8.4
Movie
Acting
Mort Mills
- Born
- Died
- (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 97 titles
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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Signature work
Known For
8.4
Movie
7.7
Movie
Touch of Evil
7.8
TV
Bewitched
6.6
Movie
Torn Curtain
7.5
TV
Bonanza
7.6
TV
Mission: Impossible
6.8
Movie
Soldier Blue
7.7
TV
Perry Mason
6.7
TV
Gunsmoke
7.4
TV
The Green Hornet
6.3
Movie
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
6.8
TV
Ironside
6.1
Movie
Return of the Gunfighter
7.3
TV
The Fugitive
6.8
TV
The Invaders
6.2
TV
The Big Valley
6.9
TV
Mannix
6.7
Movie
Man in the Shadow
Acting credits 97
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones TV | (1 ep) |
| 1970 | Breakout Film | Middleton |
| 1970 | Soldier Blue Film | Sgt. O'Hearn |
| 1969 | Strategy of Terror Film | Victor Pelling |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad TV | (1 ep) |
| 1968 | The Outcasts TV | (1 ep) |
| 1968 | Land of the Giants TV | Constable (1 ep) |
| 1968 | Adam-12 TV | Luke Nathan (1 ep) |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game Is Kill Film | Sheriff Fred Kendall |
| 1967 | Mannix TV | (2 ep) |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett TV | (2 ep) |
| 1967 | Ironside TV | Mike Hennessy (2 ep) |
| 1967 | Return of the Gunfighter Film | Will Parker |
| 1967 | The Invaders TV | Mr. Arius (1 ep) |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible TV | Al Souchek, William Conway (1 ep) |
| 1966 | Felony Squad TV | (1 ep) |
| 1966 | The Green Hornet TV | Alex Colony (1 ep) |
| 1966 | Torn Curtain Film | Farmer |
| 1966 | Blindfold Film | Henchman |
| 1966 | Blue Light TV | Traven (1 ep) |
| 1965 | Laredo TV | (1 ep) |
| 1965 | The Big Valley TV | Sheriff (6 ep) |
| 1965 | The Outlaws Is Coming Film | Trigger Mortis |
| 1964 | Where Love Has Gone Film | Petey Peterson |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone TV | Andrew Hubbard, Gen. Grosscup (1 ep) |
| 1964 | Bewitched TV | (1 ep) |
| 1964 | Bullet for a Badman Film | Ira |
| 1964 | The Quick Gun Film | Cagle |
| 1963 | Gunfight at Comanche Creek Film | Ben Bayer |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre TV | Victor Prelling (2 ep) |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV | Sheriff (1 ep) |
| 1963 | The Fugitive TV | Murchison, George Mangus, Ranger Ritter (1 ep) |
| 1962 | General Electric True TV | (1 ep) |
| 1962 | The Virginian TV | Deputy Bender, Garrett, Bert Devlin (1 ep) |
| 1961 | Twenty Plus Two Film | Harbin |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West TV | Martin (1 ep) |
| 1960 | Dante TV | Lt. Robert Malone (26 ep) |
| 1960 | The Aquanauts TV | (1 ep) |
| 1960 | Psycho Film | Highway Patrol Officer |
| 1960 | Tate TV | (1 ep) |
| 1959 | The Detectives TV | (1 ep) |
| 1959 | The Man from Blackhawk TV | Ren (1 ep) |
| 1959 | The Alaskans TV | (1 ep) |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo TV | Jed (1 ep) |
| 1959 | Law of the Plainsman TV | Zeb Derkson (1 ep) |
| 1959 | Wichita Town TV | (1 ep) |
| 1959 | Laramie TV | (1 ep) |
| 1959 | Bonanza TV | Gordon (1 ep) |
| 1958 | Ride a Crooked Trail Film | Pecos |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson TV | Barney Kaster (1 ep) |
| 1958 | The Rifleman TV | (2 ep) |
| 1958 | The Texan TV | (1 ep) |
| 1958 | Bronco TV | (2 ep) |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive TV | Clark Daimler, Harmon Stone, Ed Bruner, Tom Summers, Frank Jeffers (1 ep) |
| 1958 | Touch of Evil Film | Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant |
| 1957 | Man in the Shadow Film | Geteman |
| 1957 | Bombers B-52 Film | Sgt. Addressing Flyers (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Man Without a Gun TV | Marshal Frank Tallman (33 ep) |
| 1957 | Zorro TV | Lancer (uncredited) (1 ep) |
| 1957 | Trackdown TV | (2 ep) |