Claim: Ray Milland performed in a film.
Evidence: His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985 , and he is best remembered for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend -LRB- 1945 -RRB- , a sophisticated leading man opposite a corrupt John Wayne in Reap the Wild Wind -LRB- 1942 -RRB- , the murder-plotting husband in Dial M for Murder -LRB- 1954 -RRB- , and as Oliver Barrett III in Love Story -LRB- 1970 -RRB-.
Reap the Wild Wind is a 1942 film starring Ray Milland , John Wayne , Paulette Goddard , Robert Preston , and Susan Hayward , and directed by Cecil B. DeMille , his second picture to be filmed in color.