Millard Mitchell was born of American parents in Havana, Cuba. He was a popular stage and radio actor in the 1930s in New York. His first cinema appearances were in industrial short features, filmed in New York.
Was in no way trained as a singer, but was made to sing briefly in ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ (1952).
An extremely prolific theatrical actor, he appeared on Broadway from 1925-1948, notably in one of its most important flops, Penny Arcade, which led to its stars James Cagney and Joan Blondell being signed by Warner Brothers.
The Naked Spur Trailer.
His first Hollywood role was in Mr. and Mrs. North (1942). After World War II, Mitchell acted in a goodly number of movies, often cast as sardonic, stolid characters. Although dressed as a cliché in the Anthony Mann western, The Naked Spur (1953), he eluded the usual geezer-sidekick persona as an old prospector who falls in with James Stewart as a bounty-hunter after laughing villain Robert Ryan.
He received top billing in 1952’s My Six Convicts (1952) but musical-goers most admired his screen role as movie-mogul “R. F. Simpson” in the classic, Singin’ in the Rain (1952). A heavy smoker, Millard Mitchell died too soon of lung cancer at the age of 50.
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The Gunfighters (Full Movie)
Gregory Peck, Millard Mitchell.
Personal Life.
Spouse Peggy Gould (actress)(? – 13 October 1953) 2 children, Daughters Mary Ellis and Margaret.
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Arnoldo Varona, Editor.