Biography
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.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1946
- Cannes Film Festival Award — Best Actor · 1946
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor in a Leading Role · 1946
- National Board of Review Award — Best Actor · 1945
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 1976 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1946 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Columbo
Dial M for Murder
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Lost Weekend
Forever and a Day
Sullivan's Travels
The Big Clock
Battlestar Galactica
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
King of Kings
The Major and the Minor
Easy Living
The Flying Scotsman
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
What's My Line?
A Woman of Distinction
Beau Geste
Blonde Crazy
Hart to Hart
Battlestar Galactica
Something to Live For
The Uninvited
Ministry of Fear
Love Story
Alias Nick Beal
California
Skylark
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Charlie's Angels
Thriller
The Gilded Lily
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Close to My Heart
Black Noon
Company of Killers
Hostile Witness
Circle of Danger
It Happens Every Spring
Three Smart Girls
Next Time We Love
Piccadilly
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
Escape to Witch Mountain
Reap the Wild Wind
Wings Over Honolulu
The Last Tycoon
The Premature Burial
Panic in Year Zero!
The Love Boat
The Jungle Princess