ACTOR

Ray Milland

1907 - 1986

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Ray Milland (born Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh-American actor and film director. He is often remembered for his portrayal of an alcoholic writer in Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend (1945), which won him Best Actor at Cannes, a Golden Globe Award, and ultimately an Academy Award—the first such accolades for any Welsh actor. Before becoming an actor, Milland served in the Household Cavalry of the British Army, becoming a proficient marksman, horseman and aeroplane pilot. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Milland has received more than 2,957,979 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Ray Milland is the 729th most popular actor (up from 833rd in 2019), the 854th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 991st in 2019) and the 111th most popular British Actor.

Ray Milland is most famous for his role in Alfred Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder" and "The Lost Weekend."

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ray Milland ranks 729 out of 13,578. Before him are Nathalie Baye, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael York, James Spader, Death of Marilyn Monroe, and Mark Ruffalo. After him are J. K. Simmons, Famke Janssen, Max Linder, Linda Christian, Lionel Logue, and Eric Roberts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Ray Milland ranks 59. Before him are Alexander R. Todd, Zarah Leander, Yoshiko Kawashima, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, H. L. A. Hart, and Altiero Spinelli. After him are Sigvard Bernadotte, Ernesto Geisel, Miklós Rózsa, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Chūya Nakahara, and Lee Miller. Among people deceased in 1986, Ray Milland ranks 47. Before him are Ye Jianying, Robert S. Mulliken, Erik Bruhn, Nikolay Semyonov, Raimundo Orsi, and Altiero Spinelli. After him are Adolfo Celi, Vincente Minnelli, Juan Rulfo, Michel de Certeau, Serge Lifar, and Theodor Busse.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ray Milland ranks 854 out of 8,785. Before him are Rex Harrison (1908), William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520), Edmund Spenser (1552), Edward B. Titchener (1867), Ian Stewart (1938), and Michael York (1942). After him are Stephen Frears (1941), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), Mary Kingsley (1862), Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430), Thomas Cavendish (1560), and Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Ray Milland ranks 111. Before him are Peter Cushing (1913), Derek Jacobi (1938), Pete Postlethwaite (1946), Imelda Staunton (1956), Rex Harrison (1908), and Michael York (1942). After him are Andy Serkis (1964), Boris Karloff (1887), Benedict Cumberbatch (1976), Wentworth Miller (1972), Pat Hitchcock (1928), and Terence Stamp (1938).

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