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James Mitchum in Ride the Wild Surf (1964)

Peter Breck and James Mitchum in Thunder Road (1958)

Robert Mitchum and James Mitchum in Thunder Road (1958)

Oliver Reed and James Mitchum in The Ransom (1977)

Vince Edwards, James Mitchum, Rosanna Schiaffino, and Elke Sommer in The Victors (1963)

James Mitchum in Massacre at Grand Canyon (1964)

James Mitchum is the oldest son of famous actor Robert Mitchum and the spitting image of his famous father. By inheriting his dad's sexy, sleepy eyes and taciturn good looks, it was obvious from the start that Jim would lean towards an acting career with so much going for him. The comparison helped him as well as hurt him. Jim got his first taste of filmmaking at the age of 8 with a tiny uncredited role in the sturdy western Colorado Territory (1949) with Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, and Dorothy Malone, but made his credited debut playing his father's much younger brother in Thunder Road (1958), which became a drive-in cult favorite. He gained experience in other films made by his father including The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961). Jim's solo career would be composed of primarily westerns and war pictures, achieving a degree of stability but little distinction in the long run. Such films as Young Guns of Texas (1962), Ambush Bay (1966), Trackdown (1976), Blackout (1978), and Hollywood Cop (1987) would come and go. Younger brother Christopher Mitchum would follow a similarly rugged path in films. Jim was formerly married to actress Wende Wagner, who died in 1997 of cancer. They had one child.

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