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Casper Van Dien (grandson-in-law) Grace Van Dien (great-granddaughter) Signature. Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American actor. He is known for his antihero roles and film noir appearances. He received nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.
Robert Mitchum. Actor: Out of the Past. Robert Mitchum was an underrated American leading man of enormous ability, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ann Harriet (Gunderson), a Norwegian immigrant, and James Thomas Mitchum, a shipyard/railroad worker.
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- Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
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- Santa Barbara, California, USA
Robert Mitchum. Actor: Out of the Past. Robert Mitchum was an underrated American leading man of enormous ability, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ann Harriet (Gunderson), a Norwegian immigrant, and James Thomas Mitchum, a shipyard/railroad worker. His father died in a train accident when he was two, and Robert and his ...
- August 6, 1917
- July 1, 1997
May 28, 2024 · Robert Mitchum (born August 6, 1917, Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.—died July 1, 1997, Santa Barbara county, California) was an American film star whose roles as a cool, cynical loner combined with a notorious personal life and a sardonic, relaxed style to create a durable screen image as a fatalistic tough guy.
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- Robert Mitchum was an American film star who popularized the “antihero” archetype with his appearances in films such as Out of the Past and His Kin...
- Robert Mitchum launched his film career with a bit role in a Hopalong Cassidy western, Hoppy Serves a Writ, which led to other small roles and even...
- Robert Mitchum earned an Academy Award nomination for his supporting performance as a noble captain in the war drama The Story of G.I. Joe.
- Robert Mitchum worked at the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation during World War II.
- A lifelong smoker and drug user, Robert Mitchum died in 1997, at the age of 79, as a result of complications from lung cancer and emphysema.
- He Was Born Into Tragedy. Robert Mitchum got a hard start in life, and bad luck seemed to run in the family. Mitchum’s father was a railroad worker…until his horrific demise.
- He Was Diabolical. Today, Mitchum is most famous for his chilling role in the film noir classic The Night of the Hunter, where he plays an evil convict posing as a preacher.
- He Was a One-Woman Man. For all that he was a handsome, winsome Hollywood star, Mitchum was a one-woman kind of guy…sort of. Mitchum met Dorothy Spence when they were just teenagers.
- His Proposal Took a Strange Turn. Mitchum was practically addicted to Dorothy, and proposed to her soon after they started going steady. His proposal was legendarily bad.
Jul 2, 1997 · Robert Charles Mitchum was born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Aug. 6, 1917, to James Mitchum, a railroad worker of Irish descent, and Anne Mitchum, the daughter of a Norwegian ship captain.
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Robert Mitchum (1917–1997) was an American actor who appeared in over 110 films and television series over the course of his career. He is ranked 23rd on the American Film Institute 's list of the 50 greatest American screen legends of all time. [1] His first credited named role was as Quinn in the 1943 western Border Patrol.
