Millard Mitchell
Millard Mitchell | |
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![]() Mitchell in Singin' in the Rain (1952) | |
Born | Havana, Cuba | August 14, 1903
Died | October 13, 1953 Santa Monica, California, U.S. | (aged 50)
Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1924–1953 |
Spouse(s) | Peggy Gould
(m. 1942) |
Children | 2 |
The Naked Spur (1953)
Millard Mitchell (August 14, 1903 – October 13, 1953) was an American character actor whose credits include roughly 30 feature films and two television appearances.
Born in Havana, Cuba, he appeared as a bit player in eight films between 1931 and 1936. Mitchell returned to film work in 1942 after a six-year absence. Between 1942 and 1953, he was a successful supporting actor.
For his performance in the film My Six Convicts (1952), Mitchell won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. He is also remembered 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 the fictional movie mogul R.F. Simpson in the musical comedy Singin' in the Rain (1952).
Mitchell appeared frequently on Broadway, often playing a fast-talking Broadway character. He played the starring role in The Great Campaign (1947).[1][2]
Personal life[]
Mitchell married Peggy Gould in 1942; the couple had two daughters, one named Maggie.
Mitchell died at the age of 50 in 1953 from lung cancer at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California, [3][4][5] and was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
Filmography[]
- Secrets of a Secretary (1931) - Policeman (uncredited)
- My Sin (1931) - Trooper (uncredited)
- A Lesson in Love (1931) - Freshman (uncredited)
- The Cheat (1931) - Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Dynamite Delaney (1936)
- Mr. and Mrs. North (1942) - Detective Mullins
- Grand Central Murder (1942) - Arthur Doolin
- The Mayor of 44th Street (1942) - Herman
- Little Tokyo, U.S.A. (1942) - George 'Sleepy' Miles (uncredited)
- The Big Street (1942) - Gentleman George (uncredited)
- Get Hep to Love (1942) - McCarthy
- Dixie Dugan (1943) - Accident Victim (uncredited)
- Slightly Dangerous (1943) - Baldwin
- Swell Guy (1946) - Steve
- Kiss of Death (1947) - Detective Shelby (uncredited)
- A Double Life (1947) - Al Cooley
- A Foreign Affair (1948) - Col. Rufus J. Plummer
- Thieves' Highway (1949) - Ed Kinney
- Everybody Does It (1949) - Mike Craig
- Twelve O'Clock High (1949) - Major General Pritchard
- The Gunfighter (1950) - Marshall Mark Strett
- Louisa (1950) - Photo of David Norton (uncredited)
- Winchester '73 (1950) - High-Spade Frankie Wilson
- Convicted (1950) - Malloby
- Mister 880 (1950) - "Mac" McIntire
- You're in the Navy Now (1951) - Chief George Larrabee
- Strictly Dishonorable (1951) - Bill Dempsey
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - General (uncredited)
- My Six Convicts (1952) - James Connie
- Singin' in the Rain (1952) - R. F. Simpson
- The Naked Spur (1953) - Jesse Tate
- Here Come the Girls (1953) - Albert Snodgrass (final film role)
References[]
- ^ "Millard Mitchell". IBDb (Internet Broadway Database). Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ Leon Morse (April 5, 1947). "Experimental Theater". Billboard. p. 44. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ "Millard Mitchell is taken by death". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. October 13, 1953. p. 6.
- ^ "Millard Mitchell, actor, is in coma". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. October 13, 1953. p. 32.
- ^ "Millard Mitchell, film actor, dies". Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. Associated Press. October 14, 1953. p. 10.
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- 1903 births
- 1953 deaths
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe (film) winners
- Deaths from lung cancer
- Male Western (genre) film actors
- Deaths from cancer in California
- Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
- 20th-century American male actors
- Male actors from Havana