Person Details

Birthday: 1941-05-08 16:59:28

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, US

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Movie Involvements: 27

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Two-Lane Blacktop
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7

Two-Lane Blacktop

(1971) Man #2 at Race Track
In Harm's Way
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7

In Harm's Way

(1965) Ensign Griggs
Thunder Road
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6

Thunder Road

(1958) Robin Doolin
Colorado Territory
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7

Colorado Territory

(1949) (uncredited)
The Last Movie
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5

The Last Movie

(1971) Art
The Victors
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7

The Victors

(1963) Grogan
Fatal Mission
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9

Fatal Mission

(1990) Maj. Bauer
Blackout
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5

Blackout

(1978) Dan Evans

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2018 Himself (archive footage)
1994 Mule (uncredited)
1990 James Mitchum
Maj. Bauer
1989 Lieutenant Kevin Spanner
N/A
Rainier
1988 Sugar
Wilson Jeffords
1987 Feliciano
Frank Barnes (as Jim Mitchum)
1982 Butch Donovan
1980 Travis
1978 Dan Evans
1977 Tracker
1976 Jim Calhoun
1975 Grady Hagg
1971 Art
Man #2 at Race Track
1970 Nazar
1966 Pvt. James Grenier
1965 Hoby Cordeen
Detective Wolski
Ensign Griggs
1964 Eskimo
Wes Evans
1963 Grogan
1962 Morgan Coe
1959 Charley Boy
Art Jester
1958 Robin Doolin
1949 (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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