Millard Mitchell
Millard Mitchell | |
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 Mitchell in Singin' in the Rain (1952). | |
| Born | August 14, 1903 |
| Died | October 13, 1953 (aged 50) |
| Cause of death | Lung Cancer |
| Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery Culver City, California |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1931-1953 |
| Spouse(s) | Peggy Gould (m.?-1953; his death)[1] |
| Children | 2 |
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, he appeared as a bit player in eight films between 1931 and 1936. Mitchell returned to film work in 1942 after a six-year absence. Between 1942 and 1953, he was a successful supporting actor.
For his performance in the film, My Six Convicts (1952), Mitchell won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He 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 the fictional movie mogul R. F. Simpson in the musical comedy Singin' in the Rain (1952).
Mitchell died at the age of fifty from lung cancer at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, [1][2][3] and was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.
Partial filmography
- A Lesson in Love (1931)
- Mr. and Mrs. North (1942)
- Grand Central Murder (1942)
- Slightly Dangerous (1943)
- Swell Guy (1946)
- Kiss of Death (1947)
- A Double Life (1947)
- A Foreign Affair (1948)
- Thieves' Highway (1949)
- Everybody Does It (1949)
- Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
- The Gunfighter (1950)
- Winchester '73 (1950)
- Convicted (1950)
- Mister 880 (1950)
- You're in the Navy Now (1951)
- My Six Convicts (1952)
- Singin' in the Rain (1952)
- The Naked Spur (1953)
- Here Come the Girls (1953)
References
- ^ a b "Millard Mitchell is taken by death". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. October 13, 1953. p. 6.
- ^ "Millard Mitchell, actor, is in coma". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. October 13, 1953. p. 32.
- ^ "Millard Mitchell, film actor, dies". Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. Associated Press. October 14, 1953. p. 10.
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- 1903 births
- 1953 deaths
- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe (film) winners
- Deaths from lung cancer
- Male Western (genre) film actors
- Cancer deaths in California
- Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
- 20th-century American male actors
- Cuban emigrants to the United States