Cameron Mitchell
Highest Rated: 100% Death of a Salesman (1951)
Lowest Rated: 9% The Swarm (1978)
Birthday: Nov 4, 1918
Birthplace: Dallastown, Pennsylvania, USA
Burly, tough-guy leading man and character actor famous as the hard-drinking, hardworking Buck Cannon on the TV series "High Chaparral." Mitchum began appearing in films in 1945 and, after playing many character roles and occasional leads in B action films and Westerns, began to make some headway after playing Happy, one of Willy Loman's (Fredric March) sons in a film adaptation of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" (1951). A breakthrough into big-budget, big-star films came when he was one of the three male consorts paired up with Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall in "How to Marry a Millionaire" (1953). (He got Grable.) Prominent leads--as in "Love Me or Leave Me" (1955), opposite Doris Day and James Cagney--continued for a number of years, though Mitchell also frequently played second lead, romantic rival, supportive chum or sometime supporting villain in many films as well.
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Filmography
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No Score Yet | 12% | Jack-O Lantern | Dr. Cadaver (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Midnight Temptations | Unknown (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Demon Cop | Unknown (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 91% | Action U.S.A. | Frankie Navarro (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Code Name Vengeance | Dutch (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crossing the Line | Sheriff Williams (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Easy Kill | Eddie (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Justice | Mayor Johnson (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapped Alive | John Adams (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mutant War | Reinhart Rex (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Terror in Beverly Hills | Capt. Stills (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 14% | Memorial Valley Massacre | Allen Sangster (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 12% | Space Mutiny | Cmdr. Alex Jansen (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 25% | Hollywood Cop | Capt. Bonano (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Swift Justice | Unknown (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rage to Kill | Sgt. Miller (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Deadly Prey | Jaimy's Father (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 34% | From a Whisper to a Scream | Sgt. Gallen (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 54% | Nightforce | Sen. Adam Hansen (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Messenger | Police Capt. Carter (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 21% | Low Blow | Yarakunda (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 15% | The Tomb | Dr. Howard Phillips (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mission Kill | Harry (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 27% | Night Train to Terror | The Lieutenant (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Terror on Tape | Unknown (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 16% | Blood Link | Bud Waldo (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Killpoint | Joe Marks (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prince Jack | Gen. Edwin Walker (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Go for Gold | Unknown (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Guns and the Fury | Jack Piper (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It's Called Murder, Baby | Unknown (Character) | - | 1982 |
97% | 84% | My Favorite Year | Karl Rojeck (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | 8% | The Demon | Col. Bill Carson (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Texas Lightning | Karl Stover (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 10% | Frankenstein Island | Clay Jayson (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Raw Force | Capt. Harry Dodds (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Kill Squad | Dutch (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Captive | Unknown (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Reunion | Sam Hacker (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 11% | The Nightmare Never Ends | Lt. Sterne (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Without Warning | Hunter (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 35% | Silent Scream | Lt. Sandy McGiver (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Turnover Smith | Colonel Simmons (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | OHMS | Wilbur (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Screamers | Decker (Character) | - | 1978 |
9% | 19% | The Swarm | General Thompson (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Return to Fantasy Island |
Eddie Collins/ |
- | 1978 |
13% | 30% | The Toolbox Murders | Vance Kingsley (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | 25% | Supersonic Man | Dr. Gulik (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ninja Assassins | Unknown (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Perfect Woman | Mordo (Character) | - | 1978 |
14% | 12% | Viva Knievel! | Barton (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | 17% | Haunts | Carl (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Slavers | Da Silva (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hostage Heart | Arnold Stade (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Scalp Merchant | Unknown (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Flood! | Sam Adams (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | 25% | The Quest | Shadrack Peltzer (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Swiss Family Robinson | Jeremiah Worth (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Taste of the Savage | Huck (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 10% | Medusa | Angelo (Character) | - | 1974 |
22% | 24% | The Klansman | Butt Cutt Cates (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 14% | The Hanged Man | Lew Halleck (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hitchhike! | Hadley (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Midnight Man | Quartz (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Girl on the Late, Late Show | Norman Wilder (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death in Space | Unknown (Character) | - | 1974 |
84% | 62% | Buck and the Preacher | Deshay (Character) | - | 1972 |
17% | 44% | Slaughter | A.W. Price (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cutter | Riggs (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Delphi Bureau | Stokely (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Political Asylum | MacPherson (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | 0% | The Stranger | George Benedict (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Reluctant Heroes | Sgt. Marion Bryce (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rookies | Sniper (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thief | Charles Herrod (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Hollywood Television Theatre | Unknown (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | 6% | Nightmare in Wax | Vincent Renard (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Autopsy of a Ghost | Unknown (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 29% | Knives of the Avenger |
Rurik / |
- | 1967 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Island of the Doomed | Baron von Weser (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | 22% | Rebel Rousers | Paul Collier (Character) | - | 1967 |
94% | 80% | Hombre | Frank Braden (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Massacre in the Black Forest | Consul Aulus Sessina (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Viking Massacre |
Rurik / |
- | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the Shadow of the Eagles | Tribune Marcus Ventidius (Character) | - | 1966 |
85% | 61% | Ride in the Whirlwind | Vern (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Treasure of Makuba | Coogan (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 32% | Minnesota Clay | Unknown (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Dog Eat Dog | Unknown (Character) | - | 1964 |
80% | 76% | Blood and Black Lace | Max Marian (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | 0% | The Last Gun | Unknown (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | 29% | Erik the Conqueror | Eron (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Girl From La Mancha | El Renegado (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Black Duke | Cesare Borgia (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Caesar the Conqueror | Julius Caesar (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Attack of the Normans | Wilfred (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Caesar, The Conquerer | Julius Caesar (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | 67% | The Last of the Vikings | Harald (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Unstoppable Man | James Kennedy (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Three Came to Kill | Marty Brill (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | As the Sea Rages | Psarathanas (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pier 5, Havana | Steve Daggett (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Mafia | Tony Ledo (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Face of Fire | Ned Trescott (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | 73% | No Down Payment | Troy Boone (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 74% | All Mine to Give | Robert Eunson (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Monkey on My Back | Barney Ross (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 25% | Escapade in Japan | Dick Saunders (Character) | - | 1957 |
71% | 61% | Carousel | Jigger Craigin (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Tension at Table Rock | Sheriff Fred Miller (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man on the Ledge | Robert Cosick (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strange Lady in Town | Lt. David Garth (Character) | - | 1955 |
78% | 62% | The Tall Men | Clint Allison (Character) | - | 1955 |
85% | 58% | House of Bamboo | Griff (Character) | - | 1955 |
71% | 75% | Love Me or Leave Me | Johnny Alderman (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The View From Pompey's Head |
Michael `'Mickey'`/ |
- | 1955 |
20% | 68% | Desiree | Joseph Bonaparte (Character) | - | 1954 |
86% | 53% | Garden of Evil | Luke Daly (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | 28% | Gorilla at Large | Joey Matthews (Character) | - | 1954 |
80% | 38% | Hell and High Water | 'Ski' Brodski (Character) | - | 1954 |
85% | 78% | How to Marry a Millionaire | Tom Brookman (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | 78% | Man on a Tightrope | Joe Vosdek (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Powder River | Mitch Hardin (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Les Misérables | Marius (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Japanese War Bride | Art Sterling (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Okinawa | "Grip" McCleary (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 14% | Pony Soldier | Konah (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 22% | Flight to Mars | Steve Abbott (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 38% | The Sellout | Randloph "Randy" Stauton (Character) | - | 1951 |
100% | 77% | Death of a Salesman | Happy Loman (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Man in the Saddle | George Vird (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Smuggler's Gold | Mike Sloan (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adventures of Gallant Bess | Ted Daniels (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Command Decision | Lt. Ansel Goldberg (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Homecoming | Monkevickz (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Leather Gloves | Dave Collins (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | High Barbaree | Lt. Joe Moore (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Cass Timberlane | Eino Roskinen (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mighty McGurk | Johnny Burden (Character) | - | 1947 |
92% | 74% | They Were Expendable | Ens. George Cross (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | 75% | A Letter for Evie | Joe (Character) | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Installment: A Crime Does Not Pay Subject |
Clyde Peeler / |
- | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What Next, Corporal Hargrove? | Joe Lupot (Character) | - | 1945 |
TV
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87% | 98% | Mystery Science Theater 3000 | Unknown (Character) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon | Ben Coffield (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Dr. Aaron Kramer (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Partners in Crime | Duke (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Empire | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Knight Rider | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978-1979 1981 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Magnum, P.I. | Captain Charles Cathcart (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 76% | Incredible Hulk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979-1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Littlest Hobo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | How the West Was Won | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Taggart (Character) | 1973 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Quest | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Swiss Family Robinson | Jeremiah Worth (Character) | 1975-1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Capt. Peter DeAlba (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Petrocelli | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Chauncey Demon (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Night Gallery |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McMillan and Wife | Harry Hastings (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McCloud | Robert Develin (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mod Squad | Karl Milligan (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The High Chaparral | Buck Cannon (Character) | 1967-1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daniel Boone | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theater | Unknown (Character) | 1958-1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Duke Le May (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1956-1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The United States Steel Hour | Captain Dan Murrell (Character) | 1956 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1955 |