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John Miljan
- Name: John Miljan
- Birthday: 1892-11-08
- Place of birth: Lead, South Dakota, USA
- Popularity: 2.681
Biography:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Miljan (November 9, 1892 – January 24, 1960) was an American actor. He appeared in 201 films between 1924 and 1958. He was the tall, smooth-talking villain in Hollywood films for almost four decades, beginning in 1923.
Miljan made his first sound film in 1927 in the promotional trailer for The Jazz Singer, inviting audiences to see the upcoming landmark film. In later years he played imposing, authoritative parts such as high-ranking executives and military officers. He is best remembered as General Custer in Cecil B. De Mille's film The Plainsman.
Miljan died from cancer in Hollywood in 1960, aged 67. He was married to Victoire Lowe and... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid as (in "The Killers") (archive footage) | 1982-05-21 |
| The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold as Chief Tomache | 1958-06-04 |
| Apache Warrior as Chief Nantan | 1957-07-01 |
| The Ten Commandments as The Blind One | 1956-10-05 |
| Johnny Moccasin as Chief Dark Thunder | 1956-06-06 |
| The Wild Dakotas as Antelope | 1956-02-28 |
| Run for Cover as Mayor Walsh | 1955-04-29 |
| Pirates of Tripoli as Malek | 1955-02-10 |
| Bonzo Goes to College as Wilbur Crane | 1952-09-01 |
| Camera Sleuth as Herman Taphert (uncredited) | 1951-04-28 |
| M as Blind Baloon Vendor | 1951-03-01 |
| Walk Softly, Stranger as Old Man (uncredited) | 1950-10-14 |
| Mule Train as Judd Holbrook (uncredited) | 1950-02-22 |
| Mrs. Mike as Mr. Howard | 1949-12-23 |
| Samson and Delilah as Lesh Lakish | 1949-12-21 |
| Stampede as T. J. Furman | 1949-05-01 |
| Adventure in Baltimore as Mr. Eckert | 1949-04-19 |
| Perilous Waters as Carter Larkin | 1948-02-14 |
| The Flame as Detective | 1947-11-24 |
| That's My Man as Secretary | 1947-06-01 |
| Queen of the Amazons as Narrator / Col. Jones | 1947-01-15 |
| Sinbad the Sailor as Moga | 1947-01-13 |
| The Killers as Jake the Rake (uncredited) | 1946-08-30 |
| White Tie and Tails as Mr. Latimer | 1946-08-30 |
| The Last Crooked Mile as Police Lieutenant Mayrin | 1946-08-09 |
| Lost City of the Jungle as Doctor Gaffron | 1946-04-23 |
| Wildfire as Pete Fanning | 1945-07-18 |
| Back to Bataan as Gen. Jonathan Wainwright ('Skinny') (uncredited) | 1945-05-30 |
| It's in the Bag! as Mr. Arnold | 1945-04-21 |
| I Accuse My Parents as Dan Wilson | 1944-10-27 |
| The Merry Monahans as Arnold Pembroke | 1944-09-15 |
| Bride by Mistake as Major Harvey | 1944-07-26 |
| The Fallen Sparrow as Inspector 'Toby' Tobin | 1943-08-19 |
| Submarine Alert as Mr. Bambridge / Capt. Haigas | 1943-06-28 |
| Bombardier as Charlie Craig | 1943-05-14 |
| The Boss of Big Town as Kenneth Craige | 1942-12-07 |
| Criminal Investigator as Edward Judson | 1942-10-23 |
| The Devil with Hitler as Chairman - Board of Directors in Hell (uncredited) | 1942-10-18 |
| Scattergood Survives a Murder as Rolfe | 1942-10-01 |
| The Big Street as McWhirter (Uncredited) | 1942-08-13 |
| North of the Rockies as Morgan | 1942-04-02 |
| Obliging Young Lady as George Potter | 1942-04-01 |
| Riot Squad as Jim Grosso | 1941-12-12 |
| The Deadly Game as Henri Franck | 1941-08-08 |
| Forced Landing as General Valdane | 1941-07-11 |
| Double Cross as Nick Taggart | 1941-06-27 |
| The Cowboy and the Blonde as Bob Roycroft | 1941-05-16 |
| The Texas Rangers Ride Again as Carter Dangerfield | 1940-12-13 |
| Young Bill Hickok as Nicholas Tower | 1940-10-21 |
| New Moon as Pierre Brugnon | 1940-06-28 |
| Queen of the Mob as Pan | 1940-06-28 |
| Women Without Names as John Marlin | 1940-03-14 |
| Emergency Squad as Slade Wiley | 1940-01-05 |
| Fast and Furious as Eric Bartell | 1939-10-06 |
| Juarez as Mariano Escobedo | 1939-06-10 |
| Torchy Runs for Mayor as Dr. Dolan | 1939-05-13 |
| The Oklahoma Kid as Ringo | 1939-03-11 |
| Pardon Our Nerve as Duke Page | 1939-02-24 |
| Ride a Crooked Mile as Lt. Col. Stuart | 1938-12-09 |
| If I Were King as Thibaut d'Aussigny | 1938-09-28 |
| Border G-Man as Louis Rankin | 1938-06-24 |
| Miracle Money as Dr. Jones | 1938-03-26 |
| Man-Proof as Tommy Gaunt | 1938-01-07 |
| Arizona Mahoney as Cameron Lloyd | 1936-12-04 |
| The Plainsman as General George A. Custer | 1936-11-16 |
| North of Nome as Dawson | 1936-11-14 |
| The Gentleman from Louisiana as Baltimore Evans | 1936-08-14 |
| Private Number as Sam Stapp | 1936-06-05 |
| Sutter's Gold as Gen. Juan Bautista Alvarado | 1936-03-01 |
| Murder at Glen Athol as Bill Holt | 1936-02-27 |
| 3 Kids and a Queen as Boss Benton | 1935-10-21 |
| Under the Pampas Moon as Graham Scott | 1935-06-01 |
| Mississippi as Major Patterson | 1935-03-22 |
| Charlie Chan in Paris as Albert Dufresne | 1935-01-21 |
| The Ghost Walks as Prescott Ames | 1934-12-01 |
| Tomorrow's Youth as Thomas Hall Sr. | 1934-10-14 |
| Belle of the Nineties as Ace Carter | 1934-09-21 |
| Young and Beautiful as Gordon Douglas | 1934-09-16 |
| Unknown Blonde as Frank Wilson | 1934-04-23 |
| Whirlpool as Barney Gaige | 1934-04-10 |
| The Poor Rich as Prince Abdul Hamidshan | 1934-02-25 |
| Madame Spy as Weber | 1934-02-10 |
| The Sin of Nora Moran as Paulino | 1933-12-13 |
| King for a Night as Walter Douglas | 1933-12-09 |
| Twin Husbands as Jerry Van Trevor/Jerry Werrenden | 1933-11-29 |
| The Mad Game as William Bennett | 1933-10-27 |
| The Way to Love as Marco | 1933-10-20 |
| Blind Adventure as Regan | 1933-08-18 |
| The Nuisance as John Calhoun | 1933-06-03 |
| What! No Beer? as Butch Lorado | 1933-02-10 |
| Whistling in the Dark as Charlie Shaw | 1933-01-21 |
| Flesh as Willard | 1932-12-08 |
| Prosperity as Holland | 1932-11-18 |
| The Kid from Spain as Pancho | 1932-11-17 |
| Unashamed as District Attorney Harris | 1932-07-02 |
| Night Court as Crawford | 1932-06-04 |
| The Rich Are Always with Us as Greg Grannard | 1932-05-19 |
| The Wet Parade as Major Doleshal | 1932-03-26 |
| Are You Listening? as Ted Russell | 1932-03-21 |
| Arsène Lupin as Prefect of Police | 1932-02-26 |
| The Beast of the City as District Attorney | 1932-02-13 |
| Hell Divers as Lt. Cmdr. Jack Griffin | 1932-01-16 |
| Emma as District Attorney | 1932-01-02 |
| West of Broadway as Norman | 1931-11-28 |
| Possessed as John Driscoll | 1931-11-21 |
| Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) as Wayne Burlingham | 1931-10-10 |
| Son of India as Juggat | 1931-08-01 |
| Iron Man as Paul H. Lewis | 1931-04-29 |
| The Secret Six as Joe Colimo | 1931-04-18 |
| Gentleman's Fate as Florio | 1931-03-07 |
| Politics as Jim Curango | 1931-02-26 |
| Inspiration as Henry Coutant, the Sculptor | 1931-01-31 |
| Paid as Inspector Burke | 1930-12-30 |
| War Nurse as French Medical Officer (uncredited) | 1930-11-22 |
| Remote Control as Doctor Kruger | 1930-11-15 |
| Our Blushing Brides as Martin W. Sanderson | 1930-07-19 |
| The Unholy Three as Prosecuting Attorney | 1930-07-12 |
| Estrellados as Self (Guest Appearance) | 1930-07-07 |
| The Sea Bat as Juan | 1930-07-05 |
| In Gay Madrid as Armada - the Torero | 1930-05-17 |
| Show Girl in Hollywood as Frank Buelow | 1930-04-20 |
| Free and Easy as Bedroom Scene | 1930-03-22 |
| Not So Dumb as (uncredited) | 1930-02-02 |
| The Woman Racket as Chris | 1930-01-24 |
| Devil-May-Care as Lucien DeGrignon | 1929-12-27 |
| Untamed as Bennock | 1929-11-23 |
| Speedway as Lee Renny | 1929-10-07 |
| The Unholy Night as Major Mallory | 1929-09-13 |
| Times Square | 1929-09-01 |
| Fashions in Love as Frank Martin | 1929-07-01 |
| A Man's Man as John Miljan (uncredited) | 1929-05-25 |
| Gossip as Bill - Alice's Husband | 1929-04-29 |
| The Voice of the City as Dapper Don Wilkes | 1929-04-13 |
| The Desert Song as Captain Fontaine | 1929-04-08 |
| Hardboiled Rose as Steve Wallace | 1929-03-30 |
| Queen of the Night Clubs as Grant - Lawyer | 1929-03-23 |
| The Eternal Woman as Gil Martin | 1929-03-18 |
| Stark Mad as Dr. Milo | 1929-02-02 |
| Innocents of Paris as Monsieur Renard | 1929-01-02 |
| The Home Towners as Joe Roberts | 1928-11-03 |
| Land of the Silver Fox as James Crawford | 1928-10-18 |
| The Terror as Alfred Katman | 1928-09-06 |
| Women They Talk About as Officer | 1928-08-10 |
| Lady Be Good as Murray | 1928-05-06 |
| Glorious Betsy as Preston | 1928-04-25 |
| The Crimson City as Gregory Kent | 1928-04-07 |
| The Little Snob as Walt Keene | 1928-02-11 |
| Husbands for Rent as Hugh Frazer | 1927-12-31 |
| The Silver Slave as Philip Caldwell | 1927-11-12 |
| Sailor Izzy Murphy as The Lunatic | 1927-10-08 |
| The Jazz Singer as Host (uncredited) | 1927-10-06 |
| A Sailor's Sweetheart as Mark | 1927-09-24 |
| The Clown as Bert Colton | 1927-09-12 |
| The Desired Woman as Lieutenant Kellogg | 1927-08-27 |
| Stranded as Grant Payne | 1927-08-15 |
| The Satin Woman as Maurice | 1927-07-24 |
| What Happened To Father as Victor Smith | 1927-06-25 |
| The Yankee Clipper as Paul de Vigny | 1927-05-07 |
| Paying the Price as Michael Donovan | 1927-04-05 |
| Quarantined Rivals as Ed, the barber | 1927-02-28 |
| The Final Extra as Mervin Le Roy | 1927-02-07 |
| Lucky Fool | 1927-01-01 |
| My Official Wife as Nicholas | 1926-10-16 |
| Almost a Lady as Henri | 1926-09-27 |
| The Amateur Gentleman as Viscount John Devenham | 1926-08-14 |
| Devil's Island as André Le Févier | 1926-07-20 |
| Footloose Widows as J.A. Smith | 1926-06-19 |
| Brooding Eyes as Drummond | 1926-03-15 |
| The Devil's Circus as Lieberkind | 1926-02-14 |
| Flaming Waters as Jasper Thorne | 1925-12-13 |
| Morals for Men as Wallace | 1925-12-01 |
| The Unchastened Woman as Lawrence Sanbury | 1925-11-15 |
| The Phantom of the Opera as Valentin (uncredited) | 1925-09-22 |
| Silent Sanderson as Jim Downing | 1925-04-13 |
| Sackcloth and Scarlet as Samuel Curtis | 1925-03-22 |
| On the Stroke of Three as Henry Mogridge | 1924-10-30 |
| The Painted Lady as Carter | 1924-09-28 |
| Empty Hearts as Frank Gorman | 1924-09-15 |
| Love Letters as Thomas Chadwick | 1924-02-10 |
