Robert Mitchum

Biography

Robert Charles Durman Mitchum was an American film actor, author, composer, and singer. He was born on August 6, 1917, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and died on July 1, 1997. As a child, he performed on stage with his sister Julie, and his mother later moved the family to New York where she attempted to publish a magazine. Mitchum was ranked number twenty-three on the American Film Institute list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time. He is largely remembered for his starring roles in major works of the film noir style and is considered a forerunner of 1950s and 1960s film anti-heroes. He also portrayed solitary, confident, and life-tested men in crime dramas such as Crossfire, westerns such as El Dorado, and war dramas such as The Longest Day.