Emerging from the United States in the early 1920s, John Miljan quickly established himself as a tall, smooth-talking antagonist, a screen type popularized by earlier performers such as Ward Crane. After a silent-film debut in 1923, he participated in the pioneering sound promotion for The Jazz Singer in 1927, marking his transition into talkies and launching a career that would span more than two… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for The Ten Commandments 1956 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982 The Killers 1946 The Phantom of the Opera 1925 ★ 7.4 The Killers 1946
Jake the Rake (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982
(in "The Killers") (archive footage) ★ 6.6 Samson and Delilah 1949
Lesh Lakish ★ 6.9 Possessed 1931
John Driscoll ★ 6.8 Run for Cover 1955
Mayor Walsh ★ 6.5 M 1951
Blind Baloon Vendor ★ 7 Arsène Lupin 1932
Prefect of Police ★ 6.5 The Plainsman 1936
General George A. Custer ★ 6.6 Charlie Chan in Paris 1935
Albert Dufresne ★ 6.5 Juarez 1939
Mariano Escobedo ★ 6.1 Back to Bataan 1945
Gen. Jonathan Wainwright ('Skinny') (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Susan Lenox 1931
Wayne Burlingham ★ 6 Sinbad the Sailor 1947
Moga ★ 6 The Fallen Sparrow 1943
Inspector 'Toby' Tobin ★ 6 The Oklahoma Kid 1939
Ringo ★ 5.9 The Unholy Three 1930
Prosecuting Attorney ★ 5.9 The Beast of the City 1932
District Attorney ★ 5.8 The Big Street 1942
McWhirter (uncredited) ★ 5.7 Iron Man 1931
Paul H. Lewis ★ 5.7 Bombardier 1943
Charlie Craig ★ 5.6 Our Blushing Brides 1930
Martin W. Sanderson ★ 5.5 The Ghost Walks 1934
Prescott Ames ★ 5.5 The Sin of Nora Moran 1933
Paulino ★ 5.1 Walk Softly, Stranger 1950
Old Man (uncredited) ★ 3.2 Queen of the Amazons 1947
Narrator / Col. Jones ★ 2.9 I Accuse My Parents 1944
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