Robert Charles Durman Mitchum was an American actor, director, author, poet, composer, and singer. He rose to prominence for starring roles in several classic film noirs, and his acting is generally considered a forerunner of the antiheroes prevalent in film during the 1950s and 1960s. His best-known films include Out of the Past, The Night of the Hunter, Cape Fear, and El Dorado. Mitchum is rated number 23 on the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest male stars of Classic American Cinema.
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Robert Charles Durman Mitchum was an American actor, director, author, poet, composer, and singer. He rose to prominence for starring roles in several classic film noirs, and his acting is generally considered a forerunner of the antiheroes prevalent in film during the 1950s and 1960s. His best-known films include Out of the Past, The Night of the Hunter, Cape Fear, and El Dorado. He is also known for his television role as U. S. Navy Captain Victor \”Pug\” Henry in the epic miniseries The Winds of War and sequel War and Remembrance. Mitchum is rated number 23 on the American Film Institute’s list of the greatest male stars of Classic American Cinema. He was married to Dorothy Spence, whom he would later marry. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, on December 17, 2013. He had a son, James, and two daughters, Annette and Julie. He also had a stepson, John, and a stepdaughter, Chris. He wrote several short pieces which were performed by the Players Guild of Long Beach. He later wrote a book, “The Last Man on Earth,” which was published in 1986. He has also written several songs, including “The Final Man on the Earth” and “The First Man on The Earth” (with lyrics by John Cusack). He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, and three children, Chris, Petrine, and James, nicknamed Josh, who was born in 1917, and Annette, nicknamed “Annette” who was not yet five years old. His daughter Carol was born July 1927, on the family farm in Delaware.
In 1940, he returned to Delaware to marry Dorothy and they moved back to California. He continued to find work as an extra and supporting actor in numerous productions for various studios. In 1943, he went as a soldier in the film The Human Comedy, starring Mickey Rooney, Randolph Scott, and Randolph Scott. He then sought work as a film actor, performing in westerns. He starred in several films in the Hopalong Cassidy western series, which starred William Boyd; he was hired to play minor villainous roles in the series during 1942 and 1943. He went on to star in the war film Gung Ho! Over Tokyo, making the film with Mervyn LeRoy, Thirty Seconds of Tokyo, and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. In 1945, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Story of G. I. Joe. He also starred in the television series The Winds Of War, in which he played a U.S. Navy captain. His wife, Julie, moved to the West Coast in 1936, and the rest of the Mitchum family soon joined them. He put his talent for poetry to work writing song lyrics and monologues for Julie’s nightclub performances. In 1939, he moved to Long Beach, California,. He worked as a stagehand and occasional bit-player in company productions. In 1941, he became an extra in the western The Human comedy, starring with Mickey Rooney. In 1944, he appeared in the movie GungHo! over Tokyo.
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