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