Millard Mitchell
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2002 · Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 · James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
- 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 · Strictly Dishonorable as Bill Dempsey
- 1951 · You're in the Navy Now as George Larrabee
- 1950 · Mister 880 as "Mac" McIntire
- 1950 · Convicted as Malloby
- 1950 · Winchester '73 as High Spade
- 1950 · The Gunfighter as Marshal Mark Strett
- 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 · The Mayor of 44th Street as Herman
- 1942 · Get Hep to Love as McCarthy
- 1942 · The Big Street as Gentleman George (Uncredited)
- 1942 · Grand Central Murder as Detective Arthur Doolin
- 1942 · Mr. and Mrs. North as Mullins
- 1940 · The Girl on the Magazine Cover as Photographer
- 1932 · Singapore Sue as Second Sailor
- 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)