Milton Sills

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Born: 12 January 1882 Died: 15 September 1930

Country of origin: United States

Height: 6' 1"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Doris Kenyon

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Silent Film Actors (447 items)
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Hollywood Walk of Fame - S (163 items)
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Description: American leading man of silent pictures. Born into affluence in Chicago, he attended the University of Chicago on scholarship and remained there as a professor of psychology and philosophy. A chance visit to the school by actor- manager Donald Robertson led to Sills abandoning his career and joining Robertson's stock company as an actor in 1905. Three years later he went to New York and was an immediate Broadway success. After nearly twenty productions, he was wooed into films by producer William A. Brady. Sills debuted in The Pit (1914) and was just as immediately a success in movies. His stalwart personality and handsome looks ... (more)

Tags: Born 1882 (2), Died 1930 (2), Actor (1), Heart Attack (1), Pipe (1), Silent Cinema (1), Died Aged 48 (1), Silent Actor (1)

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