Millard Mitchell
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.
Filmography (33 titles)
7.8MovieGene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self (archive footage) · 2002
6.5MovieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage) · 1987
4.6MovieHere Come the Girls
Albert Snodgrass · 1953
7.0MovieThe Naked Spur
Jesse Tate · 1953
8.1MovieSingin' in the Rain
R.F. Simpson · 1952
6.5MovieMy Six Convicts
James T. Connie · 1952
5.0MovieStrictly Dishonorable
Bill Dempsey · 1951
5.4MovieYou're in the Navy Now
George Larrabee · 1951
7.1MovieMister 880
"Mac" McIntire · 1950
6.2MovieConvicted
Malloby · 1950
7.3MovieWinchester '73
High Spade · 1950
7.4MovieThe Gunfighter
Marshal Mark Strett · 1950
7.2MovieTwelve O'Clock High
Major General Patrick Pritchard · 1949
8.5MovieEverybody Does It
Mike Craig · 1949
7.2MovieThieves' Highway
Ed Kinney · 1949
7.1MovieA Foreign Affair
Col. Rufus J. Plummer · 1948
6.4MovieA Double Life
Al Cooley · 1947
7.1MovieKiss of Death
Detective (uncredited) · 1947
8.0MovieSwell Guy
Steve · 1946
6.0MovieSlightly Dangerous
Baldwin · 1943
6.5MovieDixie Dugan
Accident Victim (uncredited) · 1943
5.0MovieThe Mayor of 44th Street
Herman · 1942
7.0MovieGet Hep to Love
McCarthy · 1942
5.8MovieThe Big Street
Gentleman George (uncredited) · 1942
5.7MovieGrand Central Murder
Detective Arthur Doolin · 1942
4.4MovieMr. and Mrs. North
Mullins · 1942
The Girl on the Magazine Cover
Photographer · 1940
5.1MovieSingapore Sue
Second Sailor · 1932
6.3MovieThe Cheat
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) · 1931
5.7MovieMy Sin
Trooper · 1931