Ray Milland (Alfred Reginald Jones)
(3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986)

Ray Milland was a Welsh-American actor and film director
who is often remembered for his portrayal of an alcoholic
writer in Billy Wilder‘s The Lost Weekend (1945), which
won him Best Actor at Cannes, a Golden Globe Award,
and ultimately an Academy Award.

       
Milland died of lung cancer at the Torrance Memorial
Medical Center in Torrance, California, on 10 March
1986. He was 79  years old. In line with his instructions,
no funeral was held.          
 

His body was cremated, and his ashes were scattered
into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Redondo Beach, California.