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Cameron Mitchell

Acting Born Nov 4, 1918 Died Jul 6, 1994 Dallastown, Pennsylvania, USA 243 credits
243
Total Credits
1945–2018
74 Years Career Span
107
Vault Titles
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Key Co-Stars

Biography

Cameron Mitchell was an American film, television, and Broadway actor. Born on November 4, 1918, in Dallastown, Pennsylvania, he began his career on Broadway before transitioning to films in the 1950s. Mitchell appeared in several major features and later became known for his roles in numerous exploitation films in the 1970s and 1980s. He was considered one of the founding members of The Actor's Studio in New York City by Lee Strasberg. Mitchell's career spanned over several decades, with a total of 233 known credits. He passed away on July 6, 1994, at the age of 75.

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Career

Career overview

Cameron Mitchell began his career on Broadway before transitioning to films in the 1950s, where he appeared in several major features. He went on to become known for his roles in numerous exploitation films in the 1970s and 1980s.

Mitchell's acting credits span multiple decades and genres, with a total of 233 known credits. He worked in a variety of film and television productions, showcasing his versatility as an actor.

In addition to his film work, Mitchell also appeared in television shows, including an episode of the series Knight Rider, where he played the role of Bernie Mitchell in 1984.

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Known for

Video Star

as Sheriff Williams
Film

Space Mutiny

as Cmdr. Alex Jansen
Film

Nightforce

as Sen. Adam Hansen
Film

Amsterdamned

as Lane Lockletter

Shadow Chasers

1985

Murder, She Wrote

as Aaron Kramer

Partners in Crime

1984
Film

300

2007
Film

It's Called 'Murder', Baby

as The Lieutenant
Film

Room for One More

as Col. Greeley

Knight Rider

as Bernie Mitchell

Matt Houston

1982

Frequent co-stars

Robert Adler 4 shared titles
Leif Erickson 3 shared titles
John Dehner 3 shared titles
Martin Milner 3 shared titles
Richard Widmark 3 shared titles
Charlotte Austin 3 shared titles
Jack Klugman 2 shared titles
Jane Wyatt 2 shared titles
Jack Warden 2 shared titles
Shelley Winters 2 shared titles

Career timeline

The Other Side of the WindThey'll Love Me When I'm Dead
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Jack-O
Working with Orson Welles
That's ActionCrossing the LineDemon CopReturn to Justice
Cult PeopleAction U.S.A.Terror in Beverly HillsTerror NightEasy Kill
Memorial Valley MassacreSpace MutinyRage to KillTrapped AliveMutant War
NightforceCode Name VengeanceFrom a Whisper to a ScreamDeadly PreyHollywood Cop
MatlockDream WestThe TombThe MessengerMission Kill
Butterfly IslandShadow ChasersNight Train to TerrorPrince JackTerror on Tape
Murder, She WrotePartners in CrimeKillpoint
Hardcastle and McCormickIt's Called 'Murder', BabyThe Gambler: The Adventure ContinuesThe Gambler: The Adventure ContinuesThe Guns and the Fury
Knight RiderMatt HoustonMy Favorite YearRaw ForceBlood Link
Simon & SimonThe Fall GuyTexas LightningFrankenstein IslandThe Demon
Magnum, P.I.CataclysmWild TimesWithout WarningThe Last Reunion
The Littlest HoboMrs. ColumboIsland of the FishmenMatt and JennyHanging by a Thread
Fantasy IslandVega$Flying HighProject U.F.O.Sword of Justice
The Incredible HulkLucanTestimony of Two MenFlood!Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
Quincy, M.E.Charlie's AngelsCharlie's AngelsThe QuestSpencer's Pilots
BronkThe Swiss Family RobinsonThe Swiss Family RobinsonPolitical AsylumDeath: The Ultimate Mystery
PetrocelliKodiakHitchhike!NakiaThe Hanged Man
Police StoryThe MagicianHawkinsThe StrangerEscape
SearchThe Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death AssignmentAssignment: ViennaBuck and the PreacherSlaughter
CannonMcMillan & WifeAlias Smith and JonesThe KillersThe Reluctant Heroes
Night GalleryMcCloudThe Andersonville TrialRebel Rousers
Medical CenterThe Bold Ones: The New DoctorsThe Dream of Hamish MoseThe Dream of Hamish Mose · WriterThe Dream of Hamish Mose · Director
Hawaii Five-OHawaii Five-OThe Mod SquadPremiereAutopsy of a Ghost
IronsideThe High ChaparralHombreIsland of the DoomedMassacre in the Black Forest
Mission: ImpossibleRide in the WhirlwindKnives of the AvengerIn the Shadow of the Eagles
The F.B.I.

Full Filmography

243 titles
  • The Other Side of the Wind (2018) as Matt "Zimmie" Zimmer
  • They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002) as Griff (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Jack-O (1995) as Dr. Cadaver
  • Working with Orson Welles (1993) as Himself
  • That's Action (1990) as Dutch / Miller (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Crossing the Line (1990) as Sheriff Williams
  • Demon Cop (1990) as Professor
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  • Return to Justice (1990) as Wayne
  • Cult People (1989) as Himself
  • Action U.S.A. (1989) as Frankie Navarro
  • Terror in Beverly Hills (1989) as Capt. Stills
  • Terror Night (1989) as Det. Sanders
  • Easy Kill (1989) as Eddie
  • No Justice (1989) as Mayor Johnson
  • Memorial Valley Massacre (1988) as Allen Sangster
  • Space Mutiny (1988) as Cmdr. Alex Jansen
  • Rage to Kill (1988) as Sgt. Miller
  • Trapped Alive (1988) as John Adams
  • Mutant War (1988) as Reinhart Rex
  • Nightforce (1987) as Sen. Adam Hansen
  • Code Name Vengeance (1987) as Dutch
  • From a Whisper to a Scream (1987) as Sgt. Gallen
  • Deadly Prey (1987) as Jamie's Father
  • Hollywood Cop (1987) as Capt. Bonano
  • Hateman (1987) as Steve
  • Matlock (1986) as Lane Lockletter
  • Dream West (1986) as Cmmdre. Robert Stockton
  • The Tomb (1986) as Dr. Howard Phillips
  • The Messenger (1986) as Police Capt. Carter
  • Mission Kill (1986) as Harry
  • Low Blow (1986) as Yarakunda
  • Butterfly Island (1985)
  • Shadow Chasers (1985)
  • Night Train to Terror (1985) as The Lieutenant (segment "The Case of Claire Hansen")
  • Prince Jack (1985) as Gen. Edwin Walker
  • Terror on Tape (1985) as Video Store Clerk
  • Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Aaron Kramer
  • Partners in Crime (1984)
  • Killpoint (1984) as Joe Marks
  • Hardcastle and McCormick (1983)
  • It's Called 'Murder', Baby (1983) as The Lieutenant
  • The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983) as Col. Greeley
  • The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983) as Col. Greeley
  • The Guns and the Fury (1983) as Jack Piper
  • Dixie Ray: Hollywood Star (1983) as The Lieutenant
  • Knight Rider (1982) as Bernie Mitchell
  • Matt Houston (1982)
  • My Favorite Year (1982) as Karl Rojeck
  • Raw Force (1982) as Captain Harry Dodds
  • Blood Link (1982) as Bud Waldo
  • Kill Squad (1982) as Dutch
  • Simon & Simon (1981)
  • The Fall Guy (1981)
  • Texas Lightning (1981) as Karl Stover
  • Frankenstein Island (1981) as Clay Jayson
  • The Demon (1981) as Col. Bill Carson
  • The Perfect Woman (1981) as Mordo
  • Magnum, P.I. (1980) as Charles Cathcart
  • Cataclysm (1980) as Lt. Sterne
  • Wild Times (1980) as Harry Dreier
  • Without Warning (1980) as Hunter
  • The Last Reunion (1980) as Sam Hacker
  • Turnover Smith (1980) as Col. Simmons
  • OHMS (1980) as Arch Wilbur
  • Captive (1980)
  • The Littlest Hobo (1979)
  • Mrs. Columbo (1979)
  • Island of the Fishmen (1979) as Decker (US version)
  • Matt and Jenny (1979)
  • Hanging by a Thread (1979) as Lawton
  • Silent Scream (1979) as Lt. Sandy McGiver
  • Supersonic Man (1979) as Dr. Gulik
  • Hanging by a Thread (1979) as Lawton
  • Fantasy Island (1978) as Sgt. Broylan
  • Vega$ (1978)
  • Flying High (1978)
  • Project U.F.O. (1978)
  • Sword of Justice (1978)
  • The Bastard (1978) as Capt. Plummer
  • Black Beauty (1978) as Henry Gordon
  • The Swarm (1978) as Gen. Thompson
  • Slavers (1978) as Da Silva
  • The Toolbox Murders (1978) as Vance Kingsley
  • Texas Detour (1978) as John Hunter
  • Return to Fantasy Island (1978) as Raoul
  • The Scalp Merchant (1978) as Cliff Rowan
  • The Incredible Hulk (1977)
  • Lucan (1977)
  • Testimony of Two Men (1977) as Jeremiah Hadley
  • Flood! (1977) as Sam Adams
  • Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti (1977)
  • The Hostage Heart (1977) as Arnold Stade
  • Viva Knievel! (1977) as Barton
  • Quincy, M.E. (1976)
  • Charlie's Angels (1976) as Frank Desmond
  • Charlie's Angels (1976) as Tom Grainger
  • The Quest (1976) as Marshal Horne
  • Spencer's Pilots (1976)
  • The Quest (1976) as Shadrack Peltzer
  • Haunts (1976) as Carl Henderson
  • Enforcer from Death Row (1976) as Superior Chief
  • Bronk (1975)
  • The Swiss Family Robinson (1975) as Jeremiah Worth
  • The Swiss Family Robinson (1975) as Jeremiah Worth
  • Political Asylum (1975) as MacPherson
  • Death: The Ultimate Mystery (1975)
  • Petrocelli (1974)
  • Kodiak (1974) as Ford Windust
  • Hitchhike! (1974) as Hadley
  • Nakia (1974)
  • The Hanged Man (1974) as Lew Halleck
  • The Klansman (1974) as Butt Cutt Cates
  • The Midnight Man (1974) as Quartz Willinger
  • Amy Prentiss (1974)
  • Death in Space (1974) as Arnold Chester
  • The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974) as Norman Wilder
  • Police Story (1973)
  • The Magician (1973) as Canfield / Walter C. Marsh
  • Hawkins (1973) as Jake Parkins
  • The Stranger (1973) as George Benedict
  • Escape (1973)
  • Medusa (1973) as Angelo
  • The Big Game (1973) as Bruno Carstens
  • Search (1972)
  • The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment (1972) as Stokely
  • Assignment: Vienna (1972) as Charley Stokes
  • Buck and the Preacher (1972) as Deshay
  • Slaughter (1972) as A.W. Price
  • The Rookies (1972) as Sniper
  • Cutter (1972) as Riggs
  • Jigsaw (1972)
  • Cannon (1971)
  • McMillan & Wife (1971)
  • Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
  • The Killers (1971) as Col. Stewart
  • The Reluctant Heroes (1971) as Sgt. Marion Bryce
  • Thief (1971) as Charles Herrod
  • Eye for an Eye (1971) as Huck
  • Night Gallery (1970) as Pete Tuttle
  • McCloud (1970)
  • The Andersonville Trial (1970) as General Wallace
  • Rebel Rousers (1970) as Paul Collier
  • Medical Center (1969)
  • The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969)
  • The Dream of Hamish Mose (1969) as Captain Eli
  • The Dream of Hamish Mose (1969) Writer
  • The Dream of Hamish Mose (1969) Director
  • Nightmare in Wax (1969) as Vincent Renard
  • Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Jeffrey Bowman
  • Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Tom Riordan
  • The Mod Squad (1968)
  • Premiere (1968)
  • Autopsy of a Ghost (1968) as Prof. Moléculo Pulido
  • Ironside (1967)
  • The High Chaparral (1967) as Buck Cannon
  • Hombre (1967) as Frank Braden
  • Island of the Doomed (1967) as Baron von Weser
  • Massacre in the Black Forest (1967) as Consul Aulus Sessina
  • The Treasure of Makuba (1967) as Coogan
  • Mission: Impossible (1966)
  • Ride in the Whirlwind (1966) as Vern
  • Knives of the Avenger (1966) as Rurik / Helmut
  • In the Shadow of the Eagles (1966) as Tribune Marcus Ventidius
  • The F.B.I. (1965) as John Norcross
  • Daniel Boone (1964) as George Rogers Clark
  • Daniel Boone (1964) as James Dorsey
  • Blood and Black Lace (1964) as Massimo Morlacchi
  • Minnesota Clay (1964) as Minnesota Clay
  • Dog Eat Dog! (1964) as Lylle Corbett
  • The Last Gun (1964) as Bill / Jim Hart
  • Girl from La Mancha (1963) as El Renegado
  • The Black Duke (1963) as Cesare Borgia
  • The Beachcomber (1962) as John Lackland / Narrator
  • Caesar The Conqueror (1962) as Julius Caesar
  • Attack of the Normans (1962) as Wilfred, Duke of Saxony
  • Alcoa Premiere (1961)
  • The Last of the Vikings (1961) as Harald
  • Erik the Conqueror (1961) as Eron
  • The Unstoppable Man (1961) as James Kennedy
  • Three Came to Kill (1960) as Marty Brill
  • Bonanza (1959) as Frederick Kyle
  • Inside the Mafia (1959) as Tony Ledo
  • The David Niven Show (1959) as Hal Shattuck
  • Face of Fire (1959) as Ned Trescott
  • Pier 5, Havana (1959) as Steve Daggett
  • As the Sea Rages (1959) as Psarathanas
  • Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958) as Gino Rospond
  • Pursuit (1958)
  • No Down Payment (1957) as Troy Boone
  • All Mine to Give (1957) as Robert Eunson
  • Monkey on My Back (1957) as Barney Ross
  • Escapade in Japan (1957) as Dick Saunders
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Dr. Alan McMurdo
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Charlie Patch
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Jim Goad
  • Carousel (1956) as Jigger Craigin
  • Tension at Table Rock (1956) as Sheriff Fred Miller
  • Gunsmoke (1955) as Chauncey Demon
  • The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
  • House of Bamboo (1955) as Griff
  • The Tall Men (1955) as Clint Allison
  • Strange Lady in Town (1955) as Lt. David Garth
  • Love Me or Leave Me (1955) as Johnny Alderman
  • Man on the Ledge (1955) as Robert Cosick
  • The View from Pompey's Head (1955) as Michael Higgins
  • Climax! (1954) as San
  • Climax! (1954)
  • Désirée (1954) as Joseph Bonaparte
  • Gorilla at Large (1954) as Joey Matthews
  • Garden of Evil (1954) as Luke Daly
  • Hell and High Water (1954) as 'Ski' Brodski
  • The United States Steel Hour (1953)
  • How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) as Tom Brookman
  • Man on a Tightrope (1953) as Joe Vosdek
  • Powder River (1953) as Mitch Hardin
  • Okinawa (1952) as 'Grip' McCleary
  • Les Miserables (1952) as Marius
  • Pony Soldier (1952) as Konah
  • The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952) as Ryker
  • The Sellout (1952) as Randloph 'Randy' Stauton
  • Japanese War Bride (1952) as Art Sterling
  • Death of a Salesman (1951) as Happy Loman
  • Man in the Saddle (1951) as George Vird
  • Flight to Mars (1951) as Steve Abbott
  • Smuggler's Gold (1951) as Mike Sloan
  • Gruen Guild Playhouse (1951)
  • Stars Over Hollywood (1950)
  • The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) as Pvt. Kenneth Dowey
  • Studio One (1948) as Johnny August
  • Studio One (1948) as James Waterson
  • Bambi (1948) as Self (archive footage)
  • Command Decision (1948) as Lt. Ansel Goldberg
  • Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948) as Ted Daniels
  • Tenth Avenue Angel (1948) as Narrator-Visitor to Tenth Avenue (uncredited)
  • Homecoming (1948) as Stanley M. 'Monk' Monkevickz
  • Leather Gloves (1948) as Dave Collins
  • Cass Timberlane (1947) as Eino Roskinen
  • High Barbaree (1947) as Lt. Joe Moore
  • The Mighty McGurk (1947) as Johnny Burden
  • They Were Expendable (1945) as Ens. George Cross
  • The Last Installment (1945) as Clyde Peeler
  • What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945) as Joe Lupot

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What movies or TV shows is Cameron Mitchell best known for?

Cameron Mitchell is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Video Star (2016), Space Mutiny (1988), Nightforce (1987), Amsterdamned (1988).

When and where was Cameron Mitchell born?

Cameron Mitchell was born on November 4, 1918 in Dallastown, Pennsylvania, USA. They passed away on July 6, 1994.

How many credits does Cameron Mitchell have?

Cameron Mitchell has accumulated over 243 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1945 to 2018.

What is Cameron Mitchell's background in cinema and television?

Cameron Mitchell was an American film, television, and Broadway actor. Born on November 4, 1918, in Dallastown, Pennsylvania, he began his career on Broadway before transitioning to films in the 1950s. Mitchell appeared in several major features and later became known for his roles in numerous exploitation films in the...

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243credits
160films
83TV series
1945–2018active years

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