Robert Mitchum

Career timeline

1. 1917 · Born

   Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

2. 1943 · Screen debut

   The Human Comedy (Movie)

3. 1955 · Breakthrough

   The Night of the Hunter (Movie)

4. 1958 · First production

   Thunder Road (Movie)

5. 1997 · Died

   July 1, 1997

6. 2017 · Latest release

   Wormwood (TV)

Career in numbers

17 1940s

19 1950s

18 1960s

10 1970s

10 1980s

7 1990s

1 2010s

• Drama51
• Crime23
• Thriller20
• Western19
• Romance16
• War12

Highest-rated title The Night of the Hunter 1955 7.9 Most popular title Cape Fear 1991 7.3

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Robert Mitchum in our catalogue.

Roy Webb

10 titles together

Robert Ryan

4 titles together

Bernard Herrmann

2 titles together

Richard Egan

2 titles together

Curd Jürgens

2 titles together

Mitchell Ryan

2 titles together

Jim Backus

2 titles together

Herbert Marshall

2 titles together

Robert Parrish

2 titles together

William Bendix

2 titles together

1. 2017 Wormwood as Jeff Bailey (archive footage) 6.1 TV
2. 1995 Dead Man as John Dickinson 7.3 Movie
3. 1994 Woman of Desire as Walter J. Hill 4.4 Movie
4. 1993 La Classe américaine as Yves (archive footage) 7.6 Movie
5. 1993 Tombstone as Narrator (voice) 7.6 Movie
6. 1992 African Skies TV
7. 1991 Cape Fear as Lieutenant Elgart 7.3 Movie
8. 1990 A Family for Joe TV
9. 1989 Brotherhood of the Rose as John Eliot TV
10. 1988 Scrooged as Preston Rhinelander 6.8 Movie
11. 1988 War and Remembrance as Victor 'Pug' Henry 7.8 TV
12. 1988 Mr. North as Mr. Bosworth 5.3 Movie
13. 1985 North and South as Patrick Flynn 7.5 TV
14. 1985 The Equalizer as Richard Dyson 7.2 TV
15. 1984 Maria's Lovers as Ivan's Father 6.0 Movie
16. 1983 A Killer in the Family as Gary Tison Movie
17. 1983 The Winds of War as Victor 'Pug' Henry 7.3 TV
18. 1980 Nightkill as Donner/Rodriguez Movie
19. 1979 Breakthrough as Colonel Rogers 5.8 Movie
20. 1978 Matilda as Duke Parkhurst Movie
21. 1978 The Big Sleep as Philip Marlowe 5.8 Movie
22. 1976 The Last Tycoon as Pat Brady 6.3 Movie
23. 1976 Midway as Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr. 6.6 Movie
24. 1975 Farewell, My Lovely as Philip Marlowe 6.7 Movie
25. 1974 The Yakuza as Harry Kilmer 7.1 Movie
26. 1973 The Friends of Eddie Coyle as Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle 7.2 Movie
27. 1972 The Wrath of God as Father Oliver Van Horne 5.5 Movie
28. 1970 Ryan's Daughter as Charles 7.1 Movie
29. 1969 Young Billy Young as Deputy Ben Kane 5.9 Movie
30. 1969 The Good Guys and the Bad Guys as Flagg 5.5 Movie
31. 1968 Secret Ceremony as Albert 6.0 Movie
32. 1968 5 Card Stud as Reverend Jonathan Rudd 6.3 Movie
33. 1968 Anzio as Dick Ennis 5.7 Movie
34. 1968 Villa Rides as Lee Arnold 6.2 Movie
35. 1967 The Way West as Dick Summers 6.1 Movie
36. 1966 El Dorado as Sheriff J.P. Harrah 7.4 Movie
37. 1964 What a Way to Go! as Rod Anderson Jr. 7.1 Movie
38. 1964 Man in the Middle as Lt. Col. Barney Adams 6.5 Movie
39. 1963 The List of Adrian Messenger as Slattery 6.7 Movie
40. 1963 Marilyn as archive footage Movie
41. 1962 Two for the Seesaw as Jerry Ryan 6.5 Movie
42. 1962 The Longest Day as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota 7.6 Movie
43. 1962 Cape Fear as Max Cady 7.5 Movie
44. 1960 The Grass Is Greener as Charles Delacro 6.4 Movie
45. 1960 The Sundowners as Paddy Carmody 6.7 Movie
46. 1960 Home from the Hill as Captain Wade Hunnicutt 6.9 Movie
47. 1959 The Wonderful Country as Martin Brady 6.1 Movie
48. 1958 The Hunters as Major Cleve Saville 5.8 Movie
49. 1958 Thunder Road as Lucas Doolin 6.0 Movie
50. 1957 The Enemy Below as Capt. Murrell 7.2 Movie
51. 1957 Fire Down Below as Felix Bowers 5.6 Movie
52. 1957 Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison as Corporal Allison USMC 6.9 Movie
53. 1955 Man with the Gun as Clint Tollinger 6.1 Movie
54. 1955 The Night of the Hunter as Preacher Harry Powell 7.9 Movie
55. 1955 Not as a Stranger as Lucas Marsh 6.2 Movie
56. 1954 Track of the Cat as Curt Bridges 5.9 Movie
57. 1954 River of No Return as Matt Calder 6.7 Movie
58. 1953 Second Chance as Russ Lambert 6.0 Movie
59. 1953 Angel Face as Frank Jessup 7.1 Movie
60. 1952 The Lusty Men as Jeff McCloud 6.7 Movie
61. 1952 One Minute to Zero as Col. Steve Janowski 5.8 Movie
62. 1952 Macao as Nick Cochran 6.3 Movie
63. 1951 The Racket as Thomas McQuigg 6.3 Movie
64. 1951 His Kind of Woman as Dan Milner 6.8 Movie
65. 1950 Where Danger Lives as Jeff Cameron 6.4 Movie
66. 1949 Holiday Affair as Steve Mason 6.9 Movie
67. 1949 The Big Steal as Lt. Duke Halliday 6.6 Movie
68. 1948 Blood on the Moon as Jim Garry 6.3 Movie
69. 1948 Rachel and the Stranger as Jim Fairways 6.6 Movie
70. 1947 Out of the Past as Jeff Bailey / Jeff Markham 7.7 Movie
71. 1947 Crossfire as Peter Keeley 6.7 Movie
72. 1947 Pursued as Jeb 6.5 Movie
73. 1946 The Locket as Norman Clyde 6.3 Movie
74. 1946 Undercurrent as Michael Garroway 5.9 Movie
75. 1946 Till the End of Time as William J. Tabeshaw 6.4 Movie
76. 1945 Story of G.I. Joe as Bill Walker 6.5 Movie
77. 1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Bob Gray 6.7 Movie
78. 1943 Gung Ho! as 'Pig iron' Matthews 5.4 Movie
79. 1943 The Dancing Masters as Mickey Halligan (uncredited) 6.3 Movie
80. 1943 False Colors as Rip Austin Movie
81. 1943 Bar 20 as Richard Adams Movie
82. 1943 The Human Comedy as Quentin Gilford (uncredited) 6.2 Movie

1. 1959 The Wonderful Country 6.1 Movie

1. 1958 Thunder Road 6.0 Movie

1. 1958 Thunder Road 6.0 Movie

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