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Mort Mills

Born
January 11, 1919
Died
June 6, 1993
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. 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). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Psycho
(1960)
Highway Patrol Officer
Touch of Evil
(1958)
Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant
The Harder They Fall
(1956)
Reporter in Hospital (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
(1954)
Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Torn Curtain
(1966)
Farmer
The Wild One
(1953)
Deputy (uncredited)
Soldier Blue
(1970)
Sgt. O'Hearn
Return of the Gunfighter
(1967)
Will Parker
Affair in Trinidad
(1952)
Martin, Wittol's Henchman
It Should Happen to You
(1954)
Photographer (uncredited)
Pushover
(1954)
Second Bartender (uncredited)
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
(1956)
Sam Mason
Bombers B-52
(1957)
Sgt. Addressing Flyers (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
Affair in Trinidad
(1952)
Martin, Wittol's Henchman
Texas Bad Man
(1953)
Bartender
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
(1953)
Doctor
The Farmer Takes a Wife
(1953)
Floyd (uncredited)
The Wild One
(1953)
Deputy (uncredited)
Cry Vengeance
(1954)
Johnny Blue-Eyes
It Should Happen to You
(1954)
Photographer (uncredited)
Pushover
(1954)
Second Bartender (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
(1954)
Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Dial Red O
(1955)
Newspaper Photographer
The Marauders
(1955)
Carmack
Desert Sands
(1955)
Wolock - Radio Man (uncredited)
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
(1956)
Sam Mason
Crashing Las Vegas
(1956)
Lead Gangster
The Harder They Fall
(1956)
Reporter in Hospital (uncredited)
The Iron Sheriff
(1957)
Sutherland
Bombers B-52
(1957)
Sgt. Addressing Flyers (uncredited)
Man in the Shadow
(1957)
Geteman
The Shadow on the Window
(1957)
Myra's Husband (uncredited)
Touch of Evil
(1958)
Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant
Ride a Crooked Trail
(1958)
Pecos
Psycho
(1960)
Highway Patrol Officer
Twenty Plus Two
(1961)
Harbin
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
(1963)
Ben Bayer
Where Love Has Gone
(1964)
Petey Peterson
Bullet for a Badman
(1964)
Ira
The Quick Gun
(1964)
Cagle
The Outlaws Is Coming
(1965)
Trigger Mortis
Torn Curtain
(1966)
Farmer
Blindfold
(1966)
Henchman
Return of the Gunfighter
(1967)
Will Parker
The Name of the Game Is Kill
(1968)
Sheriff Fred Kendall
Strategy of Terror
(1969)
Victor Pelling
Soldier Blue
(1970)
Sgt. O'Hearn
Breakout
(1970)
Middleton
24 Hour Psycho
(1993)
Highway Patrol Officer (archive footage)
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