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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

33

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-08-14

Day of Death

1953-10-13 (50 years old)

Place of Birth

Havana, Cuba

Also Known As

Millard Mitchell

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.

Known For

Acting

Singin' in the Rain

1952

Singin' in the Rain

as

R.F. Simpson

Thieves' Highway

1949

Thieves' Highway

as

Ed Kinney

The Naked Spur

1953

The Naked Spur

as

Jesse Tate

Kiss of Death

1947

Kiss of Death

as

Detective (uncredited)

A Double Life

1947

A Double Life

as

Al Cooley

Convicted

1950

Convicted

as

Malloby

Winchester '73

1950

Winchester '73

as

High Spade

Twelve O'Clock High

1949

Twelve O'Clock High

as

Major General Patrick Pritchard

A Foreign Affair

1948

A Foreign Affair

as

Col. Rufus J. Plummer

My Six Convicts

1952

My Six Convicts

as

James T. Connie

The Gunfighter

1950

The Gunfighter

as

Marshal Mark Strett

Grand Central Murder

1942

Grand Central Murder

as

Detective Arthur Doolin

You're in the Navy Now

1951

You're in the Navy Now

as

George Larrabee

Singapore Sue

1932

Singapore Sue

as

Second Sailor

The Cheat

1931

The Cheat

as

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

A Lesson in Love

1931

A Lesson in Love

as

Freshmen

My Sin

1931

My Sin

as

Trooper

Secrets of a Secretary

1931

Secrets of a Secretary

as

Policeman

Mister 880

1950

Mister 880

as

"Mac" McIntire

Here Come the Girls

1953

Here Come the Girls

as

Albert Snodgrass

What Price Pants

1931

What Price Pants

as

Secretary (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous

1943

Slightly Dangerous

as

Baldwin

Strictly Dishonorable

1951

Strictly Dishonorable

as

Bill Dempsey

Everybody Does It

1949

Everybody Does It

as

Mike Craig

Dixie Dugan

1943

Dixie Dugan

as

Accident Victim (uncredited)

Swell Guy

1946

Swell Guy

as

Steve

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

2002

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

as

Self (archive footage)

Get Hep to Love

1942

Get Hep to Love

as

McCarthy

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as

Self (archive footage)

Mr. and Mrs. North

1942

Mr. and Mrs. North

as

Mullins

The Big Street

1942

The Big Street

as

Gentleman George (Uncredited)

Production

Crew

Directing