John Miljan
- Acting
- November 8, 1892 · Lead, South Dakota, USA
- January 24, 1960
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid · (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
- The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold · Chief Tomache
- Apache Warrior · Chief Nantan
- The Ten Commandments · The Blind One
- Johnny Moccasin · Chief Dark Thunder
- The Wild Dakotas · Antelope
- Run for Cover · Mayor Walsh
- Pirates of Tripoli · Malek
- Bonzo Goes to College · Wilbur Crane
- Camera Sleuth · Herman Taphert (uncredited)
- M · Blind Baloon Vendor
- Walk Softly, Stranger · Old Man (uncredited)
- Mule Train · Judd Holbrook (uncredited)
- Mrs. Mike · Mr. Howard
- Samson and Delilah · Lesh Lakish
- Stampede · T. J. Furman
- Adventure in Baltimore · Mr. Eckert
- Perilous Waters · Carter Larkin
- The Flame · Detective
- That's My Man · Secretary
- Queen of the Amazons · Narrator / Col. Jones
- Sinbad the Sailor · Moga
- The Killers · Jake the Rake (uncredited)
- White Tie and Tails · Mr. Latimer
- The Last Crooked Mile · Police Lieutenant Mayrin
- Lost City of the Jungle · Doctor Gaffron
- Wildfire · Pete Fanning
- Back to Bataan · Gen. Jonathan Wainwright ('Skinny') (uncredited)
- It's in the Bag! · Mr. Arnold
- I Accuse My Parents · Dan Wilson
- The Merry Monahans · Arnold Pembroke
- Bride by Mistake · Major Harvey
- The Fallen Sparrow · Inspector 'Toby' Tobin
- Submarine Alert · Mr. Bambridge / Capt. Haigas
- Bombardier · Charlie Craig
- The Boss of Big Town · Kenneth Craige
- Criminal Investigator · Edward Judson
- The Devil with Hitler · Chairman - Board of Directors in Hell (uncredited)
- Scattergood Survives a Murder · Rolfe
- The Big Street · McWhirter (uncredited)
- North of the Rockies · Morgan
- Obliging Young Lady · George Potter
- Riot Squad · Jim Grosso
- The Deadly Game · Henri Franck
- Forced Landing · General Valdane (uncredited)
- Double Cross · Nick Taggart
- The Cowboy and the Blonde · Bob Roycroft
- The Texas Rangers Ride Again · Carter Dangerfield
- Young Bill Hickok · Nicholas Tower
- New Moon · Pierre Brugnon
- Queen of the Mob · Pan
- Women Without Names · John Marlin
- Emergency Squad · Slade Wiley
- Fast and Furious · Eric Bartell
- Juarez · Mariano Escobedo
- Torchy Runs for Mayor · Dr. Dolan
- The Oklahoma Kid · Ringo
- Pardon Our Nerve · Duke Page
- Ride a Crooked Mile · Lt. Col. Stuart
- If I Were King · Thibaut d'Aussigny
- Border G-Man · Louis Rankin
- Miracle Money · Dr. Jones
- Man-Proof · Tommy Gaunt
- Arizona Mahoney · Cameron Lloyd
- The Plainsman · General George A. Custer
- North of Nome · Dawson
- The Gentleman from Louisiana · Baltimore Evans
- Private Number · Sam Stapp
- Sutter's Gold · Gen. Juan Bautista Alvarado
- Murder at Glen Athol · Bill Holt
- 3 Kids and a Queen · Boss Benton
- Under the Pampas Moon · Graham Scott
- Mississippi · Major Patterson
- Charlie Chan in Paris · Albert Dufresne
- The Ghost Walks · Prescott Ames
- Tomorrow's Youth · Thomas Hall Sr.
- Belle of the Nineties · Ace Carter
- Young and Beautiful · Gordon Douglas
- Unknown Blonde · Frank Wilson
- The Line-Up · Reginald Fields