Millard Mitchell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 14, 1903
- Died
- October 13, 1953
- Birthplace
- Havana, Cuba
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.
Filmography
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer 2002
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 1987
as Self (archive footage)
Here Come the Girls 1953
as Albert Snodgrass
The Naked Spur 1953
as Jesse Tate
Singin' in the Rain 1952
as R.F. Simpson
My Six Convicts 1952
as James T. Connie
Strictly Dishonorable 1951
as Bill Dempsey
You're in the Navy Now 1951
as George Larrabee
Mister 880 1950
as "Mac" McIntire
Convicted 1950
as Malloby
Winchester '73 1950
as High Spade
The Gunfighter 1950
as Marshal Mark Strett
Twelve O'Clock High 1949
as Major General Patrick Pritchard
Everybody Does It 1949
as Mike Craig
Thieves' Highway 1949
as Ed Kinney
A Foreign Affair 1948
as Col. Rufus J. Plummer
A Double Life 1947
as Al Cooley
Kiss of Death 1947
as Detective (uncredited)
Swell Guy 1946
as Steve
Slightly Dangerous 1943
as Baldwin
Dixie Dugan 1943
as Accident Victim (uncredited)
The Mayor of 44th Street 1942
as Herman
Get Hep to Love 1942
as McCarthy
The Big Street 1942
as Gentleman George (uncredited)
Grand Central Murder 1942
as Detective Arthur Doolin
Mr. and Mrs. North 1942
as Mullins
- The Girl on the Magazine Cover
The Girl on the Magazine Cover 1940
as Photographer
Singapore Sue 1932
as Second Sailor
The Cheat 1931
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
My Sin 1931
as Trooper
- A Lesson in Love
A Lesson in Love 1931
as Freshmen
Secrets of a Secretary 1931
as Policeman
What Price Pants 1931
as Secretary (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.