Millard Mitchell

Actor

August 14, 1903 (50 years)

† October 13, 1953

Havana, Cuba

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 Mitche…

Filmography

8.1

Singin' in the Rain

R.F. Simpson

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.

7.4

The Gunfighter

Marshal Mark Strett

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

7.3

Winchester '73

High Spade

Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.

7.0

The Naked Spur

Jesse Tate

A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.

7.1

Kiss of Death

Detective (uncredited)

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

7.2

Thieves' Highway

Ed Kinney

Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.

7.1

A Foreign Affair

Col. Rufus J. Plummer

In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the US congresswoman investigating her.

7.2

Twelve O'Clock High

Major General Patrick Pritchard

In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of a 'hard luck' bomber group. Much of the story deals with his struggle to whip his group into a disciplined fighting unit in spite of heavy losses, and withering attacks by German fighters over their targets.

6.2

Convicted

Malloby

A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.

5.4

You're in the Navy Now

George Larrabee

When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle's veterans will afford him enough help to accomplish the ship's goals. Unfortunately, he finds the crew and its officers share his novice status or only have experience in diesel engines.

6.5

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage)

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

7.1

Mister 880

"Mac" McIntire

The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has amazingly managed to elude the Secret Service for 20 years.

6.4

A Double Life

Al Cooley

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.

6.5

My Six Convicts

James T. Connie

A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have no reason to help him and who might enjoy killing him.

5.8

The Big Street

Gentleman George (uncredited)

Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.

6.0

Slightly Dangerous

Baldwin

Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.

5.7

Grand Central Murder

Detective Arthur Doolin

Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.

6.5

Dixie Dugan

Accident Victim (uncredited)

Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast about his new department, the Mobilization of Woman Power for War. He takes a cab driven by Dixie Dugan, who hopes that being a cabbie while the country's men are away fighting will help the war effort. Her incompetent driving, however, results in an accident for which Roger must take responsibility in order to reach the radio station in time. Dixie then returns home, where she lives with her father Timothy, who is constantly practicing his air raid warden duties, her mother Gladys, an aspiring Red Cross worker, and cousin Imogene, who studies incessantly to become a "quiz kid." The Dugans rent out their spare rooms to Dixie's fiancé, Matt Hogan, and to blustering Judge J. J. Lawson. Matt, who works in a munitions factory, wants Dixie to settle down and marry him, but Dixie is determined to help her country.

7.8

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

Self (archive footage)

American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he formed a style (first "blue collar dancer") and developed different cinematique techniques, such as brilliantly shot dancing sequences.

4.6

Here Come the Girls

Albert Snodgrass

Bob Hope stars as an inept member of the chorus boy in a turn of the century stage show. After being fired, he finds himself starring acting as a decoy when a killer goes after the real star.