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John Miljan (1892–1960)

Smooth-talking, oily villain in Hollywood films for three and a half decades from 1923. See full bio »

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Filmography

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1958 Broken Arrow (TV series)
Klosen
Backlash (1958) … Klosen
 
1957 Apache Warrior
Chief Nantan
 
1957 The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV series)
Jean Dubois
Master at Arms (1957) … Jean Dubois
 
1956 The Ten Commandments
The Blind One
 
1956 Passport to Danger (TV series)
Helsinki (1956)
 
1956 The Wild Dakotas
Antelope
 
1956 Frontier (TV series)
Chief
The Captivity of Joe Long (1956) … Chief
 
1956 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
The Gentle Stranger (1956)
 
1955 Run for Cover
Mayor Walsh
 
1955 The Public Defender (TV series)
Jessie Caswell / Walter Loring
End of the Line (1955) … Jessie Caswell
The Director (1955) … Walter Loring
 
1955 Pirates of Tripoli
Malek
 
1953 Fort Algiers
Arab Chieftain (uncredited)
 
1952 The Savage
Chief White Thunder (uncredited)
 
1952 Bonzo Goes to College
Wilbur Crane
 
1952 Anything Can Happen
Indian (scenes deleted)
 
1951 Camera Sleuth (short)
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 Unconquered
Prosecutor at Court-Martial (uncredited)
 
1947 That's My Man
Secretary
 
1947 Queen of the Amazons
Narrator/Col. Jones
 
1947 Sinbad, the Sailor
Moga
 
1946 The Swindlers
Mr. Latimer
 
1946 The Killers
Jake the Rake (uncredited)
 
1946 The Last Crooked Mile
Police Lieutenant Mayrin
 
1946 Lost City of the Jungle
Dr. 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, Has-Been Matinee Idol
 
1944 Bride by Mistake
Major Harvey
 
1943 The Iron Major
Oregon State Coach (uncredited)
 
1943 The Fallen Sparrow
Inspector 'Toby' Tobin
 
1943 Submarine Alert
Mr. Bambridge/Capt. Haigas
 
1943 Bombardier
Chaplain Charlie Craig
 
1942 The Boss of Big Town
Kenneth Craige
 
1942 Criminal Investigator
Edward Judson
 
1942 The Devil with Hitler (short)
Chairman, Board of Directors in Hell (uncredited)
 
1942 The Big Street
McWhirter (uncredited)
 
1942 North of the Rockies
Morgan
 
1942 True to the Army
Drake
 
1942 Obliging Young Lady
George Potter
 
1941 Riot Squad
Jim Grosso, Golden Slipper Owner
 
1941 The Deadly Game
Henri Franck
 
1941 Forced Landing
The General
 
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 Queen of the Mob
Pan (uncredited)
 
1940 New Moon
Pierre Brugnon
 
1940 Women Without Names
John Marlin, Asst Dist. Attey.
 
1940 Emergency Squad
Slade Wiley
 
1939 Fast and Furious
Eric Bartell
 
1939 Torchy Runs for Mayor
Dr. Dolan
 
1939 Juarez
Mariano Escobedo
 
1939 The Oklahoma Kid
Ringo
 
1939 Pardon Our Nerve
Duke Page
 
1938 Ride a Crooked Mile
Lt. Col. Stuart
 
1938 Border G-Man
Louis Rankin
 
1938 Miracle Money (short)
Dr. Jones
 
1938 Man-Proof
Tommy Gaunt
 
1936 Arizona Mahoney
Cameron Lloyd
 
1936 North of Nome
Dawson
 
1936 The Gentleman from Louisiana
Baltimore
 
1936 Private Number
Stapp
 
1936 Sutter's Gold
Gen. Juan Bautista Alvarado
 
1936 Murder at Glen Athol
Bill Holt
 
1935 Three Kids and a Queen
Boss Benton
 
1935 Under the Pampas Moon
Graham Scott
 
1935 Mississippi
Maj. Patterson
 
1935 Charlie Chan in Paris
Albert Dufresne
 
1934 Tomorrow's Youth
Thomas Hall Sr.
 
1934 Belle of the Nineties
Ace Lamont (owner, Sensation House)
 
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 and Jerry Werrenden
 
1933 The Mad Game
William Bennett
 
1933 The Way to Love
Marco
 
1933 Blind Adventure
Regan, gang leader
 
1933 The Nuisance
John Calhoun
 
1933 What-No Beer?
Butch Lorado
 
1933 Whistling in the Dark
Charlie
 
1932 Flesh
Willard
 
1932 The Kid from Spain
Pancho
 
1932 Prosperity
Holland
 
1932 Unashamed
District Attorney Harris
 
1932 The Rich Are Always with Us
Greg Grannard
 
1932 Night Court
Crawford
 
1932 Are You Listening?
Russell
 
1932 The Wet Parade
Major Doleshal
 
1932 Arsène Lupin
Prefect of Police
 
1932 The Beast of the City
District Attorney
 
1932 Emma
District Attorney
 
1931 West of Broadway
Norm (uncredited)
 
1931 Possessed
John Driscoll
 
1931 Hell Divers
Griffin
 
1931 Susan Lenox <Her Fall and Rise>
Burlingham
 
1931 Son of India
Juggat
 
1931 Politics
Jim Curango
 
1931 Iron Man
Paul H. Lewis
 
1931 The Secret Six
Colimo
 
1931 Gentleman's Fate
Florio
 
1931 Inspiration
Henry Coutant, the Sculptor
 
1931 The Great Meadow
Daniel Boone (uncredited)
 
1930 Paid
Inspector Burke
 
1930 Remote Control
Doctor Kruger
 
1930 War Nurse
French Medical Officer (uncredited)
 
1930 Our Blushing Brides
Marty
 
1930 The Sea Bat
Juan
 
1930 The Unholy Three
Prosecuting Attorney
 
1930 In Gay Madrid
Armada - the Torero (uncredited)
 
1930 Show Girl in Hollywood
Frank Buelow - The Director
 
1930 Free and Easy
Participant in Bedroom Scene
 
1930 Not So Dumb (uncredited)
 
1930 The Woman Racket
Chris
 
1930 Great Day
 
1929 Devil-May-Care
DeGrignon
 
1929 Untamed
Bennock
 
1929 Times Square
Dick Barclay
 
1929 The Unholy Night
Major Mallory
 
1929 Speedway
Lee Renny
 
1929 Fashions in Love
Frank Martin
 
1929 Innocents of Paris
Monsieur Renard
 
1929 Gossip (short)
Bill - Alice's Husband
 
1929 The Voice of the City
Wilkes
 
1929 Hardboiled Rose
Steve Wallace
 
1929 Queen of the Night Clubs
Lawyer Grant
 
1929 The Eternal Woman
Gil Martin
 
1929 Stark Mad
Dr. Milo
 
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 Tenderloin
Bank Teller
 
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
 
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 Old San Francisco
Don Luis (uncredited)
 
1927 Framed
Lola's Husband
 
1927 Rough House Rosie
Lew McKay
 
1927 Lovers?
Alvarez
 
1927 The Ladybird
Jules Ranier
 
1927 The Yankee Clipper
Paul de Vigny
 
1927 Quarantined Rivals
Ed, the barber
 
1927 Wolf's Clothing
Johnson Craigie
 
1926 My Official Wife
Nicholas
 
1926 Almost a Lady
Henri
 
1926 Unknown Treasures
Ralph Cheneey
 
1926 The Men Women Love
Eduardo
 
1926 The Amateur Gentleman
Viscount John Devenham
 
1926 Devil's Island
André Le Févier
 
1926 Race Wild
 
1926 Footloose Widows
Mr. Smith
 
1926 Brooding Eyes
Drummond
 
1926 The Devil's Circus
Lieberkind
 
1925 Flaming Waters
Jasper Thorne
 
1925 Morals for Men
Leonard Wallace
 
1925 The Unnamed Woman
Archie Wesson
 
1925 Sealed Lips
George Garnett
 
1925 Wreckage
Maurice Dysart
 
1925 The Phantom of the Opera
Valentin (uncredited)
 
1925 The Overland Limited
Brice Miller
 
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
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1930 Estrellados
Himself (Guest Appearance) (uncredited)
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 18 (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Killers")
 
1939 Land of Liberty
 

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Played handsome, debonair romantics in silent films but turned into an archetypal villain after realizing his aristocratic good looks had a certain cold, shady quality that could be longer-lasting in bad guy roles. See more »

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