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Robert Mitchum Acting Filmography (151)

The Flapper
2021·(archive footage)
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019·Self - Actor (archive footage)
Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood
2018·Self (archive footage)
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
2017·Self (archive footage)
Jayne Mansfield: The Tragedy of a Blonde
2015·(archive footage)
Discovering: Robert Mitchum
2014·Self
Heart of the Festival
2002·Self (archive footage)
Chop Suey
2001·Self (archival footage)
The Making of 'Cape Fear'
2001·Self (archive footage)
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
2000·Self (archive sound)
James Dean: Race with Destiny
1997·George Stevens
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
1996·Self (archive footage)
Private Screenings: Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell
1996·Self
Dead Man
1995·John Dickinson
Backfire!
1995·Marshal
The Sunset Boys
1995·Ernest Bogan
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995·Self
Moving Pictures: 'The Night of the Hunter'
1995·Self
Woman of Desire
1994·Walter J. Hill
La Classe américaine
1993·Yves (archive footage)
Tombstone
1993·Narrator (voice)
Les Sept Péchés capitaux
1992·Dieu
Cape Fear
1991·Lieutenant Elgart
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991·Self
Waiting for the Wind
1991·Walter
The Discovery Of Marilyn Monroe
1991
Believed Violent
1990·Pr. Forrester
Midnight Ride
1990·Dr. Hardy
A Family for Joe
1990·Joe "Grandpa" Whitaker-Bankston
Hoodwinked
1989·Jake Spanner
William Holden: The Golden Boy
1989·Self
Scrooged
1988·Preston Rhinelander
Mr. North
1988·Mr. Bosworth
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
1988·Self
Remembering Marilyn
1988
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986·Self
Thompson's Last Run
1986·Johnny Thompson
The Ambassador
1985·Peter Hacker
The Hearst and Davies Affair
1985·William Randolph Hearst
Reunion at Fairborough
1985·Carl Hostrup
Promises to Keep
1985·Jack Palmer
Maria's Lovers
1984·Ivan's Father
A Killer in the Family
1983·Gary Tison
Showbiz Goes to War
1982·(archive footage)
That Championship Season
1982·Coach Delaney
One Shoe Makes it Murder
1982·Harold Shillman
Nightkill
1980·Donner/Rodriguez
Agency
1980·Ted Quinn .
Breakthrough
1979·Colonel Rogers
The Big Sleep
1978·Philip Marlowe
Matilda
1978·Duke Parkhurst
The Amsterdam Kill
1977·Quinlan
Midway
1976·Vice Adm. William F. 'Bull' Halsey Jr.
The Last Tycoon
1976·Pat Brady
Farewell, My Lovely
1975·Philip Marlowe
The Yakuza
1974·Harry Kilmer
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973·Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle
America on the Rocks
1973·Narrator (voice)
The Wrath of God
1972·Father Oliver Van Horne
Going Home
1971·Harry K. Graham
Dynamite Chicken
1971·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ryan's Daughter
1970·Charles
The Distant Drummer: A Movable Scene
1970·Narrator
Young Billy Young
1969·Deputy Ben Kane
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys
1969·Flagg
5 Card Stud
1968·Reverend Jonathan Rudd
Anzio
1968·Dick Ennis
Villa Rides
1968·Lee Arnold
Secret Ceremony
1968·Albert
The Way West
1967·Dick Summers
El Dorado
1966·Sheriff J.P. Harrah
Mister Moses
1965·Joe Moses
What a Way to Go!
1964·Rod Anderson Jr.
Man in the Middle
1964·Lt. Col. Barney Adams
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963·Slattery
Rampage
1963·Harry Stanton
Marilyn
1963·archive footage
Cape Fear
1962·Max Cady
The Longest Day
1962·Brig. Gen. Norman Cota
Two for the Seesaw
1962·Jerry Ryan
The Last Time I Saw Archie
1961·Archie Hall
The Grass Is Greener
1960·Charles Delacro
The Sundowners
1960·Paddy Carmody
Home from the Hill
1960·Captain Wade Hunnicutt
A Terrible Beauty
1960·Dermot O'Neill
The Wonderful Country
1959·Martin Brady
The Angry Hills
1959·Mike Morrison
The Hunters
1958·Major Cleve Saville
Thunder Road
1958·Lucas Doolin
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1957·Corporal Allison USMC
The Enemy Below
1957·Capt. Murrell
Fire Down Below
1957·Felix Bowers
Bandido!
1956·Wilson
Foreign Intrigue
1956·Dave Bishop
The Night of the Hunter
1955·Preacher Harry Powell
Man with the Gun
1955·Clint Tollinger
Not as a Stranger
1955·Lucas Marsh
River of No Return
1954·Matt Calder
Track of the Cat
1954·Curt Bridges
She Couldn't Say No
1954·Doctor Robert Sellers
Angel Face
1953·Frank Jessup
Second Chance
1953·Russ Lambert
White Witch Doctor
1953·John 'Lonni' Douglas
Macao
1952·Nick Cochran
The Lusty Men
1952·Jeff McCloud
One Minute to Zero
1952·Col. Steve Janowski
The Racket
1951·Thomas McQuigg
His Kind of Woman
1951·Dan Milner
My Forbidden Past
1951·Dr. Mark Lucas
Where Danger Lives
1950·Jeff Cameron
The Red Pony
1949·Billy Buck
Holiday Affair
1949·Steve Mason
The Big Steal
1949·Lt. Duke Halliday
Blood on the Moon
1948·Jim Garry
Rachel and the Stranger
1948·Jim Fairways
Out of the Past
1947·Jeff Bailey / Jeff Markham
Pursued
1947·Jeb
Crossfire
1947·Peter Keeley
Desire Me
1947·Paul Aubert
The Locket
1946·Norman Clyde
Undercurrent
1946·Michael Garroway
Till the End of Time
1946·William J. Tabeshaw
Story of G.I. Joe
1945·Bill Walker
West of the Pecos
1945·Pecos Smith
When Strangers Marry
1944·Fred Graham
To the People of the United States
1944
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944·Corporal (uncredited)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944·Bob Gray
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1944·CPO Jeff Daniels
Girl Rush
1944·Jimmy Smith
Nevada
1944·Jim Lacy aka Nevada
The Human Comedy
1943·Quentin Gilford (uncredited)
Cry 'Havoc'
1943·Dying Soldier
Aerial Gunner
1943·Sgt. Benson (uncredited)
Leather Burners
1943
The Dancing Masters
1943·Mickey Halligan (uncredited)
Gung Ho!
1943·'Pig iron' Matthews
False Colors
1943·Rip Austin
Riders of the Deadline
1943·Lead Henchman Drago
Bar 20
1943·Richard Adams
We've Never Been Licked
1943·Panhandle Mitchell
Beyond the Last Frontier
1943·Trigger Dolan
The Lone Star Trail
1943·Ben Slocum
Follow the Band
1943·Tate Winters
Doughboys in Ireland
1943·Ernie Jones (as Bob Mitchum)
Hoppy Serves a Writ
1943·Rigney
Minesweeper
1943·Seaman Chuck Ryan
Colt Comrades
1943·Dirk Mason
Corvette K-225
1943·Sheppard
Border Patrol
1943·Quinn
The Magic of Make-up
1942·Self