Ray Milland
Acting
Biography
Ray Milland (born Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones or Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh actor and director. He is best remembered for his Academy Award–winning portrayal of an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend (1945), as well as for his performances in Dial M for Murder (1954) and Love Story (1970).
Born: January 3, 1907
Place of Birth: Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Known For
Faces of Horror
Although marketed as a "Faces of Death" type of documentary video, this is actually a compilation of scenes--in no particular order--from three different public-domain pictures that were originally released by American-International Pictures from the 1960s and 1970s
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Weekly series spun off from the miniseries.
Columbo
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Columbo
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Dial M for Murder
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
Rich Man, Poor Man
Based on the best-selling 1969 novel by Irwin Shaw, the series follows the divergent career courses of the impoverished German American Jordache brothers.
The Lost Weekend
Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.
Sullivan's Travels
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.
Forever and a Day
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Don Birnam (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Maxwell Kirshner (archive)
as Self (archive footage)
as Professor Timothy Wallace
as Home Secretary
as Prof. Harrison Soames
as Q. T. Thornwell
as Mr. Griffiths
as (in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)
as Tony
as Wendell
as Lawrence Radford
as Colonal Brettle
as Professor
as Prof. Meredith
as Oliver Barrett III
as Sire Uri
as Sire Uri
as Richard Stafford
as Hassan
as Dr. Isiah Bakkun
as Inspector Timpson
as Peter Bradbury
as Frank Richards (segment "Montreal 1977")
as Jonas Witherby
as Dr. Joseph Mannheim
as Boss Stewart
as Douglas Fredericks
as Fleishacker
as Roman Castevet
as Oliver Barrows
as Duncan Calderwood
as Brigadier General Whale
as Johann Hurtil
as Duncan Calderwood
as Carson McKell
as Aristotle Bolt
as Jim Moss / Varrick
as Hurry Hirschfeld
as Dr. Roger Mann
as Harry Flexner
as Pete Handley
as Stewart Henderson
as Neil Fitzsimmons
as Maxwell Kirshner
as Jason Crockett
as Ambassador
as Caleb Hobbs
as Jarvis Goodland
as Arthur Kennicutt
as Evelyn Rose
as Oliver Barrett III
as George DeSalles
as Prof. Samuel Hale Constable
as Simon Crawford
as Mario Forni
as James Xavier
as Self
as Howard Fennick
as Harry Baldwin
as Guy Carrell
as Self
as Satan (voice) (uncredited)
as Colley Dawson
as Roy Markham
as Wing Commander Rudge
as Nardo Denning
as Joe DiMarco
as Robert John Evans
as Wes Steele
as Markheim
as Stanford White
as Tony Wendice
as Gary Stuart
as Patrick Fairlie
as Russel Kent
as Woodward
as John
as Caradoc Williams
as Allan Fields
as Alan Miller
as Kern Shafter
as Harry Carstairs
as Brad Sheridan
as Eric Yeager
as Philip Ainley
as Clay Douglas
as Johnny Carter
as Steve Harleigh
as Alexander "Alec" Stevenson
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Self - Panelist
as Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Vernon Simpson
as Nick Beal
as Himself
as Robert Lawson
as Mark Bellis
as George Stroud
as Ray Milland
as Ralph Denistoun
as Gilbert Sedley
as Jonathan Trumbo
as Clive Loring
as Dudley Briggs
as Don Birnam
as Sir Hugh Marcy
as John
as Stephen Neale
as Roderick Fitzgerald
as Charley Johnson
as Brad Cavanaugh
as Bill Trimble
as Major Kirby
as George Cugat
as Stephen Tolliver
as Joe
as Kenneth Harper
as Near-Collision Man (uncredited)
as Tony Kenyon
as Jeff Young
as Tom Martin
as Dr. William Crawford
as Dr. Timothy Sterling
as Don Marshall
as Alan Howard
as Geoffrey Thompson
as John Geste
as Lieutenant Nemassy
as Richard Carrington, Jr.
as Scott Barnes
as Ken Warren
as Bob Mitchell
as John O'Halloran
as Robert Herrick
as John Ball Jr.
as Richard "Stony" Gilchrist
as Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
as Lord Michael Stuart
as Christopher Powell
as Bob Miller
as Jimmy Dawson
as Tommy Abbott
as Taylor Henry
as Peter Marshall
as Carl Barrett
as Charles Gray Granville
as Tony St. John
as Freddie Bastion
as Neil Howard
as Ted Lambert
as Prince Michael (as Raymond Milland)
as Robert Coray
as Bob Travers
as Dashwood
as James Medland
as Mr. Stewart
as Church Usher (uncredited)
as Eddie (uncredited)
as King Lothar
as Joe Reynolds
as Charles Carter Jr.
as Freddie
as 3rd Admirer
as Geoffrey Trent
as Party Guest with Letter (uncredited)
as Ship's Officer
as Sharpshooter
as Ian
as Jim Edwards
as Tom Roberts
as Diner in Nightclub (uncredited)
as Theater Patron (uncredited)