Robert Mitchum

Acting · Born 1917-08-06 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Biography

Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American film actor, author, composer and singer. He was ranked #23 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time. Mitchum is largely remembered for his starring roles in several major works of the film noir style, and is considered a forerunner of the anti-heroes prevalent in film during the 1950s and 1960s.

Filmography

• Dead Man as John Dickinson
• Out of the Past as Jeff Bailey / Jeff Markham
• Cape Fear as Lieutenant Elgart
• The Night of the Hunter as Preacher Harry Powell
• The Big Sleep as Philip Marlowe
• Farewell, My Lovely as Philip Marlowe
• River of No Return as Matt Calder
• Angel Face as Frank Jessup
• Where Danger Lives as Jeff Cameron
• 5 Card Stud as Reverend Jonathan Rudd