Cameron Mitchell

Highest Rated: 100% The Tall Men (1955)

Lowest Rated: 0% The Toolbox Murders (1978)

Birthday: Nov 4, 1918

Birthplace: Not Available

The son of a Pennsylvania minister, actor Cameron Mitchell first appeared on Broadway in 1934, in the Lunts' modern-dress version of Taming of the Shrew. He served as a bombardier during World War II, and for a brief period entertained thoughts of becoming a professional baseball player (he allegedly held an unsigned contract with the Detroit Tigers until the day he died). Mitchell was signed to an MGM contract in 1945, but stardom would elude him until he appeared as Happy in the original 1949 Broadway production of Death of the Salesman. He re-created this role for the 1951 film version, just before signing a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox. Throughout the 1950s, Mitchell alternated between likeable characters (the unpretentious business executive in How to Marry a Millionaire [1952]) and hissable ones (Jigger Craigin in Carousel [1956]); his best performance, in the opinion of fans and critics alike, was as drug-addicted boxer Barney Ross in the 1957 biopic Monkey on My Back. Beginning in the 1960s, Mitchell adroitly sidestepped the IRS by appearing in dozens of Spanish and Italian films, only a few of which were released in the U.S. He also starred in three TV series: The Beachcomber (1961), The High Chapparal (1969-1971), and Swiss Family Robinson (1976). Mitchell spent the better part of the 1970s and 1980s squandering his talents in such howlers as The Toolbox Murders, though there were occasional bright moments, notably his performance as a neurotic mob boss in 1982's My Favorite Year. A note for trivia buffs: Cameron Mitchell also appeared in the first CinemaScope film, The Robe (1953). Mitchell was the voice of Jesus in the Crucifixion scene.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

		CREDIT
No Score Yet	Giulio Cesare il conquistatore delle Gallie (Caesar the Conqueror)	Actor	—	2013
No Score Yet	Silent Scream	Actor	—	2009
No Score Yet	Raw Force (Kung Fu Cannibals)	Actor	—	2003
76%	Moulin Rouge!	Montmartre Dance Team Member	$55.1M	2001
No Score Yet	Jack-O Lantern	Dr. Cadaver	—	1995
No Score Yet	Working with Orson Welles	Actor	—	1993
No Score Yet	Trapped Alive	Actor	—	1993
No Score Yet	Terror in Beverly Hills	Captain Stills	—	1991
20%	Crossing the Line	Sheriff Williams	—	1990
No Score Yet	Code Name Vengeance	Dutch	—	1989
No Score Yet	Easy Kill	Actor	—	1989
No Score Yet	No Justice	Mayor Johnson	—	1989
No Score Yet	Action USA	Frankie Navarro	—	1989
No Score Yet	Swift Justice	Actor	—	1988
No Score Yet	Killers	Actor	—	1988
No Score Yet	Rage to Kill	Miller	—	1988
No Score Yet	Space Mutiny	Alex	—	1988
No Score Yet	Memorial Valley Massacre	Actor	—	1988
No Score Yet	Hollywood Cop	Capt. Bonano	—	1987
No Score Yet	Mission Kill	Harry	—	1987
No Score Yet	Deadly Prey	Jaimy's Father	—	1987
No Score Yet	From a Whisper to a Scream	Sgt. Gallen	—	1987
No Score Yet	Terror Night	Det. Sanders	—	1987
No Score Yet	Bloody Movie	Actor	—	1987
No Score Yet	The Tomb	Dr. Howard Phillips	—	1986
No Score Yet	Low Blow	Yarakunda	—	1986
No Score Yet	Bladestorm	Actor	—	1986
No Score Yet	Mission to Kill	Harry	—	1986
No Score Yet	Nightforce	Senator Hanson	—	1986
No Score Yet	Messenger	Police Capt. Carter	—	1986
No Score Yet	Prince Jack	Gen. Walker	—	1985
No Score Yet	Night Train to Terror	The Lieutenant	—	1985
No Score Yet	Terror on Tape	Actor	—	1985
No Score Yet	Killpoint	Joe Marks	—	1984
No Score Yet	Go for Gold	Actor	—	1984
No Score Yet	Kenny Rogers as The Gambler---The Adventure Continues	Actor	—	1983
No Score Yet	Blood Link	Bud Waldo	—	1982
96%	My Favorite Year	Karl Rojeck	—	1982
No Score Yet	Texas Lightning	Actor	—	1982
No Score Yet	Kill Squad	Dutch	—	1982
No Score Yet	The Last Reunion	Actor	—	1982
No Score Yet	Raw Force	Capt. Harry Dodds	—	1982
No Score Yet	It's Called Murder, Baby	Actor	—	1982
No Score Yet	Frankenstein Island	Clay Jason	—	1981
No Score Yet	The Demon (Midnight Caller)	Col. Bill Carson	—	1981
No Score Yet	Cataclysm (The Nightmare Never Ends) (Satan's Supper)	Lt. Sterne	—	1981
No Score Yet	The Silent Scream	Lt. Sandy McGiver	—	1980
No Score Yet	Without Warning (It Came Without Warning) (Alien Encounters)	Actor	—	1980
No Score Yet	The Enforcer from Death Row	Sam Hacker	—	1980
No Score Yet	L'Isola degli Uomini Pesce	Decker	—	1979
No Score Yet	Hanging by a Thread	Lawton	—	1979
No Score Yet	Supersonic Man	Actor	—	1979
No Score Yet	Joshua of Jericho	Actor	—	1979
No Score Yet	Wild Times	Actor	—	1979
11%	The Swarm	Gen. Thompson	—	1978
No Score Yet	The Bastard	Actor	—	1978
0%	The Toolbox Murders	Vance Kingsley	—	1978
No Score Yet	Slavers	Actor	—	1978
No Score Yet	Supersonic Man	Actor	—	1978
No Score Yet	Enforcer	Actor	—	1978
No Score Yet	Rebel Rousers	Actor	—	1977
17%	Viva Knievel!	Barton	—	1977
No Score Yet	Haunts (The Veil)	Carl	—	1977
No Score Yet	Texas Detour	John Hunter	—	1977
No Score Yet	The Scalp Merchant	Actor	—	1977
No Score Yet	Return to Fantasy Island	Raoul	—	1977
No Score Yet	Slavers	Actor	—	1977
No Score Yet	Flood!	Sam Adams	—	1976
No Score Yet	The Quest (The Longest Drive)	Actor	—	1976
No Score Yet	The Hanged Man	Lew Halleck	—	1974
33%	The Klansman	Butt Cutt Cates	—	1974
No Score Yet	Medusa	Actor	—	1974
No Score Yet	The Big Game	Bruno Carstens	—	1973
No Score Yet	The Stranger	Actor	—	1973
No Score Yet	Slaughter	A.W. Price	—	1972
No Score Yet	Buck and the Preacher	Deshay	—	1972
No Score Yet	Hollywood Television Theatre	Actor	—	1970
No Score Yet	Nightmare in Wax (Crimes in the Wax Museum)	Vincent Renard	—	1969
No Score Yet	Rebel Rousers	Paul Collier	—	1969
No Score Yet	Island of the Doomed (Maneater of Hydra) (La Isla de la muerte)	Baron Von Weser	—	1967
91%	Ride in the Whirlwind	Vern	—	1967
93%	Hombre	Braden	—	1967
No Score Yet	Autopsy of a Ghost	Actor	—	1967
No Score Yet	Knives of the Avenger	Rurik/Helmut	—	1966
No Score Yet	Minnesota Clay	Minnesota Clay	—	1965
No Score Yet	Dog Eat Dog (When Strangers Meet)	Lylle Corbett	—	1964
No Score Yet	Last Gun	Actor	—	1964
No Score Yet	Sabor de la Venganza	Actor	—	1964
86%	Blood and Black Lace (Sei donne per l'assassino)	Max Marian	—	1964
No Score Yet	Caesar The Conquerer	Julius Caesar	—	1963
No Score Yet	Conquest of the Normans	Actor	—	1962
No Score Yet	Gli Invasori (The Invaders) (Erik the Conqueror) (Fury of the Vikings)	Eron	—	1961
No Score Yet	Last of the Vikings (Ultimo dei Vikinghi, L')	Harald	—	1961
No Score Yet	Caesar the Conqueror	Actor	—	1961
No Score Yet	Pier 5, Havana	Steve Daggett	—	1959
No Score Yet	Unstoppable Man	James Kennedy	—	1959
No Score Yet	Inside the Mafia	Tony Ledo	—	1959
No Score Yet	Escapade in Japan	Dick Saunders	—	1957
No Score Yet	No Down Payment	Troy Boone	—	1957
No Score Yet	Monkey on My Back	Barney Ross	—	1957
No Score Yet	Tension at Table Rock	Sheriff Miller	—	1956
83%	Carousel	Jigger	—	1956
No Score Yet	All Mine to Give	Robert Eunson	—	1956
100%	The Tall Men	Clint Allison	—	1955
83%	House of Bamboo	Griff	—	1955
67%	Love Me Or Leave Me	Johnny Alderman	—	1955
No Score Yet	Strange Lady in Town	David Garth	—	1955
No Score Yet	Desiree	Joseph Bonaparte	—	1954
80%	Garden of Evil	Luke Daly	—	1954
No Score Yet	Hell and High Water	'Ski' Brodski	—	1954
No Score Yet	Gorilla at Large	Joey Matthews	—	1954
33%	The Robe	Christ	—	1953
No Score Yet	Man on a Tightrope	Joe Vosdek	—	1953
83%	How to Marry a Millionaire	Tom Brookman	—	1953
No Score Yet	Pony Soldier	Konah	—	1952
No Score Yet	Adventures of Gallant Bess	Ted Daniels	—	1952
No Score Yet	Les Miserables	Marius	—	1952
No Score Yet	Outcasts Of Poker Flats	Ryker	—	1952
No Score Yet	Okinawa	'Grip' McCleary	—	1952
No Score Yet	Japanese War Bride	Art Sterling	—	1952
No Score Yet	The Sellout	Randy Stauton	—	1952
No Score Yet	Death of a Salesman	Happy Loman	—	1951
No Score Yet	Man in the Saddle	George Virk	—	1951
No Score Yet	Flight to Mars	Steve Abbott	—	1951
No Score Yet	Command Decision	Lt. Ansel Goldberg	—	1948
No Score Yet	Homecoming	Monkevickz	—	1948
No Score Yet	Leather Gloves	Dave Collins	—	1948
No Score Yet	Cass Timberlane	Eino Roskinen	—	1947
No Score Yet	High Barbaree	Lt. Moore	—	1947
No Score Yet	A Letter for Evie	Wounded Soldier	—	1946
No Score Yet	The Mighty McGurk	Johnny Burden	—	1946
90%	They Were Expendable	Ens. George Cross	—	1945

TV

		CREDIT
No Score Yet	Murder, She Wrote 1984-1996	Aaron Kramer	1985
No Score Yet	Knight Rider 1982-1986	Agent	1984 1983
No Score Yet	Magnum, P.I. 1980-1988	Charles Cathcart	1981
No Score Yet	The Incredible Hulk 1978-1982		1981
No Score Yet	Charlie's Angels 1976-1981	Frank Desmond Tom Grainger	1980 1979
No Score Yet	Quincy, M.E. 1976-1983	Dan Granger	1977
No Score Yet	Gunsmoke 1955-1975	Chauncey Demon	1974
No Score Yet	Ironside 1967-1975	Graham Ken Kincaid	1974 1973 1972
No Score Yet	Mission: Impossible 1966-1973	Matthew Drake	1973
No Score Yet	Night Gallery 1970-1973	Tuttle	1972
No Score Yet	Bonanza 1959-1973	Frederick Kyle	1960

QUOTES FROM Cameron Mitchell CHARACTERS

Jaimy's Dad

Who am I? A little man who's spent 27 years of his life as a cop trying to put big shots like you away. 27 years in the filth and dirt of the streets and there ain't no music down there. You watch the people on the streets, killing, raping each other, pumping dope through their veins, while big men like you sit in the fancy penthouses. And yet the poor slobs rot in hell. I know about you. As long as it puts money in your pocket. Today the nobodies who made you rich are gonna win. Die you son of a bitch.

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