John Mitchum
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John Mitchum as Frank DiGiorgio in The Enforcer
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| Born |
September 6, 1919 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | November 29, 2001 (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Occupation | Actor, musician |
| Years active | 1947-1990 |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Munro (1952-1976) (her death) Bonnie Mitchum (?-2001) (his death) Joy Grahame Hallward (? - ?) (divorced) 1 child |
John Mitchum (September 6, 1919 – November 29, 2001) was an American actor from the 1940s to the 1970s in film and television. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Ann Harriet Mitchum (née Gunderson) and James Thomas Mitchum, who was killed in a railyard accident 7 months before he was born. He is the younger brother of Julie Mitchum and Robert Mitchum. He served in the United States Army, 361st Harbor Craft Company, in Florida and Hawaii.
He initially appeared in only unbilled (e.g., "Flying Leathernecks"; RKO 1951) and extra roles before gradually receiving bigger character parts in middle age. Mitchum supported his more famous brother on several occasions, and was most famous in his own right as the friendly and food-loving Inspector Frank DiGiorgio in the first three Dirty Harry films. Mitchum was one of only four actors to appear in more than one film in this series (the others being Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino and Albert Popwell), and along with Eastwood and Guardino, was one of only three actors to play the same character in each appearance, until his character was killed off in the third film, The Enforcer.
In 1958, Mitchum was cast in two episodes of the CBS crime drama, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, starring David Janssen. He played Joe in the episode "Short Haul" and Jimmy Logan in "Bungalow Murder".
On September 15, 1959, Mitchum appeared in the premiere episode "Stage Stop" of NBC's Laramie western series. The episode explains how series characters Slim Sherman and Jess Harper, played by John Smith and Robert Fuller, respectively, become partners in the Sherman Ranch and Relay Station. Jess arrives in Wyoming from Texas in search of an erstwhile "friend", Pete Morgan, played by John Mitchum, who had robbed Jess. Morgan is part of the gang of Bud Carlin, played by Dan Duryea. The gang captures Judge Thomas J. Wilkens, portrayed by Everett Sloane, to keep him from trying Morgan. Though Jess and Slim are at odds with each other in their first encounters, and friendship seems out of the question, Andy Sherman, played by Robert L. Crawford, Jr., takes an instant liking to Jess and asks Jess to take him away from the ranch, where he lives with his older brother Slim. Slim and Jess must fight together when Carlin shows up at the relay station and proceeds to humiliate the judge.
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