In a review "The Winds of War" one TV critic said Mitchum moved "as if he were on castors". Replaced Burt Lancaster in Maria's Lovers (1984) after the elder actor was forced to undergo emergency quadruple heart bypass surgery. Ribbons are currently being placed on a case-by-case basis. Mitchum gave De Niro the nickname "Kid Monroe", and made many jokes about him with the older actors on the set like Ray Milland and Dana Andrews. Became good friends with legendary animal trainer Ralph Helfer's famous African Lion Zamba while filming the movie Rampage (1963). Turned down the leading role in Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece The Wild Bunch (1969), which went to his old friend William Holden, and made 5 Card Stud (1968). John Wayne responded, "Mitch has been retiring ever since the first day I met him.". As part of the "deal", he agreed not to prosecute. He seriously considered retiring from acting in 1968 due to concerns over the quality of his recent movies. Mitchum's voice was often used instead of that of a professional singer when his character sang in his films. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6240 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on January 25, 1984. Mitchum's only response was to shrug his shoulders. Joe (1945), is Capt. 5 Card Stud (1968), the showdown between Hollywood's two deities of indifference, produced no sparks on or off the screen. He salutes Klinger, who is in a statue of Liberty costume. Was mentioned in the song "One More Arrow" by Elton John. During a Turner Classic Movies interview with Robert Osborne, Mitchum said that he knew the movie could be a great one due to the script, but that the studio would want to concentrate on battles and tanks moving around on screen rather than on the character of Patton. His arrest for marijuana possession in the late 1940s was one of the first times a major actor had been jailed for this crime. One of the lesser-known aspects of Mitchum's career were his forays into music, both as singer and composer. Gregory Peck (foreground) and Robert Mitchum in. During a break in filming War and Remembrance (1988) in August 1987, Mitchum replaced his friend John Huston as an aging millionaire in Mr. North (1988) after Huston, who suffered from emphysema, was hospitalized with pneumonia. By the time of the counterculture movement Mitchum had developed hawkish views on the Vietnam War, and he was accused of making racist and anti-Semitic remarks to the press. Turned down the lead role of Gen. George S. Patton in Patton (1970), allegedly because he believed he would ruin the film due to his indifference. He was particularly praised for his portrayals of a murderous preacher in The Night of the Hunter (1955), a sympathetic marine in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), an Australian sheep drover in The Sundowners (1960), a vengeful convict in Cape Fear (1962), an aging petty hood in The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), and Raymond Chandler’s 1940s detective Philip Marlowe in Farewell, My Lovely (1975). Mitchum was cast by Howard Hughes in Holiday Affair (1949) because Hughes felt that Mitchum needed to "soften" his image after his marijuana conviction and prison sentence. Mitchum rose to prominence for starring roles in several classic films noirs, and his acting is generally considered a forerunner of the antiheroes prevalent in film during the 1950s and 1960s. During the course of these events, Ms. Fredrick suffered a stroke from which she never fully recovered. Was mentioned by name as part of The Velvet Underground song "New Age" (from the 1970 album "Loaded"). He launched his film career with a bit role in a Hopalong Cassidy western, Hoppy Serves a Writ (1943), which led to other small roles and eventually a contract with RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. In 1981, he fired his secretary, Reva Frederick, when he closed his office. With a tough-guy personality into his characters, he was able to work with the greatest directors of film as Robert Wise, John Farrow, Otto Preminger, Charles Laughton, Richard Fleischer, Jack Webb, Howard Hawks and Henry Hathaway. 414-416. In 1998, these songs were released on CD as "Robert Mitchum Sings". In 1965, the family returned to Hollywood, largely at wife Dorothy Mitchum's insistence, and moved into a modest, ivy-covered mansion in Bel Air. In order to avoid that, he allowed himself to develop a pot belly to avoid having to take his shirt off at all. When the producers made a sequel, War and Remembrance (1988), they worried that a 70-year-old Mitchum would be even less convincing and considered replacing him with James Coburn. Mitchum was in poor health while filming The Winds of War (1983), and once again there was talk of retirement. Omissions? Was one of four actors (with Jack Nicholson, Bette Davis, and Faye Dunaway) to have two villainous roles ranked in the American Film Institute's 100 years of The Greatest Heroes and Villains, as Max Cady in Cape Fear (1962) at #28 and as Reverend Harry Powell in The Night of the Hunter (1955) at #29. Grandfather of actors Bentley Mitchum and Price Mitchum, actress Carrie Mitchum and male model Kian Mitchum. Briefly served in the United States Army during World War II, with service number 39 744 068, from April 12 - October 11, 1945, after he was drafted. Expelled from Haaren High School in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen, Mitchum took to the road during the early years of the Depression. Unfortunately, Tom Parker's demands for Presley's salary could not be met in this independent production, which Mitchum was financing himself. He claimed his famous eyes were the result of a combination of injuries from his boxing days and chronic insomnia, which he suffered from throughout his life. Turned down Gene Hackman's role as drug-busting policeman Popeye Doyle in The French Connection (1971) because he found the story offensive. Hughes considered Mitchum a "friend," but (as a paranoid recluse) hardly met the actor. It included the track "Little Old Wine Drinker Me", which later became a hit for Dean Martin. Appeared in four Oscar Best Picture nominees: The Human Comedy (1943) (in an uncredited role), Crossfire (1947), The Sundowners (1960) and The Longest Day (1962). Was the inspiration for the Kurt Busiek's Astro City character "Steeljack". He began his career by participating in small roles in movies The Human Comedy (1943), Follow the Band (1943), Beyond the Last Frontier (1943). Biography in: "American National Biography." In the season three MASH episode, Big Mac, Mitchum is reputed to have been the actor who appeared briefly at the end of the episode as Douglas MacArthur riding in the jeep. As of November 2013, Mitchum remains the subject of a documentary, still in progress after some 20 years, by Bruce Weber, which was screened at the Venice Film Festival in August 2013. Instead, his image was constructed around a series of roles in gritty, low-budget crime dramas, later known as films noirs. Many critics were unconvinced by the 65-year-old Mitchum winning World War II in The Winds of War (1983). After two weeks of shooting on the movie Tombstone (1993), the studio fired writer (director) Kevin Jarre and hired George P. Cosmatos. He was a huge fan of Elvis Presley's early music, and wanted Presley to star with him in Thunder Road (1958). Although Hoppy Serves a Writ is generally considered to be his film debut (even though The Human Comedy premiered before it), in actuality, Mitchum's first feature film appearance was in Border Patrol, another Hopalong Cassidy film, which was made before but released after Hoppy Serves a Writ. Dwight Whitney wrote in "TV Guide" on June 7, 1969 about Mitchum that there is the "suggestion, implicit in every utterance, that within the body of this 'movie-star' lies imprisoned the soul of a poet.". Robert Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American actor. Mitchum responded that they must have missed his recent films. He had a photographic memory. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login).
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