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Mort Mills

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Mort Mills

Born January 11, 1919 in New York City, New York, USADied June 6, 199337 films

Mort Mills (born Mortimer Morris Kaplan; January 11, 1919 – June 6, 1993) was an American film and television actor who had roles in over 150 movies and television episodes. He was often the town lawman or the local bad guy in many popular westerns of the 1950s and 1960s.

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From 1957–1959 he had a recurring co-starring role as Marshal Frank Tallman in Man Without a Gun. Other recurring roles were as Sergeant Ben Landro in the Perry Mason series and Sheriff Fred Madden in The Big Valley. He portrayed supporting roles in the Alfred Hitchcock films Psycho (1960) and Torn Curtain (1966), and in Orson Welles' Touch of Evil (1958).

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Psycho posterFirst watchPsycho19608.4as Highway Patrol OfficerWhen larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates…View film

Essential films

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Touch of Evil poster7.7Touch of Evil1958Torn Curtain poster6.6Torn Curtain1966A Star Is Born poster7.1A Star Is Born1954The Wild One poster6.5The Wild One1953Soldier Blue poster6.8Soldier Blue1970The Harder They Fall poster7.2The Harder They Fall1956It Should Happen to You poster7.1It Should Happen to You1954Pushover poster6.6Pushover1954

Filmography

37 films as actor
  1. 1970BreakoutMiddleton
  2. 1970Soldier BlueSgt. O'Hearn
  3. 1969Strategy of TerrorVictor Pelling
  4. 1968The Name of the Game Is KillSheriff Fred Kendall
  5. 1967Return of the GunfighterWill Parker
  6. 1966Torn CurtainFarmer
  7. 1966BlindfoldHenchman
  8. 1965The Outlaws Is ComingTrigger Mortis
  9. 1964Where Love Has GonePetey Peterson
  10. 1964Bullet for a BadmanIra
  11. 1964The Quick GunCagle
  12. 1963Gunfight at Comanche CreekBen Bayer
  13. 1961Twenty Plus TwoHarbin
  14. 1960PsychoHighway Patrol Officer
  15. 1958Ride a Crooked TrailPecos
  16. 1958Touch of EvilAl Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant
  17. 1957Man in the ShadowGeteman
  18. 1957Bombers B-52Sgt. Addressing Flyers (uncredited)
  19. 1957The Iron SheriffSutherland
  20. 1957The Shadow on the WindowMyra's Husband (uncredited)
  21. 1956The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasurepoliceman
  22. 1956Davy Crockett and the River PiratesSam Mason
  23. 1956The Harder They FallReporter in Hospital (uncredited)
  24. 1956Crashing Las VegasLead Gangster
  25. 1955Desert SandsWolock - Radio Man (uncredited)
  26. 1955The MaraudersCarmack
  27. 1955The Naked StreetFinney (uncredited)
  28. 1955Dial Red ONewspaper Photographer
  29. 1954Cry VengeanceJohnny Blue-Eyes
  30. 1954A Star Is BornMakeup Artist (uncredited)
  31. 1954PushoverSecond Bartender (uncredited)
  32. 1954It Should Happen to YouPhotographer (uncredited)
  33. 1953The Wild OneDeputy (uncredited)
  34. 1953Texas Bad ManBartender
  35. 1953Hannah Lee: An American PrimitiveDoctor
  36. 1953The Farmer Takes a WifeFloyd (uncredited)
  37. 1952Affair in TrinidadMartin, Wittol's Henchman (uncredited)