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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Millard Mitchell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

7.7

Self (archive footage)

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

2002

6.0

Self (archive footage)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1988

4.4

Albert Snodgrass

Here Come the Girls

1953

6.9

Jesse Tate

The Naked Spur

1953

8.1

R.F. Simpson

Singin' in the Rain

1952

6.3

James T. Connie

My Six Convicts

1952

5.2

Bill Dempsey

Strictly Dishonorable

1951

4.4

George Larrabee

You're in the Navy Now

1951

6.9

"Mac" McIntire

Mister 880

1950

6.3

Malloby

Convicted

1950

Credits

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

as Self (archive footage)

2002

7.7

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1988

6.0

Here Come the Girls

as Albert Snodgrass

1953

4.4

The Naked Spur

as Jesse Tate

1953

6.9

Singin' in the Rain

as R.F. Simpson

1952

8.1

My Six Convicts

as James T. Connie

1952

6.3

Strictly Dishonorable

as Bill Dempsey

1951

5.2

You're in the Navy Now

as George Larrabee

1951

4.4

Mister 880

as "Mac" McIntire

1950

6.9

Convicted

as Malloby

1950

6.3

Winchester '73

as High Spade

1950

7.3

The Gunfighter

as Marshal Mark Strett

1950

7.3

Twelve O'Clock High

as Major General Patrick Pritchard

1949

7.1

Everybody Does It

as Mike Craig

1949

7.8

Thieves' Highway

as Ed Kinney

1949

7.3

A Foreign Affair

as Col. Rufus J. Plummer

1948

7.1

A Double Life

as Al Cooley

1947

6.3

Kiss of Death

as Detective (uncredited)

1947

7.0

Swell Guy

as Steve

1946

0.0

Slightly Dangerous

as Baldwin

1943

5.8

Dixie Dugan

as Accident Victim (uncredited)

1943

5.0

The Mayor of 44th Street

as Herman

1942

4.3

Get Hep to Love

as McCarthy

1942

4.0

The Big Street

as Gentleman George (Uncredited)

1942

5.8

Grand Central Murder

as Detective Arthur Doolin

1942

5.9

Mr. and Mrs. North

as Mullins

1942

4.5

🎬

The Girl on the Magazine Cover

as Photographer

1940

0.0

Singapore Sue

as Second Sailor

1932

4.2

The Cheat

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1931

6.0

My Sin

as Trooper

1931

5.8

🎬

A Lesson in Love

as Freshmen

1931

0.0

Secrets of a Secretary

as Policeman

1931

5.5

What Price Pants

as Secretary (uncredited)

1931

5.0