Robert Mitchum filmography

Black and white promotional headshot of Robert Mitchum facing right and looking left
Mitchum in July 1949

Robert Mitchum was an American actor who was in over 110 films and TV series over the course of his career. He is ranked as #23 on the American Film Institute's list of the 50 greatest American screen legends of all time.[1] His first credited named role was as Quinn in the 1943 film Border Patrol. That same year he appeared in the films Follow the Band, Beyond the Last Frontier, Cry 'Havoc' and Gung Ho! as well as several Hopalong Cassidy films including Colt Comrades, Bar 20, False Colors, and Riders of the Deadline. In 1944, he starred in the western film Nevada as Jim Lacy aka Nevada and a year later in the film West of the Pecos as Pecos Smith. During the 1940s, he also cast in the films Undercurrent (1946), Crossfire (1947), Out of the Past (1947) and The Big Steal (1949).

He co-starred in films with several Golden Age actresses such as Ava Gardner in My Forbidden Past (1951), Jane Russell in His Kind of Woman (1951), Lizabeth Scott in The Racket (1951), again with Russell in Macao (1952), Susan Hayward in The Lusty Men (1952), Marilyn Monroe in River of No Return (1954), and Rita Hayworth in Fire Down Below (1957). He also played numerous military roles such as playing Colonel Steve Janowski in One Minute to Zero (1952), Corporal Allison, USMC in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), Captain Murrell in The Enemy Below (1957), Maj. Cleve Saville USAF in The Hunters with Robert Wagner, May Britt and Richard Egan, Brigadier General Norman Cota in The Longest Day (1962), Lieutenant Colonel Barney Adams in Man in the Middle (1963), Admiral William F. Halsey in Midway (1976) and Colonel Rogers in Breakthrough (1979).

Among his best-known films of the 1970s were the crime stories The Friends of Eddie Coyle, The Yakuza and Farewell, My Lovely (in which he played Philip Marlowe), along with David Lean's epic drama, Ryan's Daughter. His later roles in the 1980s up until 1995 included Nightkill (1980), That Championship Season (1982), Mr. North (1988), Scrooged (1988), Cape Fear (1991), and Waiting for Sunset (1995). He was also the narrator for the 1993 western film Tombstone.

His television work included playing Capt. Victor "Pug" Henry in the mini-series The Winds of War (1983) and again in War and Remembrance (1988). He was also in the 1985 miniseries North and South with Patrick Swayze and the 1989 miniseries Brotherhood of the Rose with Connie Sellecca. He had a reoccurring role in the TV series A Family for Joe (1990) and African Skies (1992).

Filmography

1940s

A black and white screenshot of Robert Mitchum on the left and Jane Greer on the right in the film Out of the Past
With Jane Greer in Out of the Past (1947)
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1943 The Human Comedy Quentin 'Horse' Gilford Uncredited [2]
1943 Hoppy Serves a Writ Henchman [3]
1943 Aerial Gunner Sgt. Benson Uncredited [4]
1943 Follow the Band Tate Winters [5]
1943 Border Patrol Quinn [6]
1943 Leather Burners Henchman Randall Uncredited [7]
1943 Colt Comrades Dirk Mason [5]
1943 We've Never Been Licked Panhandle Mitchell [5]
1943 The Lone Star Trail Ben Slocum [8]
1943 Beyond the Last Frontier Trigger Dolan [8]
1943 Corvette K-225 Sheppard Uncredited [8]
1943 Bar 20 Richard Adams [8]
1943 Doughboys in Ireland Ernie Jones [4]
1943 False Colors Henchman Rip Austin [8]
1943 Minesweeper Seaman Chuck Ryan Uncredited [4]
1943 The Dancing Masters Mickey Halligan Uncredited [9]
1943 Cry 'Havoc' Dying Soldier - 'I'm All Right' Uncredited [10]
1943 Riders of the Deadline Nick Drago [8]
1943 Gung Ho! 'Pig-Iron' Matthews [10]
1944 Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More CPO Jeff Daniels
1944 Mr. Winkle Goes to War Corporal Uncredited
1944 When Strangers Marry Fred Graham [10]
1944 Girl Rush Jimmy Smith
1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Bob Gray
1944 Nevada Jim Lacy aka Nevada
1945 The Story of G.I. Joe Lt. Walker Academy Award nomination [11]
1945 West of the Pecos Pecos Smith
1946 Till the End of Time William Tabeshaw
1946 Undercurrent Michael Garroway [10]
1946 The Locket Norman Clyde [10]
1947 Pursued Jeb Rand [12]
1947 Crossfire Keeley [12]
1947 Desire Me Paul Aubert
1947 Out of the Past Jeff Bailey aka Build My Gallows High [12]
1948 Rachel and the Stranger Jim Fairways [12]
1948 Blood on the Moon Jim Garry [12]
1949 The Red Pony Billy Buck
1949 The Big Steal Lt. Duke Halliday [10]
1949 Holiday Affair Steve

1950s

Black and white promotional image of Jane Russell (right) and Robert Mitchum in the 1951 movie His Kind of Woman
With Jane Russell in His Kind of Woman (1951)
Black and white promotional image of Tommy Rettig and Robert Mitchum in the 1954 film River of No Return
With Tommy Rettig in River of No Return (1954)
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1950 Where Danger Lives Jeff Cameron [10]
1951 My Forbidden Past Dr. Mark Lucas
1951 His Kind of Woman Dan Milner [10]
1951 The Racket Captain Thomas McQuigg [10]
1952 Macao Nick Cochran [10]
1952 One Minute to Zero Col. Steve Janowski
1952 The Lusty Men Jeff McCloud [12]
1952 Angel Face Frank Jessup [12]
1953 White Witch Doctor John 'Lonni' Douglas
1953 Second Chance Russ Lambert [10]
1954 She Couldn't Say No Doctor Robert Sellers
1954 River of No Return Matt Calder [12]
1954 Track of the Cat Curt Bridges [12]
1955 Not as a Stranger Lucas Marsh
1955 The Night of the Hunter Reverend Harry Powell [11]
1955 Man with the Gun Clint Tollinger
1956 Foreign Intrigue Dave Bishop
1956 Bandido Wilson
1957 Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison Cpl. Allison, USMC [11]
1957 Fire Down Below Felix [11]
1957 The Enemy Below Capt. Murrell
1958 Thunder Road Lucas Doolin
1958 The Hunters Major Cleve Saville
1959 The Angry Hills Mike Morrison
1959 The Wonderful Country Martin Brady

1960-1970s

Screenshot of Robert Mitchum wearing a cowboy hat in the film The Sundowners in 1960
In The Sundowners (1960)
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1960 Home from the Hill Captain Wade Hunnicutt [12]
1960 A Terrible Beauty Dermot O'Neill aka The Night Fighters
1960 The Sundowners Paddy Carmody [11]
1960 The Grass Is Greener Charles Delacro
1961 The Last Time I Saw Archie Archie Hall
1962 Cape Fear Max Cady
1962 The Longest Day Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
1962 Two for the Seesaw Jerry Ryan [12]
1963 The List of Adrian Messenger The final victim Cameo
1963 Rampage Harry Stanton
1963 Man in the Middle Lieutenant Colonel Barney Adams aka The Winston Affair
1964 What a Way to Go! Rod Anderson, Jr.
1965 Mister Moses Joe Moses
1967 The Way West Dick Summers
1967 El Dorado Sheriff J.P. Harrah [12]
1968 Villa Rides Lee Arnold
1968 5 Card Stud The Rev. Jonathan Rudd
1968 Anzio Dick Ennis
1968 Secret Ceremony Albert [12]
1969 Young Billy Young Deputy Ben Kane
1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys Flagg
1970 Ryan's Daughter Charles Shaughnessy [12]
1971 Going Home Harry K. Graham [12]
1972 The Wrath of God Father Oliver Van Horne
1973 The Friends of Eddie Coyle Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle [12]
1974 The Yakuza Harry Kilmer [10]
1975 Farewell, My Lovely Philip Marlowe [11]
1976 Midway Admiral William F. Halsey
1976 The Last Tycoon Pat Brady
1977 The Amsterdam Kill Larry Quinlan
1978 The Big Sleep Philip Marlowe [12]
1978 Matilda Duke Parkhurst
1979 Breakthrough Col. Rogers

1980s–1990s

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1980 The Agency Ted Quinn aka Mind Games [13]
1980 Nightkill Donner / Rodriguez [14]
1982 That Championship Season Coach Delaney [11]
1984 The Ambassador Peter Hacker [15]
1984 Maria's Lovers Ivan's Father [16]
1988 Mr. North Mr. Bosworth [12]
1988 Scrooged Preston Rhinelander [17]
1990 Présumé dangereux Prof. Forrester
1990 Midnight Ride Dr. Hardy
1991 Cape Fear Lieutenant Elgart
1992 Les sept péchés capitaux Dieu
1993 Tombstone Narrator Voice
1994 Woman of Desire Walter J. Hill
1995 Backfire! Marshal Marc Marshall
1995 Dead Man John Dickinson
1995 Waiting for Sunset Ernest Bogan
1997 James Dean: Live Fast, Die Young George Stevens (final film role) [18]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1982 One Shoe Makes It Murder Harold Shillman TV film [11]
1983 A Killer in the Family Gary Tison TV film [19]
1983 The Winds of War Victor 'Pug' Henry Mini-series (7 episodes) [11]
1985 North and South Patrick Flynn Mini-series (6 episodes) [20]
1985 Promises to Keep Jack Palmer TV film [21]
1985 Reunion at Fairborough Carl Hostrup TV film [22]
1986 Thompson's Last Run Johnny Thompson TV film [23]
1987 The Equalizer Richard Dyson Episode: "Mission: McCall: Part 1 & 2" [24]
1988 War and Remembrance Capt. Victor 'Pug' Henry Mini-series (12 episodes) [12]
1989 Brotherhood of the Rose John Eliot Mini-series [25]
1989 Jake Spanner, Private Eye Jake Spanner TV film [26]
1992 African Skies Sam Dutton 17 episodes [27]
1990 A Family for Joe Joe Whitaker 9 episodes [28]
1995 The Marshal Frank MacBride Episode: "The New Marshal" [29]

Short films

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1942 The Magic of Make-up [10]
1950 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Goes to Bat
1970 A Movable Scene narrator first film in The Distant Drummer anti-drug documentary series
1970 A Movable Feast narrator second film in The Distant Drummer anti-drug documentary series
1990 Waiting for the Wind

References

  1. ↑ "Greatest Film Star Legends". Film Site. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Server (2001), p. 67.
  3. ↑ Reid, John Howard (2011). Westerns: A Guide to the Best (and Worst) Western Movies on DVD. Morrisville, N.C.: Lulu]. p. 185. ISBN 9780557203345. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Server (2001), p. 69.
  5. 1 2 3 Server (2001), p. 563.
  6. ↑ Server (2001), p. 63.
  7. ↑ Server (2001), p. 65.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Server (2001), p. 564.
  9. ↑ Server (2001), p. 68.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Mayer, McDonnell (2007). p. 287.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 James W. Seymore Jr. (14 February 1983). "Rough, Tough and Rowdy Robert Mitchum". People. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Robert Mitchum, 79, Dies; Actor With Rugged Dignity". The New York Times. 2 July 1997. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  13. ↑ Weldon, Michael J. (1996). The Psychotronic Video Guide (1st ed.). New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 8. ISBN 0312131496. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  14. ↑ Server (2001). p. 572
  15. ↑ Server (2001). p. 573
  16. ↑ Janet Maslin (18 January 1985). "Maria s Lovers (1984) SCREEN: 'MARIA'S LOVERS'". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  17. ↑ Roger Ebert (23 November 1988). "Scrooged Movie Review & Film Review (1988)". Roger Ebert Online. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  18. ↑ Server (2001), p. 575.
  19. ↑ John J O'Connor (28 October 1983). "MITCHUM AS KILLER". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  20. ↑ John Leonard (4 November 1985). "Slavs, Slaves and Shoulders". New York Magazine. 18: 58. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  21. ↑ John O'Connor (15 October 1985). "MITCHUMS IN 'PROMISES'". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  22. ↑ David Parkinson. "Reunion at Fairborough". Radio Times. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  23. ↑ Marill, Alvin H. (2011). Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 115. ISBN 9780810881327. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  24. ↑ "Mitchum Fills In For Equalizer". Chicago Tribune. 11 October 1987. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  25. ↑ Dave McNary (25 March 2014). "'Brotherhood of the Rose' Plucked by 'Mummy' Producer (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  26. ↑ Daniel Ruth (November 15, 1989). "Robert Mitchum ends slump as a retired private detective". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2 October 2015 – via HighBeam. (Subscription required (help)).
  27. ↑ N. F. Mendoza (4 July 1993). "WITH AN EYE ON . . . : Life under Simon James' 'African Skies' is fair--save for a lion or two". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  28. ↑ Kay Gardella (24 February 1990). "'A Family For Joe', Mitchum`s First Series, To Premiere Sunday". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  29. ↑ Ellen Gray (25 September 1995). "Getting Mitchum Out Of His Shell Veteran Actor Can Be A Tough Interview". Philly.com. Retrieved 16 December 2014.

Sources

  • Server, Lee (2001). Robert Mitchum: Baby I Don't Cry (1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.). New York: St. Martins Griffin. ISBN 0312285434.
  • Mayer, Geoff; McDonnell, Brian (2007). Encyclopedia of Film Noir (1. publ. ed.). Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313333068.
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