Actor
James Mitchum
May 8, 1941 · Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, US
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).
Often works with
Peter Fonda
3 titles together
The Last Movie, Fatal Mission, The Victors
Elke Sommer
2 titles together
The Victors, The Money Trap
Joseph Cotten
2 titles together
The Money Trap, The Tramplers
Mamie Van Doren
2 titles together
Girls Town, The Beat Generation
Ray Anthony
2 titles together
Girls Town, The Beat Generation
Margaret Hayes
2 titles together
Girls Town, The Beat Generation
Full filmography · 32
Stickfighter
as Mule (uncredited)
1994
Beyond Kilimanjaro, Across the River of Blood
as James Mitchum
1990
Fatal Mission
as Maj. Bauer
19909
Hoodwinked
as Lieutenant Kevin Spanner
1989
Leathernecks
cast
1989
Marked for Murder
as Rainier
1989
Raiders of the Magic Ivory
as Sugar
1988
Mercenary Fighters
as Wilson Jeffords
1988
Code Name: Zebra
as Frank Barnes (as Jim Mitchum)
1987
Hollywood Cop
as Feliciano
19874.4
Crazy Jungle Adventure
as Butch Donovan
19826.2
Monstroid
as Travis
1980