Millard Mitchell
Mitchell in Singin' in the Rain, 1952
Born	(1903-08-14)August 14, 1903 Havana, Cuba
Died	October 13, 1953(1953-10-13) (aged 50) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Resting place	Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1924–1953
Spouse	Peggy Gould ​ ​ ( m. 1942)​
Children	2

Millard Mitchell (August 14, 1903 – October 13, 1953) was a Cuban-born American character actor whose credits include roughly 30 feature films and two television appearances.

Career

He appeared as a bit player in eight films between 1931 and 1936. Mitchell returned to film work in 1942 after a six-year absence. Between 1942 and 1953, he was a successful supporting actor.

For his performance in the film My Six Convicts (1952), Mitchell won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. He is also remembered for his role as Col. Rufus Plummer in Billy Wilder's A Foreign Affair (1948), as Gregory Peck's commanding officer in the war drama Twelve O'Clock High (1949), High-Spade Frankie Wilson in Winchester '73 (1950), as the fictional movie mogul R.F. Simpson in the musical comedy Singin' in the Rain (1952), and as a hapless old prospector in The Naked Spur (1953).

Mitchell appeared frequently on Broadway, often playing a fast-talking Broadway character. He played the starring role in The Great Campaign (1947). ^{[1] [2]}

Personal life

Mitchell was born to American parents in Havana, Cuba. He married actress Peggy Gould in 1942; the couple had two daughters, Mary Ellis and Margaret. Their daughter Maggie Schpak is a noted Hollywood jewelry designer. ^{[3] [4]} Their granddaughter Margaret Mitchell is a noted computer scientist.

Mitchell died at the age of 50 in 1953 from lung cancer at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California, ^{[5] [6] [7]} and was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Filmography

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Millard Mitchell.

• Millard Mitchell at IMDb
• Millard Mitchell at the Internet Broadway Database
• Matinee Classics: Millard Mitchell
• Millard Mitchell at Find a Grave