James Mitchum (born May 8, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor and the eldest son of actor Robert Mitchum. His brother is actor Christopher Mitchum, and he is 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). 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Mitchum, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2018-04-22 |
Movie | Stickfighter | Mule (uncredited) | 1994-01-01 |
Movie | Fatal Mission | Maj. Bauer | 1990-07-25 |
Movie | Beyond Kilimanjaro, Across the River of Blood | James Mitchum | 1990-12-17 |
Movie | Marked for Murder | Rainier | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | Leathernecks | 1989-08-16 | |
Movie | Hoodwinked | Lieutenant Kevin Spanner | 1989-11-15 |
Movie | Mercenary Fighters | Wilson Jeffords | 1988-02-01 |
Movie | Raiders of the Magic Ivory | Sugar | 1988-11-12 |
Movie | Hollywood Cop | Feliciano | 1987-09-22 |
Movie | Code Name: Zebra | Frank Barnes (as Jim Mitchum) | 1987-11-16 |
Movie | Crazy Jungle Adventure | Butch Donovan | 1982-10-07 |
Movie | Monstroid | Travis | 1980-07-11 |
Movie | Blackout | Dan Evans | 1978-08-25 |
Movie | The Ransom | Tracker | 1977-04-29 |
Movie | Trackdown | Jim Calhoun | 1976-05-20 |
Movie | Moonrunners | Grady Hagg | 1975-05-14 |
Movie | Two-Lane Blacktop | Man #2 at Race Track | 1971-07-07 |
Movie | The Last Movie | Art | 1971-09-29 |
Movie | The Invincible Six | Nazar | 1970-06-10 |
Movie | Ambush Bay | Pvt. James Grenier | 1966-05-10 |
Movie | The Money Trap | Detective Wolski | 1965-09-07 |
Movie | In Harm's Way | Ensign Griggs | 1965-04-06 |
Movie | The Tramplers | Hoby Cordeen | 1965-12-31 |
Movie | Massacre At Grand Canyon | Wes Evans | 1964-05-25 |
Movie | Ride the Wild Surf | Eskimo | 1964-08-05 |
Movie | The Victors | Grogan | 1963-11-22 |
Movie | Young Guns of Texas | Morgan Coe | 1962-11-30 |
Movie | Girls Town | Charley Boy | 1959-10-05 |
Movie | The Beat Generation | Art Jester | 1959-07-03 |
Movie | Thunder Road | Robin Doolin | 1958-05-10 |
Movie | Colorado Territory | (uncredited) | 1949-06-11 |