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Robert Mitchum (Actor)

An iconic figure of post-war Hollywood, actor Robert Mitchum embodied the rugged and solitary anti-heroes... (Learn more)

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Robert Mitchum’s Milestones

	Earliest TV appearances included acting as a substitute host on the NBC anthology drama series, "The Dick Powell Show" in the early 1960s
	Starred as Marcus Dutton on the Family Channel adventure drama series, "African Skies"
	Worked for a time as a coal miner in Libertyville, PA and as a prizefighter in Sparks NV during the Depression
1926	Lived with aunt and uncle on a farm in Woodside, DE
1930	Moved to Manhattan with family
1932	Moved to Rising Sun, DE; ran away from home
1933	Hopped a freight train; ended up in Savannah, GA, where he was arrested sentenced to 180 days on a Georgia chain gang for vagrancy; got away after a month
1934	Family moved to Long Beach, CA
1937	Joined Long Beach Players Guild; stage debut in "Rebound"
1938 - 1939	Appeared in LBPG productions including "The Petrified Forest," "Stage Door", "Dear Octopus", and "The Ghost Train"
1940	Wrote material for astrologist Carroll Righter; worked as a gag writer for comedian Benny Rubin; contributed some ideas and material to a nightclub act performed by his sister Julie Mitchum; worked at the Lockheed aircraft factory on the night shift
1940	Wrote several one-act plays, including "Trumpet in the Dark" (date approximate)
1941	Acted in the Guild production of "The Lower Depths"; was employed for a time in a shoe store
1942	Film acting debut in "Leather Burners"
1943	Appeared in over a dozen films
1944	Played first leading and first-top billed role in the RKO B Western, "Nevada"
1944	Signed long-term contract with RKO
1945	Served for a short time with Army as medical assistant (Fort MacArthur, CA)
1945	Supporting role in "The Story of G.I. Joe" helped make him a star; received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor
1947	Earliest radio work included "We Were Expecting You at Dakar" for "Radio Reader's Digest" and a radio version of his feature film "Till the End of Time" for the "Lux Radio Theater"
1948	Received 60 day jail sentence and two years' probation for "conspiracy to possess marijuana" (guilty verdict dropped by appeals court in 1951)
1954	Left RKO; last film there, "She Couldn't Say No"
1955	Release of "Foreign Intrigue," made by Mitchum's own production company, Mandeville Films; subsequent companies included Bandido Productions ("Bandido" 1956); DRM Productions ("Thunder Road" 1958) and Talbot Productions ("Cape Fear" 1962)
1956	Made first of four acting appearances opposite Deborah Kerr, "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison"
1957	Released hit song, "Mama Look a Boo-boo"
1958	Had a second chart single with "The Ballad of Thunder Road" from the film, "Thunder Road", which also marked his first screen credit as executive producer
1963	Was an interviewee for the TV documentary, "The Legend of Marilyn Monroe"
1968	First film made in a country whose primary language was not English, the Italian-produced "Anzio", shot in both English-language and Italian-language versions
1969	Turned down the title role in the feature film biography, "Patton"; reportedly suggested George C. Scott for the role (date approximate)
1982	Made TV acting debut in the TV-movie, "One Shoe Makes It Murder"; Mitchum filmed "The Winds of War" earlier but this movie aired first
1983	First TV miniseries, "The Winds of War", as Victor "Pug" Henry
1985	Acted opposite his son Christopher Mitchum and Christopher's son Bentley as three generations of a family in the TV-movie, "Promises to Keep"
1985	Was reunited with his co-star of three features, Deborah Kerr, for the TV-movie, "Reunion at Fairborough"
1987	Took over as lead of the CBS TV series, "The Equalizer", for two episodes due to heart attack suffered by regular star Edward Woodward
1988	Reprised the role of "Pug" Henry on the TV miniseries, "War and Remembrance"
1989	Hosted the syndicated documentary covering WWI and WWII, "The Eyes of War"
1990	Played Joe Whitaker on the short-lived NBC sitcom, "A Family for Joe"
1991	Subject of the made-for-Cinemax interview and compilation documentary, "Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star"
1997	Made final screen appearance playing George Stevens in "James Dean: Race With Destiny"; did final interview with Bob Osborne at Turner Classic Movies (TCM)