Milton Sills
Milton Sills ( born January 12, 1882 in Chicago, USA, † September 15, 1930 in Santa Barbara, California ) was a major American silent film actor and university professor. His relatively early death and his unusual career made him a legend.
Life
Milton Sills was born in 1882 in middle-class family in Chicago. He studied at the University of Chicago philosophy and psychology and, after completing his studies there as a professor. It was also quite polyglot: he spoke in addition to his native English also Italian, Russian, French and German fluently.
In 1906, he hung up his position as a professor at the nail and began to hire themselves out as an actor. In 1908 he played on Broadway. His film debut was in 1914 in the movie "The Pit ".
He was also one of the founders of the " Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ."
His last film was the sound film "The Sea - Wolf" in 1930.
He was married in 1926 to actress Doris Kenyon. His nephew was the world-famous bodybuilder Frederick Sills. Sills died in 1930 with only 48 years of a heart attack at tennis.