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Millard Mitchell
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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 th…
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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.
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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
Here Come the Girls
as Albert Snodgrass
The Naked Spur
as Jesse Tate
Singin' in the Rain
as R.F. Simpson
My Six Convicts
as James T. Connie
Strictly Dishonorable
as Bill Dempsey
You're in the Navy Now
as George Larrabee
Mister 880
as "Mac" McIntire
Convicted
as Malloby
Winchester '73
as High Spade
The Gunfighter
as Marshal Mark Strett
Twelve O'Clock High
as Major General Patrick Pritchard
Everybody Does It
as Mike Craig
Thieves' Highway
as Ed Kinney
A Foreign Affair
as Col. Rufus J. Plummer
A Double Life
as Al Cooley
Kiss of Death
as Detective (uncredited)
Swell Guy
as Steve
Slightly Dangerous
as Baldwin
Dixie Dugan
as Accident Victim (uncredited)
The Mayor of 44th Street
as Herman
Get Hep to Love
as McCarthy
The Big Street
as Gentleman George (uncredited)
Grand Central Murder
as Detective Arthur Doolin
Mr. and Mrs. North
as Mullins
No Poster
The Girl on the Magazine Cover
as Photographer
Singapore Sue
as Second Sailor
The Cheat
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
My Sin
as Trooper
No Poster
A Lesson in Love
as Freshmen
Secrets of a Secretary
as Policeman
What Price Pants
as Secretary (uncredited)