“It all happened by luck and I was just there at the right place at the right time.”
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Ray Milland
Ray Milland was a Welsh and American actor. Initially known as a star of light comedies, he achieved a dramatic breakthrough with his portrayal of an alcoholic writer in Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend (1945). His performance earned him the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, a Golden Globe Award, and ultimately an Academy Award—the first such accolades for any Welsh-born actor.
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entertainment · Welsh actor (1907–1986) · actor · film director · film actor · television actor · stage actor · television director · director · also Ray Milland, Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones, Reginald Truscott-Jones, Alfred Reginald Jones, Reginald Jones, Alfred Jones
Born 3 January 1907 · Died 10 March 1986 · Q181774
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 4,408 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7× the usual 627, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 1 entry
BroadwayWorld: Ray Milland News
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1986· 1 entry
Died 1986-03-10.
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1978· 1 entry
Milland reprised his role as Oliver Barrett III in Oliver's Story, also written by Erich Segal
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1975· 2 entries
Milland was the subject of an episode of the British biographical TV series, This Is Your Life
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“the parts I figure I can get some enjoyment out of.”
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1972· 1 entry
Milland starred in two horror films
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1970· 1 entry
Said he worked only two to three months a year acting and spent the rest of the year relaxing, although he admitted that he had suffered some financial troubles since the sale of his yacht in 1964
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1968· 1 entry
Reprised the role in a film of the same title, which he also directed
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1966· 1 entry
Took the lead role as Simon Crawford QC in the Broadway play, Hostile Witness, directed by Reginald Denham
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1964· 1 entry
Appeared as Higgins in a touring version of My Fair Lady, with mezzo-soprano Marilyn Savage as Eliza Doolittle
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1946· 3 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for The Lost Weekend (1946).
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Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for The Lost Weekend (1946).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Lost Weekend (1946).
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1945· 1 entry
Awarded National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for The Lost Weekend (1945).
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1944· 1 entry
Milland starred in the supernatural horror film, The Uninvited, which was notable for its serious treatment of ghosts and haunting main theme, and for making a star of Gail Russell
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1940· 1 entry
Milland appeared in a selection of romantic comedies and dramas alongside some of the leading ladies of the time
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1930· 1 entry
Appeared in his first US film Passion Flower
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1907· 1 entry
Born 1907-01-03.
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