Editing Ray Milland (section)

===Retirement and ''Markham''===
Milland then retired for six months before deciding to go back to work, commenting, "my wife told me I'd better get a job of some kind because I was making her a nervous wreck ... hanging around the house."<ref name="mark">Ray Milland Wants to Resume College
Hyams, Joe. [[Los Angeles Times]] 4 September 1959: 27.</ref>

From 1958 to 1960, Milland starred in the CBS detective series, ''[[Markham (TV series)|Markham]]'', originally called ''Crisis''.<ref>Series for Ray Milland
[[The New York Times]] 6 February 1959: 51.</ref>

During the making of the show Milland remarked, "it's becoming more and more of an effort to go on acting. I know it's a wonderful way to make a living but any job you don't like becomes difficult and I just don't like acting. I never have. I do it because I can't make a living any other way. Standing in front of a crew playing love scenes embarasses me. I'm as self conscious as hell and I want to get it over with. You get up too early and you finish too late and you feel like a lackey."<ref name="mark"/>

The show failed to capture the expected significant audience, even though it followed the western ''[[Gunsmoke]]''.
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He retired again, this time to the French Riviera in 1960. However, he soon became bored and started acting again.<ref name="new">RAY MILLAND DIES; WON OSCAR FOR 'LOST WEEKEND': [OBITUARY]
Flint, Peter B. [[The New York Times]] 11 March 1986: D.30.</ref>