Editing Ray Milland (section)

===Other studios===
[[File:Disney Oscar 1953.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Jane Wyman]], [[Walt Disney]] and Milland at 1953 [[Academy Awards|Oscars]]]]
[[File:Dial M for Murder (1954) trailer 4.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Milland, [[Robert Cummings]] and [[John Williams (actor)|John Williams]] in ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'' (1954)]]
[[File:Lisbon lobby card 3.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Lobby card for ''[[Lisbon (1956 film)|Lisbon]]'' (1956) with [[Claude Rains]], Milland and [[Maureen O'Hara]]]]
At Columbia, Milland starred opposite Rosalind Russell in ''[[A Woman of Distinction]]'' (1950). Then, at MGM, he was directed by [[George Cukor]] in ''[[A Life of Her Own]]'' (1950) alongside [[Lana Turner]], replacing [[Wendell Corey]], who had quit the film just three days into filming.<ref>RAY MILLAND GETS METRO MOVIE LEAD [[The New York Times]] 18 February 1950: 9</ref>

Milland was directed by [[Jacques Tourneur]] in RKO's ''[[Circle of Danger]]'' (1951); set in the United Kingdom, it was the only time he filmed in his home country of Wales.<ref name="WAEoW"/> At MGM he was in ''[[Night Into Morning]]'' (1951) and then a comedy, ''[[Rhubarb (1951 film)|Rhubarb]]'' (1951).

Milland gave a strong performance in ''[[Close to My Heart]]'' (1951) at Warner Bros, in which he and [[Gene Tierney]] starred as a couple trying to adopt a child. His next film, ''[[Bugles in the Afternoon]]'' (1952), also at Warners, was a Western. He played in ''[[Something to Live For (film)|Something to Live For]]'' (1952), another study of alcoholism at Paramount, with [[Joan Fontaine]].

Milland had a contract to make one film a year with Paramount (who released Pine-Thomas films). He was wanted by producer Harold Popkin to make ''[[The Thief (1952 film)|The Thief]]'' but Paramount insisted he make ''Jamaica Run'' under their contract instead. The impasse was resolved by the intervention of Milland's agents at MCA and filming for ''Jamaica Run'' was pushed back.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety185-1952-03#page/n96/mode/1up/search/%22jamaica+run%22|website=Variety|date=12 March 1953|page=12|title=Inside Pictures}}</ref> For ''[[The Thief (1952 film)|The Thief]]'' (1952), his role was without dialogue, and he was nominated for a second [[11th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe]]. He later remarked that he was proud of the film.<ref>College Student to be Ray Milland's Next Role
Wolters, Larry. Chicago Daily Tribune 15 November 1959: n_a2.</ref>

After ''[[Jamaica Run]]'' (1953), Milland went to Columbia for ''[[Let's Do It Again (1953 film)|Let's Do It Again]]'' (1953) with [[Jane Wyman]].

He then starred opposite [[Grace Kelly]] and [[Robert Cummings]] in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'' (1954), originally shot in three dimensions. Although never admitted by either, rumours were rife at the time that Kelly and Milland were engaged in an affair, fuelled by notorious gossip columnist [[Hedda Hopper]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.philly.com/1987-04-24/news/26194454_1_grace-kelly-doubleday-james-spada|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218094002/http://articles.philly.com/1987-04-24/news/26194454_1_grace-kelly-doubleday-james-spada|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 December 2013|title=The Private Eyeful Of Grace Kelly The Biographer Telling Tales Of Problems In The Past – And In The Palace|date=24 April 1987|first=Donna| last=Rosenthal|access-date=14 December 2013|publisher=philly.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/grace-kelly-exposed-466617|title=Grace Kelly Exposed |date=14 April 2007|first=Sara| last=Wallis |access-date=14 December 2013|publisher=mirror.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/110262/Grace-Kelly-Innocent-flirt-or-nymphomaniac|title=Grace Kelly; Innocent flirt or nymphomaniac |date=27 June 2009|first=Neil| last=Norman |access-date=14 December 2013|publisher=express.co.uk}}</ref>

He starred with [[Phyllis Avery]] and [[Lloyd Corrigan]] in the [[CBS]] [[situation comedy|sitcom]], ''[[Meet Mr. McNutley]],'' from 1953 to 1955. He appeared in the role of an English and Drama professor at the fictitious Lynnhaven College. The sitcom was renamed ''The Ray Milland Show'' in its second season. Milland directed some episodes, and he soon had ambitions to direct features.<ref>RAY MILLAND'S TV BOW LOOKS LIKE A BIG HIT: Wolters, Larry. Chicago Daily Tribune (1923–1963); Chicago, Ill. [Chicago, Ill] 13 September 1953: w_a6.</ref>

At Fox, Milland starred in ''[[The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing]]'' (1955). then starred in a TV adaptation of ''[[Markheim]]'' (1956) directed by [[Fred Zinnemann]].