Adolph Milar (1895–1950) was a Swiss-born
film actor. He appeared in
character role
A character actor is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters.28 April 2013, The New York Acting SchoolTen Best Character Actors of All Time Retrieved 7 August 2014, "..a breed of actor who has the ability to b ...
s in around sixty American films from 1919 to 1945, playing characters of a variety of nationalities.
[Biskupski p.43] His name is sometimes written as Adolf Milar.
Selected filmography
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The Black Circle
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'' (1919)
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Something Different'' (1920)
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The Road of Ambition'' (1920)
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The Silent Barrier'' (1920)
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The Girl from Porcupine'' (1921)
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My Friend the Devil'' (1922)
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Enemies of Women'' (1923)
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Fury'' (1923)
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Backbone'' (1923)
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Love's Wilderness
''Love's Wilderness'' is a 1924 American drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by Helen Klumph and Eve Unsell. The film stars Corinne Griffith, Holmes Herbert, Ian Keith, Maurice de Canonge, Emily Fitzroy
Emily Fitzroy (24 May ...
'' (1924)
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Marriage in Transit'' (1925)
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Back to God's Country'' (1927)
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Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1927)
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Clothes Make the Woman
''Clothes Make the Woman'' is a surviving 1928 American silent historical romantic drama film directed by Tom Terriss, and starring Eve Southern and Walter Pidgeon. The film is loosely based on the story of Anna Anderson, a Polish woman who cl ...
'' (1928)
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The Michigan Kid
''The Michigan Kid'' is a 1947 American Cinecolor Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Jon Hall, Victor McLaglen, Rita Johnson, and Andy Devine.
It was Hall's first film after getting out of the army and filming began 15 April 1 ...
'' (1928)
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The Devil's Skipper'' (1928)
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The Gateway of the Moon
''The Gateway of the Moon'' is a lost American 1928 silent film directed by John Griffith Wray and starring Dolores del Río, Walter Pidgeon and Anders Randolf.
Plot
Arthur Wyatt, an American railroad conductor, is lost in the jungle of the Amaz ...
'' (1928)
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Bulldog Drummond'' (1929)
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Call of the Flesh
''Call of the Flesh'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Charles Brabin. The film stars Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, and Renée Adorée. It featured several songs performed by Novarro and originally included a sequence photo ...
'' (1930)
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Isle of Escape
''Isle of Escape'' is a 1930 American pre-Code film produced and released by Warner Bros. The film stars Monte Blue and Myrna Loy and is set in the South Seas. Blue had been playing man-stranded-on-island roles in such films as ''White Shadows ...
'' (1930)
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The Medicine Man'' (1930)
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Rain or Shine'' (1930)
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Honeymoon Lane'' (1931)
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Platinum Blonde'' (1931)
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The Savage Girl
''The Savage Girl'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Harry L. Fraser.
Plot
A white jungle goddess is protected by a fierce killer gorilla.
Cast
*Rochelle Hudson as The Girl
*Walter Byron as Jim Franklin, misspelled Franklyn in o ...
'' (1932)
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Sons of Steel'' (1934)
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The Great Impersonation'' (1935)
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Revolt of the Zombies
''Revolt of the Zombies'' is a 1936 American horror film directed by Victor Halperin, produced by Edward Halperin, and stars Dean Jagger and Dorothy Stone (actress), Dorothy Stone. One of the earliest zombie films, it was initially conceived as a ...
'' (1936)
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So Ends Our Night'' (1941)
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Paris Calling
''Paris Calling'' is a 1941 war film noir directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott, Elisabeth Bergner, and Basil Rathbone.
Plot
Cast
* Elisabeth Bergner as Marianne Jannetier
* Randolph Scott as Lt. Nicholas 'Nick' Jordan
* ...
'' (1941)
References
Bibliography
* Biskupski, M.B.B. ''Hollywood's War with Poland, 1939-1945''. University Press of Kentucky, 2011.
* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links
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1895 births
1950 deaths
Swiss emigrants to the United States
Swiss male film actors
People from Davos
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