- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 8, 1941
- Place of Birth
- Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, US
- Died
- September 20, 2025
James Mitchum
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). He has appeared in more than 30 films including The Beat Generation in 1959; The Victors in 1963; as a surfer named Eskimo in …
Filmography
movieRobert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieStickfighter
1994 · Mule (uncredited)
movieBeyond Kilimanjaro, Across the River of Blood
1990 · James Mitchum
movieFatal Mission
1990 · Maj. Bauer
movieHoodwinked
1989 · Lieutenant Kevin Spanner
movieLeathernecks
1989
movieMarked for Murder
1989 · Rainier
movieRaiders of the Magic Ivory
1988 · Sugar
movieMercenary Fighters
1988 · Wilson Jeffords
movieCode Name: Zebra
1987 · Frank Barnes (as Jim Mitchum)
movieHollywood Cop
1987 · Feliciano
movieCrazy Jungle Adventure
1982 · Butch Donovan
movieMonstroid
1980 · Travis
movieBlackout
1978 · Dan Evans
movieRansom
1977 · Tracker
movieTrackdown
1976 · Jim Calhoun
movieMoonrunners
1975 · Grady Hagg
movieThe Last Movie
1971 · Art
movieTwo-Lane Blacktop
1971 · Man #2 at Race Track
movieThe Invincible Six
1970 · Nazar
movieAmbush Bay
1966 · Pvt. James Grenier
movieThe Tramplers
1965 · Hoby Cordeen
movieThe Money Trap
1965 · Detective Wolski
movieIn Harm's Way
1965 · Ensign Griggs
movieRide the Wild Surf
1964 · Eskimo
movieMassacre At Grand Canyon
1964 · Wes Evans
movieThe Victors
1963 · Grogan
movieYoung Guns of Texas
1962 · Morgan Coe
movieGirls Town
1959 · Charley Boy
movieThe Beat Generation
1959 · Art Jester
movieThunder Road
1958 · Robin Doolin
movieColorado Territory
1949 · Child (uncredited)