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Millard Mitchell

Actor
Born August 14, 1903Died October 13, 1953 (50 years)
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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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Gunfighter
  • Kiss of Death

Known For

  • Singin' in the Rain
  • Winchester '73
  • The Gunfighter
  • Twelve O'Clock High
  • The Naked Spur
  • A Foreign Affair
  • Thieves' Highway
  • A Double Life
  • My Six Convicts
  • Convicted
  • Mister 880
  • A Lesson in Love
  • What Price Pants

Filmography

1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson · as High Spade (clip From Winchester '73 (1950))
1953
Here Come the Girls · as Albert Snodgrass
1953
The Naked Spur · as Jesse Tate
1952
Singin' in the Rain · as R.f. Simpson
1952
My Six Convicts · as James T. Connie
1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still · as Voice Of General
1951
Strictly Dishonorable · as Bill Dempsey
1951
You're in the Navy Now · as George Larrabee
1950
Mister 880 · as "mac" Mcintire
1950
The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Jimmy Merrill
1950
The Gunfighter · as Marshal Mark Strett
1950
Convicted · as Malloby
1950
Winchester '73 · as High Spade
1949
Twelve O'Clock High · as Major General Patrick Pritchard
1949
Everybody Does It · as Mike Craig
1949
Thieves' Highway · as Ed Kinney
1948
A Foreign Affair · as Col. Rufus J. Plummer
1947
A Double Life · as Al Cooley
1947
Kiss of Death · as Detective (uncredited)
1946
Swell Guy · as Steve
1943
Slightly Dangerous · as Baldwin
1943
Dixie Dugan · as Accident Victim (uncredited)
1942
Get Hep to Love · as Mccarthy
1942
1942
The Big Street · as Gentleman George (uncredited)
1942
Grand Central Murder · as Detective Arthur Doolin
1942
Mr. and Mrs. North · as Mullins
1931
The Cheat · as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1931
My Sin · as Trooper
1931
A Lesson in Love · as Freshmen
1931
Secrets of a Secretary · as Policeman
1931
What Price Pants · as Secretary (uncredited)

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