How Old Is James Mitchum? James Mitchum Birthday
James Mitchum was born on May 8, 1941 and is 82 years old now.
Birthday: May 8, 1941
How Old - Age: 82
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Is James Mitchum's father, Robert Mitchum, dead or alive?
James Mitchum's father, Robert Mitchum, died on July 1, 1997 as he was 79 years old. His cause of death was lung cancer.
James Mitchum - Biography
James Mitchum is an American actor. He is the eldest son of actor Robert Mitchum. He is also the brother of actor Christopher Mitchum and the uncle of actor Bentley Mitchum. His first child was born of his marriage to Wende Wagner, an actress who died of cancer in 1997.
James Mitchum had his first role, which was small and unbilled, at the age of 8 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).
In 1975 he starred in the movie Moonrunners, where he played the character Grady Hagg in the influence for the television series The Dukes of Hazzard. He was also in Zebra Force and Trackdown co-starring Karen Lamm and Erik Estrada in 1976; Ransom (a k a Assault on Paradise) (1977); Blackout (1978); Monstroid (1980); Crazy Jungle Adventure (1982); Code Name Zebra (1987); Hollywood Cop (1987); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); and Fatal Mission (1990).
