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Mort Mills is a Actor American born on 11 january 1919 at New York City (USA)

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Birth name Mortimer Morris Kaplan
Nationality USA
Birth 11 january 1919 at New York City (USA)
Death 6 june 1993 (at 74 years) at Ventura (USA)

Mort Mills (born Mortimer Morris Kaplan; January 11, 1919 – June 6, 1993) was an American film and television actor who had roles in over 200 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. In 1958, he guest starred as a particularly greedy bounty hunter who clashes with Steve McQueen's character of Josh Randall in the CBS western series, Wanted: Dead or Alive.

Biography

Though Mills did much television work, he also found regular work in motion pictures. He played the highway patrolman who pursues Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) in Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller Psycho (1960). A few years later, he worked again with Hitchcock, playing a spy in East Germany under the cover of being a farmer in Torn Curtain (1966). Mills also appeared with Charlton Heston in Orson Welles's Touch of Evil (1958).

In 1955, he appeared as Samuel Mason on ABC's Disneyland miniseries Davy Crockett, starring Fess Parker. From 1957-1959, Mills co-starred with Rex Reason in the syndicated western series Man Without a Gun. He portrayed Marshal Frank Tillman. Reason played his friend, Adam MacLean, editor of the Yellowstone Sentinel newspaper. In the 1965 Three Stooges film, The Outlaws Is Coming, Mills played Trigger Mortis.

Mills was a regular as police Lieutenant Bob Malone in Howard Duff's NBC-Four Star Television series, Dante (1960–1961), set at a San Francisco, California, nightclub called "Dante's Inferno". He appeared in eight episodes of Perry Mason, seven of them as Police Sgt. Ben Landro between 1961 and 1965.

His cousin, Mary Treen, was a film actress.

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Filmography of Mort Mills (32 films)

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24 Hour Psycho, 24h
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Janet Leigh
Roles Highway Patrol Officer (archive footage)
Rating56% 2.810092.810092.810092.810092.81009
Soldier Blue, 1h52
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence, Dana Elcar, Jorge Rivero, John Anderson
Roles Sgt. O'Hearn
Rating68% 3.4478353.4478353.4478353.4478353.447835
A young woman, Cresta Lee (Bergen), and young U.S. private Honus Gent (Strauss) are joined together by fate when they are the only two survivors after their group is massacred by the Cheyenne. Gent is devoted to his country and duty; Lee, who has lived with the Cheyenne for two years, declares that in this conflict she sympathizes more with them. The two must now try to make it to Fort Reunion, the army base camp, where Cresta's fiance, an army officer, waits for her. As they travel through the desert with very low supplies, hiding from the Indians, they are spotted by a group of Kiowa horsemen. Under pressure from Cresta, Honus fights and seriously wounds the group's chief. Honus finds himself unable to kill the chief, and the chief's own men stab him for his defeat and leave Honus and Cresta alone.
Return of the Gunfighter, 1h38
Directed by James Neilson
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Robert Taylor, Chad Everett, Ana Martin, John Davis Chandler, Ana Martín, Michael Pate
Roles Will Parker
Rating63% 3.183373.183373.183373.183373.18337
An old gunslinger Ben Wyatt (Taylor) is released from prison after five years. He meets Lee Sutton (Chad Everett), who is on the run for killing a man in a gunfight. Wyatt finds that his close friends the Domingos have been killed. He takes Sutton, who is weak from being wounded in the gunfight, to find Anisa Domingo (Ana Martin), the daughter of Wyatt's slain friends. Wyatt agrees to let Anisa help him find her parent's killers.
Blindfold
Blindfold (1966)
, 1h42
Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Warden, Guy Stockwell, Brad Dexter, Vito Scotti
Roles Henchman
Rating61% 3.0997353.0997353.0997353.0997353.099735
A patient being psychoanalyzed by Dr. Bartholomew Snow is a government scientist who evidently has had a mental breakdown. General Pratt, a national security chief, hides the patient, Arthur Vicenti, in a remote place known only as "Base X," forcing Dr. Snow to wear a blindfold whenever he is taken there.
Torn Curtain, 2h2
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Ludwig Donath, Wolfgang Kieling, David Opatoshu
Roles Farmer
Rating65% 3.2998253.2998253.2998253.2998253.299825
Michael Armstrong (Paul Newman), an esteemed American physicist and rocket scientist, is to attend a scientific conference in Copenhagen. He takes a cruise ship to Copenhagen along with his assistant and fiancée, Sarah Sherman (Julie Andrews). Armstrong tells Sherman that he did not want her to come along, and en route to Copenhagen, he receives a radiogram to pick up a book once in Copenhagen. The book, allegedly a first-edition of one of Armstrong's book, actually contains a message that says, "Contact π in case [of emergency.]" He tells Sherman he is going to Stockholm, but she discovers he is flying to East Berlin, and she follows him there. When they land, he is welcomed by representatives of the East German government, and Sherman realizes that Armstrong has defected to the other side. Sherman, however, is extremely uncomfortable with this move, realizing if the apparent defection is in fact real, given the circumstances of the Cold War of the period, she would likely never see her home or family again. They are constantly accompanied by Professor Karl Manfred (Günter Strack), who took part in arranging Armstrong's defection to the East.
The Outlaws Is Coming, 1h28
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe DeRita, Adam West, Nancy Kovack, Mort Mills
Roles Trigger Mortis
Rating59% 2.996232.996232.996232.996232.99623
In 1871, Rance Roden (Don Lamond) plans to kill off all the buffalo and thus cause the Indians to riot. After they destroy the U.S. Cavalry (his real enemy), Rance and his gang will take over the West. Meanwhile, a Boston magazine gets wind of the buffalo slaughter and sends editor Kenneth Cabot (Adam West) and his associates (Moe, Larry and Curly Joe) to Casper, Wyoming to investigate. Once there, Ken's shooting skills (secretly aided by sharp shooter Annie Oakley (Nancy Kovack)) earn him the job of town sheriff. Rance has his band of bad guys called in to have the lawmen wiped out, but the Stooges sneak into the gang's hideout while the gang is asleep and glue their firearms to their holsters. When Ken confronts the bad guys, the bad guys decide that a life of justice is better than crime. Meanwhile, Rance and Trigger attempt to sell firearms to the Indians, including an armoured wagon containing a Gatling Gun and cannon in a turret, but the Stooges foil this plan by snapping a picture of them making the sale.
Where Love Has Gone, 1h51
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Susan Hayward, Bette Davis, Mike Connors, Joey Heatherton, Jane Greer, DeForest Kelley
Roles Petey Peterson
Rating61% 3.050973.050973.050973.050973.05097
The film begins with headlines stating that 15-year-old Danielle Miller (Joey Heatherton) has murdered a man, Rick Lazich, who was the latest lover of her mother Valerie Hayden (Susan Hayward). Dani's father, Luke Miller (Mike Connors) describes the events that led to the tragedy.
The Quick Gun, 1h27
Directed by Sidney Salkow
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Merry Anders, James Best, Ted de Corsia, Charles Meredith, Raymond Hatton
Roles Cagle
Rating58% 2.9044752.9044752.9044752.9044752.904475
Clint Cooper returns to his home town, which he had left in disgrace, to claim his father's ranch. On the way he runs into his old gang, led by Spangler, who plan on robbing the town. Clint arrives back in town to find most of the men have left on a cattle drive. He tries to warn them of the impending robbery. He agrees to help the sheriff, an old friend of his called Scotty, defend the town against the gang. Clint also starts up a relationship with his old girlfriend, Helen.
Bullet for a Badman, 1h20
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Darren McGavin, Ruta Lee, Beverley Owen, Skip Homeier, George Tobias
Roles Ira
Rating63% 3.1961253.1961253.1961253.1961253.196125
Logan Keliher, a retired Ranger, meets up with an old friend, Sam Ward, who has turned outlaw and is angry at Keliher for marrying his former wife. Ward and his gang rob a bank and Keliher goes to track him down.
Gunfight at Comanche Creek, 1h31
Directed by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Ben Cooper, DeForest Kelley, John Hubbard, Colleen Miller, Jan Merlin
Roles Ben Bayer
Rating60% 3.046713.046713.046713.046713.04671
A gang of bank robbers led by Amos Troop (DeForest Kelley) uses a technique where they break prisoners out of jail, use them to commit crimes, then later kill them to collect the reward. A detective, Gifford (Audie Murphy), goes undercover with the gang to bring them to justice.
Psycho
Psycho (1960)
, 1h49
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Hilton A. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Janet Leigh
Roles Highway Patrol Officer
Rating84% 4.24934.24934.24934.24934.2493
During a lunchtime tryst in Phoenix, Arizona, a real estate secretary named Marion Crane discusses with her boyfriend, Sam Loomis, how they cannot afford to get married because of Sam's debts. After lunch, Marion returns to work, where a client drops off a $40,000 cash payment on a property. Her boss asks her to deposit the money in the bank, and she asks if she can take the rest of the afternoon off. Returning home, she begins to pack for an unplanned trip, deciding to steal the money and give it to Sam in Fairvale, California. She is seen by her boss on her way out of town, which makes her nervous. During the trip, she pulls over on the side of the road and falls asleep, only to be awakened by a state patrol officer. He is suspicious about her nervous behavior but allows her to drive on. Shaken by the encounter, Marion stops at an automobile dealership and trades in her Ford Mainline, with its Arizona license plates, for a Ford Custom 300 that has California tags. Her transaction is all for naught - the highway patrolman sees her at the car dealership and witnesses her purchase of the newer car.
Touch of Evil, 1h35
Directed by Orson Welles, Harry Keller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Marlene Dietrich, Akim Tamiroff
Roles Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant
Rating79% 3.9983953.9983953.9983953.9983953.998395
On the U.S.-Mexico border, a time bomb is planted in a car. A man and woman enter the vehicle and make a slow journey through town to the U.S. border, the woman (Joi Lansing) insisting that she hears something ticking. Newlyweds Miguel "Mike" Vargas (Charlton Heston), a drug enforcement official in the Mexican government, and Susie (Janet Leigh) pass the car several times on foot. The car crosses the border, then explodes, killing the occupants. (The cut to the exploding car is the first one in the film, the single-camera opening sequence lasting nearly three and one-half minutes.)
Ride a Crooked Trail, 1h27
Directed by Jesse Hibbs
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Gia Scala, Walter Matthau, Henry Silva, Joanna Moore, Mary Field
Roles Pecos
Rating65% 3.295223.295223.295223.295223.29522
During his escape, bank robber Joe Maybe (Audie Murphy) sees famous US Marshal Jim Noonan, who is searching for him, stumble and fall off a cliff to his death. He enters a town on the dead man's horse, where he is mistaken for Noonan. Maybe decides to hide behind the badge for a while, but soon raises the suspicions of the local law enforcer, Judge Kyle (Walter Matthau). His real identity is nearly blown when the riverboat brings to town Tessa Milott (Gia Scala), a past acquaintance of Maybe's who calls him by his surname in front of the judge. Thinking quickly, Joe says she called him "Baby," and did this because she is his wife.
Man in the Shadow, 1h20
Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Jeff Chandler, Orson Welles, Ben Alexander, Colleen Miller, Barbara Lawrence, John Larch
Roles Geteman
Rating67% 3.395213.395213.395213.395213.39521
The cow town of Spurline is effectively ruled by Virgil Renchler (Welles), owner of the Golden Empire ranch.