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Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American actor. He is known for his antihero roles and film noir appearances.
Robert Mitchum. Actor: Out of the Past. Robert Mitchum was an underrated American leading man of enormous ability, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ann Harriet (Gunderson), a Norwegian immigrant, and James Thomas Mitchum, a shipyard/railroad worker. His father died in a train accident when he was two, and Robert and his ...
- August 6, 1917
- July 1, 1997
Sep 12, 2024 · Robert Mitchum (born August 6, 1917, Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.—died July 1, 1997, Santa Barbara county, California) was an American film star whose roles as a cool, cynical loner combined with a notorious personal life and a sardonic, relaxed style to create a durable screen image as a fatalistic tough guy.
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- Robert Mitchum was an American film star who popularized the “antihero” archetype with his appearances in films such as Out of the Past and His Kin...
- Robert Mitchum launched his film career with a bit role in a Hopalong Cassidy western, Hoppy Serves a Writ, which led to other small roles and even...
- Robert Mitchum earned an Academy Award nomination for his supporting performance as a noble captain in the war drama The Story of G.I. Joe.
- Robert Mitchum worked at the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation during World War II.
- A lifelong smoker and drug user, Robert Mitchum died in 1997, at the age of 79, as a result of complications from lung cancer and emphysema.
Dorothy Spence Mitchum, the wife of actor Robert Mitchumfor 57 years, died Saturday at a hospice facility in Santa Barbara. She was 94. She met Mitchum, who was two years her elder, in Delaware ...
Robert Mitchum was an underrated American leading man of enormous ability, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ann Harriet (Gunderson), a Norwegian immigrant, and James Thomas Mitchum, a shipyard/railroad worker.
- January 1, 1
- Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
- January 1, 1
- Santa Barbara, California, USA
Jul 2, 1997 · Robert Charles Mitchum was born in Bridgeport, Conn., on Aug. 6, 1917, to James Mitchum, a railroad worker of Irish descent, and Anne Mitchum, the daughter of a Norwegian ship captain.
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Robert Charles Durman Mitchum was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on August 6, 1917. His mother, Ann Harriet Mitchum, was a sea captain's daughter while his father James Thomas Mitchum, was a shipyard and railroad worker. Robert had one elder sister at the time of his birth. His father died in an accident when Robert was barely two.
