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 | Geoffrey Trent, Church Usher, Don Birnam, Prof. Alexander 'Alec' Stevenson, Eddie |
| Top Genres | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Crime, Adventure, Musical |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Comic), Aviation |
| Top Collaborators | Charles Brackett (Producer), Mitchell Leisen (Director), William A. Wellman (Director), Arthur Hornblow Jr. (Producer) |
| 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.
MINI BIO:
Dark-haired, Welsh-born, Hollywood star with round, open face, who, after a start in British films, gave light good-natured performances in romantic comedies of the thirties and early forties. When it was found that he could project shallowness and other disturbing qualities beneath a surface charm, he was cast as the alcoholic in The Lost Weekend (which won him an Oscar) and, later, as the scheming husband in Dial M for Murder. At Paramount for 20 years, he was a star for 30. Also an interesting director. He re-emerged as a bald-pated character actor in later years, mainly in testy roles. Died from cancer. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).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.
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By Stephen Reginald on Aug 18, 2025 From Classic Movie ManBook Review: “Dashing to the End: The Story:” Title: Dashing to the End: The Story By Eric Monder Publisher: University Press of Mississippi ISBN: 9781496831491 (hardback)Dashing to the End: The Story offers a carefully researched and engaging ... Read full article
and Charles Laughton head the cast in “The Big Clock”
By Stephen Reginald on Jul 8, 2025 From Classic Movie Manand Charles Laughton head the cast in “The Big Clock” The Big Clock (1948) is an American film noir directed by John Farrow and starring and Charles Laughton. The supporting cast included Maureen O’Sullivan (Mrs. John Farrow), George Macready, Rita John... Read full article
and Jane Wyman star in Billy Wilder’s “The Lost Weekend”
By Stephen Reginald on May 13, 2025 From Classic Movie Manand Jane Wyman star in Billy Wilder’s “The Lost Weekend” The Lost Weekend is a 1945 American drama directed by Billy Wilder and starring and Jane Wyman. The screenplay was written by Wilder and Charles Brackett based on the novel by Charles R. Jackson. ... Read full article
‘Lisbon’ (, 1956) – the first Hollywood film shot 100 % in Portugal!
By Virginie Pronovost on May 6, 2024 From The Wonderful World of CinemaI love travelling (I work so I can travel), and if you’d asked me what are my favourite cities I’ve visited, Lisbon would be one of them. I visited the gorgeous Portuguese capital in November 2022 when I travelled for a month in Portugal. As soon as I got out of the subway station taking... Read full article
& the Columbo Surge
By Judy on May 15, 2023 From Cary Grant Won't Eat YouI adore that Columbo is experiencing a renaissance with younger audiences. Gabrielle Sanchez attributes it to youth?s ?clamor for more murder mysteries that skewer the rich.? Not hard to believe given the dominance of The White Lotus and Succession. Columbo?s viewership had already been climbing ste... Read full article
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Ray Milland Quotes:
owner of the pet shop: I'm sorry sir, we have no meat department.
Eric Yeager: Meat? Golf balls is this cat's meat.
Tony Wendice: [to Mark] People don't commit murder on credit.
Roderick Fitzgerald: [narration] They call them the haunted shores, these stretches of Devonshire and Cornwall and Ireland which rear up against the westward ocean. Mists gather here... and sea fog... and eerie stories...
Roderick Fitzgerald: That's not because there are most ghosts here then other places, mind you. It's just that people who live here about are strangely aware of them. You see, day and night, year in, year out, they listen to the pound and stir of the waves. There's life and death in that restless sound. And eternity too.
Roderick Fitzgerald: If you listen to it long enough, all your senses are sharpened. You come by strange instincts. You get to recognize a peculiar cold that is the first warning. A cold which is no mere matter of degrees Farenheit, but a draining of warmth from the vital centers of the living.
Roderick Fitzgerald: Loads of people tell me they would've felt it. Even outside that locked door. We didn't. They can't understand why we didn't know what it meant when our dog wouldn't go up those stairs. Animals see the blasted things that appears.
Roderick Fitzgerald: Well, my sister Pamela and I knew nothing about such matters. Not then we didn't. We had the disadvantage of being Londoners, just down for a fortnights rest. That 10th day of May, 1937 was the end of our holiday.
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