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JOHN MITCHUM:

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Photograph from my own collection



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Date of birth (location)
6 September ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) 1919 ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA ([Only registered and activated users can see links];20Connecticut,%20USA)
Date of death (details)
29 November ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) 2001 ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Los Angeles, California, USA. (stroke)
Sometimes Credited As:
John Mallory / Jack Mitchum
A Family for Joe (1990) (TV) .... Preacher at Elder's Society
Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989) (TV) .... J.P.
... aka Hoodwinked
... aka The Old Dick Escapes ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1986) (TV) .... Mr. Olson
Where's Willie? (1978)
... aka Computer Kid (USA)
... aka Computer Wizard (USA) Telefon ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1977) .... Harry Bascom The Enforcer ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1976/I) .... Insp. Frank DiGiorgio Pipe Dreams ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1976) .... Franklin The Outlaw Josey Wales ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1976) .... Al "Little House on the Prairie" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Sam Benson (1 episode, 1976)
... aka Little House: A New Beginning (USA: last season title)
- The Long Road Home ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1976) TV Episode .... Sam Benson Breakheart Pass ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1975) .... Red Beard "The Waltons" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Announcer (1 episode, 1975)
- The Wingwalker ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1975) TV Episode .... Announcer "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Janitor (1 episode, 1974)
... aka The Night Stalker
- The Energy Eater ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1974) TV Episode .... Janitor
The Hanged Man ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1974) (TV) .... Eubie Turpin
The Hanged Man ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1974) (TV) .... Eubie Turpin
"Doc Elliot" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Amos / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1974)
- A Time to Live ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1974) TV Episode .... Amos
- And All Ye Need to Know ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1973) TV Episode .... Tucker
Magnum Force ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1973) .... Insp. Frank DiGiorgio
"Chase" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Bartender (1 episode, 1973)
- Sizzling Stones ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1973) TV Episode .... Bartender
High Plains Drifter ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1973) .... Warden
Savage ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1973) (TV) .... Motel Manager
... aka The Savage File (USA)
... aka Watch Dog
Bloody Trail ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1972)
... aka Montego (USA: video title)
Dirty Harry ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1971) .... Insp. Frank DiGiorgio
Chandler ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1971) .... Rudy, Bartender
"Ironside" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Photo Lab Foreman / ... (2 episodes, 1968-1971)
... aka The Raymond Burr Show (USA: syndication title)
- If a Body See a Body ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1971) TV Episode .... Photo Lab Foreman
- Price Tag Death ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1968) TV Episode .... Slim
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1971) (TV) .... Mr. Tubbs
"Bewitched" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Jailer (1 episode, 1971)
- How Not to Lose Your Head to Henry VIII: Part 2 ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1971) TV Episode .... Jailer
"Bonanza" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Bartender / ... (7 episodes, 1961-1971)
... aka Ponderosa (USA: rerun title)
- An Earthquake Called Callahan ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1971) TV Episode .... Meyers
- The Saga of Squaw Charlie ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1964) TV Episode (uncredited) .... Hank
- Thanks for Everything, Friend ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1964) TV Episode .... Grimes
- The Legacy ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1963) TV Episode .... Bartender #1
- A Hot Day for a Hanging ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1962) TV Episode .... Bartender
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One More Train to Rob ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1971) (uncredited) .... Guard
"The Young Rebels" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Mr. Meeley (1 episode, 1970)
- Dangerous Ally ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1970) TV Episode .... Mr. Meeley
"The Virginian" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Bartender / ... (9 episodes, 1963-1970)
... aka The Men from Shiloh (USA: new title)
- The Price of the Hanging ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1970) TV Episode .... Davis
- The Fortress ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1967) TV Episode .... Bartender
- Chaff in the Wind ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1966) TV Episode .... Bartender
- Nobody Said Hello ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1966) TV Episode .... Bucky the Bartender
- Blaze of Glory ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1965) TV Episode .... Bartender
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Bigfoot ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1970) .... Elmer Briggs
"Adam-12" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Tom Horton (1 episode, 1970)
- Log 69: Cigarettes, Cars, and Wild, Wild Women ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1970) TV Episode .... Tom Horton
Chisum ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1970) .... Baker (deputy sheriff)
Paint Your Wagon (1969) .... Jacob Woodling
Bandolero! ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1968) .... Bathhouse customer
"Batman" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Rip Snorting / ... (3 episodes, 1966-1967)
- Surf's Up! Joker's Under! ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1967) TV Episode .... Hot Dog Harrigan
- It's How You Play the Game ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1966) TV Episode .... Rip Snorting
- Come Back, Shame ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1966) TV Episode .... Rip Snorting
"The Iron Horse" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Zekel (1 episode, 1967)
- Grapes of Grass Valley ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1967) TV Episode .... Zekel
The Way West ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1967) .... Little Henry
"F Troop" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Trooper Hoffenmueller / ... (7 episodes, 1965-1967)
- The Day They Shot Agarn ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1967) TV Episode .... Balladeer
- Don't Ever Speak to Me Again ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1966) TV Episode .... Hoffenmueller
- El Diablo ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1966) TV Episode .... Hoffenmueller
- Our Hero--What's His Name ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1966) TV Episode (uncredited) .... Trooper Hoffenmueller
- Iron Horse Go Home ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1965) TV Episode .... Trooper Hoffenmueller
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El Dorado ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1966) (uncredited) .... Elmer (Jason's bartender)
"Pistols 'n' Petticoats" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Claw (1 episode, 1966)
- Here Comes Trouble ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1966) TV Episode .... Claw
"The Road West" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Prisoner (1 episode, 1966)
- Pariah ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1966) TV Episode .... Prisoner
The Plainsman ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1966) (uncredited) .... Townsman
"The Munsters" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Workman (1 episode, 1965)
- Underground Munster ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1965) TV Episode .... Workman
"Branded" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Slate (1 episode, 1965)
- Salute the Soldier Briefly ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1965) TV Episode .... Slate
"Laredo" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... George (1 episode, 1965)
- Yahoo ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1965) TV Episode .... George
"The Legend of Jesse James" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Bartender (1 episode, 1965)
- The Dead Man's Hand ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1965) TV Episode .... Bartender
Brainstorm ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1965) (uncredited) .... Guitar Playing Inmate
My Fair Lady ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1964) (uncredited) .... Ad lib at Church
"The Twilight Zone" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Ace / ... (2 episodes, 1961-1964)
... aka Twilight Zone (USA: new title)
- Mr. Garrity and the Graves ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1964) TV Episode .... Ace
- The Rip Van Winkle Caper ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1961) TV Episode .... Erbie
"Destry" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Swanee (1 episode, 1964)
- Big Deal at Little River ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1964) TV Episode .... Swanee
"Perry Mason" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Operative / ... (2 episodes, 1958-1963)
- The Case of the Devious Delinquent ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1963) TV Episode .... Operator
- The Case of the Demure Defendant ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) TV Episode .... Operative
"Rawhide" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Luke Rose (1 episode, 1963)
- Incident of the Rawhiders ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1963) TV Episode .... Luke Rose
Cattle King ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1963) .... Tex
... aka Guns of Wyoming (UK)
"Gunsmoke" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Joe / ... (5 episodes, 1957-1963)
... aka Gun Law (UK)
... aka Marshal Dillon (USA: rerun title)
- Two of a Kind ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1963) TV Episode .... Wills
- Perce ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1961) TV Episode .... Norm
- The Constable ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1959) TV Episode .... Joe
- Texas Cowboys ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) TV Episode .... Bob
- Sweet and Sour ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1957) TV Episode .... Joe
"Tales of Wells Fargo" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Bartender (1 episode, 1962)
- Who Lives by the Gun ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1962) TV Episode .... Bartender
Hitler ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1962) .... Hermann Goering
... aka Women of Nazi Germany
"Have Gun - Will Travel" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Crabbe / ... (3 episodes, 1957-1962)
- The Hunt ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1962) TV Episode
- Birds of a Feather ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) TV Episode .... Crabbe
- A Matter of Ethics ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1957) TV Episode .... McHeath
The Sergeant Was a Lady ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1961) .... MP #1
"The Untouchables" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Freddie (1 episode, 1961)
- The Antidote ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1961) TV Episode .... Freddie
"Thriller" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Policeman (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Boris Karloff's Thriller
- The Cheaters ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1960) TV Episode .... Policeman
"The Deputy" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Stubbs (1 episode, 1960)
- Trail of Darkness ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1960) TV Episode .... Stubbs
"Bronco" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Al Sawyer (1 episode, 1960)
- Winter Kill ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1960) TV Episode .... Al Sawyer
"Riverboat" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Pickalong (31 episodes, 1959-1960)
- The Sellout ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1960) TV Episode .... Pickalong
- The Quick Noose ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1960) TV Episode .... Pickalong
- The Long Trail ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1960) TV Episode .... Pickalong
- The Night of the Faceless Men ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1960) TV Episode .... Pickalong
- Hang the Men High ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1960) TV Episode .... Pickalong
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"The Rebel" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Sam (1 episode, 1960)
- Glory ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1960) TV Episode .... Sam
"The Clear Horizon" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1960) TV Series .... First Officer Mikel

The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959) (uncredited) .... Rowdy Drunken Cowboy
... aka The Bat Masterson Story (USA)
"The David Niven Show" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Sailor (1 episode, 1959)
- Life Line ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1959) TV Episode .... Sailor
Al Capone ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1959) (uncredited) .... Photographer
"Sky King" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Rawson (1 episode, 1959)
- Mickey's Birthday ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1959) TV Episode .... Rawson
Johnny Rocco ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) (uncredited) .... Police Detective at Stakeout
"Maverick" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... 2nd Miner (1 episode, 1958)
- The Spanish Dancer ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) TV Episode .... 2nd Miner
"State Trooper" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Deputy Joe Dugan (1 episode, 1958)
- The Winnemucca Weskit ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) TV Episode .... Deputy Joe Dugan
"Richard Diamond, Private Detective" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Jimmy Logan / ... (2 episodes, 1958)
... aka Call Mr. D.e
- Bungalow Murder ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) TV Episode .... Jimmy Logan
- Short Haul ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) TV Episode .... Joe
"Dragnet" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (2 episodes, 1956-1958)
... aka Badge 714 (USA: syndication title)
- The Big Eyes ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) TV Episode
- The Big Tour ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1956) TV Episode
"The Restless Gun" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Len / ... (2 episodes, 1958)
- Hiram Grover's Strike ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) TV Episode .... Len
- The Coward ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) TV Episode .... Red
Hell's Five Hours ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) (uncredited) .... Roadblock Officer
Cole Younger, Gunfighter ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) .... Rand City Bartender
"Wagon Train" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Norden (1 episode, 1958)
... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
- The Bill Tawnee Story ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) TV Episode .... Norden
"Suspicion" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1 episode, 1958)
- The Last Town Car ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) TV Episode
The Bonnie Parker Story ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) (uncredited) .... John, Saloon Owner/Bartender
Cool and Lam ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1958) (TV) .... Bartender
"Casey Jones" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Foreman (1 episode, 1957)
- Night Run ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1957) TV Episode .... Foreman
Up in Smoke ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1957) .... Desk Sergeant
"Trackdown" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... The Bar Patron (1 episode, 1957)
- Sweetwater, Texas ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1957) TV Episode .... The Bar Patron
Ride Out for Revenge ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1957) (uncredited) .... Sergeant
"The Thin Man" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Eddie Marks (1 episode, 1957)
- The Dollar Doodle ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1957) TV Episode .... Eddie Marks
Black Patch ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1957) (uncredited) .... Saloon Dealer
Death in Small Doses ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1957) (uncredited) .... Truck Consignment Man
"The Silent Service" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Quartermaster (1 episode, 1957)
- The Spearfish Delivers ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1957) TV Episode .... Quartermaster
"The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Jake Stevens (1 episode, 1957)
... aka Wyatt Earp
- The Nice Ones Always Die First ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1957) TV Episode .... Jake Stevens
"The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Sergeant (1 episode, 1957)
- Boone's Commission ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1957) TV Episode .... Sergeant
"Panic!" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1 episode, 1957)
... aka No Warning (USA: second season title)
- The Prisoner ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1957) TV Episode
5 Steps to Danger ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1957) .... Bud, Deputy Sheriff
Man in the Vault ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1956) (uncredited) .... Andy
The Man Is Armed ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1956)
"The Adventures of Jim Bowie" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Jim McDonald (1 episode, 1956)
- Deputy Sheriff ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1956) TV Episode .... Jim McDonald
"Screen Directors Playhouse" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Sandhogger #4 (1 episode, 1956)
- High Air ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1956) TV Episode .... Sandhogger #4
Nightmare ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1956) (uncredited) .... Onlooker at Stan's Suicide Attempt
"Science Fiction Theatre" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Detective Sergeant / ... (4 episodes, 1955-1956)
- Bullet Proof ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1956) TV Episode .... Detective Sergeant
- The Water Maker ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1955) TV Episode
- The Lost Heartbeat ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1955) TV Episode
- Stranger in the Desert ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1955) TV Episode .... Sheriff Grayson
"Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Lefty Lamont (1 episode, 1956)
- Gold Fever ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1956) TV Episode .... Lefty Lamont
Perils of the Wilderness ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1956) .... Brent
"Judge Roy Bean" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Clint Hammer / ... (2 episodes, 1956)
- Luck O' the Irish ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1956) TV Episode .... Mac Larsen
- Spirit of the Law ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1956) TV Episode .... Clint Hammer
The Rawhide Years ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1955) (uncredited) .... Card Player
Lucy Gallant ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1955) (uncredited) .... One of Casey's Air Force Buddies
... aka Oil Town (USA: reissue title)
"Fireside Theatre" ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) .... Joe (2 episodes, 1950-1955)
- Cheese Champion ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1955) TV Episode .... Joe
- The Bunker ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1950) TV Episode (as Jack Mitchum)
Stalag 17 ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1953) (uncredited) .... POW
The Lusty Men ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1952) (uncredited) .... Jack Nemo
One Minute to Zero ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1952) (uncredited) .... Artillery spotter
The Pace That Thrills ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1952) (as John Mallory) .... Blackie Meyers
Submarine Command ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1951) (uncredited) .... Bert
... aka The Submarine Story (USA)
Flying Leathernecks ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1951) (uncredited) .... Lt. Black
Right Cross ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1950) (uncredited) .... Sixth Reporter
Born to Be Bad ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1950) (uncredited) .... Guest
In a Lonely Place ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1950) (uncredited) .... Person
When Willie Comes Marching Home ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1950) (uncredited) .... Schreves
The Devil's Sleep (1949) .... Doctor
Knock on Any Door ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1949) (uncredited) .... Jury member
The Prairie ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1947) (as Jack Mitchum) .... Asa Bush

Filmography as: Actor ([Only registered and activated users can see links] actor), Miscellaneous Crew ([Only registered and activated users can see links] miscellaneousX20crew), Self ([Only registered and activated users can see links] self)
Miscellaneous Crew - filmography
"F Troop" (singer) (1 episode, 1967)
- The Day They Shot Agarn ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1967) TV Episode (singer)
Self
Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys (1992)

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Birth name
John Newman Mitchum
Nickname
Big John
Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)
Spouse
Nancy Munro
(1952 ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) - 1976) (her death)
Bonnie Mitchum
(? - 29 November ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) 2001) (his death)
Joy Grahame
(? - 1952) (divorced)
Joy Hallward ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
(? - ?) (divorced) 1 child


Trivia
Brother of Robert Mitchum ([Only registered and activated users can see links])
Uncle of Christopher Mitchum ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) and James Mitchum ([Only registered and activated users can see links]).
Wrote the poetry for John Wayne ([Only registered and activated users can see links])'s album America - Why I Love Her.
Sings folk songs on the album Our Land - Our Heritage, with introductions by Dan Blocker ([Only registered and activated users can see links]).
Well known as Frank DiGiorgio (Dirty Harry's partner) in the first three Dirty Harry films (Dirty Harry ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1971), Magnum Force ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1973) and The Enforcer ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1976/I)).
Also a singer, songwriter, and poet.
Was a member of the Roger Wagner Chorale.
Children: daughters Victoria and Cindy.
Campaign in motion to have his beloved "America, Why I Love Her" nominated as the National Poem for the USA
From All Movie Guide: The younger brother of film star Robert Mitchum ([Only registered and activated users can see links]), American actor John Mitchum ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) shared his family's Depression-era travails before striking out on his own. As brother Robert's star ascended in the mid '40s, John remained his elder sibling's boon companion, severest critic and drinking buddy. In later years, John was a convivial anecdotal source for books and articles about Bob, each reminiscense becoming more colorful as it was repeated for the next interview. After holding down a variety of jobs, John decided to give acting a try as a result of hearing Bob's tales of Hollywood revelry; too heavyset to be a leading man, John became a reliable character actor, usually in military or western roles. He frequently had small parts in his brother's starring films, notably One Minute to Zero ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1951) and The Way West ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1967). Most of John's movie work was done outside Robert's orbit, however, in such films as Cattle King ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1963) and Paint Your Wagon ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) (1970). Perhaps John Mitchum's best screen role was as Goering in the 1962 biopic Hitler ([Only registered and activated users can see links]); he may have been utterly opposed ideologically to the late German field marshal, but John certainly filled the costume. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

John Mitchum was born to Norwegian immigrant Ann Gunderson Mitchum in 1919; his father, James, was killed in a rail yard accident while Ann was still with child. He was preceded in birth by his sister Annette, and his brother Robert. They grew up in Connecticut for the most part, at times living with extended family in Delaware when the money was short.
His mother was a lovely and intelligent woman, who instilled in all her children a love for life and the written word, herself being an accomplished painter and writer. Musical ability ran in the family and sister Annette was not overlooked. Their mother never being one to hold her children back, Annette’s career had her travelling the country, eventually taking her to Long Beach, California.
When John was fourteen the family was once again hit by hard times, as was the case with most Americans during the depression. It became necessary for John and Robert to travel to California to join with Annette, leaving only with a pair of clean socks and a new handkerchief purchased by his mother, probably representing all the money she had. If only she could have given them a sense of direction.
Travelling to the Golden State was frought with danger and adventure, especially travelling by rail and hitchhiking. Eventually the two brothers made it to California, but not without seeing much of the countryside in the process. It was this experience that etched in John’s soul a deep love for the beauty of this country as well as a fierce sense of pride in her people. John wrote in his autobiography, Them Ornery Mitchum Boys, “I unabashedly love my country. I have travelled it in such a manner as to rub elbows with every strata of society, finding the great majority of my countrymen to be a warm and generous people.”
During their travels, the brothers had become separated; in Lake Charles, Louisiana, John arose from taking a drink to find a .38 revolver and a .45 automatic inches from his temples. A railroad detective and the town constable had come upon our intrepid travellers. The train began to move, and Robert started shouting, “C’mon, they won’t shoot!” The lawmen said, “Don’t move!” John whispered, “See ya.” From this point until he arrived, via Arkansas and Arizona, in Long Beach, John was on his own.
When he did finally arrive at sister Annettes apartment (she was now known as Julie) he came upon brother Robert in the bathtub. He splashed the suds away from his eyes and stared for a long moment. In true Robert Mitchum style, he looked up blandly and said, “What kept you?”
The California beaches proved to be a most agreeable place for young John and Robert. Throughout their school years they were constantly pitted against the school bully, and their fighting skills had been honed to proper boxing style at which they were both quite adept. Needless to say, their physiques turn many a pretty head on the beach. But John was a responsible young man, and enrolled himself into Polytechnic High School to obtain his diploma, which he received in 1936.
John had an urge to return to Delaware to visit his family, taking the only means of transportation he knew best; the rails. But he found that his love for California’s oceans and mountains (and girls) dwarfed his love for the Blue Hen State, and at the end of his summer with grandmother Petrine, he returned to his new home. He knew the way, this time.
John, on the other hand, was still unsettled as to what direction to take. He had aspirations to become an opera star, a writer, a sea captain and the heavyweight champion of the world. To that end, he studied voice, boxed and went to sea. He wrote for the school paper and penned short stories.
On one of John’s first ventures on the waters aboard the 106-foot Gloucester schooner, The Mariner, he proved his sea worthiness by surviving ([Only registered and activated users can see links]) a full blown hurrican off the coast of Cabo San Lucas. The same fateful trip found him confronted with a recalcitrant sperm whale, presumably looking for the whaling ship that killed it’s mate.
With enough adventure under his belt for now, John also pursued his love for singing, eventually joining the world-renowned Roger Wagner Chorale. Still the avid fighter, he boxed his way to championship in the Army.
Although his list of life activities was broad, he did not consider acting to be a part of his future. Not until he was approached by an agent while walking down Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. The man said, “Are you an actor?” John replied no, he wasn’t. The man then asked, “So do you want to be one?” “Why not?” was John’s reply. “Where do I go?”
The agent took him to a studio on Cahuenga Boulevard, explaining on the way that the director-producer of the film had just described the kind of man he wanted for the role. The director, Frank Wisbar—who had escaped the holocaust in Germany to start over again in America—stared at him from all angles. “Yes,” he slowly nodded in agreement with himself. John was hired to make his first picture, “The Prairie.”
John went on to act in over 60 films and 800 television shows, countless live appearances, very many of them for charitable organizations often instigated by John himself.
All of this on just a high-school diploma, but with a deep thirst for learning and living. Ghandi once said, “Learn as if you would live forever, live as if you would die tomorrow.” John Mitchum’s life exemplified this wisdom.


John Mitchum appeared with John Wayne on three occasions in:-
The Flying Leathernecks
Chisum
El Dorado

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Known as an actor John Mitchum was also a fine musician and poet best known for his work America Why I Love Her

While making Chisum John Mitchum wrote a song for Forest Tucker. Tucker was so impressed that in a later conversation Mitchum recited Why Are You Marching Son, a poem he had written after his son had seen anti Vietnam protesters burning the American Flag.
Tucker took Mitchum to see John Wayne who was playing chess. As Mitchum recited the words Duke had tears in his eyes and agreed to recod America Why I Love Her. By the time he was actually in the recording session he was already showing signs of the cancer that would end his life and to make it easier he would rinse his mouth out with whiskey occasionally swallowing it and apologising.
At the end of the recording he was worried that his performance wouldn,t match Mitchum's words but needn't have worried.
Two of my favourite pieces from that record are
Why Are You Marching Son which although is geared to the United States Forces could with the exception of Vietnam also be used by a Britisher.
and
Taps

Why Are You Marching, Son? I'd really like to know!
Is it because of Valley Forge, or perhaps the Alamo?
Or, "One if by land--two if by sea,"
A trumpet's call...the will to be free?
And what of a man who stood straight and tall,
Who wept silent tears when he saw brave men fall?
No matter--no difference--the blue or the gray,
All were his brothers...how often he'd pray.
And what of Antietam--that now peaceful stream
Where the water, blood-red, glittered and gleamed?
Appomattox...Chickamauga..Vicksburg...Bull Run...
Cumberland...Gettysburg...and then Washington.
Why Are You Marching, Son?
In Flanders Fields, how proud were they
Whose forms beneath the poppies lay.
Men who saw Verdun...
And died at the Marne...Soissons...
And those who tried the fearful foe at Chateau-Thierry,
Who fought and bled...whose hearts grew weary,
But in whose minds one thought kept churning--
That the torch of liberty keep burning.
Why Are You Marching, Son?
The planes swarmed in, and the rising sun
Glowed fiercely on the evil done
To men whose blood runs through our veins,
Men who died, and whose remains
Life forever locked in waters deep.
Now, is it right that they should sleep
While the warm sea laps at a twisted hull
And see the torch of liberty grow dull?
Anzio...Cassino...and the Po!
St. Mere Eglise...Le Mans...St. Lo!
Gardelegen...Buchenwald...
On and on the roll is called!
And why?...Why Are You Marching, Son?
Bugles shrilled in the frozen night,
And at first dawn, the awful sight
Of seas of men...row after row,
Left to die on blood-stained snow!
Pusan...Pyongyang...Suwan...Kyongju!
And blood-red ran the swift Yalu!
In South Vietnam the big guns roared,
And once again we fought a war
To honor a pledge our nation gave
To help that little country save
Her people from the certainty
That she'd be ruled by tyranny.
No matter where the big guns roar,
Our fighting men, like those before,
Take the torch we all hold dear
And face freedom's enemies without fear.
Our fathers died from sea to sea,
And blessed the torch of liberty.
Why?...Why Are You Marching, Son?



It was July in Virginia.
The scent of the dogwood and the laurel lay heavy on the land,
While the burgeoning fruit of the peach and the apple
Marked the full sway of summer.
For seven fateful days, the trees, the flowers...
Yes, the very ground itself...
Had shuddered under the roar of cannon...
The bark of howitzers...and the crackling of a legion of rifles.
Now, all was silent.
The sledgehammer blows of Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson
Had mauled the Army of the Potomac...
And yet that army was not destroyed.
Seven thousand men had fallen in that dreadful week...and the savagery of the conflict
Was grimly evident in the river of wounded...that wound through the gree hills.
Now, a new sound drifted in the soft evening sky.
For Colonel Dan Butterfield, a courageous and able soldier,
Was also a man of music.
To honor his fallen comrades, he had composed a simple and heartrending melody.
On July second, in the year 1862,
Its strains floated over the graves that scarred the dark Virginia earth.
It has been more than a hundred years since that sound was born...
but these notes have never died away.
Every night of the year, throughout the world, fighting men of America,
From the North and the south, the East and the West,
Close their eyes in sleep to its call.
And in each of their hearts...there glows a fierce surge of pride.
"Fading light...falling night...
Trumpet calls as the sun sinks in flight.
Sleep in peace, comrades dear...
God is near."

Regards

Arthur

Originally Posted By arthurarnell,

Hi

With apologies to Kieth for Hi-jacking his topic.
I hope he will forgive me for adding one of my own

Regards ArthurNo problems Arthur and thanks,
I thought this is strange, don't remember doing this one,
and the layout didn't look like mine!!

Cowboys are blue, the gals are red!! ha ha

Oh and by the way I liked him
and always looked out for him, in his movies with Duke.

Great words, wonderfully recited by Duke.
Great CD for anyone's collection

Hi Kieth

I take your point about the colours:yeaahh: thanks

wrt America Why I Love Her I agree with you. I bought the 33 from Dave Cutts but was frightened to play it to often then I bought the CD a little later.

I agree Arhur, 33's a bit fragile to lose!!

Also please click on these two links

for the other fairly well known members of
the Mitchum clan.

Robert Mitchum ([Only registered and activated users can see links])


Christopher Mitchum ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

Hi Kieth

I must admit the thought crossed my mind if between us we completed the Mitchum family ie Jim and Julie Mitchum. What do you think?


Regards

Arthur

Hi Arthur,
Could do, although they each only had a smallish
part in different Duke's films!
photos look a bit sparce though!!

Take you pick!

Hi Kieth

I agree with you about the photos, I'll take Julie

Regards

Arthur

OK, Arthur, I'll get on to that now,
now she's a gal so a red heading for yours!! ha ha

Arthur,

Great entry into a great forum!

Did you write the portion relating the brief history of the man's life? I know you are quite the writer, and that narrative certainly held our attention to the end.

I see his last movie was the made-for-TV A Family for Joe. His brother, Robert, had the lead role in that film. It's an interesting little story, totally suitable for the family.

Thanks for this latest addition. Between you and Keith, this place will be THE place to be!

Mrs. C :angel1:

Hi Jim and Sue

No I 'm afraid I can't claim this work as all mine it was taken from various articles.

Regards

Arthur

p.s Getting on to it now Kieth and yes red for the girls.

Hi

In his book Them Ornery Mitchum Boys John Mitchum tells the story that occured during the making of El Dorado . Playing the bartender Elmer Mitchum is confronted by Wayne and Mitchum (Robert). The script calls for Mitchum to reache for his gun and he ends up with his hands covered in splinters as his brother fires at him.

Mitchum was told by Howard Hawks that a squib would be set to go off after three seconds but ordered the timing to be set for one. Mitchum said that the look on his face was not acting.


Regards

Arthur

I always thought John Mitchum was an unestimated actor. He turns up everywhere in small roles as well as being in the Dirty Harry series until killed in The Enforcer

Mike

I always liked John Mitchum as well especially in his later roles in movies like the dirty Harry movies and Jake Spanner (which also had Ernest Borgnine) - Family For Joe..

By the way, Jim/Sue are absollutely correct about A Family For Joe. It is one of the best made-for-TV-family-movies I ever watched. IMO it is also probably best watched during the holidays-or rather anytime for that matter but, for me; on Thanksgiving or Christmas. I saw this movie the first time iit was aired and liked it immediately. Also, there was a short-lived TV series of the same name and same actors. I hope someday it too will be released on DvD w/ the added special features of the entire run of the series.

By the way, Jim/Sue are absollutely correct about A Family For Joe. It is one of the best made-for-TV-family-movies I ever watched. .

Ringo, glad you liked it, we sure did.

Mrs C. :angel1:

Hi Jim/Sue, I sure did like that movie. I wish that the TV series would have become a hit. I'd also like to see a revival of sorts, for the TV series.

A talented Poet with a gift for putting feelings to words