Biography
Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend
Ray Milland (January 3, 1905 – March 10, 1986) 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 30 September 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 at the age of 81.
Trivia
Gave the shortest acceptance speech of any Oscar winner: he simply bowed and left the stage.
Filmography
The Plaything (1929)
The Lady from the Sea (1929)
The Flying Scotsman (1929)
Piccadilly (1929)
The Informer (1929)
Way for a Sailor (1930)
Passion Flower (1930)
The Bachelor Father (1931)
Strangers May Kiss (1931)
Just a Gigolo (1931)
Son of India (1931)
Bought (1931)
Ambassador Bill (1931)
Blonde Crazy (1931)
The Man Who Played God (1932)
Polly of the Circus (1932)
-But the Flesh Is Weak (1932)
Payment Deferred (1932)
This Is the Life (1933)
Orders Is Orders (1933)
Bolero (1934)
We're Not Dressing (1934)
Many Happy Returns (1934)
Charlie Chan in London (1934)
Menace (1934)
The Gilded Lily (1935)
One Hour Late (1935)
Four Hours to Kill! (1935)
Alias Mary Dow (1935)
The Glass Key (1935)
Three Smart Girls (1936)
Next Time We Love (1936)
The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
The Jungle Princess (1936)
Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
Wings Over Honolulu (1937)
Easy Living (1937)
Ebb Tide (1937)
Wise Girl (1937)
Her Jungle Love (1938)
Tropic Holiday (1938)
Men with Wings (1938)
Say It in French (1938)
Hotel Imperial (1939)
Beau Geste (1939)
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
French Without Tears (1940)
Irene (1940)
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
Arise, My Love (1940)
Untamed (1940)
I Wanted Wings (1941)
Skylark (1941)
The Lady Has Plans (1942)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Are Husbands Necessary? (1942)
The Major and the Minor (1942)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Forever and a Day (1943)
The Crystal Ball (1943)
Lady in the Dark (1944)
The Uninvited (1944)
Till We Meet Again (1944)
Ministry of Fear (1944)
Kitty (1945)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Well-Groomed Bride (1946)
California (1946)
The Imperfect Lady (1947)
The Trouble with Women (1947)
Golden Earrings (1947)
Variety Girl (1947) (Cameo)
The Big Clock (1948)
So Evil My Love (1948)
Sealed Verdict (1948)
Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948) (Cameo)
Alias Nick Beal (1949)
It Happens Every Spring (1949)
A Woman of Distinction (1950)
A Life of Her Own (1950)
Copper Canyon (1950)
Close to My Heart (1951)
Circle of Danger (1951)
Night Into Morning (1951)
Rhubarb (1951)
Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)
Something to Live For (1952)
The Thief (1952)
Jamaica Run (1953)
Let's Do It Again (1953)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
A Man Alone (1955) (also director)
High Flight (1956)
Lisbon (1956) (also director and associate producer)
Three Brave Men (1956)
The River's Edge (1957)
The Safecracker (1958)
The Premature Burial (1962)
Panic in Year Zero! (1962) (also director)
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
The Confession (1964)
Red Roses for the Fuhrer (1968)
Hostile Witness (1968)
Love Story (1970)
Embassy (1972)
The Big Game (1972)
Frogs (1972)
The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
Columbo:The Greenhouse Jungle (1972)
The Student Connection (1973)
The House in Nightmare Park (1973)
Terror in the Wax Museum (1973)
Gold (1974)
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
The Million Dollar Fire (1976)
The Swiss Conspiracy (1976)
Aces High (1976)
The Last Tycoon (1976)
The Girl in Yellow Pajamas (1977)
The Uncanny (1977)
Slavers (1978)
Blackout (1978)
Oliver's Story (1978)
A Game for Vultures (1979)
Survival Run (1980)
The Attic (1980)
The Sea Serpent (1984)
