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Acting

Robert Mitchum

Career: Active from 1943 to 2021, with a break from 1998 to 2020, busiest in 1943 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles: 98
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: The Night of the Hunter
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 99 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Robert Mitchum Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.9, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.9, average 2.2
Fantasy
0.6, average 1.7
Coming of Age
1.9, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 15
Historical Setting 12
Psychological Thriller 10
Moral Ambiguity 10
Classic Western 9
Social Commentary 8
Classic Hollywood 8
Political Intrigue 7
Film Noir 6
Historical Drama 6
Western 6
Nostalgic 6

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

138

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

The Flapper

as (archive footage)

2010s

1 title · average score 74

Wormwood

74

TV show · as Jeff Bailey (archive footage)

1990s

16 titles · average score 56

Backfire!

22

as Marshal

The Sunset Boys

as Ernest Bogan

Woman of Desire

36

as Walter J. Hill

Tombstone

71

as Narrator (voice)

African Skies

TV show · as Sam Dutton

Les Sept Péchés capitaux

as Dieu

Cape Fear

74

as Lieutenant Elgart

Waiting for the Wind

as Walter

Midnight Ride

44

as Dr. Hardy

A Family for Joe

as Joe "Grandpa" Whitaker-Bankston

Believed Violent

as Pr. Forrester

A Family for Joe

TV show

1980s

20 titles · average score 62

Brotherhood of the Rose

68

TV show · as John Eliot

Hoodwinked

as Jake Spanner

War and Remembrance

80

TV show · as Victor 'Pug' Henry

Mr. North

51

as Mr. Bosworth

Scrooged

61

as Preston Rhinelander

The Ambassador

51

as Peter Hacker

Maria's Lovers

52

as Ivan's Father

The Winds of War

78

TV show · as Victor 'Pug' Henry

A Killer in the Family

65

as Gary Tison

That Championship Season

63

as Coach Delaney

Nightkill

43

as Donner/Rodriguez

Agency

35

as Ted Quinn .

1970s

14 titles · average score 57

Breakthrough

54

as Colonel Rogers

The Big Sleep

52

as Philip Marlowe

The Amsterdam Kill

42

as Quinlan

The Last Tycoon

59

as Pat Brady

Midway

54

as Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.

Farewell, My Lovely

71

as Philip Marlowe

The Yakuza

61

as Harry Kilmer

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

83

as Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle

The Wrath of God

51

as Father Oliver Van Horne

Going Home

54

as Harry K. Graham

Ryan's Daughter

59

as Charles

The Distant Drummer: A Movable Scene

as Narrator

1960s

22 titles · average score 61

Young Billy Young

51

as Deputy Ben Kane

5 Card Stud

61

as Reverend Jonathan Rudd

Anzio

59

as Dick Ennis

Villa Rides

55

as Lee Arnold

The Way West

40

as Dick Summers

El Dorado

83

as Sheriff J.P. Harrah

What a Way to Go!

49

as Rod Anderson Jr.

The Longest Day

78

as Brig. Gen. Norman Cota

Cape Fear

80

as Max Cady

Home from the Hill

83

as Captain Wade Hunnicutt

The Grass Is Greener

59

as Charles Delacro

The Sundowners

65

as Paddy Carmody

1950s

25 titles · average score 59

Thunder Road

62

as Lucas Doolin

The Enemy Below

81

as Capt. Murrell

Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

79

as Corporal Allison USMC

The Night of the Hunter

89

as Preacher Harry Powell

Not as a Stranger

39

as Lucas Marsh

Man with the Gun

57

as Clint Tollinger

River of No Return

61

as Matt Calder

Angel Face

75

as Frank Jessup

The Lusty Men

87

as Jeff McCloud

Macao

48

as Nick Cochran

His Kind of Woman

69

as Dan Milner

The Racket

44

as Thomas McQuigg

1940s

39 titles · average score 62

Holiday Affair

65

as Steve Mason

The Big Steal

66

as Lt. Duke Halliday

Blood on the Moon

74

as Jim Garry

Rachel and the Stranger

66

as Jim Fairways

Out of the Past

83

as Jeff Bailey / Jeff Markham

Desire Me

57

as Paul Aubert

Crossfire

79

as Peter Keeley

Pursued

86

as Jeb

Undercurrent

60

as Michael Garroway

The Locket

68

as Norman Clyde

Story of G.I. Joe

75

as Bill Walker

West of the Pecos

53

as Pecos Smith