diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonSerializerTest.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonSerializerTest.cs
index 2938d528..6b7654a5 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonSerializerTest.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonSerializerTest.cs
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ keyword such as type of business.""
         this.phoneNumber = phoneNumber;
       }
     }
-    
+
     [Test]
     public void SerializeMemberGenericList()
     {
@@ -1471,5 +1471,26 @@ keyword such as type of business.""
       Assert.AreEqual(null, userNullablleDeserialized.NullRoleId);
       Assert.AreEqual(true, userNullablleDeserialized.Active);
     }
+
+    public class MyClass
+    {
+      public int PreProperty { get; set; }
+      //public DateTime DateProperty { get; set; }
+      public int PostProperty { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void MissingMemberIgnoreComplexValue()
+    {
+      JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer { MissingMemberHandling = MissingMemberHandling.Ignore };
+      serializer.Converters.Add(new JavaScriptDateTimeConverter());
+
+      string response = @"{""PreProperty"":1,""DateProperty"":new Date(1225962698973),""PostProperty"":2}";
+
+      MyClass myClass = (MyClass)serializer.Deserialize(new StringReader(response), typeof(MyClass));
+
+      Assert.AreEqual(1, myClass.PreProperty);
+      Assert.AreEqual(2, myClass.PostProperty);
+    }
   }
 }
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diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JObjectTests.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JObjectTests.cs
index c87bf5c0..e0d3739b 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JObjectTests.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Linq/JObjectTests.cs
@@ -330,5 +330,19 @@ Parameter name: arrayIndex")]
 
       Assert.AreEqual(JavaScriptConvert.ConvertJavaScriptTicksToDateTime(1207285200000), (DateTime)v);
     }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void GenericValueCast()
+    {
+      string json = @"{""foo"":true}";
+      JObject o = (JObject)JavaScriptConvert.DeserializeObject(json);
+      bool? value = o.Value<bool?>("foo");
+      Assert.AreEqual(true, value);
+
+      json = @"{""foo"":null}"; 
+      o = (JObject)JavaScriptConvert.DeserializeObject(json);
+      value = o.Value<bool?>("foo");
+      Assert.AreEqual(null, value);
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonSerializer.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonSerializer.cs
index 986d89f7..3c748c44 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonSerializer.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonSerializer.cs
@@ -518,6 +518,8 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
       {
         if (_missingMemberHandling == MissingMemberHandling.Error)
           throw new JsonSerializationException("Could not find member '{0}' on object of type '{1}'".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, memberName, targetType.GetType().Name));
+
+        reader.Skip();
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Linq/Extensions.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Linq/Extensions.cs
index 11cd62ec..b0b9ff0b 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Linq/Extensions.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Linq/Extensions.cs
@@ -267,7 +267,17 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Linq
         if (value == null)
           throw new InvalidCastException("Cannot cast {0} to {1}.".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, token.GetType(), typeof(T)));
 
-        return (U)System.Convert.ChangeType(value.Value, typeof(U), CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+        Type targetType = typeof(U);
+
+        if (ReflectionUtils.IsNullableType(targetType))
+        {
+          if (value.Value == null)
+            return default(U);
+
+          targetType = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(targetType);
+        }
+
+        return (U)System.Convert.ChangeType(value.Value, targetType, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
       }
     }