Background
Millarde was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and began his acting in film in 1913 with Kalem Studios in New York City.
Millarde was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and began his acting in film in 1913 with Kalem Studios in New York City.
In 1916, he directed the first of his thirty-two films the most notable of which was If Winter Comes (1923) for Fox Film Corporation that was based on the books of author A. South. M. Hutchinson. Amongst Millarde"s other works were and the thriller My Friend the Devil (1922) based on the French novel, Le Docteur Rameau by Georges Ohnet. Millarde directed his last film in 1927 and died of a heart attack in New York City in 1931, ten days shy of his 46th birthday.
Ironically, she also died ten days before her birthday, succumbing to cancer at the age of 40.
Their daughter, June Elizabeth Millarde, was 13 years old when her mother died.