Real Name: Robert Charles Durman Mitchum
Birthdate: August 6,1917
Birthplace: Bridgeport, Connecticut
Deathdate: July 1,1997
Deathplace: Santa Barbara, California
Cause Of Death: Lung Cancer
Wife: Dorothy Mitchum (15 March 1940 - 1 July 1997) (his death) 3 children
Nickname: Mitch
Height: 6'1"
Father of actors James Mitchum and Christopher Mitchum.
Brother of actor John Mitchum.
Grandfather of actor Bentley Mitchum.
Grandfather of actress Carrie Mitchum.
Treated at the Betty Ford Center in the early 1990s for alcoholism
Sidelines: Played the saxophone and wrote poetry.
In 1947, Robert Mitchum and Gary Gray recorded the songs from "Rachel and the Stranger" for Delta records' soundtrack alumn. In 1998, these and other songs, were released on a CD as "Robert Mitchum Sings."
