Underrated American leading man of enormous ability who sublimates his talents beneath an air of disinterest. Born to a railroad worker who died in a train accident when he was two, Robert Mitchum and his siblings (including brother John Mitchum, later also an actor) were raised by his mother and stepfather (a British army major) in Connecticut...See full bio »
1989The 46th Annual Golden Globe Awards
(TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Performance by an Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
[on Jane Russell] Miss Russell was a very strong character. Very good-humored when she wasn't being cranky.
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Trivia:
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...
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Trademark:
On and off-screen, he was known for his facade of cool, sleepy-eyed indifference
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