Date of birth: 1892-11-08
Place of birth: Lead, South Dakota, USA
Known for: Acting
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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.

1930-07-07
A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the S

1932-02-13
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his own corrupt brother Ed to w

1944-10-27
Ignored by his alcoholic parents, Jimmy Wilson starts hanging around with some shady characters. Aft

1942-10-01
Rural sage Scattergood Baines (Guy Kibbee) shows big-city newsman how to solve a mystery.

1982-05-21
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no acc

1943-08-19
Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City poli

1926-07-20
A wealthy Parisian surgeon finds himself serving time in a brutal penal colony.

1935-01-21
Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery r

1933-12-13
Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that sh

1931-04-18
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, mastermind

1929-03-23
Irked by the success of a brassy nightclub owner. her rivals set out to drive her out of business, a

1930-03-22
Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywo

1947-01-13
Daredevil sailor Sinbad embarks on a voyage across the Seven Seas to find the lost riches of Alexand

1940-06-28
A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.
1926-03-15
Slim Jim Carey, the leader of a criminal gang, is in reality a nobleman called Lord Talbois, and his

1947-11-24
George McAllister, the black sheep of a wealthy family who has squandered his share of the family in

1929-05-25
An aspiring actress goes to Hollywood to make movies and marries a soda jerk.

1942-12-07
Quality was seldom a consideration in the low-budget films of PRC Studios; still, the company was a

1943-06-28
Nazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an

1946-08-09
A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.

1931-11-21
Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line for a beautiful penthouse apartment.

1927-10-08
Izzy Murphy is a street vendor of scents that falls in love with the beautiful woman (Audrey Ferris)

1929-02-02
An expedition sets out through the jungle to find a missing explorer, but stumbles upon an ancient M

1934-09-21
Cabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly popular

1952-09-11
When Bonzo turns out to be the answer to the football teams troubles, the only solution is to enroll

1932-01-02
After decades of raising the motherless Smith children, housekeeper Emma Thatcher is faced with rese

1932-05-19
A wealthy couple's marriage is falling apart due to the man's infidelity. The wife's male friend has

1938-09-28
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his

1932-12-08
Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to Ame

1931-10-10
A young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in her

1932-11-17
Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's

1925-04-13
When Silent Sanderson's brother kills himself over the rejection of a woman, Silent blames Judith Be

1933-06-03
Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving

1938-03-26
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, doctors scam patients with a fake cure for cancer.

1941-06-27
A disgraced cop aims to reclaim his honor by nailing a corrupt crime boss.
1956-06-06
Johnny Moccasin a white teenage boy is raised by an Indian tribe after his parents are killed in a w

1933-11-29
The wife of a businessman and his secretary attempt to trick her husband's double into impersonating

1934-12-01
A ghostly and deadly dinner party, which at first turns out to be an elaborate staging of a new pla

1932-02-26
A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris. He even

1932-03-21
WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial

1934-09-16
Bob Preston, publicity man for Superba Pictures, uses his publicity skills in an attempt to make thi

1942-10-23
A reporter investigates the murder of a showgirl, who was the widow of a millionaire. While digging

1934-10-14
A look at how his parents' divorce affects the life of a young boy.

1933-08-18
Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, wi

1939-05-13
Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform can

1928-04-25
Vitaphone production reels #2471-2478; third Warner Bros. feature film - the first being The Jazz Si

1931-02-26
A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.

1925-11-15
When she goes to tell her husband Hubert that she is expecting a child, Caroline Knollys finds him i

1955-02-10
A pirate tries to help a deposed Arabian princess reclaim her throne.

1939-10-06
Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a

1929-11-23
In her first Talkie, Joan Crawford plays Bingo, a jungle-raised oil heiress, who turns Manhattan ups

1931-11-28
A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to marry h

1936-02-27
A famous detective is invited to a swanky party at an elegant mansion, but before the night is over

1933-01-21
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist the

1935-06-01
Cesare Campo is a hard-riding and hard-loving Argentine gaucho. Yvonne LaMarr is a famous Parisian s

1932-01-16
The story of two Naval crewmen who work hard at sea and play harder on land.

1926-09-27
Marcia, a pretty young girl, goes to work as a model for a lecherous dress-shop owner. She resists h

1930-07-05
The sister of a sponge diver killed by a stingray loves an escaped convict posing as a priest.

1931-03-07
A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.
1941-12-12
Crime drama starring Richard Cromwell as a young medic who becomes the private physician to an under

1934-02-25
Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood and his cousin Harriet Winthrop Spottiswood arrive separately at their

1946-04-23
A movie serial in 13 chapters, and Lionel Atwill's final film: Following the end of WWII, war-monge

1929-12-27
A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.

1938-01-07
A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he

1944-09-15
The film concerns a family vaudeville troupe headed by patriarch Pete Monahan. Because of his love a

1925-12-13
After several years' absence, the young sailor Dan O'Neill returns to his hometown. He quickly disco

1949-04-19
Dinah Sheldon is a student at an exclusive girl's school who starts campaigning for women's rights.
1927-02-07
The alert atmosphere of a large-city newspaper office and its giant presses combines with the back-s

1932-07-02
A debutante's (Helen Twelvetrees) brother (Robert Young) stands trial for killing her no-good lover.

1940-12-13
With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in.

1940-03-14
Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of

1944-07-26
The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target

1951-03-01
Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police searc

1929-04-08
French General Birabeau has been sent to Morocco to root out and destroy the Riffs, a band of Arab r
1927-02-28
Elsie Peyton’s parents favor two different men for her. Dad likes Bruce Farney, as does Elsie while

1936-06-05
Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son whi

1934-04-10
An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.

1930-11-15
A radio announcer gets caught up with a fake clairvoyant and his gang of thieves.

1933-10-27
Bootlegger Ed Carson is sent to prison. His old gang turns from liquor (now legal) to kidnapping. Wh

1930-01-24
During a raid, a cop lets a pretty speakeasy employee escape and later begins dating her. Although s

1929-04-13
An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up working in parallel to clea
1924-02-10
Two sisters, Julia Crossland and Evelyn Jefferson, happy lives are thrown into turmoil when a man fr

1932-11-18
Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.

1927-08-15
When a pretty small-town girl with no talent goes to Hollywood, what could go wrong? She could get S

1930-05-17
Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs

1927-05-07
A race between a British clipper ship and an American ship of a new design will determine the right

1931-08-01
An Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.

1930-04-20
Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy director

1942-04-01
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divor
1927-04-05
Michael Donovan, a heavy loser at a gambling casino, confronts its owner with evidence of cheating a

1941-05-16
A western rodeo rider is cast in a starring role in a new Hollywood film, but his temperamental and

1930-12-30
Mary Turner gets a three year prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plot

1927-08-27
The beautiful and cultured Lady Diana Whitney marries Captain Maxwell of the British Army. When he i

1945-07-18
Fanning has his men rustle horses and then blame it on a wild horse named Wildfire. Happy and Alkali

1949-12-21
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeanc

1936-11-16
Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.

1929-10-07
Bill Whipple is a happy-go-lucky mechanic for MacDonald who thinks that he is the worlds greatest dr

1936-03-01
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.

1929-01-02
A Parisian junk dealer has to choose between love and fame after he rescues a boy.

1939-03-11
McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw

1936-08-14
In Victorian-era USA, a horse-jockey becomes a scapegoat in the nefarious schemes of a group of smal

1933-02-10
When Prohibition ends, a barber tries to get in the liquor business only to come up against mobsters

1957-07-01
An Apache brave vows revenge when he feels betrayed by the U.S. Army.

1933-12-09
A cocky prizefighter on his way to the bigtime in New York comes crashing down when his sister is in

1930-07-12
A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.

1939-06-10
The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment f

1947-06-01
A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he s

1936-12-04
When Sue Bixby becomes his new boss, stagecoach robber Talbot reforms and goes after her rustled cat

1930-07-19
Jerry, Connie, and Franky are small-town girls seeking wealthy husbands in New York City. But, while

1932-06-04
A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special p

1941-07-11
On faraway Mosaque, an American pilot finds that he is in a desperate struggle with a military offic

1938-06-24
A federal agent goes undercover in order to capture a gang that's been smuggling munitions and horse

1926-02-14
In 1913, Carl is released from prison, where he served a sentence for stealing. Spurned by his circu

1958-06-04
Three Indians were brutally murdered by a gang of hooded outlaws. Each one possessed a silver medall

1940-01-05
Betty Bryant is an ambitious newspaper reporter in love with Dan Barton, a member of a big-city Emer

1938-12-09
The son of a cattle-rustling Cossack immigrant must choose between following the straight path and h

1948-02-14
Because of his virulent crusade against gambling, Dana Ferris has been targeted for extermination by

1936-11-14
John Raglan is a seal hunter being hounded by hijackers, so he strands himself on an isolated island

1939-02-24
Big Town Girls have dating service jobs long enough to learn that a society matron needs a boxer to

1946-08-30
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede,
1927-09-12
Silent crime drama Directed by William James Craft.

1925-12-01
Joe (Tearle) and Bessie (Ayres), living in sin and just scraping by. Bessie thinks Joe has stolen th

1927-12-31
A newlywed couple, after six months of marriage, decides that they've made a mistake and plan to div

1928-02-11
May Banks (May McAvoy) is a working-class girl who gets ideas above her station in life when her fat

1940-10-21
Bill Hickok, assisted by Calamity Jane, is after a foreign agent and his guerrilla band who are tryi

1955-04-29
An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.

1926-06-19
Department-store models Flo and Marian set their sights on wealthy young soft-drink magnate J. A. Sm

1931-04-29
Prizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around

1934-02-10
Maria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian assigne

1949-05-01
In 1887 Arizona, in the context of the settler-vs-cattleman struggle, two rancher brothers fall in-l
1924-10-30
Lafayette Jordan (Davis), financier, plans to inundate Caribou Canyon and turn it into a reservoir,

1930-02-02
Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right themselves t

1932-03-26
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich

1930-11-22
Women from various backgrounds volunteer as nurses in France at the outbreak of World War I.

1943-05-14
A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U

1929-07-01

1934-04-23
An unprincipled hustler who makes his living getting--or making up--evidence in divorce cases finds

1949-12-23
This film is based on the novel, Mrs. Mike, which is based on the real life woman, Kathy O'Fallon Fl

1941-08-08
A pre-World War II saber-rattler that finds a munitions inventor kidnapped, a federal agent killed a

1927-07-24
Dorothy Reid -- who before her marriage to ill-fated screen idol Wallace Reid was better known as Do

1942-04-02
Morgan and his gang are smuggling furs across the border. Both the Mounties on the Canadian side and

1956-10-05
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of

1956-02-28
When Aaron Baring signs on as wagon master for a group of settlers headed to Montana's Powder River

1929-04-29
A husband and wife arguing about which sex gossips more. Just then a friend they both know comes to

1928-08-10
Women They Talk About is a part-talkie Vitaphone film, with talking, music and sound effects sequenc

1950-10-14
A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.

1929-03-30
A Southern Belle must work in a gambling house to pay off her father's debts, which drove him to sui

1928-11-03
Man from small town comes to New York to be best man at an old friend's wedding. He mistakenly suppo

1928-09-06
Guests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as "The Terror".

1931-01-31
The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars include

1951-04-28
In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we see how real-life investigator Jo Goggin used a motion pictur

1942-10-18
Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three-Stooges routines, with the premis

1926-08-14
Barbanas Barty inherits some money, sets off to London, meets and falls in love with Lady Cleone Mer

1947-01-15
Jean Preston is determined to find her fiancée, Greg Jones, who went on a safari and didn’t come bac

1927-06-25
William Bradberry, an absent-minded Egyptologist, turns from a henpecked husband to a dominating one

1925-03-22
Silent Drama

1926-10-16
A glittering drama of Imperial Russia in the days before the Revolution and the reckless life of the

1933-10-20
Francois, a cheerful Parisian bohemian, wants more than anything to be a tour guide in his beloved c

1929-09-13
When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an E

1928-05-06
Two engaged vaudeville magicians quarrel and go their separate ways.
1927-01-01
Scion of a distinguished family J. Anthony Bowden is considered unworthy by his father, a feeling he

1935-10-21
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subseq

1929-09-01
Vivid tale of love in Tin Pan Alley.

1924-09-15
Milt Kimberlin is a down-on-his luck horse owner, but Rosalie, a cabaret performer (the lively and

1928-04-07
Gregory Kent is on the run for a crime he did not commit.

1927-09-24
Cynthia Botts, the headmistress of a girls’ school, stands to inherit a fortune on the condition tha

1925-06-29
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make

1945-05-30
An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.

1945-04-21
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.

1946-08-30
When his employer goes to Florida, a butler masquerades as a millionaire and winds up getting involv

1927-10-06
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects

1928-10-18
Rin-Tin-Tin's first sound feature, in which he plays an abused dog recused by a young girl in the fa

1927-11-12
Bernice Randall, who has forsaken the love of her sweetheart, Tom Richards, to marry for wealth, tur

1935-03-22
A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in

1940-06-28
Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy guns

1942-08-13
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses

1929-03-18
Olive Borden returns home to Buenos Aires and discovers her father has been murdered and her sister

1950-02-22
A prospector discovers natural cement and suggests it should be used for a new dam. But this is the

1924-09-28
After being released from imprisonment for a crime committed by her sister, Violet is forced to beco

1925-10-24
The marriage between Donald and Flora Brookes is under pressure. Donald has eyes for a new girl, inn

1927-01-15
Barry Baline, a guard at a subway station, has worked at his job for six years without a day off. On

1926-09-01
A poor man refrains from proposing to the woman he loves until he can secure the fortune left him by

1925-07-14
David Barton (Malcolm McGregor) is a train engineer with big ideas who falls in love with beautiful

1924-06-29
Carlos Brent's grandfather informs him that he is rightful owner of a ranch in the possession of the

1924-05-18
Penniless inventor Jack Saunders, in search of a girl he loves, assumes the guilt for a murder in re

1925-09-12
In order to protect Grant Demarest from a siren named Margot, Stuart Ames attempts to disillusion hi