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Milton Sills‌

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Milton Sills

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Milton Sills

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1882-01-11

Popularity

star1.5

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. 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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As Man Desires

As Man Desires‌
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calendar 1925

The Hushed Hour

The Hushed Hour‌
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calendar 1919

The Claw

The Claw‌
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calendar 1918

The Woman Thou Gavest Me

The Woman Thou Gavest Me‌
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calendar 1919

The Last Hour

The Last Hour‌
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calendar 1923

Seeing Stars

Seeing Stars‌
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calendar 1922

Eyes of Youth

Eyes of Youth‌
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calendar 1919

The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk‌
star6.5
calendar 1924

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino‌
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calendar 1961

The Barker

The Barker‌
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calendar 1928

The Forgotten Law

The Forgotten Law‌
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calendar 1922

Flowing Gold

Flowing Gold‌
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calendar 1924

Under Southern Skies

Under Southern Skies‌
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calendar 1915

The Faith Healer

The Faith Healer‌
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calendar 1921

A Trip to Paramountown

A Trip to Paramountown‌
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calendar 1922

Miss Lulu Bett

Miss Lulu Bett‌
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calendar 1921

The Circus: Premiere

The Circus: Premiere‌
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calendar 1928

Man Trouble

Man Trouble‌
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calendar 1930

His Captive Woman

His Captive Woman‌
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calendar 1929

The Hell Cat

The Hell Cat‌
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calendar 1918

The Stronger Vow

The Stronger Vow‌
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calendar 1919

Paradise

Paradise‌
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calendar 1926

Puppets

Puppets‌
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calendar 1926

The Sea Tiger

The Sea Tiger‌
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calendar 1927

Framed

Framed‌
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calendar 1927

The Hawk's Nest

The Hawk's Nest‌
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calendar 1928

Souls for Sale

Souls for Sale‌
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calendar 1923

Hard-Boiled Haggerty

Hard-Boiled Haggerty‌
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calendar 1927

Adam's Rib

Adam's Rib‌
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calendar 1923

Patria

Patria‌
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calendar 1917

The Valley of the Giants

The Valley of the Giants‌
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calendar 1927

Making Monkey Business

Making Monkey Business‌
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calendar 1917

Flaming Youth

Flaming Youth‌
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calendar 1923

The Street Called Straight

The Street Called Straight‌
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calendar 1920

Men of Steel

Men of Steel‌
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calendar 1926

The Honor System

The Honor System‌
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calendar 1917

The Isle of Lost Ships

The Isle of Lost Ships‌
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calendar 1923

Legally Dead

Legally Dead‌
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calendar 1923

The Crash

The Crash‌
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calendar 1928

A Lady of Quality

A Lady of Quality‌
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calendar 1924

The Sea Wolf

The Sea Wolf‌
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calendar 1930

Skin Deep

Skin Deep‌
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calendar 1922

At the End of the World

At the End of the World‌
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calendar 1921

One Clear Call

One Clear Call‌
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calendar 1922

The Silent Lover

The Silent Lover‌
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calendar 1926

Love and the Devil

Love and the Devil‌
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calendar 1929

The Spoilers

The Spoilers‌
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calendar 1923

Burning Daylight

Burning Daylight‌
star5.0
calendar 1928

The Furnace

The Furnace‌
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calendar 1920

The Making of O'Malley

The Making of O'Malley‌
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calendar 1925

The Knockout

The Knockout‌
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calendar 1925

Madonna of the Streets

Madonna of the Streets‌
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calendar 1924

Satan Junior

Satan Junior‌
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calendar 1919

The Yellow Ticket

The Yellow Ticket‌
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calendar 1918

The Great Moment

The Great Moment‌
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calendar 1921

The Woman Who Lied

The Woman Who Lied‌
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calendar 1915

What a Wife Learned

What a Wife Learned‌
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calendar 1923

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