Name
Mort Mills
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1919-01-11
Deathday
1993-06-06 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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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Known For
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- 1960 Psycho as Highway Patrol Officer
- 1958 Touch of Evil as Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant
- 1966 Torn Curtain as Farmer
- 1965 The Outlaws Is Coming as Trigger Mortis
- 1968 The Name of the Game Is Kill as Sheriff Fred Kendall
- 1954 Cry Vengeance as Johnny Blue-Eyes
- 1970 Soldier Blue as Sgt. O'Hearn
- 1952 Affair in Trinidad as Martin, Wittol's Henchman (uncredited)
- 1964 Where Love Has Gone as Petey Peterson
- 1963 Gunfight at Comanche Creek as Ben Bayer
- 1961 Twenty Plus Two as Harbin
- 1955 Desert Sands as Wolock - Radio Man (uncredited)
- 1964 Bullet for a Badman as Ira
- 1953 The Wild One as Deputy (uncredited)
- 1967 Return of the Gunfighter as Will Parker
- 1957 The Iron Sheriff as Sutherland
- 1955 Dial Red O as Newspaper Photographer
- 1958 Ride a Crooked Trail as Pecos
- 1969 Strategy of Terror as Victor Pelling
- 1957 Man in the Shadow as Geteman
- 1956 The Harder They Fall as Reporter in Hospital (uncredited)
- 1954 A Star Is Born as Makeup Artist (uncredited)
- 1957 The Shadow on the Window as Myra's Husband (uncredited)
- 1966 Blindfold as Henchman
- 1954 It Should Happen to You as Photographer (uncredited)
- 1964 The Quick Gun as Cagle
- 1970 Breakout as Middleton
- 1956 The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure as policeman
- 1956 Davy Crockett and the River Pirates as Sam Mason
- 1956 Crashing Las Vegas as Lead Gangster
- 1953 Texas Bad Man as Bartender
- 1955 The Marauders as Carmack
- 1957 Bombers B-52 as Sgt. Addressing Flyers (uncredited)
- 1953 Hannah Lee: An American Primitive as Doctor
- 1953 The Farmer Takes a Wife as Floyd (uncredited)
- 1954 Pushover as Second Bartender (uncredited)
- 1955 The Naked Street as Finney (uncredited)
- 1955 Cheyenne ( 2 episodes )
- 1957 Maverick ( 1 episode ) as McGaven
- 1957 Trackdown ( 2 episodes )
- 1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre ( 2 episodes ) as Victor Prelling
- 1971 Alias Smith and Jones ( 1 episode )
- 1968 Land of the Giants ( 1 episode ) as Constable
- 1967 Mannix ( 2 episodes )
- 1968 The Mod Squad ( 1 episode )
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Brake
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 7 episodes ) as Sergeant Landro
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Murchison
- 1964 Bewitched ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Ironside ( 2 episodes ) as Mike Hennessy
- 1965 Laredo ( 1 episode )
- 1966 Felony Squad ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel ( 1 episode )
- 1968 The Outcasts ( 1 episode )
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as George Mangus
- 1964 Daniel Boone ( 1 episode ) as Andrew Hubbard
- 1953 I Led Three Lives ( 1 episode )
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Deputy Bender
- 1960 The Aquanauts ( 1 episode )
- 1955 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp ( 2 episodes )
- 1965 The Big Valley ( 6 episodes ) as Sheriff
- 1958 Bronco ( 2 episodes )
- 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour ( 2 episodes )
- 1957 Man Without a Gun ( 33 episodes ) as Marshal Frank Tallman
- 1953 You Are There ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The Alaskans ( 1 episode )
- 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1 episode ) as Clark Daimler
- 1958 The Rifleman ( 2 episodes )
- 1957 Sugarfoot ( 1 episode ) as Smiley
- 1958 Bat Masterson ( 1 episode ) as Barney Kaster
- 1959 Laramie ( 1 episode )
- 1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett ( 2 episodes )
- 1959 Law of the Plainsman ( 1 episode ) as Zeb Derkson
- 1958 The Texan ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The Detectives ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Wichita Town ( 1 episode )
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Ranger Ritter
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Bart Miller
- 1960 Tate ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Johnny Ringo ( 1 episode ) as Jed
- 1962 General Electric True ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Goodyear Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Morrow
- 1951 The Adventures of Kit Carson ( 1 episode )
- 1960 Dante ( 26 episodes ) as Lt. Robert Malone
- 1952 Hopalong Cassidy ( 1 episode )
- 1951 The Living Christ ( 12 episodes ) as Habor
- 1966 The Green Hornet ( 1 episode ) as Alex Colony
- 1952 Biff Baker U.S.A. ( 1 episode ) as Soldier
- 1957 Maverick ( 1 episode ) as Red Scanlon
- 1957 Sugarfoot ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff Len Gogarty
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Howard Bulow
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Garrett
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Roble
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Jake Harbin
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Bert Devlin
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Loren
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Jack Marple
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Luke Nathan
- 1966 Mission: Impossible ( 1 episode ) as Al Souchek
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Foreman
- 1964 Daniel Boone ( 1 episode ) as Gen. Grosscup
- 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1 episode ) as Harmon Stone
- 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1 episode ) as Ed Bruner
- 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1 episode ) as Frank Jeffers
- 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1 episode ) as Tom Summers
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Barry Scott
- 1966 Mission: Impossible ( 1 episode ) as William Conway
- 1967 The Invaders ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Arius
- 1959 The Man from Blackhawk ( 1 episode ) as Ren
- 1953 I Led 3 Lives ( 1 episode ) as Comrade Straight
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Sheriff
- 1960 Stagecoach West ( 1 episode ) as Martin
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Gordon
- 1966 Blue Light ( 1 episode ) as Traven
- 1952 Cavalcade of America ( 1 episode ) as Frank
- 1957 Zorro ( 1 episode ) as Lancer (uncredited)
