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Robert Mitchum

1917 – 1997 · aged 80

American actor (1917–1997)

Born
6 Aug 1917 · Bridgeport
Died
1 Jul 1997 · Santa Barbara

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 92 years
  1. 6 Aug 1917BornBorn in Bridgeport
  2. 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
  3. 1992AwardGolden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
  4. 1993AwardDonostia Award
  5. 1 Jul 1997DiedDied in Santa Barbara

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1917 – 1997).

  1. 1917Balfour Declaration
  2. 1917February Revolution
  3. 1917October Revolution
  4. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  5. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  6. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  7. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  8. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  9. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  10. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  11. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1938Munich Agreement
  13. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  14. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  15. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  16. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  17. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  18. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  19. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  20. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  21. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  23. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  24. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  26. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  27. 1956Suez Crisis
  28. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  30. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  32. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  34. 1968Prague Spring
  35. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  36. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  37. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  38. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  39. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  40. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War

Biography

Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American actor and singer. He is known for his antihero roles and film noir appearances. He received nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1984 and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1992. Mitchum is rated number 23 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male stars of classic American cinema.

Mitchum rose to prominence with an Academy Award nomination for the Best Supporting Actor for The Story of G.I. Joe (1945). His best-known films include Out of the Past (1947), Angel Face (1953), River of No Return (1954), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), Thunder Road (1958), The Sundowners (1960), Cape Fear (1962), El Dorado (1966), Ryan's Daughter (1970), The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), and Farewell, My Lovely (1975). He is also known for his television role as U.S. Navy Captain Victor "Pug" Henry in the epic miniseries The Winds of War (1983) and its sequel War and Remembrance (1988–1989).

Film critic Roger Ebert called Mitchum his favorite movie star and the soul of film noir: "With his deep, laconic voice and his long face and those famous weary eyes, he was the kind of guy you'd picture in a saloon at closing time, waiting for someone to walk in through the door and break his heart." David Thomson wrote: "Since the war, no American actor has made more first-class films, in so many different moods."

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