Millard Mitchell
Born August 14, 1903 (Age: 122)
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Havana, Cuba
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Millard Mitchell (August 14, 1903 – October 13, 1953) was an American character actor whose credits include roughly thirty feature films and two television appearances. Born in Havana, Cuba, Mitchell appeared as a bit player in eight films between 1931 and 1936. He returned to film work in 1942 after a six-year absence. Between 1942 and 1953, Mitchell was a successful supporting actor. For his performance in the 1952 film, My Six Convicts, Millard Mitchell won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Mitchell is also known for his role as Col. Rufus Plummer in Billy Wilder's A Foreign Affair (1948), as Gregory Peck's commanding officer in the war drama Twelve O'Clock High (1949), and as movie mogul "R. F. Simpson" in the musical comedy Singin' in the Rain (1952). Mitchell died at the age of fifty from lung cancer in Santa Monica, California and was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Millard Mitchell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Millard Mitchell (August 14, 1903 – October 13, 1953) was an American character actor whose credits include roughly thirty feature films and two television appearances.
Born in Havana, Cuba, Mitchell appeared as a bit player in eight films between 1931 and 1936. He returned to film work in 1942 after a six-year absence. Between 1942 and 1953, Mitchell was a successful supporting actor.
For his performance in the 1952 film, My Six Convicts, Millard Mitchell won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Mitchell is also known for his role as Col. Rufus Plummer in Billy Wilder's A Foreign Affair (1948), as Gregory Peck's commanding officer in the war drama Twelve O'Clock High (1949), and as movie mogul "R. F. Simpson" in the musical comedy Singin' in the Rain (1952).
Mitchell died at the age of fifty from lung cancer in Santa Monica, California and was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Millard Mitchell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 99
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 83
Here Come the Girls
1953
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as Albert Snodgrass
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Age: 50
The Naked Spur
1953
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as Jesse Tate
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Age: 49
Mister 880
1950
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as "Mac" McIntire
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Age: 47
Convicted
1950
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as Malloby
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Age: 46
Winchester '73
1950
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as High Spade
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Age: 46
The Gunfighter
1950
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as Marshal Mark Strett
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Age: 46
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942
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as Herman
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Age: 39
Get Hep to Love
1942
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as McCarthy
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Age: 39
The Big Street
1942
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as Gentleman George (uncredited)
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Age: 38
Grand Central Murder
1942
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as Detective Arthur Doolin
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Age: 38
Mr. and Mrs. North
1942
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as Mullins
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Age: 38
Singapore Sue
1932
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as Second Sailor
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Age: 28
The Cheat
1931
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as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Age: 28
My Sin
1931
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as Trooper
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Age: 28
No Image
A Lesson in Love
1931
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as Freshmen
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Age: 28
Secrets of a Secretary
1931
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as Policeman
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Age: 28
What Price Pants
1931
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as Secretary (uncredited)
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Age: 28