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James Mitchum

James Mitchum

Birthday: 1941-05-08 | Place of Birth: Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, US

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1990
Fatal Mission

as    Maj. Bauer

1988
Mercenary Fighters

as    Wilson Jeffords

1987
Hollywood Cop

as    Feliciano

1980
Monstroid

as    Travis

1978
Blackout

as    Dan Evans

1977
The Ransom

as    Tracker

1976
Trackdown

as    Jim Calhoun

1975
Moonrunners

as    Grady Hagg

1970
The Invincible Six

as    Nazar

1966
Ambush Bay

as    Pvt. James Grenier

1965
The Money Trap

as    Detective Wolski

1965
The Tramplers

as    Hoby Cordeen

1962
Young Guns of Texas

as    Morgan Coe

1959
The Beat Generation

as    Art Jester

1958
Thunder Road

as    Robin Doolin