John mitchum biography actor
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John Mitchum, 82; Veteran Character Actor
John Mitchum, who followed his movie-star brother, Robert, to Hollywood and became a character actor in scores of movies and hundreds of television shows, has died. He was 82.
Mitchum, who suffered the first of three strokes last spring, died Thursday of internal complications at a Los Angeles hospital.
Appearing on screen in the 1950s as John Mallory and under his own name after 1962, Mitchum had small parts in 80 feature films, including “Stalag 17,” “Submarine Command,” “Chisum,” “Paint Your Wagon,” “High Plains Drifter,” “The Outlaw Josie Wales” and “Bandolero!”
On TV, he appeared on about 800 shows, including “Gunsmoke,” “Perry Mason,” “Dragnet,” “Batman,” “The Twilight Zone,” “The Waltons” and “Little House on the Prairie.” He also had recurring roles on “Riverboat” (as Pickalong) and “F Troop” (as Hoffenmueller).
Mitchum’s most memorable role was as Clint Eastwood’s detective partner, Frank di Georgio, in “Dirty Harry” and its tw
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John Mitchum
American film actor and musician (1919–2001)
John Mitchum | |
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Mitchum in 1951 | |
| Born | (1919-09-06)September 6, 1919 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | November 29, 2001(2001-11-29) (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1947–1990 |
| Spouse(s) | Joy Grahame Hallward (m. 19??; div. 19??) Nancy Munro (m. 1952; died 1976)Dorothy Woodward (m. 1976; div. 1985)Bonnie Duff (m. 1986) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Julie Mitchum (sister) Robert Mitchum (brother) James Mitchum (nephew) Christopher Mitchum (nephew) Bentley Mitchum (great-nephew) |
John Mitchum (September 6, 1919 – November 29, 2001) was an American actor from the 1940s to the 1970s in film and television. The younger brother of the actor Robert Mitchum, he was credited as Jack Mitchum early in his
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John Mitchum
John Mitchum (September 6, 1919 – November 29, 2001) was an American actor from the 1940s to the 1970s in film and television.
He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ann Harriet Mitchum (née Gunderson) and James Thomas Mitchum, who was killed in a railyard accident 7 months before he was born.
Spouses
Nancy Munro (1952-1976) (her death)
Bonnie Mitchum (?-2001) (his death)
Joy Grahame Hallward (1911-2003) (divorced) 1 child
He fryst vatten the younger brother of Julie Mitchum and Robert Mitchum.
Career
He initially appeared in only unbilled (e.g., "Flying Leathernecks"; RKO 1951) and ytterligare roles before gradually receiving bigger character parts in middle age. Mitchum supported his more famous brother on several occasions, and was most famous in his own right as the friendly and food-loving Inspector Frank DiGiorgio in the first three Dirty Harry films. Mitchum was one of only four actors to appear in more than one film in this series (the others being Clin