Ray Milland

Milland earns my deep respect for the courage of his reinvention. Pegged as a handsome leading man in light comedies, he risked everything by plunging into the ruin of an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend, and the gamble brought him the Academy Award and the Best Actor prize at Cannes. It takes nerve to dismantle the very image that made you bankable and descend into human frailty that completely. The Welshman from Neath never coasted on his looks, and his later move into directing reveals a restless, inquiring craftsman. To me he is an actor of unusual range and quiet daring.

Name (English)

Ray Milland

Name (Japanese)

レイ・ミランド

Reading

れい・みらんど

Born

January 3, 1907 – March 10, 1986

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Goat

Origin

Neath, United Kingdom

Height

186 cm

Occupation

actor / film director / film actor / television actor / stage actor

Awards & achievements

• 1946 Academy Award for Best Actor
• 1945 National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
• 1946 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
• 1946 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%20Milland
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181774

Tags

• actor
• film director
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.