Ray Milland

1907–1986 · British actor

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.

Ray Milland, in order

1929 Piccadilly: acted · directed by Ewald André Dupont · streaming on Kanopy, Criterion Channel, Tubi
1929 The Flying Scotsman: acted · directed by Castleton Knight
1930 Passion Flower: acted · directed by William Churchill deMille
1931 Ambassador Bill: acted · directed by Sam Taylor
1931 Blonde Crazy: acted · directed by Roy Del Ruth
1932 Payment Deferred: acted · directed by Lothar Mendes · audiences 88%
1932 Polly of the Circus: acted · directed by Alfred Santell
1932 The Man Who Played God: acted · directed by John G. Adolfi
1934 Bolero: acted · directed by Mitchell Leisen and Wesley Ruggles
1934 Charlie Chan in London: acted · directed by Eugene Forde
1934 We're Not Dressing: acted · directed by Benjamin Glazer and Norman Taurog
1935 Alias Mary Dow: acted · directed by Kurt Neumann
1935 The Gilded Lily: acted · directed by Wesley Ruggles
1935 The Glass Key: acted · directed by Frank Tuttle
1936 Next Time We Love: acted · directed by Edward H. Griffith
1936 The Jungle Princess: acted · directed by Wilhelm Thiele
1936 The Return of Sophie Lang: acted · directed by George Archainbaud
1936 Three Smart Girls: acted · directed by Henry Koster
1937 Bulldog Drummond Escapes: acted · directed by James P. Hogan
1937 Easy Living: acted · directed by Mitchell Leisen
1937 Wise Girl: acted · directed by Leigh Jason
1938 Her Jungle Love: acted · directed by George Archainbaud
1938 Men with Wings: acted · directed by William A. Wellman
1938 Say It in French: acted · directed by Andrew L. Stone
1938 Tropic Holiday: acted · directed by Theodore Reed
1939 Beau Geste: acted · directed by William A. Wellman · critics 92%, audiences 83%
1940 Arise, My Love: acted · directed by Mitchell Leisen · critics 71%, audiences 56%
1940 French Without Tears: acted · directed by Anthony Asquith
1940 Irene: acted · directed by Herbert Wilcox
1940 The Doctor Takes a Wife: acted · directed by Alexander Hall
1940 Untamed: acted · directed by George Archainbaud
1941 I Wanted Wings: acted · directed by Mitchell Leisen
1941 Skylark: acted · directed by Mark Sandrich
1942 Are Husbands Necessary?: acted · directed by Norman Taurog
1942 My Favorite Blonde: acted · directed by Frank Butler and Paul Jones
1942 Reap the Wild Wind: acted · directed by Cecil B. DeMille
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm: acted · directed by A. Edward Sutherland and George Marshall · audiences 53%
1942 Sullivan's Travels: acted · directed by Preston Sturges
1942 The Lady Has Plans: acted · directed by Sidney Lanfield
1942 The Major and the Minor: acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 100%, audiences 83%
1943 Forever and a Day: acted · directed by Cedric Hardwicke and Edmund Goulding · audiences 50% · streaming on Fawesome
1943 The Crystal Ball: acted · directed by Elliott Nugent
1944 Lady in the Dark: acted · directed by Mitchell Leisen
1944 Ministry of Fear: acted · directed by Fritz Lang · critics 84%, audiences 74%
1944 The Uninvited: acted · directed by Lewis Allen · critics 95%, audiences 80%
1944 Till We Meet Again: acted · directed by Frank Borzage
1945 Kitty: acted · directed by Mitchell Leisen
1945 The Lost Weekend: acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 97%, audiences 89% · streaming on Fandango at Home (free)
1946 The Well-Groomed Bride: acted · directed by Sidney Lanfield
1947 California: acted · directed by John Farrow
1947 Golden Earrings: acted · directed by Mitchell Leisen
1947 The Imperfect Lady: acted · directed by Lewis Allen
1947 The Trouble with Women: acted · directed by Sidney Lanfield
1947 Variety Girl: acted · directed by George Marshall
1948 Miss Tatlock's Millions: acted · directed by Richard Haydn
1948 Sealed Verdict: acted · directed by Lewis Allen
1948 So Evil My Love: acted · directed by Lewis Allen
1948 The Big Clock: acted · directed by John Farrow · critics 100%, audiences 84%
1949 Alias Nick Beal: acted · directed by John Farrow
1950 A Life of Her Own: acted · directed by George Cukor
1950 A Woman of Distinction: acted · directed by Edward Buzzell
1950 Copper Canyon: acted · directed by John Farrow
1950 It Happens Every Spring: acted · directed by Lloyd Bacon
1951 Circle of Danger: acted · directed by Jacques Tourneur
1951 Close to My Heart: acted · directed by William Keighley
1951 Rhubarb: acted · directed by Arthur Lubin
1951 Solitudine: acted · directed by Fletcher Markle
1952 Bugles in the Afternoon: acted · directed by Roy Rowland
1952 Something to Live For: acted · directed by George Stevens
1952 The Thief: acted · directed by Russell Rouse
1953 Jamaica Run: acted · directed by Lewis R. Foster
1953 Let's Do It Again: acted · directed by Alexander Hall
1954 Dial M for Murder: acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 89%, audiences 92% · streaming on Kanopy, TCM, Plex
1955 A Man Alone: directed, acted
1955 The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing: acted · directed by Richard Fleischer
1956 Lisbon: directed, acted
1956 Three Brave Men: acted · directed by Philip Dunne
1957 High Flight: acted · directed by John Gilling
1957 The River's Edge: acted · directed by Allan Dwan
1958 The Safecracker: directed
1959 Markham (TV series): acted
1962 Panic in Year Zero!: directed, acted
1962 The Premature Burial: acted · directed by Roger Corman · critics 50%, audiences 43% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
1963 X: acted · directed by Roger Corman
1964 Quick, Let's Get Married: acted · directed by William Dieterle
1965 The Love Goddesses: acted · directed by Saul J. Turell · audiences 69% · streaming on Criterion Channel
1968 Code Name, Red Roses: acted · directed by Fernando Di Leo
1968 Hostile Witness: directed, acted
1970 Love Story: acted · directed by Arthur Hiller
1971 Black Noon (TV movie): acted · directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
1972 Columbo (TV series): acted · audiences 83% · streaming on Tubi, Fandango at Home (free), Prime Video
1972 Frogs: acted · directed by George McCowan
1972 The Big Game: acted · directed by Robert Day
1972 The Thing with Two Heads: acted · directed by Lee Frost
1973 Terror in the Wax Museum: acted · directed by Georg Fenady · streaming on Hoopla, Tubi
1973 The House in Nightmare Park: acted · directed by Peter Sykes
1974 Gold: acted · directed by Peter R. Hunt
1974 The Student Connection: acted · directed by Rafael Romero Marchent
1975 Escape to Witch Mountain: acted · directed by John Hough
1976 Aces High: acted · directed by Jack Gold · audiences 67% · streaming on Fandango at Home (free), Fawesome, Tubi
1976 Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby (TV movie): acted · directed by Sam O'Steen
1976 Mayday at 40,000 Feet!: acted · directed by Robert Butler
1976 The Last Tycoon: acted · directed by Elia Kazan · critics 38%, audiences 40% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
1976 The Swiss Conspiracy: acted · directed by Jack Arnold
1977 Cuibul salamandrelor: acted · directed by Mircea Drăgan
1977 La ragazza dal pigiama giallo: acted · directed by Flavio Mogherini
1977 The Uncanny: acted · directed by Denis Héroux
1978 Blackout: acted · directed by Eddy Matalon
1978 Oliver's Story: acted · directed by John Korty
1978 Slavers: acted · directed by Jürgen Goslar
1979 Survival Run: acted · directed by Larry Spiegel
1980 The Attic: acted · directed by George Edwards
1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid: acted · directed by Carl Reiner · critics 70%, audiences 72%
1983 Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land: acted · directed by Jerry Jameson
1984 Serpiente de mar (Hydra-Monster of the Deep) Sea Serpent: acted · directed by Amando de Ossorio Rodríguez
1984 Terror in the Aisles: acted · directed by Andrew J. Kuehn · critics 63%, audiences 51%
1984 The Masks of Death (TV movie): acted · directed by Roy Ward Baker
The Gold Key: acted