James Mitchum
James Mitchum (born May 8, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor and the eldest son of actor Robert Mitchum. His brother is actor Christopher Mitchum, and he is the uncle of actor Bentley Mitchum. He had his first role, which was small and unbilled, at the age of eight in the Western Colorado Territory (1949) with Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, and Dorothy Malone. His credited debut was in Thunder Road (1958), in which he played his father's much younger brother, a role written for Elvis Presley, who was eager to do it until his manager demanded too much money. This film became a drive-in cult favorite, revived in the 1970s and ’80s. Curiously, he was again credited as being "introduced" in the Have Gun Will Travel pilot episode "Genesis" (1962). He has appeared in more than 30 films including The Beat Generation in 1959; The Victors in 1963; as a surfer named Eskimo in Ride the Wild Surf in 1964; In Harm's Way (1965) with John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, and Henry Fonda; Ambush Bay (1966); The Invincible Six (1970); Two-Lane Blacktop (1971); and The Last Movie (1971). In 1975 he starred in the movie Moonrunners, where he played the character Grady Hagg in the influence for the television series The Dukes of Hazzard. He was also in Zebra Force and Trackdown co-starring Karen Lamm and Erik Estrada in 1976; Ransom (a k a Assault on Paradise) (1977); Blackout (1978); Monstroid (1980); Crazy Jungle Adventure (1982); Code Name Zebra (1987); Hollywood Cop (1987); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); and Fatal Mission (1990). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Mitchum, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2018 · Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · Stickfighter as Mule (uncredited)
- 1990 · Beyond Kilimanjaro, Across the River of Blood as James Mitchum
- 1990 · Fatal Mission as Maj. Bauer
- 1989 · Hoodwinked as Lieutenant Kevin Spanner
- 1989 · Leathernecks as
- 1989 · Marked for Murder as Rainier
- 1988 · Raiders of the Magic Ivory as Sugar
- 1988 · Mercenary Fighters as Wilson Jeffords
- 1987 · Code Name: Zebra as Frank Barnes (as Jim Mitchum)
- 1987 · Hollywood Cop as Feliciano
- 1982 · Crazy Jungle Adventure as Butch Donovan
- 1980 · Monstroid as Travis
- 1978 · Blackout as Dan Evans
- 1977 · The Ransom as Tracker
- 1976 · Trackdown as Jim Calhoun
- 1975 · Moonrunners as Grady Hagg
- 1971 · The Last Movie as Art
- 1971 · Two-Lane Blacktop as Man #2 at Race Track
- 1970 · The Invincible Six as Nazar
- 1966 · Ambush Bay as Pvt. James Grenier
- 1965 · The Tramplers as Hoby Cordeen
- 1965 · The Money Trap as Detective Wolski
- 1965 · In Harm's Way as Ensign Griggs
- 1964 · Ride the Wild Surf as Eskimo
- 1964 · Massacre At Grand Canyon as Wes Evans
- 1963 · The Victors as Grogan
- 1962 · Young Guns of Texas as Morgan Coe
- 1959 · Girls Town as Charley Boy
- 1959 · The Beat Generation as Art Jester
- 1958 · Thunder Road as Robin Doolin
- 1949 · Colorado Territory as (uncredited)