Milton Sills

Personal Info

Birthday

January 11, 1882

Day of Death

1930-09-15

(48 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Milton Sills

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.

Known For

At the End of the World

Legally Dead

Hard-Boiled Haggerty

The Sea Hawk

The Knockout

Burning Daylight

The Valley of the Giants

The Hushed Hour

Filmography

1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
1930
The Sea Wolf
as 'Wolf' Larsen
Man Trouble
as Mac
1928
The Crash
as Jim Flannagan
The Barker
as Nifty Miller
The Hawk's Nest
as The Hawk/John Finchley
Burning Daylight
as Elam 'Burning Daylight' Harnish
The Circus: Premiere
as Self
1927
The Valley of the Giants
as Bryce Cardigan
Hard-Boiled Haggerty
as Hard-Boiled Haggerty
Framed
as Etienne Hilaire
The Sea Tiger
as Justin Ramos
1926
The Silent Lover
as Count Pierre Tornal
Paradise
as Tony
Men of Steel
as Jan Bokak
Puppets
as Nicola Riccobini
1925
The Knockout
as Sandy Donlin
The Making of O'Malley
as O'Malley
As Man Desires
as Major John Craig
1924
Madonna of the Streets
as Reverend John Morton
The Sea Hawk
as Sir Oliver Tressilian
Flowing Gold
as Calvin Gray
A Lady of Quality
as Gerald Mertoun, Duke of Osmonde
1923
Flaming Youth
as Cary Scott
Adam's Rib
as Michael Ramsay
The Spoilers
as Roy Glennister
Legally Dead
as Will Campbell / George Brown
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actor (uncredited)
The Isle of Lost Ships
as Frank Howard
What a Wife Learned
as Rudolph Martin
The Last Hour
as Steve Cline
1922
The Forgotten Law
as Richard Jarnette
Seeing Stars
as Self
Burning Sands
as Daniel Lane
Skin Deep
as Bud Doyle
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
The Woman Who Walked Alone
as Clement Gaunt
One Clear Call
as Dr. Alan Hamilton
1921
Miss Lulu Bett
as Neil Cornish
The Great Moment
as Bayard Delaval
At the End of the World
as Gordon Deane
The Faith Healer
as Michaelis
1920
The Furnace
as Keene Mordaunt
The Street Called Straight
as Peter Devenant
1919
Eyes of Youth
as Louis Anthony
The Woman Thou Gavest Me
as Conrad
The Hushed Hour
as Luke Appleton
The Stronger Vow
as Juan Estudillo
Satan Junior
as Paul Worden
1918
The Hell Cat
as Sheriff Jack Webb
The Claw
as Major Anthony Kinsella
The Yellow Ticket
as Julian Rolfe
1917
Married in Name Only
as Robert Worthing
Making Monkey Business
as The Flea
The Honor System
as Joseph Stanton
Patria
as Capt. Donald Parr
1915
The Woman Who Lied
as Jack Stanley
Under Southern Skies
as Burleigh Mavor
The Taming of Mary
as Harry Benton
The Arrival of Perpetua
as Thaddeus Curzon
1914
The Pit
as Corthell