His first released movie was a 30-minute black-and-white 16 mm short drama titled Vapors (1965).

He met some of the actors for his early movies at Caffe Cino. In the early 1960s, Milligan began making movies. During this period, he operated and designed for a clothing boutique named Ad Lib and used his dressmaking skills to costume many theatrical productions. Milligan also became involved with directing low-key theater productions at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. After his honorable discharge in 1951 he settled in New York City, where he acted on stage, and opened a dress shop.ĭuring the late 1950s, Milligan became involved in the nascent off-off-Broadway theater movement where he mounted productions of plays by Lord Dunsany and Jean Genet at the Caffe Cino, a small Greenwich Village coffeehouse that served as a hothouse for rising theater talent like Lanford Wilson, Tom Eyen and John Guare. Milligan had an older half-brother named Harley LeRoy Hull (1924–1996) and a younger sister named Louise Milligan Howe (1931–).Īfter finishing high school in 1947, Milligan enlisted in the U.S. He was close to his father, who affectionately called him Junior, but had a troubled relationship with his mother, who was both physically and mentally abusive towards all her children as well as her husband.

Milligan's parents met and married in 1926. Milligan's mother, Marie Gladys Hull (1903–1953), was an overweight alcoholic with severe physical and mental health problems who served as an inspiration for some of Milligan's movie characters. The family frequently moved around the country as a result of this. Army who served in the military for over 50 years (retiring in the mid 1960s holding the rank of colonel). Milligan was an 'army brat' his father, Andrew Milligan Sr.

He was a self-taught filmmaker and was responsible for much of the creative activity on his movies (including cinematography and costume design). In spite of the fact that he directed a number of movies that have become cult favorites with horror movie buffs, he died in abject poverty in 1991 from AIDS and was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave in Los Angeles, California.Īndrew Jackson Milligan Jr. (Febru– June 3, 1991) was an American playwright, screenwriter, actor, and filmmaker, whose work includes 27 movies made between 19. Playwright, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor, film editor, producer, and directorĪndrew Jackson Milligan Jr.

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