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.
Movie | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Killers") (archive footage) | 1982-05-21 |
Movie | The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold | Chief Tomache | 1958-06-04 |
Movie | Apache Warrior | Chief Nantan | 1957-07-01 |
Movie | The Wild Dakotas | Antelope | 1956-02-28 |
Movie | Johnny Moccasin | Chief Dark Thunder | 1956-06-06 |
Movie | The Ten Commandments | The Blind One | 1956-10-05 |
Movie | Pirates of Tripoli | Malek | 1955-02-10 |
Movie | Run for Cover | Mayor Walsh | 1955-04-29 |
Movie | Bonzo Goes to College | Wilbur Crane | 1952-09-01 |
Movie | M | Blind Baloon Vendor | 1951-03-01 |
Movie | Camera Sleuth | Herman Taphert (uncredited) | 1951-04-28 |
Movie | Walk Softly, Stranger | Old Man (uncredited) | 1950-10-14 |
Movie | Mule Train | Judd Holbrook (uncredited) | 1950-02-22 |
Movie | Stampede | T. J. Furman | 1949-05-01 |
Movie | Adventure in Baltimore | Mr. Eckert | 1949-04-19 |
Movie | Samson and Delilah | Lesh Lakish | 1949-12-21 |
Movie | Mrs. Mike | Mr. Howard | 1949-12-23 |
Movie | Perilous Waters | Carter Larkin | 1948-02-14 |
Movie | Queen of the Amazons | Narrator / Col. Jones | 1947-01-15 |
Movie | Sinbad the Sailor | Moga | 1947-01-13 |
Movie | That's My Man | Secretary | 1947-06-01 |
Movie | The Flame | Detective | 1947-11-24 |
Movie | Lost City of the Jungle | Doctor Gaffron | 1946-04-23 |
Movie | The Last Crooked Mile | Police Lieutenant Mayrin | 1946-08-09 |
Movie | The Killers | Jake the Rake (uncredited) | 1946-08-30 |
Movie | White Tie and Tails | Mr. Latimer | 1946-08-30 |
Movie | It's in the Bag! | Mr. Arnold | 1945-04-21 |
Movie | Wildfire | Pete Fanning | 1945-07-18 |
Movie | Back to Bataan | Gen. Jonathan Wainwright ('Skinny') (uncredited) | 1945-05-30 |
Movie | The Merry Monahans | Arnold Pembroke | 1944-09-15 |
Movie | Bride by Mistake | Major Harvey | 1944-07-26 |
Movie | I Accuse My Parents | Dan Wilson | 1944-10-27 |
Movie | Submarine Alert | Mr. Bambridge / Capt. Haigas | 1943-06-28 |
Movie | Bombardier | Charlie Craig | 1943-05-14 |
Movie | The Fallen Sparrow | Inspector 'Toby' Tobin | 1943-08-19 |
Movie | North of the Rockies | Morgan | 1942-04-02 |
Movie | Obliging Young Lady | George Potter | 1942-04-01 |
Movie | The Big Street | McWhirter (Uncredited) | 1942-08-13 |
Movie | The Devil with Hitler | Chairman - Board of Directors in Hell (uncredited) | 1942-10-18 |
Movie | Scattergood Survives a Murder | Rolfe | 1942-10-01 |
Movie | The Boss of Big Town | Kenneth Craige | 1942-12-07 |
Movie | Criminal Investigator | Edward Judson | 1942-10-23 |
Movie | The Cowboy and the Blonde | Bob Roycroft | 1941-05-16 |
Movie | Double Cross | Nick Taggart | 1941-06-27 |
Movie | Riot Squad | Jim Grosso | 1941-12-12 |
Movie | The Deadly Game | Henri Franck | 1941-08-08 |
Movie | Forced Landing | General Valdane | 1941-07-11 |
Movie | Women Without Names | John Marlin | 1940-03-14 |
Movie | Emergency Squad | Slade Wiley | 1940-01-05 |
Movie | Queen of the Mob | Pan | 1940-06-28 |
Movie | New Moon | Pierre Brugnon | 1940-06-28 |
Movie | The Texas Rangers Ride Again | Carter Dangerfield | 1940-12-13 |
Movie | Young Bill Hickok | Nicholas Tower | 1940-10-21 |
Movie | Pardon Our Nerve | Duke Page | 1939-02-24 |
Movie | The Oklahoma Kid | Ringo | 1939-03-11 |
Movie | Torchy Runs for Mayor | Dr. Dolan | 1939-05-13 |
Movie | Fast and Furious | Eric Bartell | 1939-10-06 |
Movie | Juarez | Mariano Escobedo | 1939-06-10 |
Movie | Man-Proof | Tommy Gaunt | 1938-01-07 |
Movie | Miracle Money | Dr. Jones | 1938-03-26 |
Movie | Border G-Man | Louis Rankin | 1938-06-24 |
Movie | Ride a Crooked Mile | Lt. Col. Stuart | 1938-12-09 |
Movie | If I Were King | Thibaut d'Aussigny | 1938-09-28 |
Movie | Sutter's Gold | Gen. Juan Bautista Alvarado | 1936-03-01 |
Movie | Murder at Glen Athol | Bill Holt | 1936-02-27 |
Movie | Private Number | Sam Stapp | 1936-06-05 |
Movie | North of Nome | Dawson | 1936-11-14 |
Movie | The Gentleman from Louisiana | Baltimore Evans | 1936-08-14 |
Movie | Arizona Mahoney | Cameron Lloyd | 1936-12-04 |
Movie | The Plainsman | General George A. Custer | 1936-11-16 |
Movie | Charlie Chan in Paris | Albert Dufresne | 1935-01-21 |
Movie | Mississippi | Major Patterson | 1935-03-22 |
Movie | 3 Kids and a Queen | Boss Benton | 1935-10-21 |
Movie | Under the Pampas Moon | Graham Scott | 1935-06-01 |
Movie | Whirlpool | Barney Gaige | 1934-04-10 |
Movie | Madame Spy | Weber | 1934-02-10 |
Movie | Unknown Blonde | Frank Wilson | 1934-04-23 |
Movie | The Poor Rich | Prince Abdul Hamidshan | 1934-02-25 |
Movie | Belle of the Nineties | Ace Carter | 1934-09-21 |
Movie | Young and Beautiful | Gordon Douglas | 1934-09-16 |
Movie | The Ghost Walks | Prescott Ames | 1934-12-01 |
Movie | Tomorrow's Youth | Thomas Hall Sr. | 1934-10-14 |
Movie | The Nuisance | John Calhoun | 1933-06-03 |
Movie | Blind Adventure | Regan | 1933-08-18 |
Movie | Whistling in the Dark | Charlie | 1933-01-21 |
Movie | What! No Beer? | Butch Lorado | 1933-02-10 |
Movie | Twin Husbands | Jerry Van Trevor/Jerry Werrenden | 1933-11-29 |
Movie | The Sin of Nora Moran | Paulino | 1933-12-13 |
Movie | King for a Night | Walter Douglas | 1933-12-09 |
Movie | The Way to Love | Marco | 1933-10-20 |
Movie | The Mad Game | William Bennett | 1933-10-27 |
Movie | Arsène Lupin | Prefect of Police | 1932-02-26 |
Movie | Are You Listening? | Ted Russell | 1932-03-21 |
Movie | The Beast of the City | District Attorney | 1932-02-13 |
Movie | Hell Divers | Lt. Cmdr. Jack Griffin | 1932-01-16 |
Movie | The Wet Parade | Major Doleshal | 1932-03-26 |
Movie | Emma | District Attorney | 1932-01-02 |
Movie | The Rich Are Always with Us | Greg Grannard | 1932-05-19 |
Movie | Flesh | Willard | 1932-12-08 |
Movie | The Kid from Spain | Pancho | 1932-11-17 |
Movie | Prosperity | Holland | 1932-11-18 |
Movie | Unashamed | District Attorney Harris | 1932-07-02 |
Movie | Night Court | Crawford | 1932-06-04 |
Movie | Gentleman's Fate | Florio | 1931-03-07 |
Movie | Politics | Jim Curango | 1931-02-26 |
Movie | Inspiration | Henry Coutant, the Sculptor | 1931-01-31 |
Movie | Iron Man | Paul H. Lewis | 1931-04-29 |
Movie | The Secret Six | Joe Colimo | 1931-04-18 |
Movie | Possessed | John Driscoll | 1931-11-21 |
Movie | Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) | Wayne Burlingham | 1931-10-10 |
Movie | West of Broadway | Norman | 1931-11-28 |
Movie | Son of India | Juggat | 1931-08-01 |
Movie | Show Girl in Hollywood | Frank Buelow | 1930-04-20 |
Movie | Free and Easy | Bedroom Scene | 1930-03-22 |
Movie | The Woman Racket | Chris Miller | 1930-01-24 |
Movie | The Sea Bat | Juan | 1930-07-05 |
Movie | Not So Dumb | (uncredited) | 1930-02-02 |
Movie | In Gay Madrid | Armada - the Torero | 1930-05-17 |
Movie | War Nurse | French Medical Officer (uncredited) | 1930-11-22 |
Movie | Estrellados | Self (Guest Appearance) | 1930-07-07 |
Movie | Paid | Inspector Burke | 1930-12-30 |
Movie | Remote Control | Doctor Kruger | 1930-11-15 |
Movie | Our Blushing Brides | Martin W. Sanderson | 1930-07-19 |
Movie | The Unholy Three | Prosecuting Attorney | 1930-07-12 |
Movie | Hardboiled Rose | Steve Wallace | 1929-03-30 |
Movie | The Voice of the City | Dapper Don Wilkes | 1929-04-13 |
Movie | The Desert Song | Captain Fontaine | 1929-04-08 |
Movie | Innocents of Paris | Monsieur Renard | 1929-01-02 |
Movie | Gossip | Bill - Alice's Husband | 1929-04-29 |
Movie | Stark Mad | Dr. Milo | 1929-02-02 |
Movie | Queen of the Night Clubs | Grant - Lawyer | 1929-03-23 |
Movie | The Unholy Night | Major Mallory | 1929-09-13 |
Movie | Devil-May-Care | Lucien DeGrignon | 1929-12-27 |
Movie | A Man's Man | John Miljan (uncredited) | 1929-05-25 |
Movie | Speedway | Lee Renny | 1929-10-07 |
Movie | Untamed | Bennock | 1929-11-23 |
Movie | Fashions in Love | Frank Martin | 1929-07-01 |
Movie | Times Square | 1929-09-01 | |
Movie | Glorious Betsy | Preston | 1928-04-25 |
Movie | The Crimson City | Gregory Kent | 1928-04-07 |
Movie | Lady Be Good | Murray | 1928-05-06 |
Movie | The Terror | Alfred Katman | 1928-09-06 |
Movie | Women They Talk About | Officer | 1928-08-10 |
Movie | The Home Towners | Joe Roberts | 1928-11-03 |
Movie | Land of the Silver Fox | James Crawford | 1928-10-18 |
Movie | The Yankee Clipper | Paul de Vigny | 1927-05-07 |
Movie | Paying the Price | Michael Donovan | 1927-04-05 |
Movie | Lucky Fool | 1927-01-01 | |
Movie | The Final Extra | Mervin Le Roy | 1927-02-07 |
Movie | Quarantined Rivals | Ed, the barber | 1927-02-28 |
Movie | What Happened To Father | Victor Smith | 1927-06-25 |
Movie | The Jazz Singer | Host (uncredited) | 1927-10-06 |
Movie | The Satin Woman | Maurice | 1927-07-24 |
Movie | A Sailor's Sweetheart | Mark | 1927-09-24 |
Movie | The Clown | Bert Colton | 1927-09-12 |
Movie | The Desired Woman | Lieutenant Kellogg | 1927-08-27 |
Movie | Footloose Widows | J.A. Smith | 1926-06-19 |
Movie | The Devil's Circus | Lieberkind | 1926-02-14 |
Movie | Brooding Eyes | Drummond | 1926-03-15 |
Movie | Devil's Island | André Le Févier | 1926-07-20 |
Movie | The Amateur Gentleman | Viscount John Devenham | 1926-08-14 |
Movie | My Official Wife | Nicholas | 1926-10-16 |
Movie | Almost a Lady | Henri | 1926-09-27 |
Movie | Sackcloth and Scarlet | Samuel Curtis | 1925-03-22 |
Movie | The Phantom of the Opera | Valentin (uncredited) | 1925-09-22 |
Movie | The Unchastened Woman | Lawrence Sanbury | 1925-11-15 |
Movie | Flaming Waters | Jasper Thorne | 1925-12-13 |
Movie | Love Letters | Thomas Chadwick | 1924-02-10 |
Movie | Empty Hearts | Frank Gorman | 1924-09-15 |