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.
Partial filmography
Grand Central Murder (1942)
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
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)
Awards
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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Categories: 1903 births | 1953 deaths | American actors | American film actors | American television actors | Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe (film) winners | Deaths from lung cancer | Western film actors
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