Millard Mitchell

Millard Mitchell

1903-08-14 – 1953-10-13 (age 50) Havana, Cuba
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Biography

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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.

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Known For

Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain

1952

as R.F. Simpson

Winchester '73
Winchester '73

1950

as High Spade

You're in the Navy Now
You're in the Navy Now

1951

as George Larrabee

Swell Guy
Swell Guy

1946

as Steve

The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter

1950

as Marshal Mark Strett

Thieves' Highway
Thieves' Highway

1949

as Ed Kinney

The Naked Spur
The Naked Spur

1953

as Jesse Tate

The Big Street
The Big Street

1942

as Gentleman George (uncredited)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

A Foreign Affair
A Foreign Affair

1948

as Col. Rufus J. Plummer

Twelve O'Clock High
Twelve O'Clock High

1949

as Major General Patrick Pritchard

My Sin
My Sin

1931

as Trooper

Kiss of Death
Kiss of Death

1947

as Detective (uncredited)

Mister 880
Mister 880

1950

as "Mac" McIntire

A Double Life
A Double Life

1947

as Al Cooley

Convicted
Convicted

1950

as Malloby

Slightly Dangerous
Slightly Dangerous

1943

as Baldwin

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

2002

as Self (archive footage)

My Six Convicts
My Six Convicts

1952

as James T. Connie

Here Come the Girls
Here Come the Girls

1953

as Albert Snodgrass