Movies by Ray Milland
As part of the cast:
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Cast: Steve Martin, Humphrey Bogart, Rachel Ward …
Directed by: Carl Reiner
Gumshoe Rigby Reardon (Steve Martin) takes on the case of a missing cheese maker/scientist when the man's shapely daughter, Juliet Forrest (Rachel Ward), hires the detective to…
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The Attic / Crawl Space Double Feature (1980)
Cast: Carrie Snodgress, Klaus Kinski, Ray Milland …
Directed by: David Schmoeller, George Edwards
In The Attic, the insecure and unmarried daughter (Carrie Snodgress) of an overbearing, invalid father (Ray Milland) escapes her miserable life by hiding in the attic, fantasizing about her…
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Oliver's Story (1979)
Cast: Ryan O'Neal, Candice Bergen, Nicola Pagett …
Directed by: John Korty
In this sequel to the 1970 tearjerker Love Story, Ryan O'Neal reprises his role as Oliver Barrett IV, who's still distraught over the death of his beautiful young wife, Jenny, when…
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Blackout (1978)
Cast: James Mitchum, Robert Carradine, Belinda Montgomery …
Directed by: Eddy Matalon
Psychopaths terrorize the tenants of a ritzy high-rise when the lights go out in New York City in this action thriller. Led by Christie (Robert Carradine), a group of psychotic killers goes…
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The Pyjama Girl Case (1977)
Cast: Dalila Di Lazzaro, Michele Placido, Ray Milland …
Directed by: Flavio Mogherini
When the mutilated body of a beautiful girl wearing yellow pajamas washes up on an Australian beach, a retired police detective (Academy Award winner Ray Milland) dedicates himself to solving…
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The Swiss Conspiracy (1976)
Cast: John Saxon, David Janssen, Ray Milland …
Directed by: Jack Arnold
Filmed in the Swiss city of Zurich, this Euro-thriller unravels a complicated web of secrecy to get to the bottom of an international blackmail operation that's targeting notoriously…
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The Last Tycoon (1976)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum …
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished novel about Hollywood and its denizens, this Elia Kazan-helmed drama tells the tale of Monroe Stahr (Robert De Niro), a 1930s studio head driven…
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Aces High (1976)
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Christopher Plummer, Simon Ward …
Directed by: Jack Gold
Soar through the dangerous dogfight-filled skies of World War I with this drama that follows ace fighter pilot Maj. Gresham's (Malcolm McDowell) struggles to handle the rigors of combat,…
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Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
Cast: Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, Eddie Albert …
Directed by: John Hough
Orphans Tony (Ike Eisenmann) and Tia (Kim Richards) use their superpowers to find a place called Witch Mountain -- escaping from the nefarious clutches of Aristotle Bolt (Ray Milland) and…
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Gold (1974)
Cast: Roger Moore, Ray Milland, Susannah York …
Directed by: Peter Hunt
A ruthless tycoon begins manipulating the price of gold on the world market, hoping to shift the odds in his favor. To further improve his chances, he also decides to sabotage one of South…
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Frogs (1972)
Cast: Sam Elliott, Ray Milland, Adam Roarke …
Directed by: George McCowan
Millionaire Ray Milland kills any animal that moves on his island estate. The slaughter continues even when his family visits the island. Sam Elliott challenges Milland to mend his ways --…
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The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
Cast: Ray Milland, Roosevelt Grier, Don Marshall …
Directed by: Lee Frost
Racist transplant surgeon Maxwell Kirshner (Ray Milland) never lets anything compromise his work -- even his impending death. When he learns he has a terminal illness, Kirshner decides to…
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The Incredible Two Headed Transplant / The Thing with Two Heads (1971)
Cast: Bruce Dern, Ray Milland, Casey Kasem …
Directed by: Lee Frost, Anthony M. Lanza
Two heads are better than one in this pair of horror classics featuring mad scientists whose experiments go awry. First, Dr. Roger Gerard (Bruce Dern) attaches a killer's head onto a…
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Company of Killers (1971)
Cast: Van Johnson, Ray Milland, Brian Kelly …
Directed by: Jerry Thorpe
After a cop is murdered, an assassin on the run is pursued by both police and the crime syndicate he double-crossed in this 1971 crime drama. Bullets start flying when the hit man…
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Love Story (1970)
Cast: Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley …
Directed by: Arthur Hiller
Privileged Harvard jock Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'Neal) sparks the anger of his steely, demanding father (Ray Milland) by falling in love with and marrying plebeian Radcliffe student…
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Hostile Witness (1968)
Cast: Ray Milland, Sylvia Syms, Felix Aylmer …
Directed by: Ray Milland
A big-time barrister (Ray Milland) finds himself on the wrong side of the law when his daughter is killed and he's later implicated in the murder of his neighbor, who could have been…
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The Premature Burial / The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1962)
Cast: Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Ray Milland stars in this pair of shocking tales directed by Roger Corman. First, a man is convinced his father was buried alive and lives in absolute fear of his own live interment in The…
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Premature Burial (1962)
Cast: Ray Milland, Hazel Court, Richard Ney …
Directed by: Roger Corman
Medical student Guy Carrell believes his father was buried while still alive and fears he'll suffer the same fate. Growing increasingly paranoid, he builds himself a mausoleum rigged for escape.
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The River's Edge (1957)
Cast: Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget …
Directed by: Allan Dwan
Ben and Meg Cameron (Anthony Quinn and Debra Paget) are hardworking ranchers in the New Mexico desert whose happy life is disturbed when an old acquaintance arrives unexpectedly, armed with a…
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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
Cast: Joan Collins, Ray Milland, Farley Granger …
Directed by: Richard Fleischer
Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit (Joan Collins) is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and wealthy but unstable Harry Thaw (Farley Granger). She…
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Dial M for Murder (1954)
Cast: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings …
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Director Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece of double-cross and intrigue stars Ray Milland as former tennis champ Tony Wendice, who concocts a plan to kill his rich but unfaithful wife…
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Jamaica Run (1953)
Cast: Ray Milland, Arlene Dahl, Wendell Corey …
Directed by: Lewis R. Foster
When dedicated sailing skipper Patrick Fairlie (Ray Milland) accepts a job to attempt to salvage a wrecked ship, he has no idea that the assignment will place him smack-dab in the middle of a…
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Something to Live For (1952)
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland, Teresa Wright …
Directed by: George Stevens
While battling his own demons, recovering alcoholic Alan Miller is called in to save Jenny Carey, a depressed actress drowning her sorrows in booze. The two lost souls fall in love, but they…
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Rhubarb (1951)
Cast: Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, Gene Lockhart …
Directed by: Arthur Lubin
When eccentric millionaire T.J. Banner (Gene Lockhart) wills his fortune and his pathetic Brooklyn Loons pro baseball team not to his family but to Rhubarb, his cat, everyone has an axe to…
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Copper Canyon (1950)
Cast: Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, Macdonald Carey …
Directed by: John Farrow
Confederate officer Johnny Carter (Ray Milland) battles corrupt lawmen who are putting the pressure on downtrodden miners. Desperate, the miners begin looking to Carter for salvation, but…
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The Big Clock (1948)
Cast: Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan …
Directed by: John Farrow
In director John Farrow's noir thriller, crime magazine publisher Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton) tries to pin the murder of his own mistress on the magazine's editor, George Stroud…
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The Lost Weekend (1945)
Cast: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry …
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Based on Charles R. Jackson's novel, director Billy Wilder's searing, Oscar-winning portrait of an alcoholic follows writer Don Birnem (Ray Milland), whose girlfriend (Jane Wyman)…
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Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Cast: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Robert Preston …
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Boat captain Jack (John Wayne) and lawyer Steve (Ray Milland) vie for the love of feisty salvage ship owner Loxi (Paulette Goddard), but fraud and jealousy lead to major disaster. Cecil B.…
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My Favorite Blonde / Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Cast: Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll, Gale Sondergaard …
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield, George Marshall
Bob Hope pops up alongside some of Hollywood's biggest stars in this pair of Paramount comedies. In My Favorite Blonde (1942), a good-natured entertainer (Hope) finds himself caught up…
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The Major and the Minor (1942)
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson …
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder's directorial debut follows Sue Applegate (Ginger Rogers), a young woman who wants to return home to Iowa from the city, but is so short on cash that she must masquerade as…
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The Doctor Takes a Wife / A Night to Remember (1940)
Cast: Loretta Young, Ray Milland, Reginald Gardiner …
Directed by: Richard Wallace, Alexander Hall
Helmed by directors Alexander Hall and Richard Wallace, this pair of charming screwball comedies stars silver-screen beauty Loretta Young, alongside Ray Milland, Brian Aherne and Sidney…
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Beau Geste (1939)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston …
Directed by: William A. Wellman
The disappearance of a fabulous sapphire dubbed the Blue Water sends the British Geste brothers -- "Beau" (Gary Cooper), John (Ray Milland) and Digby (Robert Preston) -- off to join the…
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The Texans / California (1938)
Cast: Joan Bennett, May Robson, Walter Brennan …
Directed by: James P. Hogan, John Farrow
Two Westerns examine a Union in transition. In The Texans, a former Confederate soldier (Randolph Scott) tries to get a fresh start in life as a rancher but is drawn into a plot to attack the…
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Bulldog Drummond Escapes/ Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1937)
Cast: Ray Milland, John Howard, Heather Angel …
Directed by: James P. Hogan
In this pair of adventure flicks from the 1930s, actor John Howard and future Oscar winner Ray Milland split the role of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a forerunner of the suave James Bond…
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Easy Living (1937)
Cast: Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland …
Directed by: Mitchell Leisen
Written by Academy Award winner Preston Sturges and starring Oscar winner Ray Milland, Jean Arthur and Edward Arnold, this classic screwball satire follows a wealthy financier who takes…
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Charlie Chan in London (1934)
Cast: Warner Oland, Ray Milland, Mona Barrie …
Directed by: Eugene Forde
Charlie Chan's (Warner Oland) pleasure trip to London turns into business when he's called upon to help clear Neil Howard (played by a young Ray Milland) of faulty murder charges.…
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College Humor / We're Not Dressing (1933)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Richard Arlen, George Burns …
Directed by: Wesley Ruggles, Norman Taurog
This pair of classic movie musicals from the 1930s casts crooner Bing Crosby in two very different roles: a love-struck college professor and a low-ranking crew member swabbing the deck on a…
As a director:
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Hostile Witness (1968)
Cast: Ray Milland, Sylvia Syms, Felix Aylmer …
Directed by: Ray Milland
A big-time barrister (Ray Milland) finds himself on the wrong side of the law when his daughter is killed and he's later implicated in the murder of his neighbor, who could have been…