John Miljan
Acting • Born 1892-11-08 – Died 1960-01-24
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.
Filmography
188 credits
Estrellados
Movie • 1930
Self (Guest Appearance)
The Beast of the City
Movie • 1932
District Attorney
I Accuse My Parents
Movie • 1944
Dan Wilson
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Movie • 1942
Rolfe
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Movie • 1982
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
The Fallen Sparrow
Movie • 1943
Inspector 'Toby' Tobin
Devil's Island
Movie • 1926
André Le Févier
Charlie Chan in Paris
Movie • 1935
Albert Dufresne
The Sin of Nora Moran
Movie • 1933
Paulino
The Secret Six
Movie • 1931
Joe Colimo
Queen of the Night Clubs
Movie • 1929
Grant - Lawyer
Free and Easy
Movie • 1930
Bedroom Scene
Sinbad the Sailor
Movie • 1947
Moga
New Moon
Movie • 1940
Pierre Brugnon
Brooding Eyes
Movie • 1926
Drummond
The Flame
Movie • 1947
Detective
A Man's Man
Movie • 1929
John Miljan (uncredited)
The Boss of Big Town
Movie • 1942
Kenneth Craige
Submarine Alert
Movie • 1943
Mr. Bambridge / Capt. Haigas
The Last Crooked Mile
Movie • 1946
Police Lieutenant Mayrin
Possessed
Movie • 1931
John Driscoll
Sailor Izzy Murphy
Movie • 1927
The Lunatic
Stark Mad
Movie • 1929
Dr. Milo
Belle of the Nineties
Movie • 1934
Ace Carter
Bonzo Goes to College
Movie • 1952
Wilbur Crane
Emma
Movie • 1932
District Attorney
The Rich Are Always with Us
Movie • 1932
Greg Grannard
If I Were King
Movie • 1938
Thibaut d'Aussigny
Flesh
Movie • 1932
Willard
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
Movie • 1931
Wayne Burlingham
The Kid from Spain
Movie • 1932
Pancho
Silent Sanderson
Movie • 1925
Jim Downing
The Nuisance
Movie • 1933
John Calhoun
Miracle Money
Movie • 1938
Dr. Jones
Double Cross
Movie • 1941
Nick Taggart
Johnny Moccasin
Movie • 1956
Chief Dark Thunder
Twin Husbands
Movie • 1933
Jerry Van Trevor/Jerry Werrenden
The Ghost Walks
Movie • 1934
Prescott Ames
Arsène Lupin
Movie • 1932
Prefect of Police
Are You Listening?
Movie • 1932
Ted Russell
Young and Beautiful
Movie • 1934
Gordon Douglas
Criminal Investigator
Movie • 1942
Edward Judson
Tomorrow's Youth
Movie • 1934
Thomas Hall Sr.
Blind Adventure
Movie • 1933
Regan
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Movie • 1939
Dr. Dolan
Glorious Betsy
Movie • 1928
Preston
Politics
Movie • 1931
Jim Curango
The Unchastened Woman
Movie • 1925
Lawrence Sanbury
Pirates of Tripoli
Movie • 1955
Malek
Fast and Furious
Movie • 1939
Eric Bartell
Untamed
Movie • 1929
Bennock
West of Broadway
Movie • 1931
Norman (uncredited)
Murder at Glen Athol
Movie • 1936
Bill Holt
Whistling in the Dark
Movie • 1933
Charlie
Under the Pampas Moon
Movie • 1935
Graham Scott
Hell Divers
Movie • 1932
Lt. Cmdr. Jack Griffin
Almost a Lady
Movie • 1926
Henri
The Sea Bat
Movie • 1930
Juan
Gentleman's Fate
Movie • 1931
Florio
Riot Squad
Movie • 1941
Jim Grosso
The Poor Rich
Movie • 1934
Prince Abdul Hamidshan
Lost City of the Jungle
Movie • 1946
Doctor Gaffron
Devil-May-Care
Movie • 1929
Lucien DeGrignon
Man-Proof
Movie • 1938
Tommy Gaunt
The Merry Monahans
Movie • 1944
Arnold Pembroke
Flaming Waters
Movie • 1925
Jasper Thorne
Adventure in Baltimore
Movie • 1949
Mr. Eckert
The Final Extra
Movie • 1927
Mervin Le Roy
Unashamed
Movie • 1932
District Attorney Harris
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Movie • 1940
Carter Dangerfield
Women Without Names
Movie • 1940
John Marlin
Bride by Mistake
Movie • 1944
Major Harvey
M
Movie • 1951
Blind Baloon Vendor
The Desert Song
Movie • 1929
Captain Fontaine
Quarantined Rivals
Movie • 1927
Ed, the barber
Private Number
Movie • 1936
Sam Stapp
Whirlpool
Movie • 1934
Barney Gaige
Remote Control
Movie • 1930
Doctor Kruger
The Mad Game
Movie • 1933
William Bennett
The Woman Racket
Movie • 1930
Chris Miller
The Voice of the City
Movie • 1929
Dapper Don Wilkes
Love Letters
Movie • 1924
Thomas Chadwick
Prosperity
Movie • 1932
Holland
Stranded
Movie • 1927
Grant Payne
In Gay Madrid
Movie • 1930
Armada - the Torero
The Yankee Clipper
Movie • 1927
Paul de Vigny
Son of India
Movie • 1931
Juggat
Show Girl in Hollywood
Movie • 1930
Frank Buelow
Obliging Young Lady
Movie • 1942
George Potter
Paying the Price
Movie • 1927
Michael Donovan
The Cowboy and the Blonde
Movie • 1941
Bob Roycroft
Paid
Movie • 1930
Inspector Burke
The Desired Woman
Movie • 1927
Lieutenant Kellogg
Wildfire
Movie • 1945
Pete Fanning
Samson and Delilah
Movie • 1949
Lesh Lakish
The Plainsman
Movie • 1936
General George A. Custer
Speedway
Movie • 1929
Lee Renny
Sutter's Gold
Movie • 1936
Gen. Juan Bautista Alvarado
Innocents of Paris
Movie • 1929
Monsieur Renard
The Oklahoma Kid
Movie • 1939
Ringo
The Gentleman from Louisiana
Movie • 1936
Baltimore Evans
What! No Beer?
Movie • 1933
Butch Lorado
Apache Warrior
Movie • 1957
Chief Nantan
King for a Night
Movie • 1933
Walter Douglas
The Unholy Three
Movie • 1930
Prosecuting Attorney
Juarez
Movie • 1939
Mariano Escobedo
That's My Man
Movie • 1947
Secretary
Arizona Mahoney
Movie • 1936
Cameron Lloyd
Our Blushing Brides
Movie • 1930
Martin W. Sanderson
Night Court
Movie • 1932
Crawford
Forced Landing
Movie • 1941
General Valdane
Border G-Man
Movie • 1938
Louis Rankin
The Devil's Circus
Movie • 1926
Lieberkind
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
Movie • 1958
Chief Tomache
Emergency Squad
Movie • 1940
Slade Wiley
Ride a Crooked Mile
Movie • 1938
Lt. Col. Stuart
Perilous Waters
Movie • 1948
Carter Larkin
North of Nome
Movie • 1936
Dawson
Pardon Our Nerve
Movie • 1939
Duke Page
The Killers
Movie • 1946
Jake the Rake (uncredited)
The Clown
Movie • 1927
Bert Colton
Morals for Men
Movie • 1925
Wallace
Husbands for Rent
Movie • 1927
Hugh Frazer
The Little Snob
Movie • 1928
Walt Keene
Young Bill Hickok
Movie • 1940
Nicholas Tower
Run for Cover
Movie • 1955
Mayor Walsh
Footloose Widows
Movie • 1926
J.A. Smith
Iron Man
Movie • 1931
Paul H. Lewis
Madame Spy
Movie • 1934
Weber
Stampede
Movie • 1949
T. J. Furman
On the Stroke of Three
Movie • 1924
Henry Mogridge
Not So Dumb
Movie • 1930
(uncredited)
The Wet Parade
Movie • 1932
Major Doleshal
War Nurse
Movie • 1930
French Medical Officer (uncredited)
Bombardier
Movie • 1943
Charlie Craig
Fashions in Love
Movie • 1929
Frank Martin
Unknown Blonde
Movie • 1934
Frank Wilson
Mrs. Mike
Movie • 1949
Mr. Howard
The Deadly Game
Movie • 1941
Henri Franck
The Satin Woman
Movie • 1927
Maurice
North of the Rockies
Movie • 1942
Morgan
The Ten Commandments
Movie • 1956
The Blind One
The Wild Dakotas
Movie • 1956
Antelope
Gossip
Movie • 1929
Bill - Alice's Husband
Women They Talk About
Movie • 1928
Officer
Walk Softly, Stranger
Movie • 1950
Old Man (uncredited)
Hardboiled Rose
Movie • 1929
Steve Wallace
The Home Towners
Movie • 1928
Joe Roberts
The Terror
Movie • 1928
Alfred Katman
Inspiration
Movie • 1931
Henry Coutant, the Sculptor
Camera Sleuth
Movie • 1951
Herman Taphert (uncredited)
The Devil with Hitler
Movie • 1942
Chairman - Board of Directors in Hell (uncredited)
The Amateur Gentleman
Movie • 1926
Viscount John Devenham
Queen of the Amazons
Movie • 1947
Narrator / Col. Jones
What Happened To Father
Movie • 1927
Victor Smith
Sackcloth and Scarlet
Movie • 1925
Samuel Curtis
My Official Wife
Movie • 1926
Nicholas
The Way to Love
Movie • 1933
Marco
The Unholy Night
Movie • 1929
Major Mallory
Lady Be Good
Movie • 1928
Murray
Lucky Fool
Movie • 1927
3 Kids and a Queen
Movie • 1935
Boss Benton
Empty Hearts
Movie • 1924
Frank Gorman
Times Square
Movie • 1929
The Crimson City
Movie • 1928
Gregory Kent
A Sailor's Sweetheart
Movie • 1927
Mark Krisel
The Phantom of the Opera
Movie • 1925
Valentin (uncredited)
Back to Bataan
Movie • 1945
Gen. Jonathan Wainwright ('Skinny') (uncredited)
It's in the Bag!
Movie • 1945
Mr. Arnold
White Tie and Tails
Movie • 1946
Mr. Latimer
The Jazz Singer
Movie • 1927
Host (uncredited)
The Silver Slave
Movie • 1927
Philip Caldwell
Land of the Silver Fox
Movie • 1928
James Crawford
Mississippi
Movie • 1935
Major Patterson
Queen of the Mob
Movie • 1940
Pan
The Big Street
Movie • 1942
McWhirter (uncredited)
The Eternal Woman
Movie • 1929
Gil Martin
Mule Train
Movie • 1950
Judd Holbrook (uncredited)
The Painted Lady
Movie • 1924
Carter
The Unnamed Woman
Movie • 1925
Archie Wesson
Wolf's Clothing
Movie • 1927
Johnson Craigie
Unknown Treasures
Movie • 1926
Ralph Cheneey
The Overland Limited
Movie • 1925
Brice Miller
Romance Ranch
Movie • 1924
Clifton Venable
The Lone Chance
Movie • 1924
Lew Brody
Wreckage
Movie • 1925
Maurice Dysart
Lovers
Movie • 1927
Alvarez
The Line-Up
Movie • 1934
Reginald Fields