Mitchum, Robert (1917-1997)

Robert Mitchum was an actor known for playing in the genres of film noir and westerns. He was born August 6, 1917 as Robert Charles Durman in Bridgeport, Connecticut and died July 1, 1997 in Santa Barbara, California. Mitchum’s arrest for marijuana possession in August 1948 and almost ended his acting career, but Howard Robard Hughes Jr. intervened to defend Mitchum and enlist him for films including His Kind of Woman, where Mitchum co-starred with Jane Russell and Vincent Price.

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“Robert Mitchum.” Find a Grave. December 31, 2000. Accessed September 17, 2020. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1817/robert-mitchum