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James Mitchum

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84 Years Old

James Mitchum (born May 8, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor and the eldest son of actor Robert Mitchum. His brother is actor Christopher Mitchum, and he is the uncle of actor Bentley Mitchum. He 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. His credited debut was in Thunder Road (1958), in which he played his father's much younger brother, a role written for Elvis Presley, who was eager to do it until his manager demanded too much money. This film became a drive-in cult favorite, revived in the 1970s and ’80s. Curiously, he was again credited as being "introduced" in the Have Gun Will Travel pilot episode "Genesis" (1962). He has appeared in more than 30 films including The Beat Generation in 1959; The Victors in 1963; as a surfer named Eskimo in Ride the Wild Surf in 1964; In Harm's Way (1965) with John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, and Henry Fonda; Ambush Bay (1966); The Invincible Six (1970); Two-Lane Blacktop (1971); and The Last Movie (1971). In 1975 he starred in the movie Moonrunners, where he played the character Grady Hagg in the influence for the television series The Dukes of Hazzard. He was also in Zebra Force and Trackdown co-starring Karen Lamm and Erik Estrada in 1976; Ransom (a k a Assault on Paradise) (1977); Blackout (1978); Monstroid (1980); Crazy Jungle Adventure (1982); Code Name Zebra (1987); Hollywood Cop (1987); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); and Fatal Mission (1990). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Mitchum, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, US on 8th May 1941

All Credits

In Harm's Way Image
In Harm's Way
Ensign Griggs
Two-Lane Blacktop Image
Two-Lane Blacktop
Man #2 at Race Track
Thunder Road Image
Thunder Road
Robin Doolin
The Victors Image
The Victors
Grogan
The Last Movie Image
The Last Movie
Art
Colorado Territory Image
Colorado Territory
Child (uncredited)
The Money Trap Image
The Money Trap
Detective Wolski
Blackout Image
Blackout
Dan Evans
The Ransom Image
The Ransom
Tracker
Massacre At Grand Canyon Image
Massacre At Grand Canyon
Wes Evans
Hoodwinked Image
Hoodwinked
Lieutenant Kevin Spanner
Ambush Bay Image
Ambush Bay
Pvt. James Grenier
The Tramplers Image
The Tramplers
Hoby Cordeen
Ride the Wild Surf Image
Ride the Wild Surf
Eskimo
Monstroid Image
Monstroid
Travis
Crazy Jungle Adventure Image
Crazy Jungle Adventure
Butch Donovan
Young Guns of Texas Image
Young Guns of Texas
Morgan Coe
The Beat Generation Image
The Beat Generation
Art Jester
Girls Town Image
Girls Town
Charley Boy
Trackdown Image
Trackdown
Jim Calhoun
Marked for Murder Image
Marked for Murder
Rainier
Code Name: Zebra Image
Code Name: Zebra
Frank Barnes (as Jim Mitchum)
Mercenary Fighters Image
Mercenary Fighters
Wilson Jeffords
Beyond Kilimanjaro, Across the River of Blood Image
Beyond Kilimanjaro, Across the River of Blood
James Mitchum
The Invincible Six Image
The Invincible Six
Nazar
Moonrunners Image
Moonrunners
Grady Hagg
Stickfighter Image
Stickfighter
Mule (uncredited)
Hollywood Cop Image
Hollywood Cop
Feliciano
Fatal Mission Image
Fatal Mission
Maj. Bauer
Raiders of the Magic Ivory Image
Raiders of the Magic Ivory
Sugar
Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood Image
Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Leathernecks Image
Leathernecks