John Miljan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 8, 1892, Lead, South Dakota, USA
- Died
- January 24, 1960
- Movies
- 191
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Killers") (archive footage) |
| 1958 | The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold | Chief Tomache |
| 1957 | Apache Warrior | Chief Nantan |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments | The Blind One |
| 1956 | Johnny Moccasin | Chief Dark Thunder |
| 1956 | The Wild Dakotas | Antelope |
| 1955 | Run for Cover | Mayor Walsh |
| 1955 | Pirates of Tripoli | Malek |
| 1952 | Bonzo Goes to College | Wilbur Crane |
| 1951 | Camera Sleuth | Herman Taphert (uncredited) |
| 1951 | M | Blind Baloon Vendor |
| 1950 | Walk Softly, Stranger | Old Man (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Mule Train | Judd Holbrook (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Mrs. Mike | Mr. Howard |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah | Lesh Lakish |
| 1949 | Stampede | T. J. Furman |
| 1949 | Adventure in Baltimore | Mr. Eckert |
| 1948 | Perilous Waters | Carter Larkin |
| 1947 | The Flame | Detective |
| 1947 | That's My Man | Secretary |
| 1947 | Queen of the Amazons | Narrator / Col. Jones |
| 1947 | Sinbad the Sailor | Moga |
| 1946 | The Killers | Jake the Rake (uncredited) |
| 1946 | White Tie and Tails | Mr. Latimer |
| 1946 | The Last Crooked Mile | Police Lieutenant Mayrin |
| 1946 | Lost City of the Jungle | Doctor Gaffron |
| 1945 | Wildfire | Pete Fanning |
| 1945 | Back to Bataan | Gen. Jonathan Wainwright ('Skinny') (uncredited) |
| 1945 | It's in the Bag! | Mr. Arnold |
| 1944 | I Accuse My Parents | Dan Wilson |
| 1944 | The Merry Monahans | Arnold Pembroke |
| 1944 | Bride by Mistake | Major Harvey |
| 1943 | The Fallen Sparrow | Inspector 'Toby' Tobin |
| 1943 | Submarine Alert | Mr. Bambridge / Capt. Haigas |
| 1943 | Bombardier | Charlie Craig |
| 1942 | The Boss of Big Town | Kenneth Craige |
| 1942 | Criminal Investigator | Edward Judson |
| 1942 | The Devil with Hitler | Chairman - Board of Directors in Hell (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Scattergood Survives a Murder | Rolfe |
| 1942 | The Big Street | McWhirter (uncredited) |
| 1942 | North of the Rockies | Morgan |
| 1942 | Obliging Young Lady | George Potter |
| 1941 | Riot Squad | Jim Grosso |
| 1941 | The Deadly Game | Henri Franck |
| 1941 | Forced Landing | General Valdane (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Double Cross | Nick Taggart |
| 1941 | The Cowboy and the Blonde | Bob Roycroft |
| 1940 | The Texas Rangers Ride Again | Carter Dangerfield |
| 1940 | Young Bill Hickok | Nicholas Tower |
| 1940 | New Moon | Pierre Brugnon |
| 1940 | Queen of the Mob | Pan |
| 1940 | Women Without Names | John Marlin |
| 1940 | Emergency Squad | Slade Wiley |
| 1939 | Fast and Furious | Eric Bartell |
| 1939 | Juarez | Mariano Escobedo |
| 1939 | Torchy Runs for Mayor | Dr. Dolan |
| 1939 | The Oklahoma Kid | Ringo |
| 1939 | Pardon Our Nerve | Duke Page |
| 1938 | Ride a Crooked Mile | Lt. Col. Stuart |
| 1938 | If I Were King | Thibaut d'Aussigny |
| 1938 | Border G-Man | Louis Rankin |
| 1938 | Miracle Money | Dr. Jones |
| 1938 | Man-Proof | Tommy Gaunt |
| 1936 | Arizona Mahoney | Cameron Lloyd |
| 1936 | The Plainsman | General George A. Custer |
| 1936 | North of Nome | Dawson |
| 1936 | The Gentleman from Louisiana | Baltimore Evans |
| 1936 | Private Number | Sam Stapp |
| 1936 | Sutter's Gold | Gen. Juan Bautista Alvarado |
| 1936 | Murder at Glen Athol | Bill Holt |
| 1935 | 3 Kids and a Queen | Boss Benton |
| 1935 | Under the Pampas Moon | Graham Scott |
| 1935 | Mississippi | Major Patterson |
| 1935 | Charlie Chan in Paris | Albert Dufresne |
| 1934 | The Ghost Walks | Prescott Ames |
| 1934 | Tomorrow's Youth | Thomas Hall Sr. |
| 1934 | Belle of the Nineties | Ace Carter |
| 1934 | Young and Beautiful | Gordon Douglas |
| 1934 | Unknown Blonde | Frank Wilson |
| 1934 | The Line-Up | Reginald Fields |
| 1934 | Whirlpool | Barney Gaige |
| 1934 | The Poor Rich | Prince Abdul Hamidshan |
| 1934 | Madame Spy | Weber |
| 1933 | The Sin of Nora Moran | Paulino |
| 1933 | King for a Night | Walter Douglas |
| 1933 | Twin Husbands | Jerry Van Trevor/Jerry Werrenden |
| 1933 | The Mad Game | William Bennett |
| 1933 | The Way to Love | Marco |
| 1933 | Blind Adventure | Regan |
| 1933 | The Nuisance | John Calhoun |
| 1933 | What! No Beer? | Butch Lorado |
| 1933 | Whistling in the Dark | Charlie |
| 1932 | Flesh | Willard |
| 1932 | Prosperity | Holland |
| 1932 | The Kid from Spain | Pancho |
| 1932 | Unashamed | District Attorney Harris |
| 1932 | Night Court | Crawford |
| 1932 | The Rich Are Always with Us | Greg Grannard |
| 1932 | The Wet Parade | Major Doleshal |
| 1932 | Are You Listening? | Ted Russell |
| 1932 | Arsène Lupin | Prefect of Police |
| 1932 | The Beast of the City | District Attorney |
| 1932 | Hell Divers | Lt. Cmdr. Jack Griffin |
| 1932 | Emma | District Attorney |
| 1931 | West of Broadway | Norman (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Possessed | John Driscoll |
| 1931 | Susan Lenox | Wayne Burlingham |
| 1931 | Son of India | Juggat |
| 1931 | Iron Man | Paul H. Lewis |
| 1931 | The Secret Six | Joe Colimo |
| 1931 | Gentleman's Fate | Florio |
| 1931 | Politics | Jim Curango |
| 1931 | Inspiration | Henry Coutant, the Sculptor |
| 1930 | Paid | Inspector Burke |
| 1930 | War Nurse | French Medical Officer (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Remote Control | Doctor Kruger |
| 1930 | Our Blushing Brides | Martin W. Sanderson |
| 1930 | The Unholy Three | Prosecuting Attorney |
| 1930 | Estrellados | Self (Guest Appearance) |
| 1930 | The Sea Bat | Juan |
| 1930 | In Gay Madrid | Armada - the Torero |
| 1930 | Show Girl in Hollywood | Frank Buelow |
| 1930 | Free and Easy | Bedroom Scene |
| 1930 | Not So Dumb | (uncredited) |
| 1930 | The Woman Racket | Chris Miller |
| 1929 | Devil-May-Care | Lucien DeGrignon |
| 1929 | Untamed | Bennock |
| 1929 | Speedway | Lee Renny |
| 1929 | The Unholy Night | Major Mallory |
| 1929 | Times Square | |
| 1929 | Fashions in Love | Frank Martin |
| 1929 | A Man's Man | John Miljan (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Gossip | Bill - Alice's Husband |
| 1929 | The Voice of the City | Dapper Don Wilkes |
| 1929 | The Desert Song | Captain Fontaine |
| 1929 | Hardboiled Rose | Steve Wallace |
| 1929 | Queen of the Night Clubs | Grant - Lawyer |
| 1929 | The Eternal Woman | Gil Martin |
| 1929 | Stark Mad | Dr. Milo |
| 1929 | Innocents of Paris | Monsieur Renard |
| 1928 | The Home Towners | Joe Roberts |
| 1928 | Land of the Silver Fox | James Crawford |
| 1928 | The Terror | Alfred Katman |
| 1928 | Women They Talk About | Officer |
| 1928 | Lady Be Good | Murray |
| 1928 | Glorious Betsy | Preston |
| 1928 | The Crimson City | Gregory Kent |
| 1928 | The Little Snob | Walt Keene |
| 1927 | Husbands for Rent | Hugh Frazer |
| 1927 | The Slaver | Cyril Blake |
| 1927 | The Silver Slave | Philip Caldwell |
| 1927 | Sailor Izzy Murphy | The Lunatic |
| 1927 | The Jazz Singer | Host (uncredited) |
| 1927 | A Sailor's Sweetheart | Mark Krisel |
| 1927 | The Clown | Bert Colton |
| 1927 | The Desired Woman | Lieutenant Kellogg |
| 1927 | Stranded | Grant Payne |
| 1927 | The Satin Woman | Maurice |
| 1927 | What Happened To Father | Victor Smith |
| 1927 | Framed | Lola's Husband |
| 1927 | Rough House Rosie | Lew McKay |
| 1927 | The Yankee Clipper | Paul de Vigny |
| 1927 | Lovers | Alvarez |
| 1927 | Paying the Price | Michael Donovan |
| 1927 | Quarantined Rivals | Ed, the barber |
| 1927 | The Final Extra | Mervin Le Roy |
| 1927 | Wolf's Clothing | Johnson Craigie |
| 1927 | Lucky Fool | |
| 1926 | My Official Wife | Nicholas |
| 1926 | Almost a Lady | Henri |
| 1926 | Unknown Treasures | Ralph Cheneey |
| 1926 | The Amateur Gentleman | Viscount John Devenham |
| 1926 | Devil's Island | André Le Févier |
| 1926 | Footloose Widows | J.A. Smith |
| 1926 | Brooding Eyes | Drummond |
| 1926 | The Devil's Circus | Lieberkind |
| 1925 | Flaming Waters | Jasper Thorne |
| 1925 | Morals for Men | Wallace |
| 1925 | The Unchastened Woman | Lawrence Sanbury |
| 1925 | The Unnamed Woman | Archie Wesson |
| 1925 | Wreckage | Maurice Dysart |
| 1925 | The Overland Limited | Brice Miller |
| 1925 | The Phantom of the Opera | Valentin (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Silent Sanderson | Jim Downing |
| 1925 | Sackcloth and Scarlet | Samuel Curtis |
| 1924 | On the Stroke of Three | Henry Mogridge |
| 1924 | The Painted Lady | Carter |
| 1924 | Empty Hearts | Frank Gorman |
| 1924 | Romance Ranch | Clifton Venable |
| 1924 | The Lone Chance | Lew Brody |
| 1924 | Love Letters | Thomas Chadwick |
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