I had the great pleasure of working with Robert Mitchum as an actor, near the end of his career and he was a joy to behold. Calm, thoughtful and a complete natural. A real genuine human being. They don't make leading men like him anymore..
Did you hear about his escapades on Ryan’s daughter? He had a band of whores flown in from China to tend to his needs until his wife decided to visit the set he hurriedly booked a flight to send them home again 😂😂😂 Another morning when he was driving to work a Kerry farmer was driving his sheep up the road and Mitchum was cranky for being held up, he asked the farmer do you know who I am? In Ireland at the time in ireland television was only starting to come out so the farmer didn’t have a bulls notion who he was. Another night he was in the local pub where a group of young lads dared one another to go up and punch him as he was a big man, one of them took up the offer and went up to him gave him a swift paste under the jaw and before Mitchum knew what hit him the young had bolted out the door.
Someone once said how intelligent he was, but when you have nothing to back it up with, no one takes that side of you seriously. Most underrated actor ever, a face which held so many secrets.
He died 23 years ago today and left a hole in films that can never never be filled. There was no one like him on the screen and never will be. What an actor he was! What a man he was! Never won a Oscar! Good! So many GREAT actors have never won Oscars. He is class company. Thank you Mitch for all the joy you gave and continue to give in the films you left behind.
@@ernestogalura97 No, I would not say that the Oscar is a jinx. It is just a lot of great actors either never won one or was never nominated. Cary Grant only had 1 nomination I think, and was never given the award. They did want to give him an Oscar for this body of work at the end, but he said no. Barbara Stanwyck, 4 times nominated and never won. Oscar gave her one for her body of work at the end of her life. Alfred Hitchcock never won one either. Hard to believe. Robert Mitchum is in a class of great actors and actresses and directors who have never won an Oscar. Someone should write a book about them.
@@robyncooperramsey8323 I know Cary Grant was given an honorary Oscar. So was Alfred Hitchcock. I think the last honorary Oscar was given to the Great Peter O'Toole before his death in 2013. Richard Burton didn't get an honorary Oscar because he died in 1984. He had 7 Oscar nods. So did Peter O'Toole. The late great Cary Grant was such a good actor! He deserve a boat load of Oscars. He made it look too easy. The very classy Mr. Grant! I have seen his acceptance speech! A class act he was! Oh that terrific actress Barbara Stanwyck never got an Oscar either after 4 nods, but she did get the honorary Oscar just before she died.
❤more love for Robert Mitchum then ever. And that’s building upon my Mothers love for him from the 1950’s as she showed me. Wonderfully made documentary.
@@rashidrahman7998 Never saw it -- where can I find it ??? Robert Mitchum didn't play "Max Cady" he was Max Cady tell which of those you mentioned was that good? I want to see it!
When I saw Robert Mitchum in Isla Mujeres Mexico the early 1980s, on a rock, far from everywhere then, I was starstruck. Of course said you’re RM! He put his hand over his face like Give Me A Break. His wife came up and was so kind to me. Lovely woman
Worked with Bob in the early 90's (3yrs on African Skies)). What a gas! Coming back from a set, Bob was in the passenger seat , he reached over and turned off the radio. Then we sang 'House of the Rising Sun' together. "Hey Bob ya want to go to the Hotel Bar and have one?" Thanks, anyway. A martuni and a doobie, in my room and I'm good".
His Night of the Hunter is still, to my mind, one of them most frightening and best done terror movies to this day. What modern directors try to do with props, Mitchum did with sheer presence.
Very handsome & talented actor. My dad had " Robert Mitchum eyes". He grew up poor during the depression, too. ( He died on July 1st, (1956,) same day as Mitchum.July 1)
The perfect noir star. He believes in something - and can deal with a world that doesn’t. When he is a villain ( Cape Fear, Night of the Hunter) he is the scariest, cause all that tough quality is in the service of evil. For me, hands down, the coolest guy to work in Hollywood, ever.
Robert came into movies from need! His eyes, so worried and so anxious, showed the hard-scrabbled life he was forced to live in his youth. I think that while he comfortably "scaled the heights" of movie stardom, there was always the worry that everything could disappear in an instant! The intensity of the man showed in his eyes and reflects a man with a firm grip on reality with the undeniable worry that everything might disappear in an instant! As his career moved on, he became more comfortable, but insecurity never left him and this shows in the intensity of his personality in all the movies he made. I worship this intense actor!!!
Actually, no. At least from my impression from reading about him. He wasn't really worried, and his eyes give that half sleepy/half awake indifference. Growing up his home was always family moving in or out, his mother din't care who worked as long as somebody bought groceries. At age 2 he fell and hit his head, his mother brought him to the doctor, who said ''he has a concussion, look at his eyes'' his mother replied '' no, he always looks like that''. He and his brother were always getting into mischief. When his brother went with him across the states to California where their married sister lived; he told his brother 'We'll be hopping trains, when we jump off the cops will be shooting but just keep running ---don't look back'' Well Bob jumped off and ran but his brother chickened out and stopped, got arrested and spent a few months in jail or working on the roads sort of chain gang. After he was released he finally made it to California and found his his sister's house. There was Bob relaxing in the tub, looked at him and said ''What took you so long?''
Amazingly wonderful man who had feelings, knew what he wanted, was no pushover, who was also very compassionate. Handsom too! Great actor! He was no robot! A man of his own. R.I.P. Robert. There will never be another you!💗👏👍✌
This was a fantastic portrait of Mitchum..... and deservedly so. He had so much presence. Just walking in to shot he oozed something. One of the best things I watched was Winds of War, amazing show. He clearly left his mark on those leading ladies. His son summing up his home life. Oh I came in the room to see Elvis playing the piano and singing songs with my Dad. How freaking cool is that.
Yes Elvis was invited to Sunday dinner, roast beef, teenager Christopher couldn't believe it. Btw Elvis never made it a habit to hang out with Hollywood types. My uncle worked for Universal for decades, he knew everyone but Elvis only hung out with his own guys, although you'd see him driving himself to the studio. You do know Mitchum spent a little time locked up in '49, for smoking pot.
Mitchum was the most believable actor who ever played a menacing role...plenty of heavy weights considered him the best actor around...including laughton....john Houston.. diNero and clint eastwood.......no one who has ever seen CAPE FEAR or NIGHT OF THE HUNTER has forgotten the great actor...fine singer and poet...Robert Mitchum....
I've never considered deniro a heavyweight rather a "Ham" very theatrical and highly over rated so it stands to reason he would be in awe of Bob Mitchum. Mickey Mouse is a far better actor than deniro!
@@owilde7554 I agree not Deniro, I never got why women liked Bogart either, skinny. I can't even stand his voice. I'd rather watch Claude Rains any day.
@owilde7554 I'll take Robert Mitchum every day over Robert Di Nero any day! Well, I'm not particularly a fan of Robert Di Nero, as he seems so bland playing the same old character with the different roles he plays? But I'll give it to Di Nero for his roles in The Godfather, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull and at his best... RIP Robert 🙏❤👑❤
As an Australian who hasn’t seen The Sundowners for many years, Robert absolutely nailed our accent. Bravo & respect Mr Mitchum. May you forever rest in peace sir.
My dad had a drink with Mitchum in the early 50s. Dad was sitting in a bar in Bossier City, Louisiana when Mitch walked in. A couple of drunks recognized him and started some s#$t. Mitchum knocked out both of them and bought dad a drink. I think Cape Fear was his best performance.
Robert Mitchum was best actor of his time and even now Robert Mitchum still has something that we all need. In Cape Fear his performance with just an egg on poly Bergen’s chest scared the hell out of me. In in the movie, Holiday affair. He plays this completely different character. It’s one of the sexiest movies I’ve seen. He’s very sweet, kind and falls in love with Janet Lee who is already engaged and is a single gorgeous Mom. Janet Lee wrote years later that when he kissed her, it was not a movie kiss. It was the real thing. In out of the past with Kirk Douglas, he’s amazing. Both of them are very good, but Robert Mitchum stole the whole show. It’s probably the best Film noir movie I have ever seen. I miss him so much. I love you, Robert Mitchum❤❤❤❤❤, Debra Bader
He, Robert Mitchum was nobody's fool. He had an instinct about people, and he didn't give a damn about what the Studio Heads thought. He could take them or leave them, and he mostly left them. That is why he didn't sweat it, when he got busted on the pot charge, and he said he was a Former Actor. Ha ha ha ha! He didn't get fired. Love it!
Robert Mitchum is my great grandfather. Thank you for this video. I never got to know him before he passed, and these videos help me feel like I kind of do.
I love all of their stories about Robert Mitchum . My favorite story is his son telling the story about Elvis coming to their house when he was growing up and playing the piano . I've heard another story about Robert Mitchum going to Elvis' dressing room in Los Vegas . They said Elvis liked those cowboy movies when he was growing up . I can see how everyone loved him . It's so strange when you have seen that face your whole life , but you never met him in person ever . Seems like he's a part of the family , because his face is so familiar . Love this video !! Thank you for sharing this !!
When Mitchum got arrested for smoking pot - it was almost certainly 'the end of his career'. But the next day in newspapers all across the country they reported what Mitchum said when the cop asked him his profession. "Former movie actor." The whole country laughed at that and if anything it enhanced his 'bad boy' reputation. .
I said in the '70s as soon as the government figures out how to make money off of pot they will legalize It. According to a CPA I know you can grow as much as you want but you will get 50% in taxes of your profit to the government. And there you go, government doesn't give a crap about you and your well-being they just want their money
@@BKMDano17 The gubmint makes billions off casinos, selling drugs and prostitution (those escort services do everything on credit cards and pay every penny of their taxes) - who needs the old Mafia.
Oh yes, ha ha ha. I do remember that when that happened. Yes, cool, mellow, and nonchalant. I love the way he took or looked at life. And he definitely deserved to have gotten some Oscars for his performances! I've noticed that Actors that definitely deserved to get that award, Never got them! Those awards are rigged in my opinion!
Robert Mitchum also had a quality that its extremely rare, which was that he had a photographic memory. He could read an entire script just once, and have it completely memorized! To me that is incredible! He never wasted anybodys time with re-takes. Other people will verify that. I also loved his mellow and cool personality, never any histerical melodrama with this cool dude. I Love him!
Probably my favourite actor of all time, he made it seem so effortless. And so humble about what he did. He said of acting that it was just showing up on time, knowing your lines, your marks, and that's it. But few were as natural and gifted at it as he was.
Amazing actor! He could scare you silly, as in NIGHT OF THE HUNTER and CAPE FEAR, but he could also reassure you that you were safe with him, as in THE WINDS OF WAR and WAR AND REMEMBRANCE miniseries.
Back in the late forties and early fifties, my mom and I would watch movies from the local TV stations. That's when I 1st saw "his kind of woman", and I think I've seen it at least 6 times since. I have to see Ryan's daughter, the sun downers, others...
My first love❤. I was 12, and saw him in a movie, and said to my mom, I Love that man’. 😂. She said, you cant know you love him, yr only 12 yrs old. I said, well- i do. And have ever since, even tho he’s not here, im still’ in Love’ with him. What a ‘man’.. he had it all!
My father-in-law abandoned at age 11. Box cars all over Canada and U.S.A. Recited poetry and ballads learned from other hobos (always said hobos worked their way, weren't beggers, bums) He died at 94 2001 and was still reciting. When he met his wife of 63 years it was forever home and called her "mama", but nothing unmanly about this gentleman. More zest for life than 20 something years olds now days.
I was only 12 when I saw Not as a Stranger. I am nearly 80 but that film made a stamp on my memory. I thought it was wonderful.. I saw him later in Ryan’s daughter. He had what it takes ❤️
I always thought Robert Mitcham was a great actor, especially since I thought he was tough. I grew up watching reruns of his movies on a black and white television. He was one of my favorite actors.
I was working at the newly remodeled Desert Inn Hotel and Casino in 1978. Robert Mitchum was there to dedicate a plaque to Howard Hughes who had recently passed away. I think they were friends, but not sure! Hughes owned the Desert Inn along with 4 other hotel casinos in Vegas . As I was going to lunch, I walked thru the coffee shop, Robert Mitchum was sitting alone near the entrance. He was wearing sunglasses and just sitting by himself. I totally regret that I didn't stop at his table as I walked by, if only to tell him how much I admired his acting. But employees were instructed not to speak to celebrities so I kept walking. I told a waitress as I passed into the employees back Hall that Robert Mitchum was sitting alone at the table by the entrance wearing sunglasses. She didn't believe me at first, but realized that it really was him!
Thank you for presenting the Robert Mitchum we suspected but didn’t know. He’s always been my favorite and will continue on to be so. So few actors display what being masculine is. So many have little boy features all their lives that it’s sometimes difficult to play a mature masculine role. That definitely wasn’t true about Robert Mitchum.
Robert Mitchum is realistic, subtle, and understated in Friends of Eddie Coyle, perhaps my favorite of his performances (another favorite is Track of the Cat).
Robert Mitchum is easily one of our greatest actors-- and not just an American one -- and he and Richard Widmark are my favorite American actors. Mitchum always seemed to "walk through" his parts, but he always held your attention. There was never anyone else in the room, but Mitchum, always "nailed it", with no apparent effort. And that's what "art" is.
Oh, gosh, oh gosh...so true! I detest Marlon Brando as the man he was and as a supposed "great" actor. I'm so glad Mitchum had that insight and put it to such perfect words.
@@victoriajarvis2260 Maybe should watch, 'LISTEN TO ME MARLON.'. Most Misunderstood Actor Ever. Brando was a child From Abusive Relationship, with a Mean and Nasty Father.
He was one of a kind! He never gave a bad performance. I watch him in all his movies! Wow what a guy! A man in every since of the word! That deep voice! That i don't give a damn attitude and that swagger! And boy could he act. He never won an Oscar. Shame on the Academy, but a lot of great actors never won one either so that says something about the Academy. Robert Mitchum Happy 102nd Birthday! Gone 22 years now, but you have never been forgotten and never will be. Thank you for all the films you left behind.
Robert Mitchum and Burt Lancaster are the most under rated actors of our times. In my book "Heaven knows Mr. Allison" is a master piece ,mind you that the whole movie is a dialogue of two persons. How many movies or actors have you seen than can keep you glued to the screen with just two actors. A great tribute to a great actor.
I totally agree....."Heaven Knows" is one of my FAVORITES. The "delicate flower" (Deborah Kerr)...and the "tough as nails" MARINE. If Mitchum had not been 'available' for this role...Lee Marvin would (probably) have done a 'great' job too. Another movie which consisted of only 2 characters was "My Dinner With Andre". I believe (both) Siskel and Ebert gave it a "Thumbs Up".
My favorite Mitchum film of all time has to be, "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison." It encompasses ALL of his greatest attributes... honesty, integrity, guts, and humanity, all in one unforgettable role. Directed by John Huston and co-starring Deborah Kerr, it just doesn't get any better.
My fav is Macau, with Jane Russell, they were good fiends until he died, she had become a born again Christian, in fact the night he died he asked could she come over to talk to him. I hope he got saved, i know his son Christopher is a Christian.
@@anjou6497 FINALLY I've met someone who loves this movie like me!! Most people haven't even heard of it, have you noticed that? We need to educate people about it, maybe someone reading this right now.
Right on the nose there Beth. My Dad told me a story of how he asked my Great Grandfather, who served in the Navy in WWII, if Mitch's portrayal of a skipper was accurate in "The Enemy Below". Great Grandpa apparently leaned back, his arms behind his head and looked to the ceiling and said plainly; "JD was the same way." That's enough for me!
Loved him in Winds of War and War and Remembrance. Really enjoyed the love story of “Pug and Pamela” played by the gorgeous actress Victoria Tennant. He really rocked a navy uniform even in his later years.
Robert Mitchum acted like he just didn't give a fuck. It was his nonchalant way of performing that made him so damn good, special. He reminded me so much of my dad who went through life with a kind of carelessness that what ever went on, what ever happened, was not up to him. The other guy had to take the first punch but then dad, Robert, would respond in kind. Amazing man, terrific actor.
He showed up at Elvis penthouse one night barely announced. He had a bottle of liquor and a script. He wanted Elvis to play in a movie with him. He told him he felt like Elvis was right for a part in a movie with him about racing. Elvis was already booked up for a couple of years but he really liked Elvis. They became friends and visited back and forth. Elvis had That same chiseled good looks and he told Elvis you’d be perfect for the part of my son. He tried to figure out how to get the studios to get Elvis into his movie. But That was colonel Parker’s fault. Elvis would have been great in a movie with Robert Mitchum. He told Elvis you don’t have to sing. Elvis loved that.
@@gracieg7601 Yes but one thing; usually you don't see 2 top notch celebrities for the price of one ticket. RHO was sort of a lower ranking studio, less pay, less prestigue,. Elvis wouldn't have cared but the demonic Tom Parker wouldn't go for that. Btw at Elvis' funeral Parker said ''I made him who he was'' Elvis' friend said ''Yeah? make another one''.
I'd also like to thank you for all the stars that he worked with. It was fun seeing how they were there and how they are now. You covered this quite nicely
No chance. We live in a different age now. Have you read Baby I Don't Care? The biography of Mitchum? He was a very humble guy loved smoking weed or gage as he and Louis Armstrong called it! Night of the Hunter is a tour de force as is Heaven Knows Mr Allison with Deborah Kerr.
Fascinating how much John Mitchum sounded like his brother Robert ! This was a very entertaining & informative documentary ! Thank you so very much for sharing with us ! CHEERS !! :-)
Oh yes! My two favorite Philip Marlowe actors are Robert Mitchum and Gerald Mohr. Look for Gerald Mohr's rendition of Philip Marlowe, and I think you'll like it. He has a great voice, and attitude or personality!
Wonderful bio…some of these people grew up with such hardship and it made it who they became. Nowadays kids worry about what sex they are and whether or not they got their feeling hurt!!! What a world, what a world!!
The man married in 1940 and remained married until his death in 1997 with numerous children, grand children, and great grand children. No mid-life crises with Mitchum! Just a steady compass heading to virtuous family life. Hats off to men of his caliber.
@@dhss333 As far as I know, and I am in the business, all leading men back then had affairs with the exception of Cagney. I think it was partially that behavior, seen by the next generation, that lead to the free love sixties.
Since he had an ingrained sense of people, I'm sure that he picked a very fine up-standing and down to earth lady to marry, much like the type of guy that he is.
@@chirelle.alanalooney8609 Yes she tolerated his indiscretions even when he was making a film in Europe and rented a home in the country with his leading lady. However WHEN his wife got fed up and moved back east he straightened up and never cheated again, he did not want to lose her,.
@@marilynwillett804 I am guessing that was after Bob fell head over heels in love with Shirley McClaine. That was probably the only serious relationship he had outside of this marriage.
In my opinion, Mitchum's greatest role was as the Marine in "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison." It perfectly reveals both sides of the man, the hard and the vulnerable, in a truly unforgettable film. When you include the luminous and perfectly cast Deborah Kerr, you have a classic movie of tremendous pathos and irony. Catch it.
Yes, the scene in which he begs for forgiveness from Deborah Kerr's nun the morning after he finally verbalized the I-need-a-woman-now sexual longing he had been able to suppress while with her on the island. Simply irresistable to see effortless vulnerability in eyes, voice, and body language from a charismatic and strong-featured American male actor.
@@davidallen508 What was she supposed to call him, "Jarhead"?? You obviously know nothing about how a proper nun would speak, much less how to speak to a king. You could lose your freaking HEAD for addressing royalty in such a disrespectful way.
Robert Mitchum is one of the most menacing screen villains of all time. Cape Fear and Night of the Hunter are bone chilling. The scene with Polly Bergen and the eggs in Cape Fear gives me chicken skin just thinking about it.
I had the great pleasure of working with Robert Mitchum as an actor, near the end of his career and he was a joy to behold. Calm, thoughtful and a complete natural. A real genuine human being. They don't make leading men like him anymore..
Mitch had this wonderful way about him of including you in his life..
Did you hear about his escapades on Ryan’s daughter? He had a band of whores flown in from China to tend to his needs until his wife decided to visit the set he hurriedly booked a flight to send them home again 😂😂😂 Another morning when he was driving to work a Kerry farmer was driving his sheep up the road and Mitchum was cranky for being held up, he asked the farmer do you know who I am? In Ireland at the time in ireland television was only starting to come out so the farmer didn’t have a bulls notion who he was. Another night he was in the local pub where a group of young lads dared one another to go up and punch him as he was a big man, one of them took up the offer and went up to him gave him a swift paste under the jaw and before Mitchum knew what hit him the young had bolted out the door.
Indeed, they do not make men like Mitch anymore. Many thanks for your note. All best..
Robert MItchum was a most watchable actor. He hooked you from the minute he came into view.
Classic Hollywood Legend. RIP Robert Mitchum. You made your mark in Classic Hollywood that will live forever.
Someone once said how intelligent he was, but when you have nothing to back it up with, no one takes that side of you seriously. Most underrated actor ever, a face which held so many secrets.
İnanmıyorsan kime ne? cehenneme kadar yolun var
My mother’s all time favourite movie star. I understand why. What a man and what a life.
Yes.
Mine too.
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My all time favorite actor as well!
He died 23 years ago today and left a hole in films that can never never be filled. There was no one like him on the screen and never will be. What an actor he was! What a man he was! Never won a Oscar! Good! So many GREAT actors have never won Oscars. He is class company. Thank you Mitch for all the joy you gave and continue to give in the films you left behind.
Check out Joe Flanigan. He is a modern Robert Mitchum.
Some say the Oscar is a jinx. Most of the winners did not have a film afterwards.
@@ernestogalura97 No, I would not say that the Oscar is a jinx. It is just a lot of great actors either never won one or was never nominated. Cary Grant only had 1 nomination I think, and was never given the award. They did want to give him an Oscar for this body of work at the end, but he said no. Barbara Stanwyck, 4 times nominated and never won. Oscar gave her one for her body of work at the end of her life. Alfred Hitchcock never won one either. Hard to believe. Robert Mitchum is in a class of great actors and actresses and directors who have never won an Oscar. Someone should write a book about them.
@@voicegirl555 Cary Grant was given an honorary Oscar in 1970; check out his acceptance speech on TH-cam!
@@robyncooperramsey8323 I know Cary Grant was given an honorary Oscar. So was Alfred Hitchcock. I think the last honorary Oscar was given to the Great Peter O'Toole before his death in 2013. Richard Burton didn't get an honorary Oscar because he died in 1984. He had 7 Oscar nods. So did Peter O'Toole. The late great Cary Grant was such a good actor! He deserve a boat load of Oscars. He made it look too easy. The very classy Mr. Grant! I have seen his acceptance speech! A class act he was! Oh that terrific actress Barbara Stanwyck never got an Oscar either after 4 nods, but she did get the honorary Oscar just before she died.
❤more love for Robert Mitchum then ever. And that’s building upon my Mothers love for him from the 1950’s as she showed me. Wonderfully made documentary.
I love the movies Mitchum made...what an exceptional actor he was....No one will ever equal him in "Cape Fear"!
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@@rashidrahman7998 Never saw it -- where can I find it ??? Robert Mitchum didn't play "Max Cady" he was Max Cady tell which of those you mentioned was that good? I want to see it!
@@Hutzjohn Deewanagee; somewhat similar but they took inspiration from this film.
No. They redid Cape Fear with major actors, but it's just not it.
He blew Gregory Peck off the screen.
When I saw Robert Mitchum in Isla Mujeres Mexico the early 1980s, on a rock, far from everywhere then, I was starstruck. Of course said you’re RM! He put his hand over his face like Give Me A Break. His wife came up and was so kind to me. Lovely woman
Worked with Bob in the early 90's (3yrs on African Skies)). What a gas! Coming back from a set, Bob was in the passenger seat , he reached over and turned off the radio. Then we sang 'House of the Rising Sun' together. "Hey Bob ya want to go to the Hotel Bar and have one?" Thanks, anyway. A martuni and a doobie, in my room and I'm good".
He had an "IT" factor, and what a presence, when he appeared on the screen. His voice, well I could listen to him all day. ❤❤😊😊
What a guy. He *never* forgot where he came from; so modest. A great actor too.
Good drinker and smoker to boot
@@jimmymalone9139 Someone told Mitchum 'that vodka you're drinking is just a slow poison'. He said "I'm in no hurry".
His Night of the Hunter is still, to my mind, one of them most frightening and best done terror movies to this day. What modern directors try to do with props, Mitchum did with sheer presence.
Yes...one of the best movies ever made
Mitchum Was One Of The Most Unique Hollywood Actor, That He Will Never Be Forgotten. RIP
He was really a great actor. Every role that he had was exceptional. Thanks for all of the interviews from actors who had worked with him.
Very handsome & talented actor. My dad had " Robert Mitchum eyes". He grew up poor during the depression, too. ( He died on July 1st, (1956,) same day as Mitchum.July 1)
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Happy Happy Birthday To The Original Bad Boy Of The Screen. There was no one like you Mitch! You never never gave a bad performance!
Marvellous actor. Loved his movies. Beautiful deep velvet voice. Gorgeous man.
One of my favorite actors of all time. Great Robert Mitchum.
The perfect noir star. He believes in something - and can deal with a world that doesn’t.
When he is a villain ( Cape Fear, Night of the Hunter) he is the scariest, cause all that tough quality is in the service of evil.
For me, hands down, the coolest guy to work in Hollywood, ever.
He and John Wayne together was pure perfection!
Robert came into movies from need!
His eyes, so worried and so anxious, showed the hard-scrabbled life he was forced to live in his youth. I think that while he comfortably "scaled the heights" of movie stardom, there was always the worry that everything could disappear in an instant!
The intensity of the man showed in his eyes and reflects a man with a firm grip on reality with the undeniable worry that everything might disappear in an instant!
As his career moved on, he became more comfortable, but insecurity never left him and this shows in the intensity of his personality in all the movies he made.
I worship this intense actor!!!
A regular “Michael Corleone” stare…
Apart from Gregory Peck RM is my favourite actor. Self contained yet not not unaware of human frailty.
Actually, no. At least from my impression from reading about him. He wasn't really worried, and his eyes give that half sleepy/half awake indifference. Growing up his home was always family moving in or out, his mother din't care who worked as long as somebody bought groceries. At age 2 he fell and hit his head, his mother brought him to the doctor, who said ''he has a concussion, look at his eyes'' his mother replied '' no, he always looks like that''. He and his brother were always getting into mischief. When his brother went with him across the states to California where their married sister lived; he told his brother 'We'll be hopping trains, when we jump off the cops will be shooting but just keep running ---don't look back'' Well Bob jumped off and ran but his brother chickened out and stopped, got arrested and spent a few months in jail or working on the roads sort of chain gang. After he was released he finally made it to California and found his his sister's house. There was Bob relaxing in the tub, looked at him and said ''What took you so long?''
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Amazingly wonderful man who had feelings, knew what he wanted, was no pushover, who was also very compassionate. Handsom too! Great actor! He was no robot! A man of his own. R.I.P. Robert. There will never be another you!💗👏👍✌
He was an anti-Semite.
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This was a fantastic portrait of Mitchum..... and deservedly so. He had so much presence. Just walking in to shot he oozed something. One of the best things I watched was Winds of War, amazing show. He clearly left his mark on those leading ladies. His son summing up his home life. Oh I came in the room to see Elvis playing the piano and singing songs with my Dad. How freaking cool is that.
Ge had the best face, strong and very masculine. No matter what role he played he was the best. I always thought he was a "hunk:.
Charisma...lol plus don't hurt he's really handsome
Yes Elvis was invited to Sunday dinner, roast beef, teenager Christopher couldn't believe it. Btw Elvis never made it a habit to hang out with Hollywood types. My uncle worked for Universal for decades, he knew everyone but Elvis only hung out with his own guys, although you'd see him driving himself to the studio. You do know Mitchum spent a little time locked up in '49, for smoking pot.
Todays Hollywood is completly nothing compare with Mitchum times. What a Character!
Awesome Actor! A true LEGEND
you are a sad joke ..he is the worst loser ever ,the dumb ass lick
one of the greats cool
Well spoken blast from the past. I am now 64 and have enjoyed his acting as long as I can remember.
Mitchum was the most believable actor who ever played a menacing role...plenty of heavy weights considered him the best actor around...including laughton....john Houston.. diNero and clint eastwood.......no one who has ever seen CAPE FEAR or NIGHT OF THE HUNTER has forgotten the great actor...fine singer and poet...Robert Mitchum....
I've never considered deniro a heavyweight rather a "Ham" very theatrical and highly over rated so it stands to reason he would be in awe of Bob Mitchum. Mickey Mouse is a far better actor than deniro!
@@owilde7554 I agree not Deniro, I never got why women liked Bogart either, skinny. I can't even stand his voice. I'd rather watch Claude Rains any day.
@owilde7554 I'll take Robert Mitchum every day over Robert Di Nero any day!
Well, I'm not particularly a fan of Robert Di Nero, as he seems so bland playing the same old character with the different roles he plays?
But I'll give it to Di Nero for his roles in The Godfather, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull and at his best...
RIP Robert 🙏❤👑❤
Underrated actor. It’s nice that they honoured him while he was alive.
As an Australian who hasn’t seen The Sundowners for many years, Robert absolutely nailed our accent. Bravo & respect Mr Mitchum. May you forever rest in peace sir.
My dad had a drink with Mitchum in the early 50s. Dad was sitting in a bar in Bossier City, Louisiana when Mitch walked in. A couple of drunks recognized him and started some s#$t. Mitchum knocked out both of them and bought dad a drink. I think Cape Fear was his best performance.
Robert Mitchum was best actor of his time and even now Robert Mitchum still has something that we all need. In Cape Fear his performance with just an egg on poly Bergen’s chest scared the hell out of me. In in the movie, Holiday affair. He plays this completely different character. It’s one of the sexiest movies I’ve seen. He’s very sweet, kind and falls in love with Janet Lee who is already engaged and is a single gorgeous Mom. Janet Lee wrote years later that when he kissed her, it was not a movie kiss. It was the real thing. In out of the past with Kirk Douglas, he’s amazing. Both of them are very good, but Robert Mitchum stole the whole show. It’s probably the best Film noir movie I have ever seen. I miss him so much. I love you, Robert Mitchum❤❤❤❤❤, Debra Bader
Mitch was "real". One could get so engrossed in his character. Such a wonderful man who cared for others. A rarity.
He and Deborah Kerr had that chemistry on film. They were life long friends. RIP
He, Robert Mitchum was nobody's fool. He had an instinct about people, and he didn't give a damn about what the Studio Heads thought. He could take them or leave them, and he mostly left them. That is why he didn't sweat it, when he got busted on the pot charge, and he said he was a Former Actor. Ha ha ha ha! He didn't get fired. Love it!
I loved Robert Mitchum in all his movies. Heaven Knows Mr Allison opened the first multi-theater in Houston, the GulfGate double theater. Great!!!!
Robert Mitchum is my great grandfather. Thank you for this video. I never got to know him before he passed, and these videos help me feel like I kind of do.
Seriously?
@@dee_dee_place yeah, very much so
@@Uber_GoobTube Wow. Have you seen all his movies?
@@dee_dee_place Most of them, yeah. There are some old ones that are impossible to find.
He was a great actor, he was under rated. Love every one of his movies.
I love all of their stories about Robert Mitchum . My favorite story is his son telling the story about Elvis coming to their house when he was growing up and playing the piano . I've heard another story about Robert Mitchum going to Elvis' dressing room in Los Vegas . They said Elvis liked those cowboy movies when he was growing up . I can see how everyone loved him . It's so strange when you have seen that face your whole life , but you never met him in person ever . Seems like he's a part of the family , because his face is so familiar . Love this video !! Thank you for sharing this !!
I loved Robert Mitchum's style of acting. He was "cool" long before that word came into vogue.
Most definitely he was
True❤ and a real mans man
When Mitchum got arrested for smoking pot - it was almost certainly 'the end of his career'. But the next day in newspapers all across the country they reported what Mitchum said when the cop asked him his profession. "Former movie actor." The whole country laughed at that and if anything it enhanced his 'bad boy' reputation. .
I said in the '70s as soon as the government figures out how to make money off of pot they will legalize It. According to a CPA I know you can grow as much as you want but you will get 50% in taxes of your profit to the government. And there you go, government doesn't give a crap about you and your well-being they just want their money
@@BKMDano17 The gubmint makes billions off casinos, selling drugs and prostitution (those escort services do everything on credit cards and pay every penny of their taxes) - who needs the old Mafia.
Oh yes, ha ha ha. I do remember that when that happened. Yes, cool, mellow, and nonchalant. I love the way he took or looked at life. And he definitely deserved to have gotten some Oscars for his performances! I've noticed that Actors that definitely deserved to get that award, Never got them! Those awards are rigged in my opinion!
@@chirelle.alanalooney8609 The low key, expert natural actors often missed out on a Oscar to a flashier dramatic actor.
Robert Mitchum also had a quality that its extremely rare, which was that he had a photographic memory. He could read an entire script just once, and have it completely memorized! To me that is incredible! He never wasted anybodys time with re-takes. Other people will verify that. I also loved his mellow and cool personality, never any histerical melodrama with this cool dude. I Love him!
I think I mis-spelled hysterical, I apologize for that. I wasn't thinking right.
He also had a great aptitude for accents ie: Australian, which he almost had.And Irish as well. A GRREAT actor 💖💖
Beautiful Jane Russel laughed when she said Mitchum would call his lines ''lyrics''. ''I HAVE TO LEARN MY LYRICS''.
Spencer Tracy was the same way.
Not to mention his rich masculine voice.
TOP MAN. LOVE HIM READ BOOKS WATCHED ALL HIS FILMS. BEST ACTOR EVER
I always liked him.
He was a great actor with good looks and voice.
I always thought he was awesome. Great man and actor.
Probably my favourite actor of all time, he made it seem so effortless. And so humble about what he did. He said of acting that it was just showing up on time, knowing your lines, your marks, and that's it. But few were as natural and gifted at it as he was.
James Stewart, Clark Gable, John Wayne,Humphrey Bogart ETC !
Amazing actor! He could scare you silly, as in NIGHT OF THE HUNTER and CAPE FEAR, but he could also reassure you that you were safe with him, as in THE WINDS OF WAR and WAR AND REMEMBRANCE miniseries.
Was night of the hunter the movie where he plays a killer preacher. Scared the shite out of me!!!!!!!!!!
Was terrific in winds of war, remembered as a alpha male who leads soldiers and loved his women
Back in the late forties and early fifties, my mom and I would watch movies from the local TV stations. That's when I 1st saw "his kind of woman", and I think I've seen it at least 6 times since.
I have to see Ryan's daughter, the sun downers, others...
My first love❤. I was 12, and saw him in a movie, and said to my mom, I Love that man’. 😂. She said, you cant know you love him, yr only 12 yrs old. I said, well- i do. And have ever since, even tho he’s not here, im still’ in Love’ with him. What a ‘man’.. he had it all!
My father-in-law abandoned at age 11. Box cars all over Canada and U.S.A. Recited poetry and ballads learned from other hobos (always said hobos worked their way, weren't beggers, bums) He died at 94 2001 and was still reciting. When he met his wife of 63 years it was forever home and called her "mama", but nothing unmanly about this gentleman. More zest for life than 20 something years olds now days.
I was only 12 when I saw Not as a Stranger. I am nearly 80 but that film made a stamp on my memory. I thought it was wonderful.. I saw him later in Ryan’s daughter. He had what it takes ❤️
He got just what is fading away more and more PERSONALITY.
I always thought Robert Mitcham was a great actor, especially since I thought he was tough. I grew up watching reruns of his movies on a black and white television. He was one of my favorite actors.
I was working at the newly remodeled Desert Inn Hotel and Casino in 1978. Robert Mitchum was there to dedicate a plaque to Howard Hughes who had recently passed away. I think they were friends, but not sure! Hughes owned the Desert Inn along with 4 other hotel casinos in Vegas . As I was going to lunch, I walked thru the coffee shop, Robert Mitchum was sitting alone near the entrance. He was wearing sunglasses and just sitting by himself. I totally regret that I didn't stop at his table as I walked by, if only to tell him how much I admired his acting. But employees were instructed not to speak to celebrities so I kept walking. I told a waitress as I passed into the employees back Hall that Robert Mitchum was sitting alone at the table by the entrance wearing sunglasses. She didn't believe me at first, but realized that it really was him!
An awesome acting in Cape Fear with Gregory Peck. Wow. Awesome 🙏
And as Max Caddie.....
Way more frightening than Deniro .
For me "The Night of the Hunter " just terrified me when i first saw it, great movie.
His facial expressions were superb and so naturalp
Thank you for presenting the Robert Mitchum we suspected but didn’t know. He’s always been my favorite and will continue on to be so. So few actors display what being masculine is. So many have little boy features all their lives that it’s sometimes difficult to play a mature masculine role. That definitely wasn’t true about Robert Mitchum.
What an man absolutely one of a kind seems so genuine a real man
Robert Mitchum is realistic, subtle, and understated in Friends of Eddie Coyle, perhaps my favorite of his performances (another favorite is Track of the Cat).
I agree, Track of the Cat is a wonderful film
Best actor ever! My father looked a lot like him. RIP 7/1/97
Robert Mitchum is easily one of our greatest actors-- and not just an American one -- and he and Richard Widmark are my favorite American actors.
Mitchum always seemed to "walk through" his parts, but he always held your attention. There was never anyone else in the room, but Mitchum, always "nailed it", with no apparent effort.
And that's what "art" is.
One of my favorite quotes from an actor: When Mitchum was asked whether he'd ever made a movie with Brando: "Brando's never made a movie with anyone."
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Oh, gosh, oh gosh...so true! I detest Marlon Brando as the man he was and as a supposed "great" actor. I'm so glad Mitchum had that insight and put it to such perfect words.
@@victoriajarvis2260 Maybe should watch, 'LISTEN TO ME MARLON.'. Most Misunderstood Actor Ever.
Brando was a child From Abusive Relationship, with a Mean and Nasty Father.
Ha ha ha ha ha! That was a good line he came up with, and I love it, cuz I don't care for Brando, and never did.
I think Brando's motto was.
"ME , MYSELF & I." Since he was so wrapped up in himself. What an ego he had, just sickening!
Some great films in his C.V. He is simply magnificent in 'The Friends of Eddie Coyle". An underrated masterclass in the art of cinema
I don't know anything about acting, but if I'm surfing through the channels and I see Mitchum in a movie I'll stop and watch every time.👍
He was one of a kind! He never gave a bad performance. I watch him in all his movies! Wow what a guy! A man in every since of the word! That deep voice! That i don't give a damn attitude and that swagger! And boy could he act. He never won an Oscar. Shame on the Academy, but a lot of great actors never won one either so that says something about the Academy. Robert Mitchum Happy 102nd Birthday! Gone 22 years now, but you have never been forgotten and never will be. Thank you for all the films you left behind.
He's not 102 years old when he's been dead for 22...
@@ih82r8 He was born in 1917! 103 years ago. He died on July 1st 1997 at the age of 79! He would have been 80 years old that August 6th.
i dont understand why folks say that, he never made it to 102, i mean at what age or year does it stop?
Robert Mitchum was one of my all time favorite actors. Both personally and professionally. 💋
Robert Mitchum and Burt Lancaster are the most under rated actors of our times.
In my book "Heaven knows Mr. Allison" is a master piece ,mind you that the whole movie
is a dialogue of two persons.
How many movies or actors have you seen than can keep you glued to the screen with just two actors.
A great tribute to a great actor.
I totally agree....."Heaven Knows" is one of my FAVORITES. The "delicate flower" (Deborah Kerr)...and the "tough as nails" MARINE. If Mitchum had not been 'available' for this role...Lee Marvin would (probably) have done a 'great' job too. Another movie which consisted of only 2 characters was "My Dinner With Andre". I believe (both) Siskel and Ebert gave it a "Thumbs Up".
Yes he was outstanding in that movie~!!!!
Robert Mitchum grew up in a very difficult, yet unique time in this country's history, a time that we will never see again.
HE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
My favorite Mitchum film of all time has to be, "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison."
It encompasses ALL of his greatest attributes... honesty, integrity, guts, and humanity, all in one unforgettable role. Directed by John Huston and co-starring Deborah Kerr, it just doesn't get any better.
My fav is Macau, with Jane Russell, they were good fiends until he died, she had become a born again Christian, in fact the night he died he asked could she come over to talk to him. I hope he got saved, i know his son Christopher is a Christian.
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FINALLY I've met someone who loves this movie like me!! Most people haven't even heard of it, have you noticed that? We need to educate people about it, maybe someone reading this right now.
This generation of actors were like no other. Todays actors could seriously take lessons from these great men.
Right on the nose there Beth. My Dad told me a story of how he asked my Great Grandfather, who served in the Navy in WWII, if Mitch's portrayal of a skipper was accurate in "The Enemy Below". Great Grandpa apparently leaned back, his arms behind his head and looked to the ceiling and said plainly; "JD was the same way." That's enough for me!
It wouldn't help. Like Mitchum said, you cant go to school to learn how to be tall.
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My heart throb❤️😘🥰❤️
WOW, this was great, Jane Greer was such a goddess in her day and they worked so well together
Loved him in Winds of War and War and Remembrance. Really enjoyed the love story of “Pug and Pamela” played by the gorgeous actress Victoria Tennant. He really rocked a navy uniform even in his later years.
I’m going to rewatch the series soon. I watched it on TV. God, where did that time go?
One of the greatest actors of all time
Loved him when I was young, love him still! ♥️
THose were the days and we thought they would never end RIP Loved him to bit A fine actor
Hello Ann, How are you doing?
He may have been a "reluctant star", but he sure was a massive one, in my eyes anyway. I just loved the guy.
Yes. He was inescapably compelling.
I love Robert in the brilliant Western Elderado with John Wayne and Robert. This is my favourite film.
He's what you remember most.
🥰💕He was excitedly in his acting and was charming in his movie’s 🍿
My favorite is "Out of the Past." Beautiful Eastern Sierra setting, gloriously filmed in black and white and it's great film noir.
Yes, one of the great film noir movies.
Yes! My favorite Mitchum film!
"Holiday Affair" one of my all time favorite films. Robert Mitchum at his best in a silly little rom com Christmas movie. Sad it's not mentioned here.
Night of the Hunter was a masterpiece. It frightened me as a mother but as a child I identified with the little girl.
Robert Mitchum acted like he just didn't give a fuck. It was his nonchalant way of performing that made him so damn good, special. He reminded me so much of my dad who went through life with a kind of carelessness that what ever went on, what ever happened, was not up to him. The other guy had to take the first punch but then dad, Robert, would respond in kind. Amazing man, terrific actor.
Then you were fortunate to have had such a dad Dee' good for you.
He showed up at Elvis penthouse one night barely announced. He had a bottle of liquor and a script. He wanted Elvis to play in a movie with him. He told him he felt like Elvis was right for a part in a movie with him about racing. Elvis was already booked up for a couple of years but he really liked Elvis. They became friends and visited back and forth. Elvis had That same chiseled good looks and he told Elvis you’d be perfect for the part of my son. He tried to figure out how to get the studios to get Elvis into his movie. But That was colonel Parker’s fault. Elvis would have been great in a movie with Robert Mitchum. He told Elvis you don’t have to sing. Elvis loved that.
Always liked Robert Mitchum loved his casual so what style of acting and in my book a very handsome man
@@gracieg7601 Yes but one thing; usually you don't see 2 top notch celebrities for the price of one ticket. RHO was sort of a lower ranking studio, less pay, less prestigue,. Elvis wouldn't have cared but the demonic Tom Parker wouldn't go for that. Btw at Elvis' funeral Parker said ''I made him who he was'' Elvis' friend said ''Yeah? make another one''.
@@gracieg7601 Mitch was handsome, rugged but I wouldn't say chiseled features, Elvis yes of course.
I'd also like to thank you for all the stars that he worked with. It was fun seeing how they were there and how they are now. You covered this quite nicely
What an interesting story. From Felton and Dover, Delaware of all places. Loved his acting
Mitchum. McQueen. Marvin. Bronson. These were real tough guys who lead rough & tumble lives. We won't see their sort again.
No chance. We live in a different age now. Have you read Baby I Don't Care? The biography of Mitchum? He was a very humble guy loved smoking weed or gage as he and Louis Armstrong called it! Night of the Hunter is a tour de force as is Heaven Knows Mr Allison with Deborah Kerr.
Gordon M. I haven't read his autobio and I've seen Hunter but not Mrs Allison. But I'll def check them out thanks.
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winstoneism wats your point
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Fascinating how much John Mitchum sounded like his brother Robert ! This was a very entertaining & informative documentary ! Thank you so very much for sharing with us ! CHEERS !! :-)
What an incredible man.❤
Enjoyed watching Roberts struggle to stardom. He played the character effortlessly, my role model
Love this man. Love Mitchum's version of Philip Marlowe. The wisecracking and cynical private detective.
Oh yes! My two favorite Philip Marlowe actors are Robert Mitchum and Gerald Mohr. Look for Gerald Mohr's rendition of Philip Marlowe, and I think you'll like it. He has a great voice, and attitude or personality!
What a wonderful natural born actor was Mitchum! Rest In Peace dear Robert.
Wonderful bio…some of these people grew up with such hardship and it made it who they became. Nowadays kids worry about what sex they are and whether or not they got their feeling hurt!!! What a world, what a world!!
A very handsome man an incredible star. His son is like he was
The man married in 1940 and remained married until his death in 1997 with numerous children, grand children, and great grand children. No mid-life crises with Mitchum! Just a steady compass heading to virtuous family life. Hats off to men of his caliber.
How do you know? He had plenty off affairs. Oblique virtue signalling.
@@dhss333 As far as I know, and I am in the business, all leading men back then had affairs with the exception of Cagney. I think it was partially that behavior, seen by the next generation, that lead to the free love sixties.
Since he had an ingrained sense of people, I'm sure that he picked a very fine up-standing and down to earth lady to marry, much like the type of guy that he is.
@@chirelle.alanalooney8609 Yes she tolerated his indiscretions even when he was making a film in Europe and rented a home in the country with his leading lady. However WHEN his wife got fed up and moved back east he straightened up and never cheated again, he did not want to lose her,.
@@marilynwillett804 I am guessing that was after Bob fell head over heels in love with Shirley McClaine. That was probably the only serious relationship he had outside of this marriage.
In my opinion, Mitchum's greatest role was as the Marine in "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison." It perfectly reveals both sides of the man, the hard and the vulnerable, in a truly unforgettable film. When you include the luminous and perfectly cast Deborah Kerr, you have a classic movie of tremendous pathos and irony. Catch it.
It's my favorite of his
@@ih82r8
I've waited YEARS for someone to stay that!! I try to watch it every couple of years or so, for the past 50-years. Thanks:)
Yes, the scene in which he begs for forgiveness from Deborah Kerr's nun the morning after he finally verbalized the I-need-a-woman-now sexual longing he had been able to suppress while with her on the island. Simply irresistable to see effortless vulnerability in eyes, voice, and body language from a charismatic and strong-featured American male actor.
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What was she supposed to call him, "Jarhead"?? You obviously know nothing about how a proper nun would speak, much less how to speak to a king. You could lose your freaking HEAD for addressing royalty in such a disrespectful way.
I agree ❤️ed that movie
Great actor. He was good in everything. Even as an old sarcastic guy in “cape fear”. Those guys were one of a kind.
Beforthat he was Max Cady in the original version.
I think men that truly know themselves are always attractive and very interesting. It just somehow makes them good looking
Loved Robert Mitchum he was a handsome man and talented and just loved his voice he was a great actor
He wasn't full of himself. He seemed so natural.
Exactly - and yet he could have been.
He was a very great actor and I grew up watching his films and I believe he was very talented and I enjoyed all his films
A lot of famous people from his generation actually lived during "hard times" and still became successful despite their former hardships.
Robert Mitchum is one of the most menacing screen villains of all time. Cape Fear and Night of the Hunter are bone chilling. The scene with Polly Bergen and the eggs in Cape Fear gives me chicken skin just thinking about it.
He did a cameo in the second Cape Fear.
"How to learn to be an actor" by Robert Mitchum.....not a book but a handout-flyer.....but the guy is definately missing in todays hollywood.