James Mitchum
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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
May 8, 1941Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
32Place of birth
Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, USCast credits
The Victors
GroganRide the Wild Surf
EskimoThe Beat Generation
Art JesterThe Money Trap
Detective WolskiThunder Road
Robin DoolinMoonrunners
Grady HaggBlackout
Dan EvansTrackdown
Jim CalhounMassacre At Grand Canyon
Wes EvansHollywood Cop
FelicianoThe Tramplers
Hoby CordeenRaiders of the Magic Ivory
SugarFatal Mission
Maj. BauerCode Name: Zebra
Frank Barnes (as Jim Mitchum)Young Guns of Texas
Morgan CoeCrazy Jungle Adventure
Butch DonovanIn Harm's Way
Ensign GriggsThe Ransom
TrackerMercenary Fighters
Wilson JeffordsLeathernecks
Ambush Bay
Pvt. James Grenier