His first foray into the genre was a supporting role in the 1944 B-movie When Strangers Marry, about newlyweds and a New York City serial killer. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. [7] By Mitchum's account, he escaped and returned to his family in Delaware. Olivia de Havilland received top billing over Mitchum and Sinatra. Click to reveal While working with The Duke Mitchum was introduced to director Howard Hawks, who gave him the role of Rick in the film Bigfoot. Robert left school at the age of 14 and made frequent freight-hopping trips around the country, working as a laborer, coal miner, boxer and aircraft assembler. Net Worth, Wife, Family, Bio. Mitchum was born in Los Angeles, California, the elder son of actor Robert Mitchum (whom he closely resembles) and his wife, Dorothy Spence. Yo se que robaron la idea del film clasico de las filipinas del 89 "American Hunter" protagonizada por Christopher Mitchum! He co-starred with Dean Martin in the 1968 Western 5 Card Stud, playing a homicidal preacher. He is quoted as having said in the Norman interview that acting was actually very simple and that his job was to "show up on time, know his lines, hit his marks, and go home". CHRISTOPHER MITCHUM!! During his teens, Mitchums family moved from California to Maryland, where he was gifted a horse named Cap Gun by his parents. In 1945, he was cast as Lt. Walker in Story of G.I. Moving with his family to New York at an early age, he was undisciplined and used to adventure alone, which resulted in him being charged for vagrancy at 14 years old. Sydney Pollack's The Yakuza (1974) transplanted the typical film noir story arc to the Japanese underworld. The comparison helped him as well as hurt him. Detractors accused him of appearing sullen, bored and stagey and of relying on a sneaky humor and swagger that approached self-parody. George C. Scott won the award for his powerful performance in Patton, a project Mitchum had rejected as glorifying war. During his youth he had blond hair, which he stylized middle length. Julie persuaded him to join the local theater guild with her. He later stated that at age 14 in Savannah, Georgia, he was arrested for vagrancy and put in a local chain gang. Jane Greer, his co-star in Out of the Past and The Big Steal, said of him: "Bob would never be caught acting. [30], That Championship Season may have indirectly led to another debacle for Mitchum several months later. Mitchums motivation to become an actor was for economic reasons: Acting paid more. After impressing director Mervyn LeRoy during the making of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Mitchum signed a seven-year contract with RKO Radio Pictures. He faced some difficulties growing up, as his father died when he was two years old in a work-related accident. Then you remember your lines. Always known as a bad boy, he was expelled from school, hopped freight trains at age 14, wandered the country as a depression-era hobo, was hauled onto a chain gang for vagrancy and soon escaped. February 07, 2023. In 1965 Mitchum had the lead in a Spaghetti Western Grand Canyon Massacre, the following year was Ambush Bay (1966) with Hugh O'Brien and Mickey Rooney, in which he received third billing of three names above the title. According to Lee Server's biography (Robert Mitchum: Baby, I Don't Care), Mitchum put his talent for poetry to work writing song lyrics and monologues for Julie's nightclub performances. [37] Howard Hawks praised Mitchum for being a hard worker, labeling the actor a "fraud" for pretending to not care about acting. John Brahm's The Locket (1946) featured Mitchum as a bitter ex-boyfriend to Laraine Day's femme fatale. "Little Old Wine Drinker Me", the first single, was a top-10 hit at country radio, reaching number nine there, and crossed over onto mainstream radio, where it peaked at number 96. After an investigation, a plea of not guilty was ordered and the conviction was expunged from the record. The film received five Oscar nominations, and Mitchum earned the year's National Board of Review award for Best Actor for his performance. He is also the brother of actor Christopher Mitchum and the uncle of actor Bentley Mitchum. He is known for his antihero roles and film noir appearances. He didnt have another acting job for two years, until he was offered an unaccredited role in Young Billy Young. However, today, despite my own career of over 30 years and my father being dead for over ten years, I'm still referred to as Robert Mitchum's son, Chris admitted. Despite Mitchum's legal troubles and problems without his studio, his popularity was not harmed and films released immediately after his arrest were box-office hits. he waited until 1967 to record his follow-up record album, "That Man, Robert Mitchum, Sings," which charted at number 35 on the U.S. Country chart. Christophers children except for Jenny became actors. In the mid-1930s Julie Mitchum moved to the West Coast in the hope of acting in movies, and the rest of the Mitchum family soon followed her to Long Beach, California. Clint Eastwood: A Biography. Robert Mitchum stars as a sleepy-eyed soldier of fortune who finds himself in the middle of the fracas. He is the eldest son of actor Robert Mitchum. After this rejection, Mitchum went back to work in Europe and Asia, finding many job opportunities but in B-class movies, including Master Samurai in Hong Kong, Ricco in Italy, and Faceless in Spain. In the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's novella The Red Pony (1949), he appeared as a trusted cowhand to a ranching family. On television, he was Victor (Pug) Henry, the pivotal character in an 18-hour 1983 mini-series, ''The Winds of War,'' based on the novel by Herman Wouk, and was one of the stars of the sequel, ''War and Remembrance,'' in 1988. 's and battle-weary officers, flinty private eyes and homicidal killers. Anyone can read what you share. His first major role, as a dedicated infantry officer in ''The Story of G.I. It's like falling off a log for him." Roger Ebert called Mitchum his favorite movie star and the soul of film noir: "With his deep, laconic voice and his long face and those famous weary eyes, he was the kind of guy you'd picture in a saloon at closing time, waiting for someone to walk in through the door and break his heart. A hardened con (Mitchum), being transferred from a federal penitentiary to a Texas institution to finish a life sentence as a habitual criminal, is freed at gunpoint by his niece (played by Kathleen York). He attained a BA at the University of Arizona before developing a serious interest in filmmaking. At the 1946 Academy Awards, The Story of G.I. ", "Robert Mitchum, 79, Dies; Actor With Rugged Dignity", "Robert Mitchum Arrested with Two Movie Actresses in Marijuana Party Raid. Robert Mitchum, 79, Dies; Actor With Rugged Dignity, https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/02/movies/robert-mitchum-79-dies-actor-with-rugged-dignity.html. James Mitchum had his first role, which was small and unbilled, at the age of eight in the Western Colorado Territory (1949) with Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, and Dorothy Malone. [4] His father, James Thomas Mitchum, a shipyard and railroad worker, was of English-Scottish-Irish descent,[5] and his mother, Ann Harriet Gunderson, was a Norwegian immigrant and sea captain's daughter. On July 1, 1997, Robert passed away from lung cancer and emphysema in Santa Barbara, California. I'll play Polish gays, women, midgets, anything.''. Advertisement Mitchum, however, was self-effacing; in an interview with Barry Norman for the BBC about his contribution to cinema, Mitchum stopped Norman in mid-flow and in his typical nonchalant style, said, "Look, I have two kinds of acting. He is the younger brother of actor James Mitchum . When you finish, you rest and then go on to the next part. His older sister, Annette (known as Julie Mitchum during her acting career), was born in 1914. Hollywood actor, Robert Mitchum, was full of contradictions. Joe, winning him a nomination for The Academy Awards. He also was in Richard Donner's 1988 comedy Scrooged. He was popular in such foreign market as Spain, Hong Kong, Indonesia and the Phillipines, however, so he continued to churn out product there including Master Samurai (1974), Chinese Commandos (1975), American Commandos (1985) and Final Score (1986). A master of accents and seemingly unconcerned about his star image, he played in both forgettable and unforgettable films with unswerving nonchalance, leading many to overlook the prodigious talent he can bring to a project that he finds compelling. His best-known films include Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Out of the Past (1947), River of No Return (1954), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Thunder Road (1958), Cape Fear (1962), El Dorado (1966), Ryan's Daughter (1970) and The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973). We believe that every person's story is important as it provides our community with an opportunity to feel a sense of belonging, share their hopes and dreams. 13K views 1 year ago Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 - July 1, 1997) was an American actor, director, author, poet, composer, and singer. ''When you're successful in the movies,'' he remarked in 1970, ''Hollywood doesn't let you do better. ''I think when producers have a part that's hard to cast, they say, 'Send for Mitchum; he'll do anything,' '' he once remarked. He also appeared in 1976's Midway about a crucial 1942 World War II battle. His widow was awarded a government pension, and soon realized she was pregnant. 161.97.83.60 I'm in DC for some meetings. Otto Preminger's Angel Face was the first of three collaborations between Mitchum and British stage actress Jean Simmons. Biography - A Short Wiki He kept landing various minor roles in movies, until he was cast in When Strangers Marry, his first starring role.Robert Mitchum. Chris grew up avoiding the limelight and was educated at the University of Pennsylvania (1962-1966), attending Dublin's Trinity College as part of his Junior Year Abroad program. In a review of Mr. Mitchum's 1971 film ''Going Home,'' Vincent Canby of The New York Times said the actor had ''reached that point in his career where he doesn't seem to act as much as inhabit whatever film he's in, whatever role he's playing, whether it's an Irish schoolmaster, an Australian sheepherder or, as here, a nice, well-meaning garage mechanic with a talent for bowling.''. 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