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John Miljan is a Actor American born on 8 november 1892 at Lead (USA)
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.
Parmi ses partenaires à l'écran, mentionnons également Lon Chaney (ex. : Le Club des trois de Jack Conway en 1930), Joan Crawford (ex. : Fascination de Clarence Brown en 1931), Greta Garbo (ex. : La Courtisane de Robert Z. Leonard en 1931), Wallace Beery (ex. : Une femme survint de John Ford en 1932), Mae West (Ce n'est pas un péché de Leo McCarey en 1934), Gary Cooper (ex. : Une aventure de Buffalo Bill de Cecil B. DeMille en 1936, où il personnifie le général Custer), James Cagney (ex. : Terreur à l'ouest de Lloyd Bacon en 1939), ou encore Maureen O'Hara (ex. : Nid d'espions de Richard Wallace en 1943), entre autres.
À la télévision, John Miljan collabore à cinq séries, de 1955 à 1957.
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John Miljan
Birth name Ivo Miljan
Nationality USA
Birth 8 november 1892 at Lead (USA)
Death 24 january 1960 (at 67 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 8 november 1892 at Lead (USA)
Death 24 january 1960 (at 67 years) at Hollywood (USA)
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.
Biography
Au cinéma, John Miljan débute en 1924 et contribue à une cinquantaine de films muets jusqu'en 1929, dont Le Cirque du diable de Benjamin Christensen (1926, avec Norma Shearer). Au total, il apparaît dans plus de deux-cents films américains (dont des westerns), le dernier sorti en 1958.Parmi ses partenaires à l'écran, mentionnons également Lon Chaney (ex. : Le Club des trois de Jack Conway en 1930), Joan Crawford (ex. : Fascination de Clarence Brown en 1931), Greta Garbo (ex. : La Courtisane de Robert Z. Leonard en 1931), Wallace Beery (ex. : Une femme survint de John Ford en 1932), Mae West (Ce n'est pas un péché de Leo McCarey en 1934), Gary Cooper (ex. : Une aventure de Buffalo Bill de Cecil B. DeMille en 1936, où il personnifie le général Custer), James Cagney (ex. : Terreur à l'ouest de Lloyd Bacon en 1939), ou encore Maureen O'Hara (ex. : Nid d'espions de Richard Wallace en 1943), entre autres.
À la télévision, John Miljan collabore à cinq séries, de 1955 à 1957.
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
, 1h28Directed by Carl Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Carl Reiner, Alan Ladd, Reni Santoni, Barbara Stanwyck
Roles (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Rating67%
In the opening scene, John Hay Forrest (George Gaynes), noted scientist and cheesemaker, dies in a single-vehicle car accident (represented by the car wreck scene from Keeper of the Flame). In the next scene, private investigator Rigby Reardon (Steve Martin) is reading a newspaper when Forrest's daughter, Juliet (Rachel Ward), enters his office and faints when the paper's headline reminds her of her father's death. Upon coming to, she hires Rigby to investigate the death, which she thinks was murder. In Dr. Forrest's lab, Rigby finds two lists, one titled "Friends of Carlotta" and the other "Enemies of Carlotta", as well as an affectionately autographed photo of singer Kitty Collins, whose name appears on one of the lists. His search is interrupted by a man posing as an exterminator (Alan Ladd, in This Gun for Hire), who shoots Rigby in the arm and frisks the lists from the seemingly dead investigator.
, 1h21Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Superhero films
Actors Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Douglas Kennedy, Noreen Nash, Ralph Moody, Lisa Janti
Roles Chief Tomache
Rating63%
Three Indians were brutally murdered by a gang of hooded outlaws. Each one possessed a silver medallion, which were sections cut off from a large silver plaque which served as a treasure map to a secret location where a large amount of gold is reputedly stashed. Two more medallions are unaccounted for, and the The Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore) and his friend Tonto (Jay Silverheels) must use all their resources to intercept the gang, prevent further carnage and save the owners of the medallions.
Apache Warrior (1957)
, 1h14Directed by Elmo Williams
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Keith Larsen, Jim Davis, Rodolfo Acosta, John Miljan, Damian O'Flynn, George Keymas
Roles Chief Nantan
Rating52%
The Ten Commandments (1956)
, 3h42Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Action, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Films about religion, La précarité, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, L'émigration
Actors Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget
Roles The Blind One
Rating78%
Pharaoh Rameses I of Egypt has ordered the death of all firstborn Hebrew males after hearing the prophecy of the Deliverer, but a Hebrew woman named Yoshebel saves her infant son by setting him adrift in a basket on the Nile. Bithiah, the Pharaoh's daughter, who had recently lost her husband and the hope of ever having children of her own, finds the basket and decides to adopt the boy even though her servant, Memnet, recognizes the child is Hebrew and protests.
Run for Cover (1955)
, 1h33Directed by Nicholas Ray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors James Cagney, Jack Lambert, Viveca Lindfors, John Derek, Jean Hersholt, Grant Withers
Roles Mayor Walsh
Rating66%
Matt Dow meets young cowboy Davey Bishop for the first time. As they take turns shooting at a hawk, a train that has recently been robbed goes by. Mistaking it for an attack by train robbers, a bag of money is tossed from the train toward the two men.
The Savage (1952)
, 1h35Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Charlton Heston, Ted de Corsia, Susan Morrow, Peter Hansen, Joan Taylor, Richard Steven Rauber
Roles White thunder, flèche ardente
Rating60%
Quelques années après la fin de la guerre de Sécession. Un convoi en route vers l'Ouest traversant le territoire Sioux est attaqué par un groupe de Crows. Le convoi est massacré et seul le jeune Jim Ahern survit. Il est recueilli et élevé chez les Sioux, auprès du chef Geronimo qui le considère comme son fils. Mais la guerre contre les Blancs approche et, lors d'un conseil, Jim dit Cœur vaillant est envoyé au fort pour espionner les soldats. Cœur vaillant va devoir choisir entre son peuple d'origine et son peuple d'adoption.
Bonzo Goes to College (1952)
, 1h20Directed by Frederick de Cordova
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about apes
Actors Maureen O'Sullivan, Edmund Gwenn, Charles Drake, Gigi Perreau, Gene Lockhart, Irene Ryan
Roles Wilbur Crane
Rating51%
M (1951)
, 1h28Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Luther Adler, Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr
Roles Blind Baloon Vendor
Rating67%
In this Americanized remake of the 1931 German film of the same name, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious killer who preys on small children.
Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
, 1h21Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington, Paul Stewart, Jeff Donnell, John McIntire
Roles Old Man (uncredited)
Rating64%
When a man calling himself Chris Hale arrives at the doorstep of her Ashton, Ohio house, asking to see his childhood home, widow Mrs. Brentman gladly invites him in. The unemployed Chris then accepts Mrs. Brentman's offer of a room and takes a job in the shipping department of the Corelli shoe factory. One night, Chris wanders into the Ashton country club and meets Elaine Corelli, his boss's beautiful but paralyzed daughter. Speaking of the days when he used to deliver newspapers to her door and adored her from afar, Chris amuses and fascinates the once-vibrant Elaine. The next day, Chris is called in to see Elaine's father A. J., who tells him that Elaine was so taken with him that she asked that he be given a better job in sales. Chris declines the offer, but assures Corelli, who is devoted to his daughter, that he will explain his decision to Elaine. As promised, Chris, a confessed gambler and drifter, shows up at the Corelli home to talk with Elaine. Although Chris's explanations are vague, his self-deprecating humor relaxes Elaine, who is finally able to joke about the skiing accident that left her paralyzed.
Samson and Delilah (1949)
, 2h11Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Henry Wilcoxon, Fay Holden
Roles Lesh Lakish
Rating67%
Samson, a Danite Hebrew placed under Nazirite vows from birth by his mother Hazelelponit, is engaged to a Philistine woman named Semadar. At their wedding feast, Samson loses a bet with his wedding guests because of Semadar and attacks thirty Philistines to strip them of their cloaks to pay his betting debt. When his deeds become known, Semadar and her father Tubal are killed; Samson becomes a hunted man and in his fury he begins fighting the Philistines. The Saran of Gaza imposes heavy taxes on the Danites, with the purpose of having Samson betrayed by his own people. The Saran's plan works, and frustrated Danites hand over Samson to the Philistines, much to the joy of Delilah, Semadar's younger sister. Samson is taken by Prince Ahtur, the military governor of the land of Dan, and a regiment of Philistine troops. En route back to Gaza, Ahtur decides to taunt Samson. Samson rips apart his chains and ropes and begins to combat the Philistines, toppling Ahtur's war chariot and using the jawbone of an ass to club the Philistine soldiers to death.
Adventure in Baltimore (1949)
, 1h29Directed by Richard Wallace, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Robert Young, Shirley Temple, John Agar, Albert Sharpe, Josephine Hutchinson, Charles Kemper
Roles Mr. Eckert
Rating60%
In 1905, Dinah Sheldon (Shirley Temple), an enthusiastic art student, is expelled from Miss Ingram's Seminary for wearing two petticoats instead of five, attending political rallies and insisting that she be allowed to study nudes. When she is sent home to Baltimore, Dinah's understanding father, Dr. Andrew Sheldon (Robert Young), an Episcopalian pastor, easily forgives his headstrong daughter this latest calamity, but her mother Lily (Josephine Hutchinson) encourages her to be more conventionally feminine. Dinah's childhood sweetheart, Tom Wade (John Agar), also believes that she should settle down and confesses that, since her absence, he has begun dating the more "continental" Bernice Eckert (Carol Brannon).
Stampede (1949)
, 1h16Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Rod Cameron, Gale Storm, John Mack Brown, Donald Curtis, John Miljan, Jonathan Hale
Roles T. J. Furman
Rating60%
The plot revolves around two brothers: Mike McCall (Rod Cameron), and Tim McCall (Don Castle). The brothers own a large ranch in Arizona and sell some of their surplus grazing land to some settlers. When the settlers arrive they find the land bone dry because the McCall brothers have dammed the river and control all the water.
Mrs. Mike (1949)
, 1h39Directed by Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, J. M. Kerrigan, Will Wright, Angela Clarke, John Miljan
Roles Mr. Howard
Rating65%
A young Boston woman, Kathy O'Fallon, travels north to visit her Uncle John at his cabin near the Canadian border. While there she meets Mike Flannigan, a sergeant with the Canadian Royal Northwest Mounted Police, and before long they're in love. Kathy marries Mike, who takes her by dogsled to his outpost in the cold, remote north.
That's My Man (1947)
, 1h37Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Don Ameche, Roscoe Karns, John Ridgely, Frankie Darro, Catherine McLeod, Dorothy Adams
Roles Secretary
Rating60%
Unconquered (1947)
, 2h26Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, Boris Karloff, Henry Wilcoxon, Cecil Kellaway
Roles le procureur de la cour martiale
Rating68%
Based on Neil Swanson's Unconquered, a Novel of the Pontiac Conspiracy, the film focuses on "Abby" Hale (Paulette Goddard), who is condemned to death by a British court, then offered clemency if she will become an indentured servant in America. There is a bidding competition between Captain Christopher Holden (Gary Cooper) and Martin Garth (Howard Da Silva), which Holden wins. He then sets her free. Unfortunately, Garth is a sore loser; he kidnaps Abby and takes her to the western frontier, where he is involved in illegal arms sales to the Native Americans. Soon, Holden becomes involved in the conflict with the warring tribes and is reunited with Abby; he also has further confrontations with Garth and his henchman (Mike Mazurki).