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person_profile-Milton Sills

Milton Sills Died at age: 48

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Milton Sills

Date of Birth:

Jan 12, 1882

Country of birth:

Died:

Sep 15, 1930

Biography of

Milton Sills

    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.

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Filmography of

Milton Sills

Found 49 Movies in total

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1961

The Sea Wolf

'Wolf' Larsen ( Actor )

... 1930

Man Trouble

Mac ( Actor )

... 1930

... 1929

... 1929

The Crash

Jim Flannagan ( Actor )

... 1928

The Barker

Nifty Miller ( Actor )

... 1928

Burning Daylight

Elam 'Burning Daylight' Harnish ( Actor )

... 1928

The Valley of the Giants

Bryce Cardigan ( Actor )

... 1927

The Sea Tiger

Justin Ramos ( Actor )

... 1927

The Silent Lover

Count Pierre Tornal ( Actor )

... 1926

Paradise

Tony ( Actor )

... 1926

Men of Steel

Jan Bokak ( Actor )

Writer

... 1926

The Knockout

Sandy Donlin ( Actor )

... 1925

The Making of O'Malley

O'Malley ( Actor )

... 1925

As Man Desires

Major John Craig ( Actor )

... 1925

Madonna of the Streets

Reverend John Morton ( Actor )

... 1924

The Sea Hawk

Sir Oliver Tressilian ( Actor )

... 1924

Flowing Gold

Calvin Gray ( Actor )

... 1924

A Lady of Quality

Gerald Mertoun, Duke of Osmonde ( Actor )

... 1924

Flaming Youth

Cary Scott ( Actor )

... 1923

Adam's Rib

Michael Ramsay ( Actor )

... 1923

The Spoilers

Roy Glennister ( Actor )

... 1923

Souls for Sale

Himself - Celebrity Actor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1923

The Isle of Lost Ships

Frank Howard ( Actor )

... 1923

What a Wife Learned

Rudolph Martin ( Actor )

... 1923

The Last Hour

Steve Cline ( Actor )

... 1923

The Forgotten Law

Richard Jarnette ( Actor )

... 1922

Burning Sands

Daniel Lane ( Actor )

... 1922

Skin Deep

Bud Doyle ( Actor )

... 1922

The Woman Who Walked Alone

Clement Gaunt ( Actor )

... 1922

One Clear Call

Dr. Alan Hamilton ( Actor )

... 1922

Miss Lulu Bett

Neil Cornish ( Actor )

... 1921

The Great Moment

Bayard Delaval ( Actor )

... 1921

At the End of the World

Gordon Deane ( Actor )

... 1921

... 1920

The Street Called Straight

Peter Devenant ( Actor )

... 1920

Eyes of Youth

Louis Anthony ( Actor )

... 1919

... 1919

The Hushed Hour

Luke Appleton ( Actor )

... 1919

The Stronger Vow

Juan Estudillo ( Actor )

... 1919

... 1919

The Hell Cat

Sheriff Jack Webb ( Actor )

... 1918

The Claw

Major Anthony Kinsella ( Actor )

... 1918

The Yellow Ticket

Julian Rolfe ( Actor )

... 1918

Married in Name Only

Robert Worthing ( Actor )

... 1917

The Honor System

Joseph Stanton ( Actor )

... 1917

Patria

Capt. Donald Parr ( Actor )

... 1917

Under Southern Skies

Burleigh Mavor ( Actor )

... 1915