Cameron Mitchell (actor)
| Cameron Mitchell | |
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Mitchell in the trailer for Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
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| Born | November 4, 1918 Dallastown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | July 7, 1994 (aged 75) Pacific Palisades, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1945–1994 |
| Spouse(s) |
Johanna Mendel (m. 1940–60) Lissa Mitchell (m. ?–1973) Margaret Mozingo Mitchell (m. 1973–76) |
Cameron Mitchell (November 4, 1918 – July 7, 1994) was an American film, television, and Broadway actor with close ties to one of Canada's most successful families, and considered by Lee Strasberg to be one of the founding members of The Actor's Studio in New York City.
Born Cameron McDowell Mitzell in Dallastown, Pennsylvania to Rev. Charles and Kathryn Mitzell, young Cameron moved to Chicora, Pennsylvania in 1921 when his father was accepted as pastor of the St. John's Reformed Church, Butler PA (Donegal Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania).
Between the first and second world wars, during his years as a young actor in Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne's National Theater Company, Fontanne suggested that Cameron's surname sounded "a bit too much like the Hun" and insisted he change it to "Mitchell".
Mitchell served as a bombardier with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
His film career began with minor roles in films dating back to 1945, including They Were Expendable (with John Wayne and Robert Montgomery), but Mitchell quickly rose to leading man status. He co-starred with Wallace Beery in The Mighty McGurk, with Doris Day and James Cagney in Love Me or Leave Me, with Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward and Richard Widmark in Garden of Evil, with Lana Turner and Spencer Tracy in Cass Timberlane, with Clark Gable, Robert Ryan and Jane Russell in The Tall Men, with Marlon Brando, Merle Oberon and Jean Simmons in Désirée, and with Joanne Woodward and Sheree North in No Down Payment.
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