Lost Weekend (1945)
By Carol Martinheira on Mar 1, 2018 From The Old Hollywood Gardenin The Lost Weekend (1945) On March 1, 2018March 1, 2018 By CarolIn Uncategorized Because it?s Oscar season, I wanted to talk about one of my all-time favorite performances in the Best Actor in a Leading Role category, the wonderful in The Lost ... Read full article
and the Dragon Squad
By Rick29 on Nov 24, 2016 From Classic Film & TV CafeRay as Hugh Drummond. Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937). In one of his last "B" films, portrays the debonair British detective Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond. The film opens with a tense scene of Drummond piloting his plane to a landing in thick fog. Later that evening, he encounters a y... Read full article
and the Dragon Squad
By Rick29 on Nov 24, 2016 From Classic Film & TV CafeRay as Hugh Drummond. Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937). In one of his last "B" films, portrays the debonair British detective Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond. The film opens with a tense scene of Drummond piloting his plane to a landing in thick fog. Later that evening, he encounters a y... Read full article
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Ray Milland Quotes:
Eric Yeager: [takes phone] Lady, you know what happens at a sale, when two women get hold of the same dress? THAT's a Rhubarb!
[slams phone down]
John R. Pierce: You know, he's stubborn.
June Cameron: That's an understatement.
Dr. Timothy Sterling: [from the bedroom] Where are my pants!
Don Birnam: Let me have one, Nat. I'm dying. Just one.
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