Millard Mitchell
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Born to American parents in Cuba, Millard Mitchell enjoyed moderate success as a New York-based stage and radio actor in the 1930s. His first appearances before the cameras were in a handful of Manhattan-filmed industrial shorts; his Hollywood feature-film bow was in MGM's Mr. and Mrs. North (1941). After the war, Mitchell toted up an impressive list of film credits, usually cast in sarcastic, phlegmatic roles. While he was afforded top billing in 1952's My Six Convicts, Mitchell's best screen role (at least in the eyes of MGM-musical buffs) was movie mogul R. F. Simpson in the splendiferous Singin' in the Rain (1952). Millard Mitchell died suddenly of lung cancer at the age of 50. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviFilmography:
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Millard Mitchell
| Millard Mitchell | |
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 from the trailer for the film Singin' in the Rain (1952) a year before his death. |
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| Born | August 14, 1903 Havana, Cuba |
| Died | October 13, 1953 (aged 50) Santa Monica, California |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1931-1953 |
| Spouse | Peggy Gould (m.? - 1953; his death) |
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, 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 and was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.
Partial filmography
- A Lesson in Love (1931)
- 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)
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| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Peter Ustinov for Quo Vadis |
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture 1953 for My Six Convicts |
Succeeded by Frank Sinatra for From Here to Eternity |
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Convicted
(1950 Drama Film)
Here Come the Girls
(1953 Musical Film)
The Naked Spur
(1953 Western Film)
Singin' in the Rain
(1952 Musical Film)
Winchester '73
(1950 Western Film)
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