Mort Mills

Known for

Acting

Born

January 11, 1919

Birthplace

New York City, New York, USA

Died

June 6, 1993 (aged 74)

Biography

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).

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Best known work

Psycho

1960

Touch of Evil

1958

Bewitched

1964

Torn Curtain

1966

Bonanza

1959

The Wild One

1953

A Star Is Born

1954

Mission: Impossible

1966

Soldier Blue

1970

Zorro

1957

Filmography

1971
Alias Smith and JonesTV
1970
Breakout
as Middleton
1970
Soldier Blue
as Sgt. O'Hearn
1969
Strategy of Terror
as Victor Pelling
1968
The Mod SquadTV
1968
The OutcastsTV
1968
Land of the GiantsTV
as Constable (1 episode)
1968
Adam-12TV
as Luke Nathan (1 episode)
1968
The Name of the Game Is Kill
as Sheriff Fred Kendall
1967
MannixTV
1967
The Guns of Will SonnettTV
1967
IronsideTV
as Mike Hennessy (2 episodes)
1967
Return of the Gunfighter
as Will Parker
1967
The InvadersTV
as Mr. Arius (1 episode)
1966
Mission: ImpossibleTV
as Al Souchek (1 episode), as William Conway (1 episode)
1966
Felony SquadTV
1966
The Green HornetTV
as Alex Colony (1 episode)
1966
Torn Curtain
as Farmer
1966
Blindfold
as Henchman
1966
Blue LightTV
as Traven (1 episode)
1965
LaredoTV
1965
The Big ValleyTV
as Sheriff (6 episodes)
1965
The Outlaws Is Coming
as Trigger Mortis
1964
Where Love Has Gone
as Petey Peterson
1964
Daniel BooneTV
as Andrew Hubbard (1 episode), as Gen. Grosscup (1 episode)