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RAY MILLAND/THOMAS GOMEZ RAY MILLAND/THOMAS GOMEZ album page OR search current auctions Auction History Result 5j0226 RAY MILLAND/THOMAS GOMEZ signed 4x6 album page 1940s they each signed one side of it! Date Sold 11/21/2023Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Autographed 4 1/4" x 6" [11 x 15 cm] Album Page (Learn More) Ray Milland was born Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones in Wales in 1905. He spent 3 years as a guardsman with the Royal Household Cavalry in London, and then started appearing in English movies in 1928. He moved to Hollywood the following year and he had little success for several years, but after around five years, he found his niche playing the younger brother or the rival to the male lead. In the middle 1930s he started getting leads in romantic comedies or dramas to the type of leading ladies who did not want too strong of a male co-star! It seemed like his career would never get better than this, but in 1944 he surprised everyone with his very strong performance in Fritz Lang's Ministry of Fear, and the following year he got even more positive reviews for his role as the alcoholic writer in Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend, for which he won the Best Actor Oscar. In 1954, when Milland was pushing 50, he was offered the role of the duplicitous husband in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder, and he gave one of the best performances of his career. But roles started drying up for the aging balding leading man, and he started taking many TV roles. He also took the lead roles in some truly dreadful low budget horror movies (including The Thing with Two Heads, where he played a rich white racist who had to spend the entire movie tied into a ridiculous body suit with giant black pro football player Rosey Grier!), although he did make a strong appearance as the father in Love Story, and he guest starred in two memorable Columbo episodes. Milland was a really first-rate actor, and when he had an important role for a top level director he proved he was as good as anyone, but sadly much of his career was spent on minor roles or in very minor movies. He passed away in 1986 at the age of 79. AND Thomas Gomez was an actor from the 1940s to the 1970s. Some of his movies include: Key Largo, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Ride The Pink Horse (nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for this film), and Trapeze. He passed away suddenly in 1971 at the age of 65 from a car accident. Important Added Info: This album page has been personally autographed (signed) by BOTH Ray Milland AND Thomas Gomez (each person signed one side of the page)! It could be matted with a vintage or repro still and framed together to make a cool display (of course, the new owner would have to choose which side to display!). Our consignor is a longtime collector who purchased this signed item from a reputable dealer in 2005 (George J. Houle Rare Books & Autographs in Los Angeles, California). He does not have a certificate of authenticity, but we believe the signatures to likely be authentic. As is true of all the signed items we are currently auctioning, we give every buyer 30 days in which to review what they purchased (although we prefer they do any "authenticating" while the auction is "live" and before they place a bid) and they can return any item as long as it is within 30 days of the end of the auction. On non-signed items, we give a "lifetime guarantee" on everything we auction, but on signed items, we give the above modified guarantee of 30 days after the auction closes. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades
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