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