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
• Cape Fear as Max Cady
• El Dorado as Sheriff J.P. Harrah
• The Longest Day as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
• The Yakuza as Harry Kilmer
• The Enemy Below as Capt. Murrell
• La Classe américaine as Yves (archive footage)

TV

• The Equalizer as Richard Dyson
• The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
• Private Screenings as Self
• African Skies
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
• The Oscars as Self
• A Family for Joe
• War and Remembrance as Capt. Victor 'Pug' Henry
• The Winds of War as Victor 'Pug' Henry
• North and South as Patrick Flynn