Milton Sills
Known for Acting · 78 credits
- Born
- 1882-01-11
- Died
- 1930-09-15
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Movies (78)
Puppets
1926
as Nicola Riccobini
The Spoilers
1923
as Roy Glennister
Burning Daylight
1928
as Elam 'Burning Daylight' Harnish
Burning Sands
1922
as Daniel Lane
Paradise
1926
as Tony
The Claw
1918
as Major Anthony Kinsella
Skin Deep
1922
as Bud Doyle
The Valley of the Giants
1927
as Bryce Cardigan
Patria
1917
as Capt. Donald Parr
The Sea Hawk
1924
as Sir Oliver Tressilian
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
Framed
1927
as Etienne Hilaire
Satan Junior
1919
as Paul Worden
Man Trouble
1930
as Mac
As Man Desires
1925
as Major John Craig
Souls for Sale
1923
as Self - Celebrity Actor (uncredited)
One Clear Call
1922
as Dr. Alan Hamilton
The Arrival of Perpetua
1915
as Thaddeus Curzon
The Great Moment
1921
as Bayard Delaval
Adam's Rib
1923
as Michael Ramsay
The Furnace
1920
as Keene Mordaunt
The Isle of Lost Ships
1923
as Frank Howard
The Woman Who Walked Alone
1922
as Clement Gaunt
Flaming Youth
1923
as Cary Scott
The Silent Lover
1926
as Count Pierre Tornal
The Barker
1928
as Nifty Miller
The Sea Tiger
1927
as Justin Ramos
Under Southern Skies
1915
as Burleigh Mavor
The Hushed Hour
1919
as Luke Appleton
Love and the Devil
1929
A Trip to Paramountown
1922
as Self
The Heart Bandit
1924
as John Rand
The Forgotten Law
1922
as Richard Jarnette
The Last Hour
1923
as Steve Cline
Men of Steel
1926
as Jan Bokak
The Circus: Premiere
1928
as Self
The Pit
1914
as Corthell
Dangerous to Men
1920
as Sandy Verrall
The Stronger Vow
1919
as Juan Estudillo
What a Wife Learned
1923
as Rudolph Martin
Single Wives
1924
as Perry Jordan
The Unguarded Hour
1925
as Andrea
Eyes of Youth
1919
as Louis Anthony
The Crash
1928
as Jim Flannagan
Seeing Stars
1922
as Self
The Woman Who Lied
1915
as Jack Stanley
I Want My Man
1925
as Gulian Eyre
What Every Woman Learns
1919
as Walter Melrose
The Rack
1915
as Tom Gordon
His Captive Woman
1929
Madonna of the Streets
1924
as Reverend John Morton
The Woman Thou Gavest Me
1919
as Conrad
The Savage Woman
1918
as Jean Lerier
A Lady of Quality
1924
as Gerald Mertoun, Duke of Osmonde
Married in Name Only
1917
as Robert Worthing
Hard-Boiled Haggerty
1927
as Hard-Boiled Haggerty
The Sea Wolf
1930
as 'Wolf' Larsen
The Hawk's Nest
1928
as The Hawk/John Finchley
Miss Lulu Bett
1921
as Neil Cornish
The Fear Woman
1919
as Robert Craig
The Honor System
1917
as Joseph Stanton
Legally Dead
1923
as Will Campbell / George Brown
The Knockout
1925
as Sandy Donlin
Behold My Wife
1920
as Frank Armour
Making Monkey Business
1917
as The Flea
The Faith Healer
1921
as Michaelis
At the End of the World
1921
as Gordon Deane
Salvage
1921
as Fred Martin
The Yellow Ticket
1918
as Julian Rolfe
The Hell Cat
1918
as Sheriff Jack Webb
The Little Fool
1921
as Richard Forrest
Flowing Gold
1924
as Calvin Gray
Environment
1922
as Steve MacLaren
The Making of O'Malley
1925
as O'Malley
The Street Called Straight
1920
as Peter Devenant
The Taming of Mary
1915
as Harry Benton
Sweet Lavender
1920
as Horace Weatherburn
The Inferior Sex
1920
as Knox Randall
About 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 positi… With 78 credits spanning from 1914 to 1961, Milton Sills has appeared in 78 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Puppets (1926) — as Nicola Riccobini
- The Spoilers (1923) — as Roy Glennister
- Burning Daylight (1928) — as Elam 'Burning Daylight' Harnish
- Burning Sands (1922) — as Daniel Lane
- Paradise (1926) — as Tony
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