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Ray Milland

Milland in A Life of Her Own trailer
Born Alfred Reginald Jones
January 3, 1907
Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Died March 10, 1986 (aged 79)
Torrance, California, U.S.
Spouse(s) Malvina Webber (1932-1986)

Ray Milland (January 3, 1907 - March 10, 1986) was a Welsh actor and director who worked primarily in the United States. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Neath (Castell-nedd is a Town and community situated in the principal area of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK with a Glamorgan or Glamorganshire (Morgannwg is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Torrance is a city located in the " South Bay " (southwestern region of Los Angeles County California. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985.

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Biography

Early life

Milland was born Alfred Reginald Jones in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, the son of Elizabeth Annie (née Truscott), born Birmingham, England, and Alfred Jones. Neath (Castell-nedd is a Town and community situated in the principal area of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK with a Glamorgan or Glamorganshire (Morgannwg is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It has been suggested that Ray Milland was born Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones, however, there is no such person in the General Registry of Births for England and Wales, so this must have been an early affectation designed to further his career, the possession of a double-barrelled surname often being taken as a sign of class superiority in Britain. He took his Hollywood stage name from an area (the "mill lands") of the town. He had three sisters. Before becoming an actor, he served in the Household Cavalry. The term Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth to describe the Cavalry of the Household Divisions a country’s most elite or historically An expert shot, he became a member of his company's rifle team, winning many prestigious competitions, including the Bisley Match in England. When his four-year duty service was completed, Milland tried his hand at acting. He was discovered by a Hollywood talent scout while performing on the stage in London, went to America, and signed with Paramount Pictures.

When WWII began, Milland tried to enlist in the U. S. Army Air Force, but was rejected because of an impaired left hand. He worked as a civilian flight instructor for the Army, and toured with a United Service Organisation (USO) South Pacific troupe in 1944. He married Malvina Webber on September 30, 1932, and they remained together until his death. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The couple had a son, Daniel, and an adopted daughter, Victoria.

Career

When working on I Wanted Wings (1941), with Brian Donlevy and William Holden, he went up with a pilot to test a plane for filming. Brian Donlevy ( February 9 1901 &ndash April 5 1972) was an American Actor, known for many film roles from the 1930s to William Holden ( April 17, 1918 &ndash November 12, 1981) was an Academy Award -winning American film Actor While up in the air, Ray decided to do a parachute jump (being an avid amateur parachutist) but, just before he could disembark, the plane began to sputter, and the pilot told Milland not to jump as they were running low on gas and needed to land. Once on the ground and in the hangar, Ray began to tell his story of how he had wanted to jump. As he did so, the color ran out of the costume man's face. When asked why, he told Ray that the parachute he had worn up in the plane was "just a prop", and that there had been no parachute. During the filming of Reap the Wild Wind (1942), Milland's character was to have curly hair. Reap the Wild Wind is a serialized story written by Thelma Strabel in 1940 for The Saturday Evening Post. Milland's hair was naturally straight, so the studio used hot curling irons on his hair to achieve the effect. Milland felt that it was this procedure that caused him to go prematurely bald, forcing him to go from leading man to supporting player earlier than he would have wished.

The pinnacle of Milland's career and acknowledgement of his serious dramatic abilities came in 1946 when he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of an alcoholic in Billy Wilder's film The Lost Weekend (1945). Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to recognize Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist The Lost Weekend is a 1945 motion picture directed by Billy Wilder for Paramount Pictures, starring Ray Milland, In 1951 he gave a heart-breaking performance in Close to my Heart starring opposite Gene Tierney as a couple trying to adopt a child; the film was ahead of its time in dealing with the "nature vs. nurture" debate, it opened a conversation about the adoption process. Gene Tierney ( November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American film and stage actress. The nature versus nurture debates concern the relative importance of an individual's innate qualities ("nature" i In 1954 he starred opposite Grace Kelly in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder. Grace Patricia Kelly (later Grace Princess of Monaco; November 12 1929 &ndash September 14 1982 was an Academy Award -winning American film and Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Dial M for Murder ( 1954) is a Howcatchem film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, and However, Milland failed to match his success in later years. He concentrated on directing for TV and film in the 1960s, in which he achieved much success. He returned as a movie character actor in the late 60s and the 70s, notably in the cult classic Daughter of The Mind (1969), in which he was reunited with Gene Tierney, and in Love Story (1970). Gene Tierney ( November 19, 1920 – November 6, 1991) was an American film and stage actress. Love Story is a 1970 Romantic drama film written by Erich Segal coordinated with his 1970 best-selling novel. He also made many television appearances. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic

Milland gave the shortest acceptance speech of any Oscar winner: he simply bowed and left the stage. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.

Personal life

Milland had a tattoo on his upper right arm of a skull with a snake curled up on top of it with the tail of the snake sticking out through one of the eyes. A tattoo is a permanent marking made by inserting ink into the layers of Skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons The tattoo can be seen for a brief moment in the movie Her Jungle Love (1938). Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Milland had a near-fatal accident on the set of Hotel Imperial (1939). Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. One scene called for him to lead a cavalry charge through a small village. An accomplished horseman, Milland insisted upon doing this scene himself. As he was making a scripted jump on the horse, his saddle came loose, sending him flying straight into a pile of broken masonry. Laid up in the hospital for weeks with multiple fractures and lacerations, he was lucky to be alive.

Milland died of lung cancer in Torrance, California in 1986, aged 79. Lung cancer is a Disease of uncontrolled Cell growth in tissues of the Lung. Torrance is a city located in the " South Bay " (southwestern region of Los Angeles County California. He was survived by his wife and children in Torrance. Torrance is a city located in the " South Bay " (southwestern region of Los Angeles County California.

Filmography

Further reading

External links

Awards
Preceded by
Barry Fitzgerald
for Going My Way		 NYFCC Award for Best Actor
1945
for The Lost Weekend		 Succeeded by
Laurence Olivier
for Henry V
Preceded by
None		 Best Actor Award - Cannes Film Festival
1946
for The Lost Weekend		 Succeeded by
None
Persondata
NAME Milland, Ray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jones, Alfred Reginald
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor, director
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1986
PLACE OF DEATH Torrance, California, U.S.
Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Find A Grave is a Website allowing its users to access maintain and expand an online Database of Burial records Barry Fitzgerald (10 March 1888 - 14 January 1961 was an Academy Award winning Irish stage film and television actor The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking Laurence Kerr Olivier Baron Henry V is a 1944 film adaptation of William Shakespeare 's play of the same name. The Best Actor Award ( French: Prix d'interprétation masculine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Neath (Castell-nedd is a Town and community situated in the principal area of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK with a Glamorgan or Glamorganshire (Morgannwg is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Torrance is a city located in the " South Bay " (southwestern region of Los Angeles County California. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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