Millard Mitchell

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American character actor (1903–1953)

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yearsactive1924–1953
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| name = Millard Mitchell | image = Millard Mitchell in Singin in the Rain trailer.jpg | caption = Mitchell in Singin' in the Rain, 1952 | birth_date = | birth_place = Havana, Cuba | death_date = | death_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S. | yearsactive = 1924–1953 | resting_place = Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California | occupation = Actor | spouse = | children = 2 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/The_Naked_Spur-Millard_Mitchell.JPG" caption="Mitchell in ''[[The Naked Spur]]'', 1953"] ::

Millard Mitchell (August 14, 1903 – October 13, 1953) was a Cuban-born American character actor whose credits include roughly 30 feature films and two television appearances.

Career

His first film appearance was in Secrets of a Secretary (1931) and appeared as a bit player in eight films between 1931 and 1936. Mitchell returned to film work in 1942 after a six-year absence. Between 1942 and 1953, he was a successful supporting actor.

For his performance in the film My Six Convicts (1952), Mitchell won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. He is also remembered 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), High-Spade Frankie Wilson in Winchester '73 (1950), as the fictional movie mogul R.F. Simpson in the musical comedy Singin' in the Rain (1952), and as a hapless old prospector in The Naked Spur (1953).

Mitchell appeared frequently on Broadway, often playing a fast-talking Broadway character. He played the starring role in The Great Campaign (1947).

Personal life

Mitchell was born to American parents in Havana, Cuba. He married actress Peggy Gould in 1942; the couple had two daughters, Mary Ellis and Margaret. Their daughter Maggie Schpak is a noted Hollywood jewelry designer. Their granddaughter Margaret Mitchell is a noted computer scientist.

Mitchell died at the age of 50 in 1953 from lung cancer at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California, and was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Filmography

References

References

  1. "Millard Mitchell". IBDb (Internet Broadway Database).
  2. Leon Morse. (April 5, 1947). "Experimental Theater".
  3. (October 4, 2019). "Meet The Artist Behind 50 Years' Worth Of Hollywood Costume Design — Including Star Trek". WGBH.
  4. (July 28, 2016). "MAGGIE SCHPAK, HISTORY'S ACCESSORIZER". Art Jewelry Forum.
  5. (October 13, 1953). "Millard Mitchell is taken by death". Spokane Daily Chronicle.
  6. (October 13, 1953). "Millard Mitchell, actor, is in coma". Reading Eagle.
  7. (October 14, 1953). "Millard Mitchell, film actor, dies". Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph.

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