Portrait of Ray Milland

Acting

Ray Milland

Career

Active from 1928 to 1996, busiest in 1977 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
99
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Big Clock
The Big Clock
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 96 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ray Milland Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.5, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.9, average 3.0
  • Cringe Humor
    1.3, average 2.2
  • Violence
    3.3, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 9
  • Classic Hollywood 9
  • Romantic Comedy 7
  • Witty Dialogue 7
  • Character-Driven 6
  • Lighthearted 6
  • Psychological Thriller 6
  • Psychological Drama 5
  • Character Study 5
  • Intrigue 5
  • Nostalgic 5
  • Class Conflict 5

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

170
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 83
Sad?
Sad? (1996)

as (archive footage)

Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)
GoodWatch score 83

as Don Birnam (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

10 titles ยท average score 51
Faces of Horror
Faces of Horror (1989)

as Maxwell Kirshner (archive)

The Sea Serpent
The Sea Serpent (1985)
GoodWatch score 44

as Professor Timothy Wallace

The Masks of Death
The Masks of Death (1984)
GoodWatch score 53

as Home Secretary

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983)
GoodWatch score 40

as Q. T. Thornwell

Cave-In!
Cave-In! (1983)
GoodWatch score 49

as Prof. Harrison Soames

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
GoodWatch score 69

as (in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)

The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (1982)

as Mr. Griffiths

Our Family Business
Our Family Business (1981)

as Tony

The Attic
The Attic (1980)
GoodWatch score 44

as Wendell

The Dream Merchants
The Dream Merchants (1980)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Lawrence Radford

1970s

42 titles ยท average score 52
The Uncanny
The Uncanny (1977)
GoodWatch score 31

as Frank Richards (segment "Montreal 1977")

The Pyjama Girl Case
The Pyjama Girl Case (1977)
GoodWatch score 58

as Inspector Timpson

Rich Man, Poor Man
Rich Man, Poor Man (1976)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Duncan Calderwood

Escape to Witch Mountain
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
GoodWatch score 68

as Aristotle Bolt

Gold
Gold (1974)
GoodWatch score 50

as Hurry Hirschfeld

Terror in the Wax Museum
Terror in the Wax Museum (1973)
GoodWatch score 42

as Harry Flexner

The House in Nightmare Park
The House in Nightmare Park (1973)
GoodWatch score 62

as Stewart Henderson

Frogs
Frogs (1972)
GoodWatch score 38

as Jason Crockett

The Thing with Two Heads
The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
GoodWatch score 20

as Maxwell Kirshner

Columbo
Columbo (1971)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Arthur Kennicutt / Jarvis Goodland

Black Noon
Black Noon (1971)
GoodWatch score 61

as Caleb Hobbs

Love Story
Love Story (1970)
GoodWatch score 72

as Oliver Barrett III

1960s

10 titles ยท average score 62
Daughter of the Mind
Daughter of the Mind (1969)
GoodWatch score 64

as Prof. Samuel Hale Constable

Bracken's World
Bracken's World (1969)

TV show

Hostile Witness
Hostile Witness (1968)
GoodWatch score 48

as Simon Crawford

Quick, Let's Get Married
Quick, Let's Get Married (1964)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mario Forni

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
GoodWatch score 77

as James Xavier

Panic in Year Zero!
Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
GoodWatch score 66

as Harry Baldwin

The Premature Burial
The Premature Burial (1962)
GoodWatch score 53

as Guy Carrell

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Howard Fennick

King of Kings
King of Kings (1961)
GoodWatch score 75

as Satan (voice) (uncredited)

Kraft Mystery Theatre
Kraft Mystery Theatre (1961)

TV show

1950s

27 titles ยท average score 63
Markham
Markham (1959)

TV show

The River's Edge
The River's Edge (1957)
GoodWatch score 62

as Nardo Denning

A Man Alone
A Man Alone (1955)
GoodWatch score 60

as Wes Steele

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
GoodWatch score 55

as Stanford White

Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder (1954)
GoodWatch score 83

as Tony Wendice

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as John / Caradoc Williams

Meet Mr. McNutley
Meet Mr. McNutley (1953)

TV show

Bugles in the Afternoon
Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)
GoodWatch score 46

as Kern Shafter

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Harry Carstairs

Rhubarb
Rhubarb (1951)
GoodWatch score 60

as Eric Yeager

A Life of Her Own
A Life of Her Own (1950)
GoodWatch score 57

as Steve Harleigh

Copper Canyon
Copper Canyon (1950)
GoodWatch score 51

as Johnny Carter

1940s

32 titles ยท average score 65
Alias Nick Beal
Alias Nick Beal (1949)
GoodWatch score 63

as Nick Beal

It Happens Every Spring
It Happens Every Spring (1949)
GoodWatch score 76

as Vernon Simpson

The Big Clock
The Big Clock (1948)
GoodWatch score 88

as George Stroud

So Evil My Love
So Evil My Love (1948)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mark Bellis

The Lost Weekend
The Lost Weekend (1945)
GoodWatch score 77

as Don Birnam

Ministry of Fear
Ministry of Fear (1944)
GoodWatch score 78

as Stephen Neale

The Uninvited
The Uninvited (1944)
GoodWatch score 84

as Roderick Fitzgerald

Reap the Wild Wind
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
GoodWatch score 70

as Stephen Tolliver

The Major and the Minor
The Major and the Minor (1942)
GoodWatch score 78

as Major Kirby

I Wanted Wings
I Wanted Wings (1941)
GoodWatch score 59

as Jeff Young

Arise, My Love
Arise, My Love (1940)
GoodWatch score 67

as Tom Martin

The Doctor Takes a Wife
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
GoodWatch score 62

as Dr. Timothy Sterling

1930s

41 titles ยท average score 61
Beau Geste
Beau Geste (1939)
GoodWatch score 75

as John Geste

Everything Happens at Night
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
GoodWatch score 54

as Geoffrey Thompson

Her Jungle Love
Her Jungle Love (1938)

as Bob Mitchell

Wise Girl
Wise Girl (1937)
GoodWatch score 60

as John O'Halloran

Easy Living
Easy Living (1937)
GoodWatch score 88

as John Ball Jr.

Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
GoodWatch score 43

as Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond

Wings Over Honolulu
Wings Over Honolulu (1937)

as Richard "Stony" Gilchrist

The Jungle Princess
The Jungle Princess (1936)
GoodWatch score 63

as Christopher Powell

Next Time We Love
Next Time We Love (1936)
GoodWatch score 69

as Tommy Abbott

The Gilded Lily
The Gilded Lily (1935)
GoodWatch score 68

as Charles Gray Granville

Four Hours to Kill!
Four Hours to Kill! (1935)
GoodWatch score 58

as Carl Barrett

Charlie Chan in London
Charlie Chan in London (1934)
GoodWatch score 66

as Neil Howard

1920s

6 titles ยท average score 68
The Lady from the Sea
The Lady from the Sea (1929)

as Tom Roberts

The Plaything
The Plaything (1929)

as Ian

The Flying Scotsman
The Flying Scotsman (1929)
GoodWatch score 66

as Jim Edwards

The Informer
The Informer (1929)
GoodWatch score 67

as Sharpshooter

Piccadilly
Piccadilly (1929)
GoodWatch score 77

as Diner in Nightclub (uncredited)

Moulin Rouge
Moulin Rouge (1928)
GoodWatch score 63

as Theater Patron (uncredited)