John Miljan
190 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 8, 1892
- Died
- Jan 24, 1960 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Lead, South Dakota, USA
Biography
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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.
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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.
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John Miljan: movies and TV shows
Acting (190)
- 1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
- 1958 The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
as Chief Tomache
- 1957 Apache Warrior
as Chief Nantan
- 1956 The Ten Commandments
as The Blind One
- 1956 Johnny Moccasin
as Chief Dark Thunder
- 1956 The Wild Dakotas
as Antelope
- 1955 Run for Cover
as Mayor Walsh
- 1955 Pirates of Tripoli
as Malek
- 1952 Bonzo Goes to College
as Wilbur Crane
- 1951 Camera Sleuth
as Herman Taphert (uncredited)
- 1951 M
as Blind Baloon Vendor
- 1950 Walk Softly, Stranger
as Old Man (uncredited)
- 1950 Mule Train
as Judd Holbrook (uncredited)
- 1949 Mrs. Mike
as Mr. Howard
- 1949 Samson and Delilah
as Lesh Lakish
- 1949 Stampede
as T. J. Furman
- 1949 Adventure in Baltimore
as Mr. Eckert
- 1948 Perilous Waters
as Carter Larkin
- 1947 The Flame
as Detective
- 1947 That's My Man
as Secretary
- 1947 Queen of the Amazons
as Narrator / Col. Jones
- 1947 Sinbad the Sailor
as Moga
- 1946 The Killers
as Jake the Rake (uncredited)
- 1946 White Tie and Tails
as Mr. Latimer
- 1946 The Last Crooked Mile
as Police Lieutenant Mayrin
- 1946 Lost City of the Jungle
as Doctor Gaffron
- 1945 Wildfire
as Pete Fanning
- 1945 Back to Bataan
as Gen. Jonathan Wainwright ('Skinny') (uncredited)
- 1945 It's in the Bag!
as Mr. Arnold
- 1944 I Accuse My Parents
as Dan Wilson
- 1944 The Merry Monahans
as Arnold Pembroke
- 1944 Bride by Mistake
as Major Harvey
- 1943 The Fallen Sparrow
as Inspector 'Toby' Tobin
- 1943 Submarine Alert
as Mr. Bambridge / Capt. Haigas
- 1943 Bombardier
as Charlie Craig
- 1942 The Boss of Big Town
as Kenneth Craige
- 1942 Criminal Investigator
as Edward Judson
- 1942 The Devil with Hitler
as Chairman - Board of Directors in Hell (uncredited)
- 1942 Scattergood Survives a Murder
as Rolfe
- 1942 The Big Street
as McWhirter (uncredited)
- 1942 North of the Rockies
as Morgan
- 1942 Obliging Young Lady
as George Potter
- 1941 Riot Squad
as Jim Grosso
- 1941 The Deadly Game
as Henri Franck
- 1941 Forced Landing
as General Valdane (uncredited)
- 1941 Double Cross
as Nick Taggart
- 1941 The Cowboy and the Blonde
as Bob Roycroft
- 1940 The Texas Rangers Ride Again
as Carter Dangerfield
- 1940 Young Bill Hickok
as Nicholas Tower
- 1940 New Moon
as Pierre Brugnon
- 1940 Queen of the Mob
as Pan
- 1940 Women Without Names
as John Marlin
- 1940 Emergency Squad
as Slade Wiley
- 1939 Fast and Furious
as Eric Bartell
- 1939 Juarez
as Mariano Escobedo
- 1939 Torchy Runs for Mayor
as Dr. Dolan
- 1939 The Oklahoma Kid
as Ringo
- 1939 Pardon Our Nerve
as Duke Page
- 1938 Ride a Crooked Mile
as Lt. Col. Stuart
- 1938 If I Were King
as Thibaut d'Aussigny
- 1938 Border G-Man
as Louis Rankin
- 1938 Miracle Money
as Dr. Jones
- 1938 Man-Proof
as Tommy Gaunt
- 1936 Arizona Mahoney
as Cameron Lloyd
- 1936 The Plainsman
as General George A. Custer
- 1936 North of Nome
as Dawson
- 1936 The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Baltimore Evans
- 1936 Private Number
as Sam Stapp
- 1936 Sutter's Gold
as Gen. Juan Bautista Alvarado
- 1936 Murder at Glen Athol
as Bill Holt
- 1935 3 Kids and a Queen
as Boss Benton
- 1935 Under the Pampas Moon
as Graham Scott
- 1935 Mississippi
as Major Patterson
- 1935 Charlie Chan in Paris
as Albert Dufresne
- 1934 The Ghost Walks
as Prescott Ames
- 1934 Tomorrow's Youth
as Thomas Hall Sr.
- 1934 Belle of the Nineties
as Ace Carter
- 1934 Young and Beautiful
as Gordon Douglas
- 1934 Unknown Blonde
as Frank Wilson
- 1934 The Line-Up
as Reginald Fields
- 1934 Whirlpool
as Barney Gaige
- 1934 The Poor Rich
as Prince Abdul Hamidshan
- 1934 Madame Spy
as Weber
- 1933 The Sin of Nora Moran
as Paulino
- 1933 King for a Night
as Walter Douglas
- 1933 Twin Husbands
as Jerry Van Trevor/Jerry Werrenden
- 1933 The Mad Game
as William Bennett
- 1933 The Way to Love
as Marco
- 1933 Blind Adventure
as Regan
- 1933 The Nuisance
as John Calhoun
- 1933 What! No Beer?
as Butch Lorado
- 1933 Whistling in the Dark
as Charlie
- 1932 Flesh
as Willard
- 1932 Prosperity
as Holland
- 1932 The Kid from Spain
as Pancho
- 1932 Unashamed
as District Attorney Harris
- 1932 Night Court
as Crawford
- 1932 The Rich Are Always with Us
as Greg Grannard
- 1932 The Wet Parade
as Major Doleshal
- 1932 Are You Listening?
as Ted Russell
- 1932 Arsène Lupin
as Prefect of Police
- 1932 The Beast of the City
as District Attorney
- 1932 Hell Divers
as Lt. Cmdr. Jack Griffin
- 1932 Emma
as District Attorney
- 1931 West of Broadway
as Norman (uncredited)
- 1931 Possessed
as John Driscoll
- 1931 Susan Lenox
as Wayne Burlingham
- 1931 Son of India
as Juggat
- 1931 Iron Man
as Paul H. Lewis
- 1931 The Secret Six
as Joe Colimo
- 1931 Gentleman's Fate
as Florio
- 1931 Politics
as Jim Curango
- 1931 Inspiration
as Henry Coutant, the Sculptor
- 1930 Paid
as Inspector Burke
- 1930 War Nurse
as French Medical Officer (uncredited)
- 1930 Remote Control
as Doctor Kruger
- 1930 Our Blushing Brides
as Martin W. Sanderson
- 1930 The Unholy Three
as Prosecuting Attorney
- 1930 The Sea Bat
as Juan
- 1930 In Gay Madrid
as Armada - the Torero
- 1930 Show Girl in Hollywood
as Frank Buelow
- 1930 Free and Easy
as Bedroom Scene
- 1930 Not So Dumb
as (uncredited)
- 1930 The Woman Racket
as Chris Miller
- 1929 Devil-May-Care
as Lucien DeGrignon
- 1929 Untamed
as Bennock
- 1929 Speedway
as Lee Renny
- 1929 The Unholy Night
as Major Mallory
- 1929
- 1929 Fashions in Love
as Frank Martin
- 1929 A Man's Man
as John Miljan (uncredited)
- 1929 Gossip
as Bill - Alice's Husband
- 1929 The Voice of the City
as Dapper Don Wilkes
- 1929 The Desert Song
as Captain Fontaine
- 1929 Hardboiled Rose
as Steve Wallace
- 1929 Queen of the Night Clubs
as Grant - Lawyer
- 1929 The Eternal Woman
as Gil Martin
- 1929 Stark Mad
as Dr. Milo
- 1929 Innocents of Paris
as Monsieur Renard
- 1928 The Home Towners
as Joe Roberts
- 1928 Land of the Silver Fox
as James Crawford
- 1928 The Terror
as Alfred Katman
- 1928 Women They Talk About
as Officer
- 1928 Lady Be Good
as Murray
- 1928 Glorious Betsy
as Preston
- 1928 The Crimson City
as Gregory Kent
- 1928 The Little Snob
as Walt Keene
- 1927 Husbands for Rent
as Hugh Frazer
- 1927 The Slaver
as Cyril Blake
- 1927 The Silver Slave
as Philip Caldwell
- 1927 Sailor Izzy Murphy
as The Lunatic
- 1927 The Jazz Singer
as Host (uncredited)
- 1927 A Sailor's Sweetheart
as Mark Krisel
- 1927 The Clown
as Bert Colton
- 1927 The Desired Woman
as Lieutenant Kellogg
- 1927 Stranded
as Grant Payne
- 1927 The Satin Woman
as Maurice
- 1927 What Happened To Father
as Victor Smith
- 1927 Framed
as Lola's Husband
- 1927 Rough House Rosie
as Lew McKay
- 1927 The Yankee Clipper
as Paul de Vigny
- 1927 Lovers
as Alvarez
- 1927 Paying the Price
as Michael Donovan
- 1927 Quarantined Rivals
as Ed, the barber
- 1927 The Final Extra
as Mervin Le Roy
- 1927 Wolf's Clothing
as Johnson Craigie
- 1927
- 1926 My Official Wife
as Nicholas
- 1926 Almost a Lady
as Henri
- 1926 Unknown Treasures
as Ralph Cheneey
- 1926 The Amateur Gentleman
as Viscount John Devenham
- 1926 Devil's Island
as André Le Févier
- 1926 Footloose Widows
as J.A. Smith
- 1926 Brooding Eyes
as Drummond
- 1926 The Devil's Circus
as Lieberkind
- 1925 Flaming Waters
as Jasper Thorne
- 1925 Morals for Men
as Wallace
- 1925 The Unchastened Woman
as Lawrence Sanbury
- 1925 The Unnamed Woman
as Archie Wesson
- 1925 Wreckage
as Maurice Dysart
- 1925 The Overland Limited
as Brice Miller
- 1925 The Phantom of the Opera
as Valentin (uncredited)
- 1925 Silent Sanderson
as Jim Downing
- 1925 Sackcloth and Scarlet
as Samuel Curtis
- 1924 On the Stroke of Three
as Henry Mogridge
- 1924 The Painted Lady
as Carter
- 1924 Empty Hearts
as Frank Gorman
- 1924 Romance Ranch
as Clifton Venable
- 1924 The Lone Chance
as Lew Brody
- 1924 Love Letters
as Thomas Chadwick
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1930