1997 | Made final screen appearance playing George Stevens in "James Dean: Race With Destiny"; did final interview with Bob Osborne at Turner Classic Movies (TCM) |
| Starred as Marcus Dutton on the Family Channel adventure drama series, "African Skies" |
1991 | Subject of the made-for-Cinemax interview and compilation documentary, "Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star" |
1990 | Played Joe Whitaker on the short-lived NBC sitcom, "A Family for Joe" |
1989 | Hosted the syndicated documentary covering WWI and WWII, "The Eyes of War" |
1988 | Reprised the role of "Pug" Henry on the TV miniseries, "War and Remembrance" |
1987 | Took over as lead of the CBS TV series, "The Equalizer", for two episodes due to heart attack suffered by regular star Edward Woodward |
1985 | Acted opposite his son Christopher Mitchum and Christopher's son Bentley as three generations of a family in the TV-movie, "Promises to Keep" |
1985 | Was reunited with his co-star of three features, Deborah Kerr, for the TV-movie, "Reunion at Fairborough" |
1983 | First TV miniseries, "The Winds of War", as Victor "Pug" Henry |
1982 | Made TV acting debut in the TV-movie, "One Shoe Makes It Murder"; Mitchum filmed "The Winds of War" earlier but this movie aired first |
1969 | Turned down the title role in the feature film biography, "Patton"; reportedly suggested George C. Scott for the role (date approximate) |
1968 | First film made in a country whose primary language was not English, the Italian-produced "Anzio", shot in both English-language and Italian-language versions |
1963 | Was an interviewee for the TV documentary, "The Legend of Marilyn Monroe" |
| Earliest TV appearances included acting as a substitute host on the NBC anthology drama series, "The Dick Powell Show" in the early 1960s |
1958 | Had a second chart single with "The Ballad of Thunder Road" from the film, "Thunder Road", which also marked his first screen credit as executive producer |
1957 | Released hit song, "Mama Look a Boo-boo" |
1956 | Made first of four acting appearances opposite Deborah Kerr, "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison" |
1955 | Release of "Foreign Intrigue," made by Mitchum's own production company, Mandeville Films; subsequent companies included Bandido Productions ("Bandido" 1956); DRM Productions ("Thunder Road" 1958) and Talbot Productions ("Cape Fear" 1962) |
1954 | Left RKO; last film there, "She Couldn't Say No" |
1948 | Received 60 day jail sentence and two years' probation for "conspiracy to possess marijuana" (guilty verdict dropped by appeals court in 1951) |
1947 | Earliest radio work included "We Were Expecting You at Dakar" for "Radio Reader's Digest" and a radio version of his feature film "Till the End of Time" for the "Lux Radio Theater" |
1945 | Supporting role in "The Story of G.I. Joe" helped make him a star; received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor |
1945 | Served for a short time with Army as medical assistant (Fort MacArthur, CA) |
1944 | Played first leading and first-top billed role in the RKO B Western, "Nevada" |
1944 | Signed long-term contract with RKO |
1943 | Appeared in over a dozen films |
1942 | Film acting debut in "Leather Burners" |
1941 | Acted in the Guild production of "The Lower Depths"; was employed for a time in a shoe store |
1940 | Wrote several one-act plays, including "Trumpet in the Dark" (date approximate) |
1940 | Wrote material for astrologist Carroll Righter; worked as a gag writer for comedian Benny Rubin; contributed some ideas and material to a nightclub act performed by his sister Julie Mitchum; worked at the Lockheed aircraft factory on the night shift |
1938 | Appeared in LBPG productions including "The Petrified Forest," "Stage Door", "Dear Octopus", and "The Ghost Train" |
1937 | Joined Long Beach Players Guild; stage debut in "Rebound" |
| Worked for a time as a coal miner in Libertyville, PA and as a prizefighter in Sparks NV during the Depression |
1934 | Family moved to Long Beach, CA |
1933 | Hopped a freight train; ended up in Savannah, GA, where he was arrested sentenced to 180 days on a Georgia chain gang for vagrancy; got away after a month |
1932 | Moved to Rising Sun, DE; ran away from home |
1930 | Moved to Manhattan with family |
1926 | Lived with aunt and uncle on a farm in Woodside, DE |
