James Millican

Actor · Died November 24, 1955, aged 45 · Palisades, New Jersey, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Millican (1911–1955) was an American actor with over 200 film appearances mostly in western movies. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Millican, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from TMDB.

Born: February 17, 1910
Died: November 24, 1955 (aged 45)
From: Palisades, New Jersey, USA
Works as: Actor
Titles: 71 on MovieCove · 128 credits in all
Links: IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 15% in 30 days

What are James Millican's films like?

Usually the Shadow: 5 of 7 analyzed roles.

Genres

Drama14 titles48^th

Action3 titles56^th

Biography3 titles42^nd

Adventure2 titles35^th

Comedy2 titles63^rd

Crime2 titles48^th

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Shadow

5 of 7

Mentor

2 of 7

Show the 7 roles

Shadowas Bud Millerick in Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948)
Shadowas Tex Hartford in Grand Canyon (1949)
Shadowas Rocky Morgan in Beyond the Purple Hills (1950)
Shadowas Hans Soderling in Missing Women (1951)
Mentoras Wyatt Earp in Gun Belt (1953)
Shadowas Dan Marady in Riding Shotgun (1954)
Mentoras Marshal Bat Davis in Top Gun (1955)

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch James Millican's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 71 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Great American Pure Flix3 titles, show their 3 titles on Great American Pure Flix
IndieFlix3 titles, show their 3 titles on IndieFlix
ScreenPix2 titles, show their 2 titles on ScreenPix
Shout! TV2 titles, show their 2 titles on Shout! TV
Best TV Ever1 title, show their title on Best TV Ever
Dove Channel1 title, show their title on Dove Channel

Subscription and free streaming for James Millican's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

128 credits, 71 with a MovieCove page.

Red Sundown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
as Purvis
Top Gun(1955)
as Marshal Bat Davis
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Vanishing American (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
as Walker
I Died a Thousand Times(1955)
as Jack Kranmer
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Man from Laramie(1955)
as Tom Quigby
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Las Vegas Shakedown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
as Wheeler Reid
Chief Crazy Horse(1955)
as General Crook
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Strategic Air Command(1955)
as Rusty Castle
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Big Tip Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
as Det. Lt. George East
Dawn at Socorro(1954)
as Harry McNair
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
The Outcast(1954)
as Cal Prince
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
The Long Wait(1954)
as Police Capt. Lindsay
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Jubilee Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
as Rinardi
Riding Shotgun(1954)
as Dan Marady
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Torpedo Alley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
as Cmdr. Heywood
Crazylegs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
as L.A. Ram's Coach
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Show 1 episode · Actor
A Lion Is in the Streets(1953)
as Samuel T. Beach
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Stranger Wore a Gun(1953)
as William Clarke
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Gun Belt(1953)
as Wyatt Earp
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Cow Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
as Fritz Warner
The Silver Whip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
as Luke Bowen
General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Show 1 episode · as Chet Bundy
Springfield Rifle(1952)
as Matthew Quint
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Four Star Playhouse(1952)
Show 1 episode · as District Attorney · as Diver
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
The Winning Team(1952)
as Bill Killefer
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Carson City(1952)
as Jim Squires
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Diplomatic Courier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
as Sam F. Carew
High Noon(1952)
as Deputy Sheriff Herb Baker (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Bugles in the Afternoon(1952)
as Sgt. Hines
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Scandal Sheet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
as Lieutenant Davis
Chevron Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Warpath(1951)
as Général George Armstrong Custer
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Show 1 episode · as Fred Bonner
Cavalry Scout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
as Martin Gavin
I Was a Communist for the F.B.I.(1951)
as Jim Blandon
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Show 2 episodes · Actor
Fourteen Hours(1951)
as Police Sgt. Boyle
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Rawhide(1951)
as Tex Squires
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Missing Women(1951)
as Hans Soderling
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Al Jennings of Oklahoma(1951)
as Ed Jennings
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Mister 880(1950)
as Olie Johnson
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Devil's Doorway(1950)
as Ike Stapleton
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Convicted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
as Guard in Kitchen (uncredited)
Beyond the Purple Hills(1950)
as Rocky Morgan
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Winchester '73(1950)
as Wheeler
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Gunfighter(1950)
as Pete (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
as Major Tony Thomas
Everybody's Dancin' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
as Papa Steve Berne
Fighting Man of the Plains(1949)
as Cummings
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
The Dalton Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
as Sheriff Jeb
The Gal Who Took the West(1949)
as Hawley
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Grand Canyon(1949)
as Tex Hartford
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Rimfire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
as Capt. Tom Harvey
Rogues' Regiment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
as Cobb
Last of the Wild Horses(1948)
as Sheriff Steve Harrison
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Command Decision(1948)
as Maj. Garrett Davenport
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Disaster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
as Sam Payne
Adventures of Gallant Bess(1948)
as Bud Millerick
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
In This Corner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
as Charles 'Tug' Martin (as Jimmy Millican)
The Return of Wildfire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
as Frank Keller
The Man from Colorado(1948)
as Sgt. Jericho Howard
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Hazard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
as Houseman
Mr. Reckless(1948)
as Pete
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Let's Live Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
as George Blake
The Tender Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
as Kit Barton
The Trouble with Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
as Keefe
Stepchild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
as Brian Reed
Spoilers of the North (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
as Bill Garraway
Rendezvous with Annie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)
as Captain Spence
The Bride Wore Boots(1946)
as Kerwin Haynes (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Blue Dahlia(1946)
as Photographer (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Tokyo Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)
as Pvt. Al Wilson
The Lost Weekend(1945)
as Nurse (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Incendiary Blonde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
as Hector - Actor (uncredited)
The Affairs of Susan(1945)
as Major (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
You Came Along (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)
as Lt. Cmdr. George Nelson (uncredited)
A Guy Named Joe(1943)
as Orderly (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Northern Pursuit(1943)
as Army Driver (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
So Proudly We Hail!(1943)
as Young Ensign (Uncredited)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Air Force(1943)
as Marine with Dog on Wake Island (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Stand by for Action(1942)
as Talker (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
I Married a Witch(1942)
Actor
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
A Man's World(1942)
as Parks
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Glass Key(1942)
as Politician (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The Secret Code (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
as Reporter Bill
Wake Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
Actor
Take a Letter, Darling(1942)
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Wife Takes a Flyer(1942)
as Gestapo Agent
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Hello, Annapolis(1942)
as Lt. Blake
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Fingers at the Window(1942)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
as Draftee
The Remarkable Andrew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
as Onlooker
Nazi Agent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
as Operator (uncredited)
Don't Talk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
as FBI Agent-Driver
The Man Who Returned to Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
as Johnny/Charlie
Joe Smith, American (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)
as Aircraft Plant Foreman (uncredited)
The Fleet's In(1942)
as Sailor
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Among the Living (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)
Actor
You'll Never Get Rich(1941)
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Here Comes Mr. Jordan(1941)
as Ringside Broadcaster (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Down in San Diego (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)
as Sentry (uncredited)
Love Crazy(1941)
as Miami Private Investigator (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Meet John Doe(1941)
as Photographer (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Flight Command(1940)
as North Island Tower Operator (voice)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
So You Won't Talk(1940)
as Cop
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Glamour for Sale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)
as Client in Nightclub (uncredited)
Too Many Husbands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)
as Nightclub Patron
Convicted Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)
as Cop (uncredited)
A Chump at Oxford(1940)
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
His Girl Friday(1940)
as Tim (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(1939)
as Senate Reporter (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Coast Guard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
as Sailor (uncredited)
Daughters Courageous(1939)
as Boy on Beach (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Only Angels Have Wings(1939)
as Mechanic (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Back Door to Heaven(1939)
as Convict in Baseball Game (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
The Sap Takes a Wrap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
as Uncredited
Honolulu(1939)
as Lifeguard on Ship (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt(1939)
as Cabby (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Spring Madness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
as Dartmouth College Student
Flight to Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
as Pilot
You Can't Take It with You(1938)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Who Killed Gail Preston? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
as Hank
Killer at Large (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town(1936)
as Interne (uncredited)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
You May Be Next! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
as Radio Technician (uncredited)
Atlantic Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
as Sailor
Mills of the Gods(1934)
as Chauffeur
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

Career shape

Biggest box office

The Man from Laramie (1955)

$6.3K worldwide

Highest rated

The Man from Laramie (1955)

Midcredits 91^st

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 0% of 21 roles

394454

Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.