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