
Millard Mitchell
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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.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.015 |
Birthday | 1903-08-14 |
Place of Birth | Havana, Cuba |
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1952

Singin' in the Rain
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1949

Thieves' Highway
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The Naked Spur
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Kiss of Death
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1947

A Double Life
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1950

Convicted
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1950

Winchester '73
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Twelve O'Clock High
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1948

A Foreign Affair
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1952

My Six Convicts
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1950

The Gunfighter
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1942

Grand Central Murder
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1951

You're in the Navy Now
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Singapore Sue
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The Cheat
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My Sin
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A Lesson in Love
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Mister 880
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Here Come the Girls
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What Price Pants
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1943

Slightly Dangerous
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Strictly Dishonorable
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1942

The Mayor of 44th Street
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1949

Everybody Does It
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1943

Dixie Dugan
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1940

The Girl on the Magazine Cover
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1946

Swell Guy
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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
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1942

Get Hep to Love
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6/1
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1942

Mr. and Mrs. North
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The Big Street
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