James Mitchum
32 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 8, 1941
- Died
- Sep 20, 2025 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, US
- Also known as
- James Robin Mitchum
Biography
James Mitchum (born May 8, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor and the eldest son of actor Robert Mitchum. His brother is actor Christopher Mitchum, and he was the uncle of actor Bentley Mitchum.
He had his first role, which was small and unbilled, at the age of eight in the Western Colorado Territory (1949) with Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, and Dorothy Malone. His credited debut was in Thunder Road (1958), in which he played his father's much younger brother, a role written for Elvis Presley, who was eager to do it until his manager demanded too much money. This film became a drive-in cult favorite, revived in the 1970s and ’80s. Curiously, he was again credited as being "introduced" in the Have Gun Will Travel pilot episode "Genesis" (1962).
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He has appeared in more than 30 films including The Beat Generation in 1959; The Victors in 1963; as a surfer named Eskimo in Ride the Wild Surf in 1964; In Harm's Way (1965) with John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, and Henry Fonda; Ambush Bay (1966); The Invincible Six (1970); Two-Lane Blacktop (1971); and The Last Movie (1971).
In 1975 he starred in the movie Moonrunners, where he played the character Grady Hagg in the influence for the television series The Dukes of Hazzard. He was also in Zebra Force and Trackdown co-starring Karen Lamm and Erik Estrada in 1976; Ransom (a k a Assault on Paradise) (1977); Blackout (1978); Monstroid (1980); Crazy Jungle Adventure (1982); Code Name Zebra (1987); Hollywood Cop (1987); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); and Fatal Mission (1990).
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Known for
James Mitchum: movies and TV shows
Acting (32)
- 1994 Stickfighter
as Mule (uncredited)
- 1990 Beyond Kilimanjaro, Across the River of Blood
as James Mitchum
- 1990 Fatal Mission
as Maj. Bauer
- 1989 Hoodwinked
as Lieutenant Kevin Spanner
- 1989
- 1989 Marked for Murder
as Rainier
- 1988 Raiders of the Magic Ivory
as Sugar
- 1988 Mercenary Fighters
as Wilson Jeffords
- 1987 Code Name: Zebra
as Frank Barnes
- 1987 Hollywood Cop
as Feliciano
- 1982 Crazy Jungle Adventure
as Butch Donovan
- 1980 Monstroid
as Travis
- 1978 Blackout
as Dan Evans
- 1977 The Ransom
as Tracker
- 1976 Trackdown
as Jim Calhoun
- 1975 Moonrunners
as Grady Hagg
- 1971 The Last Movie
as Art
- 1971 Two-Lane Blacktop
as Man #2 at Race Track
- 1970 The Invincible Six
as Nazar
- 1966 Ambush Bay
as Pvt. James Grenier
- 1965 The Tramplers
as Hoby Cordeen
- 1965 The Money Trap
as Detective Wolski
- 1965 In Harm's Way
as Ensign Griggs
- 1964 Ride the Wild Surf
as Eskimo
- 1964 Massacre At Grand Canyon
as Wes Evans
- 1963 The Victors
as Grogan
- 1962 Young Guns of Texas
as Morgan Coe
- 1961 The Last Time I Saw Archie
as Corporal
- 1959 Girls Town
as Charley Boy
- 1959 The Beat Generation
as Art Jester
- 1958 Thunder Road
as Robin Doolin
- 1949 Colorado Territory
as Child (uncredited)
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 2018