Millard Mitchell

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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

He 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).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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,<ref name=mmitbd>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=mmaiic>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=quct>Template:Cite news</ref> and was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Filmography

• Secrets of a Secretary (1931) as Policeman (uncredited)
• My Sin (1931) as Trooper (uncredited)
• A Lesson in Love (1931) as Freshman (uncredited)
• The Cheat (1931) as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
• Dynamite Delaney (1936)
• Mr. and Mrs. North (1942) as Detective Mullins
• Grand Central Murder (1942) as Arthur Doolin
• The Mayor of 44th Street (1942) as Herman
• Little Tokyo, U.S.A. (1942) as George 'Sleepy' Miles (uncredited)
• The Big Street (1942) as Gentleman George (uncredited)
• Get Hep to Love (1942) as McCarthy
• Dixie Dugan (1943) as Accident Victim (uncredited)
• Slightly Dangerous (1943) as Baldwin
• Swell Guy (1946) as Steve
• Kiss of Death (1947) as Detective Shelby (uncredited)
• A Double Life (1947) as Al Cooley
• A Foreign Affair (1948) as Col. Rufus J. Plummer
• Thieves' Highway (1949) as Ed Kinney
• Everybody Does It (1949) as Mike Craig
• Twelve O'Clock High (1949) as Major General Pritchard
• The Gunfighter (1950) as Marshall Mark Strett
• Louisa (1950) as Photo of David Norton (uncredited)
• Winchester '73 (1950) as High-Spade Frankie Wilson
• Convicted (1950) as Malloby
• Mister 880 (1950) as "Mac" McIntire
• You're in the Navy Now (1951) as Chief George Larrabee
• Strictly Dishonorable (1951) as Bill Dempsey
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) as General (uncredited)
• My Six Convicts (1952) as James Connie
• Singin' in the Rain (1952) as R. F. Simpson
• The Naked Spur (1953) as Jesse Tate
• Here Come the Girls (1953) as Albert Snodgrass (released posthumously)

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