Millard Mitchell
Known For
Acting
Born
1903-08-14 in Havana, Cuba
Died
1953-10-13
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Singin' in the Rain
as R.F. Simpson
The Naked Spur
as Jesse Tate
Winchester '73
as High Spade
A Foreign Affair
as Col. Rufus J. Plummer
Twelve O'Clock High
as Major General Patrick Pritchard
Kiss of Death
as Detective (uncredited)
The Big Street
as Gentleman George (uncredited)
The Gunfighter
as Marshal Mark Strett
Thieves' Highway
as Ed Kinney
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
You're in the Navy Now
as George Larrabee
My Six Convicts
as James T. Connie
Convicted
as Malloby
Mister 880
as "Mac" McIntire
The Cheat
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
A Double Life
as Al Cooley
Slightly Dangerous
as Baldwin
Grand Central Murder
as Detective Arthur Doolin
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self (archive footage)
Secrets of a Secretary
as Policeman