Portrait of Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Acting

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.

Born: August 6, 1917

Place of Birth: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Filmography

2021
The Flapper

as (archive footage)

2019
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2017
Wormwood

as Jeff Bailey (archive footage)

2017
2013
Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

2001
Chop Suey

as Self (archival footage)

2001
The Making of 'Cape Fear'

as Self (archive footage)

2000
1997
1996
1995
Dead Man

as John Dickinson

1995
The Sunset Boys

as Ernest Bogan

1995
Backfire!

as Marshal Marc Marshall

1994
Woman of Desire

as Walter J. Hill

1993
La Classe américaine

as Yves (archive footage)

1993
Tombstone

as Narrator (voice)

1992
African Skies

as Sam Dutton

1991
Cape Fear

as Lieutenant Elgart

1990
Midnight Ride

as Dr. Hardy

1990
Believed Violent

as Pr. Forrester

1990
A Family for Joe

as Joe "Grandpa" Whitaker-Bankston

1989
Hoodwinked

as Jake Spanner

1989
1988
Scrooged

as Preston Rhinelander

1988
War and Remembrance

as Capt. Victor 'Pug' Henry

1988
Mr. North

as Mr. Bosworth

1986
Thompson's Last Run

as Johnny Thompson

1985
North and South

as Patrick Flynn

1985
Promises to Keep

as Jack Palmer

1985
The Equalizer

as Richard Dyson

1985
Reunion at Fairborough

as Carl Hostrup

1985
The Hearst and Davies Affair

as William Randolph Hearst

1985
The Ambassador

as Peter Hacker

1984
Maria's Lovers

as Ivan's Father

1983
1983
The Winds of War

as Victor 'Pug' Henry

1982
Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

1982
That Championship Season

as Coach Delaney

1982
One Shoe Makes it Murder

as Harold Shillman

1980
Nightkill

as Donner/Rodriguez

1980
Agency

as Ted Quinn .

1979
Breakthrough

as Colonel Rogers

1978
Matilda

as Duke Parkhurst

1978
The Big Sleep

as Philip Marlowe

1977
1976
The Last Tycoon

as Pat Brady

1976
Midway

as Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1975
Farewell, My Lovely

as Philip Marlowe

1975
People's Choice Awards

as Self - Presenter

1974
The Yakuza

as Harry Kilmer

1973
The Friends of Eddie Coyle

as Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle

1972
The Wrath of God

as Father Oliver Van Horne

1971
Going Home

as Harry K. Graham

1971
Dynamite Chicken

as Self (archive footage)

1970
Ryan's Daughter

as Charles

1969
Young Billy Young

as Deputy Ben Kane

1968
1968
5 Card Stud

as Reverend Jonathan Rudd

1968
Anzio

as Dick Ennis

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1968
Villa Rides

as Lee Arnold

1967
The Way West

as Dick Summers

1966
El Dorado

as Sheriff J.P. Harrah

1966
1965
Mister Moses

as Joe Moses

1964
What a Way to Go!

as Rod Anderson Jr.

1964
Man in the Middle

as Lt. Col. Barney Adams

1963
Rampage

as Harry Stanton

1962
Two for the Seesaw

as Jerry Ryan

1962
The Longest Day

as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

1962
Cape Fear

as Max Cady

1961
1960
The Grass Is Greener

as Charles Delacro

1960
The Sundowners

as Paddy Carmody

1960
A Terrible Beauty

as Dermot O'Neill

1960
Home from the Hill

as Captain Wade Hunnicutt

1959
The Wonderful Country

as Martin Brady

1959
The Angry Hills

as Mike Morrison

1958
The Hunters

as Major Cleve Saville

1958
Thunder Road

as Lucas Doolin

1957
The Enemy Below

as Capt. Murrell

1957
Fire Down Below

as Felix Bowers

1957
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

as Corporal Allison USMC

1956
Bandido!

as Wilson

1956
Foreign Intrigue

as Dave Bishop

1956
1955
Man with the Gun

as Clint Tollinger

1955
The Night of the Hunter

as Preacher Harry Powell

1955
Not as a Stranger

as Lucas Marsh

1954
Track of the Cat

as Curt Bridges

1954
River of No Return

as Matt Calder

1954
She Couldn't Say No

as Doctor Robert Sellers

1953
Second Chance

as Russ Lambert

1953
White Witch Doctor

as John 'Lonni' Douglas

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1953
Angel Face

as Frank Jessup

1952
The Lusty Men

as Jeff McCloud

1952
One Minute to Zero

as Col. Steve Janowski

1952
Macao

as Nick Cochran

1951
The Racket

as Thomas McQuigg

1951
His Kind of Woman

as Dan Milner

1951
My Forbidden Past

as Dr. Mark Lucas

1950
Where Danger Lives

as Jeff Cameron

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
Holiday Affair

as Steve Mason

1949
The Big Steal

as Lt. Duke Halliday

1949
The Red Pony

as Billy Buck

1948
Blood on the Moon

as Jim Garry

1948
1947
Out of the Past

as Jeff Bailey / Jeff Markham

1947
Desire Me

as Paul Aubert

1947
Crossfire

as Peter Keeley

1947
Pursued

as Jeb

1946
The Locket

as Norman Clyde

1946
Undercurrent

as Michael Garroway

1946
Till the End of Time

as William J. Tabeshaw

1945
West of the Pecos

as Pecos Smith

1945
Story of G.I. Joe

as Bill Walker

1944
Nevada

as Jim Lacy aka Nevada

1944
Girl Rush

as Jimmy Smith

1944
When Strangers Marry

as Fred Graham

1944
Mr. Winkle Goes to War

as Corporal (uncredited)

1944
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

1943
Gung Ho!

as 'Pig iron' Matthews

1943
Riders of the Deadline

as Lead Henchman Drago

1943
Cry 'Havoc'

as Dying Soldier

1943
The Dancing Masters

as Mickey Halligan (uncredited)

1943
Minesweeper

as Seaman Chuck Ryan

1943
False Colors

as Rip Austin

1943
Doughboys in Ireland

as Ernie Jones (as Bob Mitchum)

1943
Bar 20

as Richard Adams

1943
Corvette K-225

as Sheppard

1943
Beyond the Last Frontier

as Trigger Dolan

1943
The Lone Star Trail

as Ben Slocum

1943
We've Never Been Licked

as Panhandle Mitchell

1943
Colt Comrades

as Dirk Mason

1943
1943
Follow the Band

as Tate Winters

1943
Aerial Gunner

as Sgt. Benson (uncredited)

1943
1943
The Human Comedy

as Quentin Gilford (uncredited)