RIP James Mitchum

 

American actor James Mitchum, son of actor Robert Mitchum and nephew of actor John Mitchum died at his Skull Valley, Arizona ranch on September 20^th. He was 84. Born James Robin Spence Mitchum in Los Angeles, California on May 8, 1941, he starred alongside his father in the 1958 moonshine drama “Thunder Road” while appearing in about three dozen films and TV shows during his career. Mitchum appeared in the war films “The Victors” (1963), the Otto Preminger-directed “In Harm’s Way” (1965), starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas; and “Ambush Bay” (1966), starring Hugh O’Brian and Mickey Rooney. Among his westerns were appearances on “The High Chaparral” and “Have Gun – Will Travel” on TV and in the films “Colorado Territory” in 1949 and “Young Guns of Texas”. Jim appeared in two Spaghetti westerns staring as Wes Evans in 1963’s “Massacre at Grande Canyon” and then as Hoby Cordeen in 1966’s “The Tramplers” with Gordon Scott and Joseph Cotten.