| Also Known As: |
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Died: |
July 1, 1997 |
| Born: |
August 6, 1917 |
Cause of Death: |
emphysema and lung cancer |
| Birth Place: |
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA |
Profession: | Cast
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RATE AND COMMENT
FAMILY
| father: |
James Mitchum. Matthews was the seventh of 16 children. |
| father: |
James Mitchum. Died in railway accident in 1919 when Mitchum was 18 months old. |
| mother: |
Anne Mitchum. After husband's death eventually remarried British journalist Major Hugh Cunningham Morris; died in 1990 at the age of 96. |
| mother: |
Anne Mitchum. Had one; paraplegic. |
| sister: |
Julie Mitchum. Survived him. |
| sister: |
Julie Mitchum. Nightclub singer. Born 1914. |
| brother: |
John Mitchum. Factory director. |
| brother: |
John Mitchum. Actor; songwriter. Born 1919; appeared in several of brother's films, and in other films including "The Prairie" (1947), "The Pace That Thrills" (1952) and "The Enforcer" (1976); used pseudonym in the 1950s; married Gloria Grahame's sister Joy in 1941; died November 27, 2001 after a series of strokes. |
| sister: |
Carol Allen. Carpenter. Went blind. |
| son: |
James Robin Mitchum. Actor. Born on May 8, 1941; film debut in "Thunder Road" (1957) playing his father's brother(!); later acted in films including "Young Guns of Texas" (1962), "Moonrunners" (1974) and "Trackdown" (1976). |
| son: |
James Robin Mitchum. Died in infancy. |
| son: |
Christopher Mitchum. Actor. Born on October 16, 1943; has acted in films including "Once" (1974) and "Eyes of the Dragon" (1981). |
| son: |
Christopher Mitchum. Older. |
| daughter: |
Petrina Mitchum. Born on March 3, 1952. |
| daughter: |
Petrina Mitchum. Married. |
| grandson: |
Bentley C Mitchum. Married for five years. |
| grandson: |
Bentley C Mitchum. Actor. Father, Christopher Mitchum; made acting debut in the TV-movie, "Promises to Keep" (1985) opposite his father and grandfather; has also acted in features including "Rich Girl" (1991), "The Man in the Moon" (1991) and "Ruby in Paradise" (1993). |
| granddaughter: |
Carrie Mitchum. Housewife. Went deaf. |
| granddaughter: |
Carrie Mitchum. Actor. Father, Christopher Mitchum; appeared on CBS daytime serial "The Bold and the Beautiful"; formerly married to actor Casper Van Dien; appeared with grandfather and then-husband in "James Dean: Race With Destiny" (filmed in 1996). |