Robert Mitchum

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Robert Mitchum

Acting August 6, 1917

Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American film actor, author, composer and singer. He was ranked #23 on the American Film Institute's list of t…

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Cape Fear

Cape Fear

7.3 1991 Movie
What's My Line?

What's My Line?

7.0 1950 TV Show
Tombstone

Tombstone

7.6 1993 Movie
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

6.9 1975 TV Show
The Night of the Hunter

The Night of the Hunter

7.9 1955 Movie
Dead Man

Dead Man

7.3 1995 Movie
Scrooged

Scrooged

6.8 1988 Movie
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
The Longest Day

The Longest Day

7.6 1962 Movie
Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

7.0 1944 TV Show
Out of the Past

Out of the Past

7.7 1947 Movie
Cape Fear

Cape Fear

7.5 1962 Movie

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Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American film actor, author, composer and singer. He was ranked #23 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time. Mitchum is largely remembered for his starring roles in several major works of the film noir style, and is considered a forerunner of the anti-heroes prevalent in film during the 1950s and 1960s.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    The Flapper

    Movie (archive footage)

  2. 2019
    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

    Movie Self - Actor (archive footage)

  3. 2018
    Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2017
    Wormwood

    TV show Jeff Bailey (archive footage)

  5. 2017
    Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 2015
    Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 2014
    Discovering: Robert Mitchum

    Movie Self

  8. 2013
    Talking Pictures

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  9. 2004
    Parkinson

    TV show Self - Guest / Performer (archive footage)

  10. 2002
    Heart of the Festival

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  11. 2001
    Chop Suey

    Movie Self (archival footage)

  12. 2001
    The Making of 'Cape Fear'

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  13. 2000
    Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

    Movie Self (archive sound)

  14. 1997
    James Dean: Race with Destiny

    Movie George Stevens

  15. 1996
    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  16. 1996
    Private Screenings

    TV show Self

More credits
  1. 1995
    Dead Man

    Movie John Dickinson

  2. 1995
    The Sunset Boys

    Movie Ernest Bogan

  3. 1995
    Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'

    Movie Self

  4. 1995
    Backfire!

    Movie Marshal

  5. 1995
    Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

    Movie Self

  6. 1994
    Woman of Desire

    Movie Walter J. Hill

  7. 1993
    La Classe américaine

    Movie Yves (archive footage)

  8. 1993
    Tombstone

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  9. 1993
    The Funniest Way in Earth's Atmosphere

    Movie Director

  10. 1992
    African Skies

    TV show

  11. 1992
    Les Sept Péchés capitaux

    Movie Dieu

  12. 1991
    Cape Fear

    Movie Lieutenant Elgart

  13. 1991
    Waiting for the Wind

    Movie Walter

  14. 1991
    The Discovery Of Marilyn Monroe

    Movie

  15. 1991
    Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

    Movie Self

  16. 1990
    Midnight Ride

    Movie Dr. Hardy

  17. 1990
    Believed Violent

    Movie Pr. Forrester

  18. 1990
    A Family for Joe

    TV show

  19. 1990
    A Family for Joe

    Movie Joe "Grandpa" Whitaker-Bankston

  20. 1989
    William Holden: The Golden Boy

    Movie Self

  21. 1989
    Hoodwinked

    Movie Jake Spanner

  22. 1989
    Brotherhood of the Rose

    TV show John Eliot

  23. 1988
    Scrooged

    Movie Preston Rhinelander

  24. 1988
    War and Remembrance

    TV show Victor 'Pug' Henry