Milos Milos
{{Short description|Serbian actor (1941–1966)}}
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| name = Milos Milos
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| birth_name = Милош Милошевић (Miloš Milošević)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|7|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Knjaževac, German-occupied Serbia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1966|1|30|1941|7|1|df=yes}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| death_cause = Suicide by gunshot
| occupation = Actor, stunt double, bodyguard
| years_active = 1964–1966
| spouse = {{marriage|Cynthia Bouron|1964|}}
| children = 1
}}
Milos Milos ({{langx|sr|Милош Милошевић}}; born Miloš Milošević; 1 July 1941 – 30 January 1966) was a Serbian actor, stunt double and bodyguard for actor Alain Delon.
Early life
Milos came from an influential family. His grandfather was the mayor of Knjaževac and his father was chairman of the Guild of Exporters of Yugoslavia. Milos' family suffered under the Communist authorities and most of their private properties were confiscated.{{Cite journal|last=Erdeljanović|first=Aleksandar Saša|date=2017|title=Sećanje na jednu mladost|journal=Kinoteka|volume=11|pages=15–16}}
In 1957 Milosevic moves to live with his mother in Belgrade.In 1962 he met Alain Delon, who was filming Marco Polo, an eventually cancelled film, in Belgrade. Delon hired Milošević as his stunt and took him with him to Paris.In 1964 Milos married Cynthia Bouron, whom Alain Delon introduced him to, and left first for New York and a little later for Hollywood.
Hollywood
As a young Hollywood actor, Milos is best known for his performance as a Soviet naval officer in the 1966 comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, as well as for playing the title role in the same year's Esperanto horror movie, Incubus.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1085069_incubus |title=Incubus (1965) |author= |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=2018-05-22}} Both films were actually released after his suicide in January 1966.
=Film roles=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming | Lysenko | Released posthumously |
| 1966 | Incubus | Incubus | Released posthumously (final film role) |
Personal life and death
Milos was married to Cynthia Bouron from 1964 to 1966; they had one child.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19840118&id=LFBVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=epUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4132,610136&hl=en|title=The final blow, the final bow|first=Geoffrey|last=Wansell|newspaper=The Age|date=18 January 1984|page=9}}
In 1965, Milos began an affair with actress Barbara Ann Thomason (stage name Carolyn Mitchell) who was estranged from her husband Mickey Rooney. Milos and Thomason were found dead in Rooney's Los Angeles house in 1966.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14799211/mickey_rooneys_wifemurder_suicide/|title=Mickey Rooney's Wife Murder-Suicide Victim|date=February 1, 1966|publisher=The Charleston Daily Mail|page=1|access-date=October 31, 2017|via = Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} The official inquiry found that Milos had shot Thomason with Rooney's chrome-plated .38 caliber revolver and then committed suicide. The official inquiry provoked rumors that they were actually both murdered in revenge for having an affair; however, Rooney was at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica recovering from an infection that he caught on location in Manila during the filming of Ambush Bay.Savković, Dušan. Zagrljaj Pariza, 1986, p. 43.Lopusina, Marko. Ubij bliznjeg svog, 1997, p. 16.{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Bob |title=Mickey Rooney's Wife Shot Dead |url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/26623999/bit-part-actor-kills-her-self-mickey/ |access-date=6 October 2022 |work=Independent |agency=Newspapers.com |volume=28|issue=134 |date=1 February 1966 |archive-url=//www.newspapers.com/clip/26623999/bit-part-actor-kills-her-self-mickey/ |archive-date=1 February 1966 |location=Long Beach, California |page=Page 1 |quote="after a dramatic reunion between Rooney, 45; and Barbara Rooney, 29, at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica."}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0590498|name=Milos Milosevic}}
- Cara Jepson, [http://www.salon.com/2000/05/03/incubus "Curse of the 'Incubus'"], Salon.com, 3 May 2000.
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Category:20th-century Serbian male actors
Category:Murder–suicides in California
Category:Male actors from Belgrade
Category:People from Knjaževac
Category:Serbian expatriates in the United States
Category:Serbian male film actors
Category:American stunt performers