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Millard Mitchell
Actor

Millard Mitchell

14 Aug 1903Born
13 Oct 1953Died
50Age at death
31Credits

Biography

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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.

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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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Known for

Filmography

  1. 1953Here Come the GirlsFilm: Albert Snodgrass
  2. 1953The Naked SpurFilm: Jesse Tate
  3. 1952Singin' in the RainFilm: R.F. Simpson
  4. 1952My Six ConvictsFilm: James T. Connie
  5. 1951Strictly DishonorableFilm: Bill Dempsey
  6. 1951You're in the Navy NowFilm: George Larrabee
  7. 1950Mister 880Film: "Mac" McIntire
  8. 1950ConvictedFilm: Malloby
  9. 1950Winchester '73Film: High Spade
  10. 1950The GunfighterFilm: Marshal Mark Strett
  11. 1949Twelve O'Clock HighFilm: Major General Patrick Pritchard
  12. 1949Everybody Does ItFilm: Mike Craig
  13. 1949Thieves' HighwayFilm: Ed Kinney
  14. 1948A Foreign AffairFilm: Col. Rufus J. Plummer
  15. 1947A Double LifeFilm: Al Cooley
  16. 1947Kiss of DeathFilm: Detective (uncredited)
  17. 1946Swell GuyFilm: Steve
  18. 1943Slightly DangerousFilm: Baldwin
  19. 1943Dixie DuganFilm: Accident Victim (uncredited)
  20. 1942The Mayor of 44th StreetFilm: Herman
  21. 1942Get Hep to LoveFilm: McCarthy
  22. 1942The Big StreetFilm: Gentleman George (uncredited)
  23. 1942Grand Central MurderFilm: Detective Arthur Doolin
  24. 1942Mr. and Mrs. NorthFilm: Mullins
  25. 1940The Girl on the Magazine CoverFilm: Photographer
  26. 1932Singapore SueFilm: Second Sailor
  27. 1931The CheatFilm: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
  28. 1931My SinFilm: Trooper
  29. 1931A Lesson in LoveFilm: Freshmen
  30. 1931Secrets of a SecretaryFilm: Policeman
  31. 1931What Price PantsFilm: Secretary (uncredited)

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