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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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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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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 | The Mayor of 44th Street · as Herman |
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) |