Born in 1892, Miljan was the tall, smooth-talking villain in Hollywood films for almost four decades, beginning in 1923.

[3] In later years he played imposing, authoritative parts such as high-ranking executives and military officers.

[2] He is best remembered as General Custer in Cecil B. DeMille's film The Plainsman.

[4] DeMille also cast him in two notable supporting roles in two of his biblical epics: the Danite elder Lesh Lakish in Samson and Delilah (1949), and the blind Israelite grandfather in The Exodus in The Ten Commandments (1956).

[6] He was married to Victoire Lowe and adopted her two sons from her first marriage to actor Creighton Hale.