What happened to Robert Mitchum?
What happened to Robert Mitchum?
A lifelong smoker and drug user, Robert Mitchum died in 1997, at the age of 79, as a result of complications from lung cancer and emphysema.
What was the last movie that Robert Mitchum made?
His sons James Mitchum and Christopher Mitchum are actors, as is his grandson Bentley Mitchum. His last film was James Dean: Race with Destiny (1997) with Casper Van Dien as James Dean.
Was Robert Mitchum friends with John Wayne?
Despite the fact that John Wayne had fired Robert Mitchum from Blood Alley (1955) ten years earlier, he was happy to work with Mitchum again, and they became good friends.
What did Katharine Hepburn say about Robert Mitchum?
“You know you can’t act,” Katharine Hepburn berated Robert Mitchum during a row on the set of Vincente Minnelli’s Undercurrent (1946), “and if you hadn’t been good looking you would never have gotten a picture.” Mitchum might not have agreed about his looks, as he compared himself to “a shark with a broken nose”.
