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Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend

Ray Milland (January 3, 1905 – March 10, 1986) was a successful Welsh actor and director who worked primarily in the United States. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985.

He was born Reginald Truscott-Jones in Neath, Wales, and took his stage surname from an area of the town. He married Malvinia Warner on 30 September 1932 and they remained together until his death. They had a son Daniel and an adopted daughter Victoria.

The pinnacle of his career came in 1946 when he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of an alcoholic in the film The Lost Weekend (1945). He achieved some success as a director, before his popularity later slumped and he was reduced to acting in low-budget horror movies such as X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes.

He died of lung cancer in Torrance, California in 1986 at the age of 81.

Trivia

Gave the shortest acceptance speech of any Oscar winner: he simply bowed and left the stage.


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