Milton Sills
Biografia
From Wikipedia Milton George Gustavus Sills (January 12, 1882 – September 15, 1930) was an American stage and film actor of the early twentieth century. Sills was born in Chicago, Illinois into a wealthy family. He was the son of William Henry Sills, a successful mineral dealer, and Josephine Antoinette Troost Sills, an heiress from a prosperous banking family. Upon completing high school, Sills was offered a one-year scholarship to the University of Chicago, where he studied psychology and philosophy. After graduating, he was offered a position at the university as a researcher and within several years worked his way up to become a professor at the school. In 1905, stage actor Donald Robertson visited the school to lecture on author and playwright Henrik Ibsen and suggested to Sills that he try his hand at acting. On a whim, Sills agreed and left his prestigious teaching career to embark on a stint in acting. Sills joined Robertson's stock theater company and began touring the country. In 1914, Sills decided to conquer the new medium of motion pictures. He made his film debut the same year in the big-budget drama The Pit for the World Film Company and was signed to a contract with film producer William A. Brady. The film was enormously successful, and Sills made three more films for the company, including another huge box-office draw The Deep Purple opposite silent screen star Clara Kimball Young. By the late 1910s, Sills had reached leading man status and parted ways with World Film, taking the then unusual path of freelancing as an actor. By the early 1920s, Sills was enjoying a highly successful acting career and working for such prominent film studios as MGM, Paramount Pictures, and Pathé Exchange. He was often paired with the most popular leading ladies of the era, including: Geraldine Farrar, Gloria Swanson and Viola Dana. His greatest public and commercial successes came with the now lost Flaming Youth (1923) opposite Colleen Moore, and the enormous box-office hit The Sea Hawk (1924). Sills made two sound pictures, showing that he had an excellent voice. Many may have forgotten that Sills had extensive stage training before embarking on his career before the cameras. Sills died unexpectedly of a heart attack in 1930 while playing tennis with his wife at his Santa Barbara, California home at the age of 48. He was interred at the Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum in Chicago, Illinois.
Filmografia
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Film • 1961
jako Self (archive footage)
The Sea Wolf
Film • 1930
jako 'Wolf' Larsen
Man Trouble
Film • 1930
jako Mac
Love and the Devil
Film • 1929
His Captive Woman
Film • 1929
The Crash
Film • 1928
jako Jim Flannagan
The Barker
Film • 1928
jako Nifty Miller
The Hawk's Nest
Film • 1928
jako The Hawk/John Finchley
Burning Daylight
Film • 1928
jako Elam 'Burning Daylight' Harnish
The Circus: Premiere
Film • 1928
jako Self
The Valley of the Giants
Film • 1927
jako Bryce Cardigan
Hard-Boiled Haggerty
Film • 1927
jako Hard-Boiled Haggerty
Framed
Film • 1927
jako Etienne Hilaire
The Sea Tiger
Film • 1927
jako Justin Ramos
The Silent Lover
Film • 1926
jako Count Pierre Tornal
Paradise
Film • 1926
jako Tony
Men of Steel
Film • 1926
jako Jan Bokak
Puppets
Film • 1926
jako Nicola Riccobini
The Unguarded Hour
Film • 1925
jako Andrea
The Knockout
Film • 1925
jako Sandy Donlin
The Making of O'Malley
Film • 1925
jako O'Malley
I Want My Man
Film • 1925
jako Gulian Eyre
As Man Desires
Film • 1925
jako Major John Craig
Madonna of the Streets
Film • 1924
jako Reverend John Morton
Single Wives
Film • 1924
jako Perry Jordan
The Sea Hawk
Film • 1924
jako Sir Oliver Tressilian
Flowing Gold
Film • 1924
jako Calvin Gray
The Heart Bandit
Film • 1924
jako John Rand
A Lady of Quality
Film • 1924
jako Gerald Mertoun, Duke of Osmonde
Flaming Youth
Film • 1923
jako Cary Scott
Adam's Rib
Film • 1923
jako Michael Ramsay
The Spoilers
Film • 1923
jako Roy Glennister
Legally Dead
Film • 1923
jako Will Campbell / George Brown
Souls for Sale
Film • 1923
jako Self - Celebrity Actor (uncredited)
The Isle of Lost Ships
Film • 1923
jako Frank Howard
What a Wife Learned
Film • 1923
jako Rudolph Martin
The Last Hour
Film • 1923
jako Steve Cline
Environment
Film • 1922
jako Steve MacLaren
The Forgotten Law
Film • 1922
jako Richard Jarnette
Seeing Stars
Film • 1922
jako Self
Burning Sands
Film • 1922
jako Daniel Lane
Skin Deep
Film • 1922
jako Bud Doyle
A Trip to Paramountown
Film • 1922
jako Self
The Woman Who Walked Alone
Film • 1922
jako Clement Gaunt
One Clear Call
Film • 1922
jako Dr. Alan Hamilton
Miss Lulu Bett
Film • 1921
jako Neil Cornish
The Great Moment
Film • 1921
jako Bayard Delaval
At the End of the World
Film • 1921
jako Gordon Deane
Salvage
Film • 1921
jako Fred Martin
The Little Fool
Film • 1921
jako Richard Forrest
The Faith Healer
Film • 1921
jako Michaelis
The Furnace
Film • 1920
jako Keene Mordaunt
Behold My Wife
Film • 1920
jako Frank Armour
Sweet Lavender
Film • 1920
jako Horace Weatherburn
Dangerous to Men
Film • 1920
jako Sandy Verrall
The Inferior Sex
Film • 1920
jako Knox Randall
The Street Called Straight
Film • 1920
jako Peter Devenant
Eyes of Youth
Film • 1919
jako Louis Anthony
What Every Woman Learns
Film • 1919
jako Walter Melrose
The Fear Woman
Film • 1919
jako Robert Craig
The Woman Thou Gavest Me
Film • 1919
jako Conrad
The Hushed Hour
Film • 1919
jako Luke Appleton
The Stronger Vow
Film • 1919
jako Juan Estudillo
Satan Junior
Film • 1919
jako Paul Worden
The Hell Cat
Film • 1918
jako Sheriff Jack Webb
The Savage Woman
Film • 1918
jako Jean Lerier
The Claw
Film • 1918
jako Major Anthony Kinsella
The Yellow Ticket
Film • 1918
jako Julian Rolfe
Married in Name Only
Film • 1917
jako Robert Worthing
Making Monkey Business
Film • 1917
jako The Flea
The Honor System
Film • 1917
jako Joseph Stanton
Patria
Film • 1917
jako Capt. Donald Parr
The Rack
Film • 1915
jako Tom Gordon
The Woman Who Lied
Film • 1915
jako Jack Stanley
Under Southern Skies
Film • 1915
jako Burleigh Mavor
The Taming of Mary
Film • 1915
jako Harry Benton
The Arrival of Perpetua
Film • 1915
jako Thaddeus Curzon
The Pit
Film • 1914
jako Corthell