Panic in Year Zero
1962
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Actor: The Lost Weekend. Ray Milland became one of Paramount's most bankable and durable stars, under contract from 1934 to 1948, yet little in his early life suggested a career as a motion picture actor. Milland was born Alfred Reginald Jones in the Welsh town of Neath, Glamorgan, to Elizabeth Annie (Truscott) and Alfred Jones.
Ray appeared in 130 films over a career that lasted 56 years. Major genres included: drama (71), comedy (40), romance (39), and thriller (20). Milland really had two productive arcs in his career ( the 30s and 40s - 58% of movies) and the 50s & 60s (32%).
Mar 11, 1986 · Ray Milland, who said he was a screen star for years before he understood enough about acting to handle his Oscar-winning role as Hollywood’s most memorable alcoholic, died Monday at Torrance...
Mar 11, 1986 · Ray Milland, the urbane actor who won an Academy Award and many other honors for his riveting portrayal of a sympathetic alcoholic in ''The Lost Weekend'' in 1945, died of cancer yesterday at...
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).
Ray Milland was a Welsh-American actor and film director. He is often remembered for his portrayal of an alcoholic writer in Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend (1945), which won him Best Actor at Cannes, a Golden Globe Award, and ultimately an Academy Award—the first such accolades for any Welsh actor.
Mar 6, 2024 · Ray Milland (born Jan. 3, 1907, Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales—died March 10, 1986, Torrance, Calif., U.S.) Welsh-born American actor. Milland made his film debut in 1929 and moved to Hollywood in 1930. He was the debonair romantic leading man in many movies of the 1930s and ’40s.
