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John Mitchum

John Mitchum

Actor · Born 1919-09-06 · Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

John Newman Mitchum was the September child of a Norwegian mother and an Irish/Blackfoot father whom he never knew, as he was killed in a tragic train yard accident in 1919. His two-years-older brother Robert filled the role as best as he could, while their older sister Annette studied the lively arts and eventually joined a traveling vaudeville team. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the young family moved to Rising Sun, Delaware, where farm life didn't agree with the young boys. Scarce opportunities took them to New York City, where the streets of Hell's kitchen taught the brothers to fight, a skill they developed so well they earned the moniker 'them ornery Mitchum boys'. Eventually, when the Great Depression deepened, the family was forced to separate with the intention of meeting up with sister Annette, who had married a sailor and moved to California, changing her name to Julie. The teenage boys set out with little more than clean handkerchiefs to find their way across the country by the only means they could: hitchhiking and riding the rails. Their somewhat aimless journey took them to places they had never been; where their Eastern accents were not welcome, so they quickly l…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Dirty Harry (1971) — De Georgio
  2. My Fair Lady (1964) — Ad Lib at Church (uncredited)
  3. High Plains Drifter (1973) — Warden
  4. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) — Al
  5. Magnum Force (1973) — Frank DiGiorgio
  6. The Twilight Zone (1959) — Erbie
  7. Little House on the Prairie (1974) — Sam Benson
  8. The Enforcer (1976) — Frank DiGiorgio
  9. Bewitched (1964)
  10. In a Lonely Place (1950) — Bar Patron (uncredited)
  11. Batman (1966) — Rip Snorting
  12. El Dorado (1966) — Elmer - Jason's Bartender
  13. Bonanza (1959) — Lou Palmer
  14. The Munsters (1964)
  15. Paint Your Wagon (1969) — Jacob Woodling
  16. Breakheart Pass (1975) — Red Beard
  17. Chisum (1970) — Baker
  18. Perry Mason (1957) — Operative
  19. The Untouchables (1959) — Freddie
  20. Telefon (1977) — Harry Bascom
  21. Bandolero! (1968) — Bath House Customer
  22. Quincy, M.E. (1976)
  23. Gunsmoke (1955) — Joe
  24. The Way West (1967) — Little Henry
  25. The Waltons (1972) — Announcer
  26. The Lusty Men (1952)
  27. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974) — Janitor
  28. Flying Leathernecks (1951)
  29. Knock on Any Door (1949) — Jury Member (uncredited)
  30. Ironside (1967) — Slim
  31. Rawhide (1959) — Luke Rose (uncredited)
  32. Adam-12 (1968) — Tom Horton
  33. Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
  34. Born to Be Bad (1950) — Guest (uncredited)
  35. Maverick (1957)
  36. The Virginian (1962) — Madison
  37. Dragnet (1951)
  38. F Troop (1965)
  39. Brainstorm (1965) — Guitar-Playing Inmate (uncredited)
  40. Warning Shot (1967)