Millard Mitchell

Born: 1903-08-14

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.


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Singin' in the Rain

as R.F. Simpson
Released: 1952-04-09

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

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Kiss of Death

as Detective (uncredited)
Released: 1947-08-27

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

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A Foreign Affair

as Col. Rufus J. Plummer
Released: 1948-08-20

In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the US...

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Twelve O'Clock High

as Major General Patrick Pritchard
Released: 1949-12-21

In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command...

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The Gunfighter

as Marshal Mark Strett
Released: 1950-06-23

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

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Winchester '73

as High Spade
Released: 1950-07-12

Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting...

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The Naked Spur

as Jesse Tate
Released: 1953-01-30

A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two...

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A Double Life

as Al Cooley
Released: 1947-12-25

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage...

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Convicted

as Malloby
Released: 1950-08-01

A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.

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Thieves' Highway

as Ed Kinney
Released: 1949-09-20

Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his...

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1988-11-22

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

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Mister 880

as "Mac" McIntire
Released: 1950-09-29

The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is...

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The Big Street

as Gentleman George (Uncredited)
Released: 1942-08-13

Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and...

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My Six Convicts

as James T. Connie
Released: 1952-03-20

A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain...

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Secrets of a Secretary

as Policeman
Released: 1931-09-05

Society girl becomes a social secretary when her father dies penniless. From a story by Charles...

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Strictly Dishonorable

as Bill Dempsey
Released: 1951-07-03

A womanizing opera star is smitten by a young music student.

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You're in the Navy Now

as George Larrabee
Released: 1951-02-23

When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an...

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Slightly Dangerous

as Baldwin
Released: 1943-04-01

Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents...

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What Price Pants

as Secretary (uncredited)
Released: 1931-08-21

The vaudeville comedians Smith and Dale star in a clever satire on Prohibition and all its...

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Grand Central Murder

as Detective Arthur Doolin
Released: 1942-05-01

Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at...

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Here Come the Girls

as Albert Snodgrass
Released: 1953-10-22

Bob Hope stars as an inept member of the chorus boy in a turn of the century stage show. After...

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Dixie Dugan

as Accident Victim (uncredited)
Released: 1943-03-12

Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a...

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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2002-09-24

American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he...

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Swell Guy

as Steve
Released: 1946-12-05

Perception vs. reality in a tale of a scoundrel and user whose jovial manner masks his true...

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Everybody Does It

as Mike Craig
Released: 1949-10-24

Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures...

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The Cheat

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: 1931-11-28

Elsa Carlyle is impulsive and a gambler. Though loved by her husband Jeff, she's spoiled and...

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The Mayor of 44th Street

as Herman
Released: 1942-10-15

In this drama, an ex-vaudevillian dancer opens up a dance band agency and help street kids at...

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Singapore Sue

as Second Sailor
Released: 1932-06-10

Four sailors enter a Singapore dive, meet a Chinese girl from Brooklyn, and find there's more to...

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My Sin

as Trooper
Released: 1931-09-26

A prostitute living in Panama shoots her pimp and is charged with murder. The lawyer who gets...

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Get Hep to Love

as McCarthy
Released: 1942-10-02

Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting...

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Mr. and Mrs. North

as Mullins
Released: 1942-01-23

Married sleuths (Gracie Allen, William Post Jr.) find a corpse in their closet and round up...

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