Person
Ray Milland
Actor · Crew· Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Ray Milland, born Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones in Wales, emerged as a versatile actor and director with a career spanning several decades. His defining moment came in 1945 when he won an Academy Award for his harrowing portrayal of an alcoholic writer in "The Lost Weekend." Milland's screen presence was equally compelling in Alfred Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder" and the later romantic drama "Love Story," cementing his reputation as a performer who could navigate both the psychological depths and the emotional peaks of cinema.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Dial M for Murder
Tony Wendice · 1954
Love Story
Oliver Barrett III · 1970
The Lost Weekend
Don Birnam · 1945
Sullivan's Travels
Near-Collision Man (uncredited) · 1941
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage) · 1982
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
James Xavier · 1963
King of Kings
1961
Escape to Witch Mountain
Aristotle Bolt · 1975
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1995 | Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey | Don Birnam (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1985 | The Sea Serpent | Professor Timothy Wallace | Film |
| 1984 | The Masks of Death | Home Secretary | Film |
| 1983 | Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land | Q. T. Thornwell | Film |
| 1983 | Cave-In! | Prof. Harrison Soames | Film |
| 1982 | The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana | Mr. Griffiths | Film |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage) | Film |
| 1980 | The Attic | Wendell | Film |
| 1979 | Survival Run | Professor | Film |
| 1979 | The Darker Side of Terror | Prof. Meredith | Film |
| 1978 | Cruise Into Terror | Dr. Isiah Bakkun | Film |
| 1978 | Battlestar Galactica | Sire Uri | TV |
| 1978 | Blackout | Richard Stafford | Film |
| 1978 | Slavers | Hassan | Film |
| 1978 | Oliver's Story | Oliver Barrett III | Film |
| 1977 | The Pyjama Girl Case | Inspector Timpson | Film |
| 1977 | Mayday at 40,000 Feet | Dr. Joseph Mannheim | Film |
| 1977 | The Uncanny | Frank Richards (segment "Montreal 1977") | Film |
| 1976 | The Swiss Conspiracy | Johann Hurtil | Film |
| 1976 | Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby | Roman Castevet | Film |
| 1976 | The Last Tycoon | Fleishacker | Film |
| 1976 | Aces High | Brigadier General Whale | Film |
| 1975 | The Dead Don't Die | Jim Moss / Varrick | Film |
| 1975 | Escape to Witch Mountain | Aristotle Bolt | Film |
| 1974 | Gold | Hurry Hirschfeld | Film |
| 1974 | Witness to Murder | Dr. Roger Mann | Film |
| 1973 | Terror in the Wax Museum | Harry Flexner | Film |
| 1973 | The House in Nightmare Park | Stewart Henderson | Film |
| 1972 | The Thing with Two Heads | Maxwell Kirshner | Film |
| 1972 | Frogs | Jason Crockett | Film |
| 1971 | River of Gold | Evelyn Rose | Film |
| 1970 | Company of Killers | George DeSalles | Film |
| 1970 | Love Story | Oliver Barrett III | Film |
| 1969 | Daughter of the Mind | Prof. Samuel Hale Constable | Film |
| 1968 | Hostile Witness | Simon Crawford | Film |
| 1963 | X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes | James Xavier | Film |
| 1962 | The Premature Burial | Guy Carrell | Film |
| 1962 | Panic in Year Zero! | Harry Baldwin | Film |
| 1959 | Markham | TV | |
| 1958 | The Safecracker | Colley Dawson | Film |
| 1957 | The River's Edge | Nardo Denning | Film |
| 1957 | High Flight | Wing Commander Rudge | Film |
| 1956 | Lisbon | Robert John Evans | Film |
| 1955 | A Man Alone | Wes Steele | Film |
| 1955 | The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing | Stanford White | Film |
| 1954 | Dial M for Murder | Tony Wendice | Film |
| 1953 | Jamaica Run | Patrick Fairlie | Film |
| 1953 | Let's Do It Again | Gary Stuart | Film |
| 1952 | Bugles in the Afternoon | Kern Shafter | Film |
| 1952 | The Thief | Allan Fields | Film |
| 1952 | Something to Live For | Alan Miller | Film |
| 1951 | Circle of Danger | Clay Douglas | Film |
| 1951 | Rhubarb | Eric Yeager | Film |
| 1950 | A Woman of Distinction | Alexander "Alec" Stevenson | Film |
| 1950 | Copper Canyon | Johnny Carter | Film |
| 1950 | A Life of Her Own | Steve Harleigh | Film |
| 1949 | It Happens Every Spring | Vernon Simpson | Film |
| 1949 | Alias Nick Beal | Nick Beal | Film |
| 1948 | The Big Clock | George Stroud | Film |
| 1948 | So Evil My Love | Mark Bellis | Film |
| 1948 | Miss Tatlock's Millions | Himself | Film |
| 1947 | Variety Girl | Ray Milland | Film |
| 1947 | Golden Earrings | Ralph Denistoun | Film |
| 1947 | California | Jonathan Trumbo | Film |
| 1946 | The Imperfect Lady | Clive Loring | Film |
| 1945 | The Lost Weekend | Don Birnam | Film |
| 1945 | Kitty | Sir Hugh Marcy | Film |
| 1944 | The Uninvited | Roderick Fitzgerald | Film |
| 1944 | Ministry of Fear | Stephen Neale | Film |
| 1944 | Lady in the Dark | Charley Johnson | Film |
| 1944 | Till We Meet Again | John | Film |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | Bill Trimble | Film |
| 1943 | The Crystal Ball | Brad Cavanaugh | Film |
| 1942 | Reap the Wild Wind | Stephen Tolliver | Film |
| 1942 | Star Spangled Rhythm | Joe | Film |
| 1942 | The Lady Has Plans | Kenneth Harper | Film |
| 1942 | The Major and the Minor | Major Kirby | Film |
| 1941 | Sullivan's Travels | Near-Collision Man (uncredited) | Film |
| 1941 | Skylark | Tony Kenyon | Film |
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