JAMES MILLICAN BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
James Millican was born on February 17th, 1910 in Palisades, New Jersey and he became a well known character actor during the 30's through the 1950's. After high school he enrolled at the University of Southern California and once he earned his college degree, he enrolled at MGM's dramatic school.
His career in the industry began working in films with Paramount Studio's on, "Sign of the Cross" (1932) and then he signed with Columbia appearing in such films as, "Mills of the Gods" (1934), "Love Me Forever" (1935), "Killer at Large" (1936) and "SOS Coast Guard" (1937).
The majority of roles he played were secondary roles usually the best friend of hero's of the films. He appeared in hundreds of westerns and was good friends with cowboy star, William 'Wild' Bill Elliot. Almost all of his films he was un-credited in, however, he claims to have appeared in more then 400 roles.
A few highly rated and successful films he appeared in were "Winchester '73" (1950) starring James Stewart, Stephen McNally and Dan Duryea, "High Noon" (1952) starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, "Springfield Rifle" (1952) starring Gary Cooper, "Strategic Air Command" (155) starring James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Lovejoy and Barry Sullivan.
He only did films up until 1952 and then began adding such television credits to his resume as, "Adventures of Wild Bill Hitchcock", "Gruen Guild Theater", "Four Star Playhouse", "Fireside Theater", "The Man Behind the Badge" and "Studio 57".
James Millican married only once to Dorothy Eleanor Griffith and never had any biological children. He passed away on November 24th, 1955 in Los Angeles, California at the young age of forty five.
Filmography
1956 Red Sundown
1955 Top Gun
1955 The Ford Television Theatre
1955 The Vanishing American
1955 I Died a Thousand Times
1955 Celebrity Playhouse
1955 The Man from Laramie
1953-1955 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1955 Soldiers of Fortune
1955 Studio 57
1955 Las Vegas Shakedown
1955 G.E. True Theater
1955 Chief Crazy Horse
1955 The Man Behind the Badge
1955 Strategic Air Command
1955 The Big Tip Off
1954-1955 Schlitz Playhouse
1954 Dawn at Socorro
1954 The Outcast
1954 Fireside Theatre
1954 The Long Wait
1954 Riding Shotgun
1954 Jubilee Trail
1953 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1953 Crazylegs
1953 Four Star Playhouse
1952-1953 Gruen Guild Theater
1953 A Lion Is in the Streets
1953 The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953 Gun Belt
1953 Cow Country
1953 The Silver Whip
1952 Torpedo Alley
1952 Springfield Rifle
1952 Battle Zone
1952 High Noon
1952 The Winning Team
1952 Diplomatic Courier
1952 Carson City
1952 Bugles in the Afternoon
1952 Scandal Sheet
1952 Adventures of Gallant Bess
1951 Warpath
1951 Cavalry Scout
1951 I Was a Communist for the FBI
1951 Rawhide
1951 Fourteen Hours
1951 The Great Missouri Raid
1951 Missing Women
1951 Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1950 The Du Pont Story
1950 Mister 880
1950 Devil's Doorway
1950 Convicted
1950 Winchester '73
1950 Beyond the Purple Hills
1950 The Gunfighter
1950 Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
1950 Everybody's Dancin'
1949 Fighting Man of the Plains
1949 The Dalton Gang
1949 The Gal Who Took the West
1949 Grand Canyon
1949 Rimfire
1948 Last of the Wild Horses
1948 Command Decision
1948 Disaster
1948 Rogues' Regiment
1948 In This Corner
1948 The Return of Wildfire
1948 The Man from Colorado
1948 Hazard
1948 Mr. Reckless
1948 Let's Live Again
1948 The Tender Years
1947 The Trouble with Women
1947 Stepchild
1947 Spoilers of the North
1947 Suddenly It's Spring
1946 Rendezvous with Annie
1946 The Searching Wind
1946 Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946 The Well-Groomed Bride
1946 The Bride Wore Boots
1946 The Blue Dahlia
1946 Two Years Before the Mast
1946 Tokyo Rose
1945 The Lost Weekend
1945 Duffy's Tavern
1945 Love Letters
1945 Incendiary Blonde
1945 You Came Along
1945 The Affairs of Susan
1945 Bring on the Girls
1944 Practically Yours
1944 And Now Tomorrow
1944 National Barn Dance
1944 I Love a Soldier
1944 The Story of Dr. Wassell
1943 A Guy Named Joe
1943 Northern Pursuit
1943 Riding High
1943 Thousands Cheer
1943 So Proudly We Hail!
1943 Pilot #5
1943 Air Force
1943 Freedom Comes High
1942 Stand by for Action
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm
1942 I Married a Witch
1942 The Forest Rangers
1942 The Glass Key
1942 A Man's World
1942 The Secret Code
1942 Wake Island
1942 Take a Letter, Darling
1942 The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942 Hello, Annapolis
1942 Fingers at the Window
1942 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
1942 My Favorite Blonde
1942 The Remarkable Andrew
1942 Joe Smith, American
1942 Don't Talk
1942 The Man Who Returned to Life
1942 The Fleet's In
1942 Cadets on Parade
1942 Nazi Agent
1942 The Bugle Sounds
1941 Among the Living
1941 You'll Never Get Rich
1941 Down in San Diego
1941 Coffins on Wheels
1941 Love Crazy
1941 A Woman's Face
1941 Meet John Doe
1941 Washington Melodrama
1941 Barnacle Bill
1941 I Wanted Wings
1940 Flight Command
1940 Girls Under 21
1940 So You Won't Talk
1940 Glamour for Sale
1940 Golden Gloves
1940 Convicted Woman
1940 A Chump at Oxford
1940 His Girl Friday
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 Scandal Sheet
1939 Those High Grey Walls
1939 Coast Guard
1939 Only Angels Have Wings
1939 Back Door to Heaven
1939 North of the Yukon
1939 Society Lawyer
1939 The Sap Takes a Wrap
1939 Honolulu
1939 Flying G-Men
1939 The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1938 The Little Adventuress
1938 Spring Madness
1938 Flight to Fame
1938 I Am the Law
1938 You Can't Take It with You
1938 Highway Patrol
1938 The Main Event
1938 Extortion
1938 Who Killed Gail Preston?
1937 SOS Coast Guard
1937 The Devil Is Driving
1937 Let's Get Married
1936 Killer at Large
1936 Counterfeit
1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 You May Be Next
1935 Too Tough to Kill
1935 Case of the Missing Man
1935 Love Me Forever
1934 Mills of the Gods
1932 The Sign of the Cross
