Robert Mitchum

Nominated for Oscar. Another 12 wins & 6 nominations See more awards »

Known For

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Cape Fear (1991)

Out of the Past (1947)

Ryan's Daughter (1970)

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Actor (135 titles)

1997 James Dean: Race with Destiny (TV movie)
George Stevens

1995 The Marshal (TV series)
Frank MacBride

– The New Marshal (1995) … Frank MacBride

1995 Waiting for Sunset
Ernest Bogan

1995 Dead Man
John Dickinson

1995 Backfire!
Marshal Marc Marshall

1994 Woman of Desire
Walter J. Hill

1993 Tombstone
Narrator (voice)

1992 Les sept péchés capitaux
Dieu

1992 African Skies (TV series)
Sam Dutton

– The Lost Crown (1992) … Sam Dutton

– Aid and Comfort … Sam Dutton

– Architect … Sam Dutton

– Crocodile Tears … Sam Dutton

– Inside Moves … Sam Dutton

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1991 Cape Fear
Lieutenant Elgart

1990 A Family for Joe (TV series)
Joe Whitaker

– Having a Baby (1990) … Joe Whitaker

– Night School (1990) … Joe Whitaker

– Once a Bum (1990) … Joe Whitaker

– Law and Order (1990) … Joe Whitaker

– Life of the Party (1990) … Joe Whitaker

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1990 Midnight Ride
Dr. Hardy

1990 Présumé dangereux
Prof. Forrester

1990 A Family for Joe (TV movie)
Joe 'Grandpa' Whitaker-Bankston

1990 Waiting for the Wind (short)

1989 Jake Spanner, Private Eye (TV movie)
Jake Spanner

1988-1989 War and Remembrance (TV mini-series)
Capt. Victor 'Pug' Henry / Capt. Victor Henry

– Part 12 (1989) … Capt. Victor 'Pug' Henry

– Part 11 (1989) … Capt. Victor 'Pug' Henry (credit only)

– Part 10 (1989) … Capt. Victor 'Pug' Henry

– Part 9 (1989) … Capt. Victor Henry

– Part 8 (1989) … Capt. Victor 'Pug' Henry

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1989 Brotherhood of the Rose (TV movie)
John Eliot

1989 Eyes of War (TV movie)
Narrator

1988 Scrooged
Preston Rhinelander

1988 Mr. North
Mr. Bosworth

1987 The Equalizer (TV series)
Richard Dyson

– Mission: McCall: Part 2 (1987) … Richard Dyson (uncredited)

– Mission: McCall: Part 1 (1987) … Richard Dyson

1986 Thompson's Last Run (TV movie)
Johnny Thompson

1985 North and South (TV mini-series)
Patrick Flynn

– Episode #1.6 (1985) … Patrick Flynn (credit only)

– Episode #1.5 (1985) … Patrick Flynn (credit only)

– Episode #1.4 (1985) … Patrick Flynn (credit only)

– Episode #1.3 (1985) … Patrick Flynn (credit only)

– Episode #1.2 (1985) … Patrick Flynn

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1985 Promises to Keep (TV movie)
Jack Palmer

1985 Reunion at Fairborough (TV movie)
Carl Hostrup

1985 The Hearst and Davies Affair (TV movie)
William Randolph Hearst

1984 Maria's Lovers
Ivan's Father

1984 The Ambassador
Peter Hacker

1983 A Killer in the Family (TV movie)
Gary Tison

1983 The Winds of War (TV mini-series)
Victor 'Pug' Henry

– Into the Maelstrom (1983) … Victor 'Pug' Henry

– The Changing of the Guard (1983) … Victor 'Pug' Henry

– Of Love and War (1983) … Victor 'Pug' Henry

– Defiance (1983) … Victor 'Pug' Henry

– Cataclysm (1983) … Victor 'Pug' Henry

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1982 That Championship Season
Coach Delaney

1982 One Shoe Makes It Murder (TV movie)
Harold Shillman

1980 Nightkill
Donner/Rodriguez

1980 Agency
Ted Quinn

1979 Breakthrough
Col. Rogers

1978 Matilda
Duke Parkhurst

1978 The Big Sleep
Philip Marlowe

1977 The Amsterdam Kill
Quinlan

1976 The Last Tycoon
Pat Brady

1976 Midway
Admiral William F. Halsey

1975 Farewell, My Lovely
Philip Marlowe

1974 The Yakuza
Harry Kilmer

1973 The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle

1973 America on the Rocks (TV short)
Narrator

1972 The Wrath of God
Father Oliver Van Horne

1971 Going Home
Harry K. Graham

1970/I Ryan's Daughter
Charles Shaughnessy

1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
Flagg

1969 Young Billy Young
Deputy Ben Kane

1968 Secret Ceremony
Albert

1968 5 Card Stud
The Rev. Jonathan Rudd

1968 Anzio
Dick Ennis (war correspondent, International Press)

1968 Villa Rides
Lee Arnold

1967 The Way West
Dick Summers

1966 El Dorado
El Dorado Sheriff J.P. Harrah

1965 Mister Moses
Joe Moses

1964 What a Way to Go!
Rod Anderson, Jr.

1963 The Winston Affair
Lt. Col. Barney Adams

1963 Rampage
Harry Stanton

1963 The List of Adrian Messenger
Cameo

1962 Two for the Seesaw
Jerry Ryan

1962 The Longest Day
Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

1962 Cape Fear
Max Cady

1961 The Last Time I Saw Archie
Archie Hall

1960 The Grass Is Greener
Charles Delacro

1960 The Sundowners
Paddy Carmody

1960 The Night Fighters
Dermot O'Neill

1960 Home from the Hill
Captain Wade Hunnicutt

1959 The Wonderful Country
Martin Brady

1959 The Angry Hills
Mike Morrison

1958 The Hunters
Major Cleve Saville

1958 Thunder Road
Lucas Doolin

1957 The Enemy Below
Capt. Murrell

1957 Fire Down Below
Felix

1957 Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Cpl. Allison, USMC

1956 Bandido
Wilson

1956 Foreign Intrigue
Dave Bishop

1955 Man with the Gun
Clint Tollinger

1955 The Night of the Hunter
Harry Powell

1955 Not as a Stranger
Lucas Marsh

1954 Track of the Cat
Curt Bridges

1954 River of No Return
Matt Calder

1954 She Couldn't Say No
Doctor Robert Sellers

1953 Second Chance
Russ Lambert

1953 White Witch Doctor
John 'Lonni' Douglas

1952 Angel Face
Frank Jessup

1952 The Lusty Men
Jeff McCloud

1952 One Minute to Zero
Col. Steve Janowski

1952 Macao
Nick Cochran

1951 The Racket
Captain Thomas McQuigg

1951 His Kind of Woman
Dan Milner

1951 My Forbidden Past
Dr. Mark Lucas

1950 Where Danger Lives
Jeff Cameron

1949 Holiday Affair
Steve Mason

1949 The Big Steal
Lt. Duke Halliday

1949 The Red Pony
Billy Buck

1948 Blood on the Moon
Jim Garry

1948 Rachel and the Stranger
Jim Fairways

1947 Out of the Past
Jeff

1947 Desire Me
Paul Aubert

1947 Crossfire
Keeley

1947 Pursued
Jeb

1946 The Locket
Norman Clyde

1946 Undercurrent
Michael Garroway

1946 Till the End of Time
William J. Tabeshaw

1945 West of the Pecos
Pecos Smith

1945 Story of G.I. Joe
Lt. Walker

1944 Nevada
Jim Lacy (as Bob Mitchum)

1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Bob Gray

1944 Girl Rush
Jimmy Smith

1944 When Strangers Marry
Fred Graham

1944 Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Corporal (uncredited)

1944 Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More
CPO Jeff Daniels

1943 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders
'Pig-Iron' Matthews

1943 Riders of the Deadline
Nick Drago (as Bob Mitchum)

1943 Cry 'Havoc'
Dying Soldier - 'I'm All Right' (uncredited)

1943 The Dancing Masters
Mickey Halligan (uncredited)

1943 Minesweeper
Seaman Chuck Ryan (uncredited)

1943 False Colors
Rip Austin (as Bob Mitchum)

1943 Doughboys in Ireland
Ernie Jones (as Bob Mitchum)

1943 Bar 20
Richard Adams (as Bob Mitchum)

1943 Corvette K-225
Sheppard (uncredited)

1943 Beyond the Last Frontier
Trigger Dolan (as Bob Mitchum)

1943 The Lone Star Trail
Ben Slocum

1943 We've Never Been Licked
Panhandle Mitchell

1943 Colt Comrades
Dirk Mason (as Bob Mitchum)

1943 Leather Burners
Henchman Randall (uncredited)

1943 Action in the North Atlantic (uncredited)

1943 Follow the Band
Tate Winters (as Bob Mitchum)

1943 Border Patrol
Henchman Quinn (as Bob Mitchum)

1943 Aerial Gunner
Sgt. Benson (uncredited)

1943 Hoppy Serves a Writ
Henchman (as Bob Mitchum)

1943 The Human Comedy
Quentin 'Horse' Gilford (uncredited)

1942 Saboteur
Passerby (unconfirmed) (uncredited)

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Personal Details

Other Works:

"Stage Show with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey" (1955), as Himself, (23 See more »

Publicity Listings:

12 Print Biographies | 7 Articles | 11 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Alternate Names:

Bob Mitchum

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)

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Not that I'm a complete whore, understand. There are movies I won't do for any amount. I turned down Patton and I turned down Dirty Harry. Movies that piss on the world. If I've got five bucks in my pocket, I don't need to make money that f***ing way, daddy. See more »

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Turned down the role that eventually went to Tony Curtis in The Defiant Ones. Mitchum, a real-life veteran of a Southern chain gang, didn't believe the premise that a black man and a white man would be chained together and said that such a thing would never happen in the South. Over the years this... See more »

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On and off-screen, he was known for his facade of cool, sleepy-eyed indifference See more »

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Mitch See more »

Star Sign:

Leo

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