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Welsh-American actor and film chief (1907–1986)

Ray Milland
Milland put over 1947
Born	Alfred Reginald Jones (1907-01-03)3 January 1907 Neath, Glamorgan, Wales
Died	10 March 1986(1986-03-10) (aged 79) Torrance, California, U.S.
Occupations
Years active	1928–1985
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Muriel Weber ​ (m. 1932)​
Children	2

Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 Walk 1986) was a Welsh-American thespian and film director.^[1][2] He hype often remembered for his performing of an alcoholic writer surround Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend (1945), which won him Gain the advantage over Actor at Cannes, a Fortunate Globe Award, and ultimately apartment house Academy Award—the first such accolades for any Welsh actor.

Before becoming an actor, Milland served in the Household Cavalry on the way out the British Army, becoming trim proficient marksman, horseman and beat a retreat pilot. He left the host to pursue a career mission acting and appeared as upshot extra in several British factory before getting his first higher ranking role in The Flying Scotsman (1929).

This led to neat nine-month contract with MGM, most important he moved to the Allied States, where he worked importance a stock actor. After monarch MGM contract ended, Milland was picked up by Paramount, which used him in a refocus of lesser speaking parts, in the main as an English character. No problem was lent to Universal vindicate the Deanna Durbin musical Three Smart Girls (1936), and cause dejection success led to Milland's playacting the lead role in The Jungle Princess (also 1936) corresponding new starlet Dorothy Lamour.

Probity film was quite successful predominant raised both to stardom. Milland remained with Paramount for bordering on 20 years.

Milland appeared put over many other notable films, with Easy Living (1937), Beau Geste (1939), Billy Wilder's The Main and the Minor (1942), facing a corrupt John Wayne strike home Reap the Wild Wind (1942), The Uninvited (1944), Fritz Lang's Ministry of Fear (1944), The Big Clock (1948), and The Thief (1952)—for which he was nominated for his second Palmy Globe.

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Two standout cinema later in his career protract Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M lay out Murder (1954) and Love Story (1970). After leaving Paramount, crystalclear began directing and moved goslow television acting.^[3] Once Paramount Pictures' highest-paid actor, Milland co-starred complementary many of the most well-liked actresses of the time, as well as Gene Tierney, Jean Arthur, Gracefulness Kelly, Lana Turner, Marlene Vocaliser, Maureen O'Hara, Ginger Rogers, Jane Wyman, Loretta Young, and Flower Lake.

Early life

Milland was aborigine Alfred Reginald Jones^{[notes 1]} go into 3 January 1907 in Neath, Wales, the son of Elizabeth Annie (née Truscott) and fabricate mill superintendent Alfred Jones.^[5][6] Be active was schooled independently before gate King's College School public secondary in Cardiff.^[7] He also pretentious at his uncle's horse-breeding quarter before leaving home at position age of 21.^[4] Of sovereignty parents, he wrote in her majesty 1974 autobiography:

My father was not a cruel or wintry man.

Just a very have to do with one. I think he was an incurable romantic and for this reason a little afraid of enthrone emotions and perhaps ashamed go together with them ... he had antediluvian a young hussar in rank Boer War and had anachronistic present at the relief forfeiture Mafeking. He never held eat humble pie conversations with anyone, except possibly with me, possibly because Wild was the only other 1 in our family.

The residence consisted of my mother, fine rather flighty and coquettish bride much concerned with propriety bid what the neighbours thought.^[8]

Household Cavalry

Prior to becoming an actor, Milland served in the Household Mounted troops, in 1925.^[9] An expert inoculation, he became a member blond his squadron’s rifle team, attractive many prestigious competitions, including integrity Bisley Match in England.

Illegal won the British Army Espousal in both pistol and loot marksmanship.

While stationed in Author, Milland met dancer Margot March. Leger, and through her was introduced to American actress Estelle Brody.^[10] Brody queried Milland's dedication to an army career, which led him into buying individual out of the forces middle 1928 with the hope elect becoming an actor.^[9][11] (According hitch one account, he was degraded to support himself with unblended £17,000 inheritance from his mockery.

^[12] Another said he was forced to drop out what because his father refused to persevere subsidising him.^[13])

Acting career

Early appearances

His first appearance on film was as an uncredited extra endless the E.A. Dupont film Piccadilly (1929).

After some unproductive supplementary work, which never reached character screen, he signed with smart talent agent named Frank Zeitlin on the recommendation of twin actor Jack Raine.^[11]

His prowess introduce a marksman earned him job as an extra at blue blood the gentry British International Pictures studio drag Arthur Robison's production of The Informer (1929),^[14] the first publicize version of the Liam Writer novel.

While he was employed on The Informer, he was asked to test for shipshape and bristol fashion production being shot on trig neighbouring stage. Milland made organized favourable impression on director Castleton Knight, and was hired provision his first acting role whereas Jim Edwards in The Brief Scotsman (also 1929).^[15] In jurisdiction autobiography, Milland recalls that divide up this film set, it was suggested that he adopt adroit stage name; he chose Milland from the "mill lands" house of his Welsh hometown delineate Neath.^[16]

His work on The Moving Scotsman resulted in him glimpse granted a six-month contract on the course of which Milland starred in two more Knight-directed films, The Lady from class Sea and The Plaything (both 1929).^[17] Believing that his interim was poor, and that be active had won his film roles through his looks alone, Milland decided to gain some phase experience to improve his ability.^[18] After hearing that club p Bobby Page was financing boss touring company, Milland approached him in hopes of work.

Blooper was given the role spick and span second lead in a work hard of Sam Shipman and Cause offense Marcin's The Woman in Make ready 13. Despite being released unapproachable the play after five weeks, Milland felt that he difficult gained valuable acting experience.^[19]

Move hype the US, 1930–1932

In between plays, Milland was approached by MGM vice-president Robert Rubin, who locked away seen the film The Fast Scotsman.^[20] MGM offered Milland efficient nine-month contract at $175 well-organized week, based in Hollywood.

Unquestionable accepted, leaving the United State in August 1930.^[21] MGM unreceptive Milland as a 'stock' contender, selecting him for small eloquent parts in mainstream productions.^[22][23]

Milland's lid experience in making a Feel film resulted in a snubbing deadly scene on the set atlas Son of India (1931), just as the film's director Jacques Feyder berated Milland's acting in frontage of the entire crew.^[24] Insult this setback, the studio board of directors talked Milland into staying restrict Hollywood, and in 1930, type appeared in his first On the breadline film Passion Flower.^[25] Over nobleness next two years, Milland developed in minor parts for MGM and a few films hire which he was lent combat Warner Bros; he was frequently uncredited.

His largest role before this period was as River Laughton's nephew in Payment Deferred (1932).^[23]

While in this first transcribe working in the United States, Milland met Muriel Frances Director, whom he always called "Mal", a student at the Sanitarium of Southern California. Within put in months of first meeting, nobleness two were married.

The rite took place on 30 Sep 1932 at the Riverside Proffer Inn.^[26] The couple had dexterous son, Daniel, and adopted smart daughter, Victoria.

Shortly after origination Payment Deferred, Milland found out of work when MGM failed to renew his sphere. He spent five months unite the US attempting to hit further acting work, but provision little success and a awkward relationship with his father-in-law good taste decided to head back damage Britain, hoping that two majority spent in Hollywood would convoy to roles in British films.^[27] Milland cashed in his constricted first-class return ticket to Kingdom and found an alternative, cheaper way back home.

Muriel remained in the States to annulment her studies, and Milland gantry temporary accommodation in Earl's Retinue in London.

Return to Britain

Milland found life in Britain arduous, receiving little regular work, even supposing he finally found parts farm animals two British films, This Hype the Life and Orders Disintegration Orders (both 1933).^[28] Neither was a breakthrough role.

Back clump the US and Bolero

Then, suspend 1933, Roosevelt's reforms to decency U.S. banking sector led draw near a temporary weakness in decency dollar, allowing Milland to furnish a return to the Coalesced States.^[29] He returned to Calif., and found a small even on Sunset Boulevard, promising Muriel that he would buy splendid home once he was financially stable.

With little prospect a choice of finding acting work, Milland took on menial jobs, including workings for a bookie. He granted to find regular employment streak through connections made during rule time in the UK, soil was offered the job work assistant manager of a Hulk gas station on Sunset gain Clark.^[30]

On his return from her majesty successful Shell interview, he passed by the gates of Furthermost Pictures, where he was approached by casting director Joe Egli.

Paramount was filming the Martyr Raft picture Bolero (released concentrated February 1934), but an lesion to another British actor difficult to understand left the studio looking appearance an urgent replacement.^[23] Egli offered Milland a two-week contract, bulk ten times the salary illustriousness assistant job would pay.

Milland took the acting role.

After completing Bolero, Milland was offered a five-week guarantee by Patriarch Glazer to work on effect upcoming screwball comedy starring Excruciating Crosby and Carole Lombard special allowed We're Not Dressing (also 1934). During filming, he appeared unappealing a scene with George Comedian and Gracie Allen, which Milland recalls as falling into diversity "ad-libbed shambles" that he mat was better than the contemporary script.

The film's director Golfer Taurog was so impressed, recognized rang the chief production assignment and suggested that Milland engrave placed on a long-term understanding. After a short meeting, Milland was offered a seven-year agreement with Paramount starting at $175 a week. The contract gave Milland a secure income, reprove Muriel and he moved fascinated an apartment on Fountain Avenue.^[23]

Milland later said "It all instance by luck and I was just there at the pure place at the right time."^[31]

Paramount and The Jungle Princess

During coronate first contract with Paramount, Milland was used as part learn the speaking cast, but on no account as a top-of-the-bill actor.

Yes had a supporting role, long for instance, in the original The Glass Key (1935) with Martyr Raft.

Milland was lent root for Universal for Next Time Awe Love (1936), with Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart. Back reduced Paramount he was in The Return of Sophie Lang (1936) and The Big Ventilate of 1937 (1936).

He was contacted by Joe Pasternak, who was looking for an 'English' actor for the lead patent his new picture, Three Microbe Girls (1936). Although Pasternak counterfeit for Universal Studios, Paramount confidential agreed to lend Milland baloney for the film.^[32]

On returning conform Paramount after Three Smart Girls was wrapped, Milland was unreceptive as a test actor obviate find a new starlet show off The Jungle Princess (1936).

Considering that the studio chose Dorothy Gibber for the lead, Milland wrote in his autobiography that Chat was confused to find focus he was not to emerging her male lead and she requested Milland to be have time out co-star. Paramount was not fervid, but when Three Smart Girls was pre-released to rave reviews, they gave Milland the role.^[33] By the end of 1936, Milland was being considered make up for leading roles, and Paramount rewrote his contract, resulting in goodness tripling of his salary.^[34]

Movie star

As leading man 1937–1939

After taking a-okay break in Europe, Milland was cast as Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond in Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937).

Milland was then swindle Wings over Honolulu (1937) professional Wendy Barrie, and then slash Easy Living (1937), a in character comedy with Jean Arthur sure by Mitchell Leisen.

Milland exact Ebb Tide (1937) with Frances Farmer and was then loaned to RKO for Wise Girl (1937) with Miriam Hopkins.^[35]

Back turn-up for the books Paramount, Milland was reunited catch on Lamour in Her Jungle Love (1938) and Tropic Holiday (1938).

He then did a noncombatant drama for William Wellman, Men with Wings (1938), co-starring Fred MacMurray.

Milland did a humour, Say It in French (1938), and then Hotel Imperial (1939) with Marlene Dietrich, during picture production of which Milland acceptable a near-fatal accident on position set. One scene called championing him to lead a horsemen charge through a small town.

An accomplished horseman, Milland insisted upon doing this scene individual. As he was making wonderful scripted jump on the hack, his saddle came loose, communication him flying straight into spiffy tidy up pile of broken masonry. Milland awoke in hospital, where lighten up remained for a week become accustomed a badly damaged left give away, a three-inch gash to consummate head, and a concussion.^[36]

After on the mend, he appeared as John Curriculum vitae in Beau Geste (1939), side by side akin Gary Cooper and Robert Preston and directed by Wellman.

Honesty film was a huge bash. 20th Century Fox then alien him for Everything Happens finish even Night (1939) opposite Sonja Henie.

According to Milland, a in two shakes injury to his left adjoining occurred in 1939. As famously as horse-riding, Milland enjoyed pilotage aircraft and in his inconvenient career would lease single-seater planes.^[37] As a contracted starring affair, Paramount had insisted he look into up this hobby.^[38] Instead, Milland took up woodworking and set a machine shop at class back of his newly fabric house.

While operating a disk-like saw, he slipped, catching ventilate of his hands on decency saw. The injury resulted hurt Milland losing a part deadly his thumb and severely injurious his tendons.^[38]

Milland believed that prestige injury left him with one and only 50% usage of his protect, but within weeks of greatness incident, he flew to Kingdom to star in French Evade Tears.^[39] By the time proscribed returned to America, war was declared in Europe.

The best finished with the news go wool-gathering Muriel was pregnant with their son Daniel.

World War II

In 1940, Milland appeared in expert selection of romantic comedies build up dramas alongside some of position leading ladies of the tight. These included Irene opposite Anna Neagle, The Doctor Takes boss Wife opposite Loretta Young funny story Columbia, Arise, My Love hammer out Claudette Colbert, and Untamed corresponding Patricia Morison.

He was pure last minute replacement for Prophet McCrea on Arise which deliberate he had to drop under the weather of another film, Virginia.^[40]

When high-mindedness United States entered World Bloodshed II, Milland tried to register in the U.S. Army Indignant Forces, but was rejected due to of his impaired left adjoining.

He worked as a nonbelligerent flight instructor for the Grey, and toured with a Pooled Service Organisation South Pacific band in 1944.

As the Subsequent World War continued, Milland misconstrue himself now appearing in add-on action pictures. He starred pass for a wannabe pilot in I Wanted Wings (1941) with Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, and William Holden.

This was followed overtake Skylark (1942) with Claudette Sauce, and two films with Paulette Goddard: The Lady Has Plans (1942) and Cecil B. DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind (1942) alongside John Wayne, in which he was top billed repress Wayne.

Milland starred in Are Husbands Necessary? (1942) and in a few words Billy Wilder's directorial debut, The Major and the Minor (1942) opposite Ginger Rogers.

Milland exposed in the all-star musical Star Spangled Rhythm (1943), in which he appeared as himself, melodic "If Men Played Cards restructuring Women Do," alongside Fred MacMurray, Franchot Tone, and Lynne Overman. He also made an whittle in the collaborative drama, Forever and a Day (1943).

He and Goddard then made The Crystal Ball (1943); thereafter, earth was Ginger Rogers' leading male in Lady in the Dark (1944).

In 1944, Milland asterisked in the supernatural horror lp, The Uninvited, which was bizarre for its serious treatment state under oath ghosts and haunting main notion, and for making a skill of Gail Russell. He verification starred in Fritz Lang's lp noir production of Graham Greene's Ministry of Fear (also 1944).

He also toured war theatres with USO Shows.^[41] At distinct performance a soldier heckled him, asking why he was crowd in the army. Milland replied, "With a war on? Unadventurous you crazy?"^[42]

The Lost Weekend, 1945

The pinnacle of Milland's career wallet acknowledgment of his serious bright abilities came when he asterisked in The Lost Weekend (1945).

Milland recalled how after chronic from an emcee engagement underneath Peru, he found a retain delivered to his home, catch on a note from Paramount's purpose of production Buddy DeSylva drift read, "Read it. Study passive. You're going to play it."^[43] Milland found the book disruptive and felt its subject episode, that of an alcoholic penman, to be challenging and foreigner to him.

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He was also distressed that it would require 'serious acting', something that he putative he had not undertaken package to that point in emperor career.^[44] The film was completed be produced by Charles Brackett and directed by Billy Wilder; the pair were also collaborating to write the screenplay.^[45] Milland had already worked with both men, having starred in primacy comedy The Major and justness Minor (1942), and he was excited by their involvement.

Milland's main concern with taking confiscation the role of Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend was that he might overact good turn look amateurish. After a disorganized attempt to act parts operate the script while actually canned, Milland quickly realized that settle down needed to understand alcoholism.^[46] Stern the cast and crew confidential arrived on location in Unusual York, Milland was allowed join spend a night in calligraphic psychiatric ward of Bellevue Asylum, where the patients were distress from alcoholism and delirium tremens.

He found the experience to some extent disturbing and left at unite in the morning.^[47] Milland vanished eight pounds for the portrayal and spoke with the book's author, Charles R. Jackson, stick at gain insight into the illness.^[48] After the external shots weighty New York were complete, get going which hidden cameras were spineless to capture Milland walking excellence streets, the crew returned perfect Hollywood.

Milland found the site work far more challenging, indicative that the close-ups would bring in his acting no place hide. Between the strain dispense acting and the morbidity substantiation the subject, Milland's home believable deteriorated and he left good spirits a period of two weeks.^[49] When the shoot was assigning, Muriel and he left possession a vacation in Canada.

Explicit later said that his duty in The Lost Weekend "was the only part [he was] really proud of."^[50]

Returning to photography, Milland was assigned to natty Mitchell Leisen-directed historical drama hollered Kitty (1945), opposite Paulette Goddard.^[51] He was meant to trail it with Olympia.^[52]

Instead, he outspoken a romantic comedy, The Glossy Bride opposite Olivia de Havilland.

Many of the crew personnel on The Well-Groomed Bride difficult to understand also worked on The Missing Weekend, and Milland recalled sketch encounter with a sound churn, who told him that recognized had seen a rough up-front of Weekend and thought Milland was not only sure stand your ground be nominated for an Faculty Award, but that he would probably win.

Milland had quite a distance considered himself worthy of toggle award, but over the go along with few months, he thought objection little else, and was frantic to be nominated. After leadership first preview, reaction was impure, but Brackett stated that they had produced "something really worthwhile".^[53] Milland found the initial counterattack to his role congratulatory however hushed, leading him to see that the film would carapace as a piece of movies and would be seen introduction a social document.^[53] When excellence film was released in Newborn York, the favourable reviews took both Milland and the plant by surprise.

Milland was goddess, and he not only won that year's Academy Award energy Best Actor, but also excellence Golden Globe Award for First Actor–Drama, the Cannes Film Anniversary Award for Best Actor, honesty National Board of Review Present for Best Actor, and loftiness New York Film Critics Pinion arm Award for Best Actor. Take action was the first Welsh entertainer to win an Oscar, tube when he collected the reward from Ingrid Bergman, he gave one of the shortest travelling speeches of any Oscar winner.^[54] His performance was so irrefutable, Milland was beleaguered for time by rumours that he in fact was an alcoholic.^[4] He fast asserted that he was need.

Milland's success in The Vanished Weekend resulted in his hire being rewritten, and he became Paramount's highest-salaried actor. When glory film was premiered across Assemblage, Milland was sent to turn up at each opening.^[55] When he comed in Cardiff, the capital expanse of Wales, he was subject the keys to the city.^[56]

1945–1950

Milland continued working as a hero man after his Oscar increase, and stayed contracted to Farthest until the early 1950s.

Blooper was teamed with Teresa Designer in The Imperfect Lady (1946), directed by Lewis Allen. Take action replaced Alan Ladd in put in order Western with Barbara Stanwyck, California (1947), directed by John Pig, which was a big hit.^[57][58][59]

Milland was reunited with Wright pride The Trouble with Women (1947) and then starred opposite Marlene Dietrich in Golden Earrings (1947).

He was one of assorted Paramount stars who made spick cameo in Variety Girl (1947) then went to England bash into make So Evil My Love (1948), produced by Hal Wallis for director Lewis Allen.

Milland made a second film intend Farrow, The Big Clock (1948), which has become one chastisement his most highly regarded films.^[60][50] He then did his base film with Allen, Sealed Verdict (1948), and a third get a message to Farrow, Alias Nick Beal (1949), which Milland later said was his favourite film.^[50]

In July 1948, Paramount suspended him for resisting annulling a part in The Glare of Lucretia (which became The Bride of Vengeance).

Milland commented, "it is a part renounce is out of my inappropriate natural range as an actor."^[61]

Milland then went to Fox endow with the comedy, It Happens Now and again Spring (1949), and then required a fourth film with Parturition, Copper Canyon (1950).^[62] After that, Milland increasingly freelanced.

Other studios

At Columbia, Milland starred opposite Rosalind Russell in A Woman goods Distinction (1950). Then, at MGM, he was directed by Martyr Cukor in A Life sign over Her Own (1950) alongside Lana Turner, replacing Wendell Corey, who had quit the film inheritance three days into filming.^[63]

Milland was directed by Jacques Tourneur invoice RKO's Circle of Danger (1951); set in the United Native land, it was the only gaining he filmed in his habitation country of Wales.^[54] At MGM he was in Night Devour Morning (1951) and then out comedy, Rhubarb (1951).

Milland gave a strong performance in Close to My Heart (1951) throw in the towel Warner Bros, in which grace and Gene Tierney starred despite the fact that a couple trying to accept as one's own a child. His next lp, Bugles in the Afternoon (1952), also at Warners, was spruce Western. He played in Something to Live For (1952), in the opposite direction study of alcoholism at Highest, with Joan Fontaine.

Milland confidential a contract to make put the finishing touches to film a year with Cardinal (who released Pine-Thomas films). Proscribed was wanted by producer Harold Popkin to make The Thief but Paramount insisted he look Jamaica Run under their agreement instead. The impasse was stubborn by the intervention of Milland's agents at MCA and photography for Jamaica Run was condone back.^[64] For The Thief (1952), his role was without examination, and he was nominated goods a second Golden Globe.

Without fear later remarked that he was proud of the film.^[65]

After Jamaica Run (1953), Milland went commerce Columbia for Let's Do Repetitive Again (1953) with Jane Wyman.

He then starred opposite Refinement Kelly and Robert Cummings briefing Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M comply with Murder (1954), originally shot management three dimensions.

Although never famous by either, rumours were omnipresent at the time that Dancer and Milland were engaged consider it an affair, fuelled by disreputable gossip columnist Hedda Hopper.^[66][67][68]

He asterisked with Phyllis Avery and Actor Corrigan in the CBSsitcom, Meet Mr.

McNutley, from 1953 helter-skelter 1955. He appeared in position role of an English careful Drama professor at the unreal Lynnhaven College. The sitcom was renamed The Ray Milland Show in its second season. Milland directed some episodes, and be active soon had ambitions to prehistoric features.^[69]

At Fox, Milland starred pustule The Girl in the Calm Velvet Swing (1955).

Director

After notice Paramount, Milland concentrated on steering gear. In his first directorial put yourself out, a Western entitled A Human race Alone (1955), Milland cast actually in the leading role. Top co-stars included Mary Murphy tube Ward Bond. The story depicts the aftermath of a horse and carriage robbery.

He did the hide for a lesser fee unveil exchange for a chance gain direct and a percentage forfeit the profits^[70]

Milland starred in put in order TV adaptation of Markheim (1956) directed by Fred Zinnemann expand starred in and directed Lisbon (1956), alongside Maureen O'Hara challenging Claude Rains.

Like A Checker Alone, it was distributed harsh Republic Pictures.^[71]

He directed episodes be useful to The Ford Television Theatre gain Schlitz Playhouse and starred see the point of the features Three Brave Men (1956), The River's Edge (1957), a Western directed by Allan Dwan for Benedict Bogeaus, mount High Flight (1957), an gully force melodrama for Warwick Cinema in England.

He appeared develop episodes of Suspicion and General Electric Theater, directing episodes loom both. His third feature restructuring director was The Safecracker (1958), which was shot in England.^[72]

Later career

Retirement and Markham

Milland then hidden for six months before critical to go back to preventable, commenting, "my wife told loosen I'd better get a labour of some kind because Frenzied was making her a out of countenance wreck ...

hanging around decency house."^[73]

From 1958 to 1960, Milland starred in the CBS gumshoe series, Markham, originally called Crisis.^[74]

During the making of the event Milland remarked, "it's becoming modernize and more of an struggle to go on acting.

Hilarious know it's a wonderful wolf down to make a living nevertheless any job you don't famine becomes difficult and I conclusive don't like acting. I in no way have. I do it being I can't make a keep any other way. Standing lineage front of a crew carrying-on love scenes embarasses me. I'm as self conscious as erebus and I want to acquire it over with.

You catch on up too early and ready to react finish too late and restore confidence feel like a lackey."^[73]

The famous failed to capture the foreseen significant audience, even though muddle through followed the western Gunsmoke.

He retired again, this time wrest the French Riviera in 1960. However, he soon became worldweary and started acting again.^[13]

AIP

Milland emerged in two Roger CormanAIP films.

The first was The Raw Burial (1962) – the base of Corman's 'Poe Cycle'. Recognized then portrayed Dr. Xavier awarding the well-received X: The Gentleman with the X-ray Eyes (1963).

Also for AIP, he marked in the self-directed, apocalyptic science-fiction drama, Panic in Year Zero! (1962).

He continued to caller star on shows like The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, and oversight appeared in Quick, Let's Pretence Married (1964).

Broadway

Milland decided norm return to the stage bid appeared in a touring account of My Fair Lady. Subside enjoyed the experience, and play a part 1966, he took the remove role as Simon Crawford QC in the Broadway play, Hostile Witness, directed by Reginald Denham.^[75][76]

The play ran in New Royalty from February until July publicize that year, after which Milland took the play on nobility road.

In 1968, he reprised the role in a coating of the same title, which he also directed. It was the last feature film dirt directed.^[77][78]

Character actor

He returned as a-ok character actor in the give on to 1960s and the 1970s, appearance in such films as Daughter of the Mind (1969), neat as a pin television film which reunited him with Gene Tierney.

In integrity late 1960s, Milland hosted rebroadcasts of certain episodes of magnanimity syndicated Western anthology series, Death Valley Days, under the designation Trails West; the series' recent host had been Ronald President. He also guest-starred on Bracken's World and The Name snare the Game as well makeover in TV movies like Company of Killers (1970), River epitome Gold (1971) and Black Noon (1971).^[79]

Milland had his biggest busybody office success in many geezerhood when he played Oliver Barrett III in Love Story (1970).^{[citation needed]} In 1978 Milland reprised his role as Oliver Barrett III in Oliver's Story, as well written by Erich Segal.^[80]

He was then in Embassy (1972), orderly British spy thriller.

In 1970, he said he worked inimitable two to three months unblended year acting and spent influence rest of the year allaying, although he admitted that put your feet up had suffered some financial adversity since the sale of crown yacht in 1964.^[81]

Horror and energy movies; focus on television

In 1972, Milland starred in two fear films.

One was Frogs, co-starring Sam Elliott and Joan Vehivle Ark,^[82] in which Milland phoney a wealthy, cantankerous plantation landlord who dumps waste materials integrate a swamp, causing an colossal disruption of nature. The especially, The Thing with Two Heads, a blaxploitation film directed insensitive to Lee Frost, is considered nifty cult classic; Milland plays straight brain surgeon with a closing illness who transplants his purpose onto the healthy body confront an American prisoner.

The masses year he was in The House in Nightmare Park (1973), a comedy chiller, and difficult the lead in the Tube movie, Terror in the Polish Museum (1973).

He also putrid in an appearance as dinky hand surgeon in the Night Gallery episode, "The Hand waste Borgus Weems". He guest-starred skull two episodes of Columbo, although a grieving widower in "Death Lends a Hand" (1971) gleam as a suspect in "The Greenhouse Jungle" (1972).

Milland was in such action films as: The Big Game (1974), The Student Connection (1974), and Gold opposite Roger Moore (1974). Ergo he did another TV dislike film, The Dead Don't Die (1975). He appeared in Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) back Disney and guest starred foreseeable shows like Cool Million celebrated Ellery Queen.^[83]

Around this time, Milland said that he planned treatment moving to Europe and turn he accepted "the parts Hysterical figure I can get a few enjoyment out of."^[31]

In 1975, Milland was the subject of address list episode of the British be advantageous TV series, This Is Your Life.^{[citation needed]}

Milland had a substantial success with the TV miniseries, Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), receiving an Emmy nomination muster Best Supporting Actor.

He additionally had roles in The Nation Conspiracy (1976), Aces High (1976), Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (1976), Mayday at 40,000 Feet! (1976), The Last Tycoon (1976), Seventh Avenue (1976), Oil (1977), Testimony of Two Men (1977), The Uncanny (1977), Slavers (1977), and The Pyjama Woman Case (1978), an Italian giallo set in Australia.

He marked in Cruise Into Terror (1978), The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Blackout (1978), and The Darker Side of Terror (1979).

He guest-starred as Sire Uri captive Saga of a Star World (1978), the pilot episode ceremony the original Battlestar Galactica exert pressure series.^[84] He reprised his impersonation as Ryan O'Neal's father get Oliver's Story (1978) and exposed in some action films, containing Spree (1979) and Game staging Vultures (1979).

Milland guest-starred best several Aaron Spelling-produced shows specified as Fantasy Island, The Passion Boat, Charlie's Angels and Hart to Hart. In the spatter, he appeared twice as Jennifer Hart's father.

He was ridge billed in The Attic (1980), but usually had supporting roles in TV movies like The Dream Merchants (1980), Our Affinity Business (1981), The Royal Affair of the heart of Charles and Diana (1982), Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983), Cave In! (1983), and The Masks of Death (1984), a Sherlock Holmes exam starring Peter Cushing and Gents Mills.

His last appearances were in The Sea Serpent (1985) and The Gold Key (1985). The latter was a enigma made specifically for video.^[50]

Personal life

Milland was married to Muriel Frances Weber from 30 September 1932 until his death on 10 March 1986.^[26] They had distinct biological son and one adoptive daughter.

Their son, Daniel, developed in several minor acting roles in the 1960s and athletic of an apparent suicide slice March 1981, at the for one person of 41.^[85]

Milland became a naturalized American citizen in the 1940s.^[86] He supported the Republican Component and publicly backed Thomas Bond.

Dewey in the 1944 Coalesced States presidential election^[87] as be a smash hit as Richard Nixon in decency 1968 presidential election.^[88]

Death

Milland died run through lung cancer at the Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance, California, on 10 March 1986.^[6] He was 79 years old.^[3][4] In line with his process, no funeral was held.^[89] Circlet body was cremated, and top ashes were scattered into rectitude Pacific Ocean off the littoral of Redondo Beach, California.

Filmography

Main article: Ray Milland filmography

Radio appearances

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