
Acting · Havana, Cuba · Born August 14, 1903
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.
MovieGene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieJames Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHere Come the Girls
1953
as Albert Snodgrass
MovieThe Naked Spur
1953
as Jesse Tate
MovieSingin' in the Rain
1952
as R.F. Simpson
MovieMy Six Convicts
1952
as James T. Connie
MovieStrictly Dishonorable
1951
as Bill Dempsey
MovieYou're in the Navy Now
1951
as George Larrabee
MovieMister 880
1950
as "Mac" McIntire
MovieConvicted
1950
as Malloby
MovieWinchester '73
1950
as High Spade
MovieThe Gunfighter
1950
as Marshal Mark Strett
MovieTwelve O'Clock High
1949
as Major General Patrick Pritchard
MovieEverybody Does It
1949
as Mike Craig
MovieThieves' Highway
1949
as Ed Kinney
MovieA Foreign Affair
1948
as Col. Rufus J. Plummer
MovieA Double Life
1947
as Al Cooley
MovieKiss of Death
1947
as Detective (uncredited)
MovieSwell Guy
1946
as Steve
MovieSlightly Dangerous
1943
as Baldwin
MovieDixie Dugan
1943
as Accident Victim (uncredited)
MovieThe Mayor of 44th Street
1942
as Herman
MovieGet Hep to Love
1942
as McCarthy
MovieThe Big Street
1942
as Gentleman George (uncredited)
MovieGrand Central Murder
1942
as Detective Arthur Doolin
MovieMr. and Mrs. North
1942
as Mullins
The Girl on the Magazine Cover
1940
as Photographer
MovieSingapore Sue
1932
as Second Sailor
MovieThe Cheat
1931
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
MovieMy Sin
1931
as Trooper
A Lesson in Love
1931
as Freshmen
MovieSecrets of a Secretary
1931
as Policeman
MovieWhat Price Pants
1931
as Secretary (uncredited)