John Miljan
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1892-11-08
Day of Death
1960-01-24 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Lead, South Dakota, USA
John Miljan
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
Acting
(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)
M
as Blind Baloon Vendor
(1951)
Camera Sleuth
as Herman Taphert (uncredited)
(1950)
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Old Man (uncredited)
(1950)
Mule Train
as Judd Holbrook (uncredited)
(1949)
Samson and Delilah
as Lesh Lakish
(1949)
Stampede
as T. J. Furman
(1949)
Mrs. Mike
as Mr. Howard
(1949)
Adventure in Baltimore
as Mr. Eckert
(1948)
Perilous Waters
as Carter Larkin
(1947)
Queen of the Amazons
as Narrator / Col. Jones
(1947)
Sinbad the Sailor
as Moga
(1947)
That's My Man
as Secretary
(1947)
The Flame
as Detective
(1946)
The Killers
as Jake the Rake (uncredited)
(1946)
The Last Crooked Mile
as Police Lieutenant Mayrin
(1946)
Lost City of the Jungle
as Doctor Gaffron
(1946)
White Tie and Tails
as Mr. Latimer
(1945)
Back to Bataan
as Gen. Jonathan Wainwright ('Skinny') (uncredited)
(1945)
It's in the Bag!
as Mr. Arnold
(1945)
Wildfire
as Pete Fanning
(1944)
Bride by Mistake
as Major Harvey
(1944)
The Merry Monahans
as Arnold Pembroke
(1944)
I Accuse My Parents
as Dan Wilson
(1943)
Submarine Alert
as Mr. Bambridge / Capt. Haigas
(1943)
Bombardier
as Charlie Craig
(1943)
The Fallen Sparrow
as Inspector 'Toby' Tobin
(1942)
The Big Street
as McWhirter (Uncredited)
(1942)
The Devil with Hitler
as Chairman - Board of Directors in Hell (uncredited)
(1942)
Obliging Young Lady
as George Potter
(1942)
Scattergood Survives a Murder
as Rolfe
(1942)
North of the Rockies
as Morgan
(1942)
The Boss of Big Town
as Kenneth Craige
(1942)
Criminal Investigator
as Edward Judson
(1941)
Double Cross
as Nick Taggart
(1941)
The Cowboy and the Blonde
as Bob Roycroft
(1941)
The Deadly Game
as Henri Franck
(1941)
Riot Squad
as Jim Grosso
(1941)
Forced Landing
as General Valdane
(1940)
Young Bill Hickok
as Nicholas Tower
(1940)
Emergency Squad
as Slade Wiley
(1940)
New Moon
as Pierre Brugnon
(1940)
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
as Carter Dangerfield
(1940)
Queen of the Mob
as Pan
(1940)
Women Without Names
as John Marlin
(1939)
Fast and Furious
as Eric Bartell
(1939)
Juarez
as Mariano Escobedo
(1939)
The Oklahoma Kid
as Ringo
(1939)
Pardon Our Nerve
as Duke Page
(1939)
Torchy Runs for Mayor
as Dr. Dolan
(1938)
If I Were King
as Thibaut d'Aussigny
(1938)
Miracle Money
as Dr. Jones
(1938)
Ride a Crooked Mile
as Lt. Col. Stuart
(1938)
Man-Proof
as Tommy Gaunt
(1938)
Border G-Man
as Louis Rankin
(1936)
Murder at Glen Athol
as Bill Holt
(1936)
The Plainsman
as General George A. Custer
(1936)
Sutter's Gold
as Gen. Juan Bautista Alvarado
(1936)
Private Number
as Sam Stapp
(1936)
Arizona Mahoney
as Cameron Lloyd
(1936)
North of Nome
as Dawson
(1936)
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Baltimore Evans
(1935)
3 Kids and a Queen
as Boss Benton
(1935)
Mississippi
as Major Patterson
(1935)
Charlie Chan in Paris
as Albert Dufresne
(1935)
Under the Pampas Moon
as Graham Scott
(1934)
Young and Beautiful
as Gordon Douglas
(1934)
Whirlpool
as Barney Gaige
(1934)
Belle of the Nineties
as Ace Carter
(1934)
The Ghost Walks
as Prescott Ames
(1934)
Madame Spy
as Weber
(1934)
The Poor Rich
as Prince Abdul Hamidshan
(1934)
Tomorrow's Youth
as Thomas Hall Sr.
(1934)
Unknown Blonde
as Frank Wilson
(1933)
What! No Beer?
as Butch Lorado
(1933)
The Sin of Nora Moran
as Paulino
(1933)
Whistling in the Dark
as Charlie
(1933)
The Mad Game
as William Bennett
(1933)
The Nuisance
as John Calhoun
(1933)
Twin Husbands
as Jerry Van Trevor/Jerry Werrenden
(1933)
The Way to Love
as Marco
(1933)
Blind Adventure
as Regan
(1933)
King for a Night
as Walter Douglas
(1932)
The Beast of the City
as District Attorney
(1932)
Flesh
as Willard
(1932)
The Kid from Spain
as Pancho
(1932)
Arsène Lupin
as Prefect of Police
(1932)
Emma
as District Attorney
(1932)
Hell Divers
as Lt. Cmdr. Jack Griffin
(1932)
The Wet Parade
as Major Doleshal
(1932)
The Rich Are Always with Us
as Greg Grannard
(1932)
Night Court
as Crawford
(1932)
Unashamed
as District Attorney Harris
(1932)
Prosperity
as Holland
(1932)
Are You Listening?
as Ted Russell
(1931)
The Secret Six
as Joe Colimo
(1931)
Possessed
as John Driscoll
(1931)
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
as Wayne Burlingham
(1931)
Politics
as Jim Curango
(1931)
Inspiration
as Henry Coutant, the Sculptor
(1931)
Iron Man
as Paul H. Lewis
(1931)
West of Broadway
as Norman (uncredited)
(1931)
Gentleman's Fate
as Florio
(1931)
Son of India
as Juggat
(1930)
Free and Easy
as Bedroom Scene
(1930)
Show Girl in Hollywood
as Frank Buelow
(1930)
War Nurse
as French Medical Officer (uncredited)
(1930)
In Gay Madrid
as Armada - the Torero
(1930)
Paid
as Inspector Burke
(1930)
Our Blushing Brides
as Martin W. Sanderson
(1930)
Estrellados
as Self (Guest Appearance)
(1930)
The Sea Bat
as Juan
(1930)
The Unholy Three
as Prosecuting Attorney
(1930)
Remote Control
as Doctor Kruger
(1930)
Not So Dumb
as (uncredited)
(1930)
The Woman Racket
as Chris Miller
(1929)
Queen of the Night Clubs
as Grant - Lawyer
(1929)
Untamed
as Bennock
(1929)
Devil-May-Care
as Lucien DeGrignon
(1929)
The Unholy Night
as Major Mallory
(1929)
The Desert Song
as Captain Fontaine
(1929)
Speedway
as Lee Renny
(1929)
A Man's Man
as John Miljan (uncredited)
(1929)
Hardboiled Rose
as Steve Wallace
(1929)
Stark Mad
as Dr. Milo
(1929)
(1929)
Innocents of Paris
as Monsieur Renard
(1929)
The Voice of the City
as Dapper Don Wilkes
(1929)
The Eternal Woman
as Gil Martin
(1929)
Gossip
as Bill - Alice's Husband
(1929)
Fashions in Love
as Frank Martin
(1928)
Glorious Betsy
as Preston
(1928)
The Terror
as Alfred Katman
(1928)
Lady Be Good
as Murray
(1928)
Land of the Silver Fox
as James Crawford
(1928)
The Crimson City
as Gregory Kent
(1928)
The Home Towners
as Joe Roberts
(1928)
Women They Talk About
as Officer
(1928)
The Little Snob
as Walt Keene
(1927)
The Jazz Singer
as Host (uncredited)
(1927)
What Happened To Father
as Victor Smith
(1927)
The Yankee Clipper
as Paul de Vigny
(1927)
The Desired Woman
as Lieutenant Kellogg
(1927)
Paying the Price
as Michael Donovan
(1927)
A Sailor's Sweetheart
as Mark Krisel
(1927)
The Satin Woman
as Maurice
(1927)
The Silver Slave
as Philip Caldwell
(1927)
Quarantined Rivals
as Ed, the barber
(1927)
The Final Extra
as Mervin Le Roy
(1927)
Husbands for Rent
as Hugh Frazer
(1927)
The Clown
as Bert Colton
(1927)
Wolf's Clothing
as Johnson Craigie
(1927)
Sailor Izzy Murphy
as The Lunatic
(1927)
(1927)
Stranded
as Grant Payne
(1926)
Footloose Widows
as J.A. Smith
(1926)
The Amateur Gentleman
as Viscount John Devenham
(1926)
My Official Wife
as Nicholas
(1926)
The Devil's Circus
as Lieberkind
(1926)
Almost a Lady
as Henri
(1926)
Devil's Island
as André Le Févier
(1926)
Brooding Eyes
as Drummond
(1926)
Unknown Treasures
as Ralph Cheneey
(1925)
The Phantom of the Opera
as Valentin (uncredited)
(1925)
Sackcloth and Scarlet
as Samuel Curtis
(1925)
The Unchastened Woman
as Lawrence Sanbury
(1925)
Silent Sanderson
as Jim Downing
(1925)
Flaming Waters
as Jasper Thorne
(1925)
Morals for Men
as Wallace
(1925)
The Unnamed Woman
as Archie Wesson
(1924)
On the Stroke of Three
as Henry Mogridge
(1924)
Empty Hearts
as Frank Gorman
(1924)
Love Letters
as Thomas Chadwick
(1924)
The Painted Lady
as Carter