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).
Academy Awards
Best Actor
Golden Globe Awards
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Cannes Film Festival
Best Actor
National Board of Review Awards
Best Actor
Known For
Aces High
(1976)
Brigadier General Whale
Dial M for Murder
(1954)
Tony Wendice
Battlestar Galactica
(1978)
Sire Uri
King of Kings
(1961)
Satan (voice) (uncredited)
Love Story
(1970)
Oliver Barrett III
The Premature Burial
(1962)
Guy Carrell
The Love Goddesses
(1965)
(archive footage)
Escape to Witch Mountain
(1975)
Aristotle Bolt
The Uninvited
(1944)
Roderick Fitzgerald
Beau Geste
(1939)
John Geste
Piccadilly
(1929)
Diner in Nightclub (uncredited)
The Big Clock
(1948)
George Stroud
Sullivan's Travels
(1941)
Near-Collision Man (uncredited)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(1982)
(in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)
Gold
(1974)
Hurry Hirschfeld
The Masks of Death
(1984)
Home Secretary
Full Filmography
Acting
Moulin Rouge
(1928)
Theater Patron (uncredited)
The Flying Scotsman
(1929)
Jim Edwards
The Lady from the Sea
(1929)
Tom Roberts
Piccadilly
(1929)
Diner in Nightclub (uncredited)
The Plaything
(1929)
Ian
The Informer
(1929)
Sharpshooter
Way for a Sailor
(1930)
Ship's Officer
Passion Flower
(1930)
Party Guest with Letter (uncredited)
Blonde Crazy
(1931)
Joe Reynolds
Ambassador Bill
(1931)
King Lothar
Bought!
(1931)
Charles Carter Jr.
The Bachelor Father
(1931)
Geoffrey Trent
Strangers May Kiss
(1931)
3rd Admirer
Just a Gigolo
(1931)
Freddie
Payment Deferred
(1932)
James Medland
But the Flesh Is Weak
(1932)
Mr. Stewart
The Man Who Played God
(1932)
Eddie (uncredited)
Polly of the Circus
(1932)
Church Usher (uncredited)
This Is the Life
(1933)
Bob Travers
Orders Is Orders
(1933)
Dashwood
We're Not Dressing
(1934)
Michael Stofani
Charlie Chan in London
(1934)
Neil Howard
Bolero
(1934)
Robert Coray
Menace
(1934)
Freddie Bastion
Many Happy Returns
(1934)
Ted Lambert
One Hour Late
(1934)
Tony St. John
The Glass Key
(1935)
Taylor Henry
The Gilded Lily
(1935)
Charles Gray (Lord Granton)
Four Hours to Kill!
(1935)
Carl Barrett
Alias Mary Dow
(1935)
Peter Marshall
Three Smart Girls
(1936)
Lord Michael Stuart
Next Time We Love
(1936)
Tommy Abbott (as Raymond Milland)
The Jungle Princess
(1936)
Christopher Powell
The Big Broadcast of 1937
(1936)
Bob Miller
The Return of Sophie Lang
(1936)
Jimmy Dawson
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
(1937)
Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond
Easy Living
(1937)
John Ball Jr.
Wise Girl
(1937)
John O'Halloran
Ebb Tide
(1937)
Robert Herrick
Wings Over Honolulu
(1937)
Richard "Stony" Gilchrist
Tropic Holiday
(1938)
Ken Warren
Her Jungle Love
(1938)
Bob Mitchell
Men with Wings
(1938)
Scott Barnes
Say It in French
(1938)
Richard Carrington, Jr.
Beau Geste
(1939)
John Geste
Everything Happens at Night
(1939)
Geoffrey Thompson
Hotel Imperial
(1939)
Lieutenant Nemassy
The Doctor Takes a Wife
(1940)
Timothy Sterling
Irene
(1940)
Don Marshall
Arise, My Love
(1940)
Tom Martin
French Without Tears
(1940)
Alan Howard
Untamed
(1940)
William Crawford
Skylark
(1941)
Tony Kenyon
I Wanted Wings
(1941)
Jeff Young
Sullivan's Travels
(1941)
Near-Collision Man (uncredited)
Reap the Wild Wind
(1942)
Stephen Tolliver
The Major and the Minor
(1942)
Philip Kirby
The Lady Has Plans
(1942)
Kenneth Clarence Harper
Star Spangled Rhythm
(1942)
Joe
Are Husbands Necessary?
(1942)
George Cugat
Forever and a Day
(1943)
Bill Trimble
The Crystal Ball
(1943)
Brad Cavanaugh
Ministry of Fear
(1944)
Stephen Neale
The Uninvited
(1944)
Roderick Fitzgerald
Lady in the Dark
(1944)
Charley Johnson
Till We Meet Again
(1944)
John
The Lost Weekend
(1945)
Don Birnam
Kitty
(1945)
Sir Hugh Marcy
The Imperfect Lady
(1946)
Clive Loring
The Well Groomed Bride
(1946)
Dudley Briggs
Golden Earrings
(1947)
Ralph Denistoun
California
(1947)
Jonathan Trumbo
The Trouble with Women
(1947)
Gilbert Sedley
Variety Girl
(1947)
Ray Milland
So Evil My Love
(1948)
Mark Bellis
The Big Clock
(1948)
George Stroud
Sealed Verdict
(1948)
Robert Lawson
Miss Tatlock's Millions
(1948)
Himself
Alias Nick Beal
(1949)
Nick Beal
It Happens Every Spring
(1949)
Vernon Simpson
The Art Director
(1949)
Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Copper Canyon
(1950)
Johnny Carter
A Woman of Distinction
(1950)
Alexander "Alec" Stevenson
A Life of Her Own
(1950)
Steve Harleigh
Rhubarb
(1951)
Eric Yeager
Circle of Danger
(1951)
Clay Douglas
Close to My Heart
(1951)
Brad Sheridan
Night Into Morning
(1951)
Philip Ainley
The Thief
(1952)
Allan Fields
Bugles in the Afternoon
(1952)
Kern Shafter
Something to Live For
(1952)
Alan Miller
Let's Do It Again
(1953)
Gary Stuart
Jamaica Run
(1953)
Patrick Fairlie
Dial M for Murder
(1954)
Tony Wendice
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
(1955)
Stanford White
A Man Alone
(1955)
Wes Steele
Lisbon
(1956)
Robert John Evans
Three Brave Men
(1956)
Joe DiMarco
The River's Edge
(1957)
Nardo Denning
High Flight
(1957)
Wing Commander Rudge
The Safecracker
(1958)
Colley Dawson
King of Kings
(1961)
Satan (voice) (uncredited)
Panic in Year Zero!
(1962)
Harry Baldwin
The Premature Burial
(1962)
Guy Carrell
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
(1963)
James Xavier
The Confession
(1964)
Mario Forni
The Love Goddesses
(1965)
(archive footage)
Hostile Witness
(1968)
Simon Crawford
Daughter of the Mind
(1969)
Prof. Samuel Hale Constable
Love Story
(1970)
Oliver Barrett III
Company of Killers
(1970)
George DeSalles
River of Gold
(1971)
Evelyn Rose
Black Noon
(1971)
Caleb Hobbs
The Thing with Two Heads
(1972)
Maxwell Kirshner
Frogs
(1972)
Jason Crockett
Embassy
(1972)
Ambassador
The House in Nightmare Park
(1973)
Stewart Henderson
Terror in the Wax Museum
(1973)
Harry Flexner
The Big Game
(1973)
Pete Handley
Gold
(1974)
Hurry Hirschfeld
Witness to Murder
(1974)
Dr. Roger Mann
The Dead Don't Die
(1975)
Jim Moss / Varrick
Escape to Witch Mountain
(1975)
Aristotle Bolt
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
(1975)
Carson McKell
The Swiss Conspiracy
(1976)
Johann Hurtil
The Last Tycoon
(1976)
Fleishacker
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
(1976)
Roman Castevet
Aces High
(1976)
Brigadier General Whale
The Pyjama Girl Case
(1977)
Inspector Thompson
The Uncanny
(1977)
Frank Richards
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
(1977)
Dr. Joseph Mannheim
Oil
(1977)
Boss Stewart
Cruise Into Terror
(1978)
Dr. Isiah Bakkun
Blackout
(1978)
Richard Stafford
Oliver's Story
(1978)
Oliver Barrett III
Slavers
(1978)
Hassan
Battlestar Galactica
(1978)
Sire Uri
Survival Run
(1979)
Professor
The Darker Side of Terror
(1979)
Prof. Meredith
Game for Vultures
(1979)
Colonal Brettle
The Attic
(1980)
Wendell
Cave-In!
(1980)
Prof. Harrison Soames
Our Family Business
(1981)
Tony
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(1982)
(in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
(1982)
Mr. Griffiths
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
(1983)
Q. T. Thornwell
The Masks of Death
(1984)
Home Secretary
The Sea Serpent
(1985)
Professor Timothy Wallace
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
(1987)
Self (archive footage)
Faces of Horror
(1989)
Maxwell Kirshner (archive)
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
(1995)
Don Birnam (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sad?
(1996)
(archive footage)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Directing
A Man Alone
(1955)
Director
Lisbon
(1956)
Director
The Safecracker
(1958)
Director
Panic in Year Zero!
(1962)
Director
Hostile Witness
(1968)
Director
Production
Writing