John Miljan
Age: 67 | From: Lead, South Dakota, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1892-11-09 07:44:12
Death: 1960-01-24 07:44:12
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Lead, South Dakota, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 127
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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 adopted her two sons from her first marriage to actor Creighton Hale.
Most Famous Work
The Ten Commandments
(1956) The Blind One
Samson and Delilah
(1949) Lesh Lakish
The Phantom of the Opera
(1925) Valentin (uncredited)
The Killers
(1946) Jake the Rake (uncredited)
The Jazz Singer
(1928) Host (uncredited)
Back to Bataan
(1945) Gen. Jonathan Wainwright ('Skinny') (uncredited)
Sinbad the Sailor
(1947) Moga
Run for Cover
(1955) Mayor WalshActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | (in "The Killers") (archive footage) | |
| 1958 | Chief Tomache | |
| 1957 | Chief Nantan | |
| 1956 | The Blind One | |
| Chief Dark Thunder | ||
| Antelope | ||
| 1955 | Mayor Walsh | |
| Malek | ||
| 1952 | Wilbur Crane | |
| 1951 | Herman Taphert (uncredited) | |
| Blind Baloon Vendor | ||
| 1950 | Old Man (uncredited) | |
| 1949 | Mr. Howard | |
| Lesh Lakish | ||
| T. J. Furman | ||
| Mr. Eckert | ||
| 1948 | Carter Larkin | |
| 1947 | Detective | |
| Narrator / Col. Jones | ||
| Moga | ||
| 1946 | Mr. Latimer | |
| Jake the Rake (uncredited) | ||
| Police Lieutenant Mayrin | ||
| Doctor Gaffron | ||
| 1945 | Pete Fanning | |
| Gen. Jonathan Wainwright ('Skinny') (uncredited) | ||
| Mr. Arnold | ||
| 1944 | Dan Wilson | |
| Arnold Pembroke | ||
| Major Harvey | ||
| 1943 | Inspector 'Toby' Tobin | |
| Mr. Bambridge / Capt. Haigas | ||
| Charlie Craig | ||
| 1942 | Kenneth Craige | |
| Edward Judson | ||
| Chairman - Board of Directors in Hell (uncredited) | ||
| Rolfe | ||
| McWhirter (Uncredited) | ||
| Morgan | ||
| George Potter | ||
| 1941 | Jim Grosso | |
| Henri Franck | ||
| General Valdane | ||
| Nick Taggart | ||
| Bob Roycroft | ||
| 1940 | Carter Dangerfield | |
| Nicholas Tower | ||
| Pierre Brugnon | ||
| Pan | ||
| John Marlin | ||
| Slade Wiley | ||
| 1939 | Eric Bartell | |
| Mariano Escobedo | ||
| Dr. Dolan | ||
| Ringo | ||
| Duke Page | ||
| 1938 | Lt. Col. Stuart | |
| Thibaut d'Aussigny | ||
| Louis Rankin | ||
| Dr. Jones | ||
| Tommy Gaunt | ||
| 1936 | Cameron Lloyd | |
| General George A. Custer | ||
| Dawson | ||
| Baltimore Evans | ||
| Sam Stapp | ||
| Gen. Juan Bautista Alvarado | ||
| Bill Holt | ||
| 1935 | Boss Benton | |
| Graham Scott | ||
| Major Patterson | ||
| Albert Dufresne | ||
| 1934 | Prescott Ames | |
| Thomas Hall Sr. | ||
| Ace Carter | ||
| Gordon Douglas | ||
| Frank Wilson | ||
| Barney Gaige | ||
| Prince Abdul Hamidshan | ||
| Weber | ||
| 1933 | Paulino | |
| Walter Douglas | ||
| Jerry Van Trevor/Jerry Werrenden | ||
| William Bennett | ||
| Marco | ||
| Regan | ||
| John Calhoun | ||
| Butch Lorado | ||
| Charlie Shaw | ||
| 1932 | Willard | |
| Holland | ||
| Pancho | ||
| District Attorney Harris | ||
| Crawford | ||
| Greg Grannard | ||
| Major Doleshal | ||
| Ted Russell | ||
| Prefect of Police | ||
| District Attorney | ||
| Lt. Cmdr. Jack Griffin | ||
| District Attorney | ||
| 1931 | Norman | |
| John Driscoll | ||
| Wayne Burlingham | ||
| Juggat | ||
| Paul H. Lewis | ||
| Joe Colimo | ||
| Florio | ||
| Jim Curango | ||
| Henry Coutant, the Sculptor | ||
| 1930 | Inspector Burke | |
| French Medical Officer (uncredited) | ||
| Doctor Kruger | ||
| Martin W. Sanderson | ||
| Prosecuting Attorney | ||
| Self (Guest Appearance) | ||
| Juan | ||
| Armada - the Torero | ||
| Frank Buelow | ||
| Bedroom Scene | ||
| (uncredited) | ||
| Chris | ||
| 1929 | Lucien DeGrignon | |
| Bennock | ||
| Lee Renny | ||
| Major Mallory | ||
| N/A | ||
| Frank Martin | ||
| John Miljan (uncredited) | ||
| Bill - Alice's Husband | ||
| Dapper Don Wilkes | ||
| Captain Fontaine | ||
| Steve Wallace | ||
| Grant - Lawyer | ||
| Gil Martin | ||
| Dr. Milo | ||
| Monsieur Renard | ||
| 1928 | Joe Roberts | |
| James Crawford | ||
| Alfred Katman | ||
| Officer | ||
| Murray | ||
| Preston | ||
| Gregory Kent | ||
| Host (uncredited) | ||
| 1927 | Philip Caldwell | |
| The Lunatic | ||
| Mark | ||
| Bert Colton | ||
| Lieutenant Kellogg | ||
| Grant Payne | ||
| Maurice | ||
| Victor Smith | ||
| Paul de Vigny | ||
| Michael Donovan | ||
| Ed, the barber | ||
| Mervin Le Roy | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1926 | Nicholas | |
| Henri | ||
| Viscount John Devenham | ||
| André Le Févier | ||
| J.A. Smith | ||
| Drummond | ||
| Lieberkind | ||
| 1925 | Jasper Thorne | |
| Lawrence Sanbury | ||
| Valentin (uncredited) | ||
| Jim Downing | ||
| Samuel Curtis | ||
| 1924 | Frank Gorman | |
| Thomas Chadwick | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
