Ewing Young Mitchell (December , â€" September , ) was an American
character actor of film and television best known for his role as
Sheriff Mitch Hargrove in episodes between and of the aviation
adventure series with a western theme, Sky King. He also played
Sheriff Powers on another western series, The Adventures of
Champion.Mitchell was born in Charleston, South Carolina. His
Episcopal minister father headed Porter Military Academy before he was
appointed Episcopal Bishop of Arizona, which took the family to that
state. In , Mitchell left Arizona to study singing in Hollywood. He
attended Hampdenâ€"Sydney College and Sewanee: The University of the
South. He appeared and sang baritone on Broadway during the s. He also
appeared on Broadway in Song of Norway ().Mitchell made his television
debut at the age of on January , , in the syndicated western series,
The Range Rider. On that series through January , , he made ten other
appearances, mostly as a law-enforcement officer, the genre in which
he specialized. He was also cast in as a waiter in the episode "Bad
Man of Brisco" of another syndicated western series, The Adventures of
Kit Carson. He appeared in that same series twice in , both times as a
marshal, in the episodes "Trouble in Tuscarora" and "Golden Trap". He
was cast in April in the episode "The Case of the Cold Neck" of the
CBS crime drama Racket Squad, starring Reed Hadley. In , he appeared
as Mr. Collins in the episode "Defense Plant Security" of the
syndicated Cold War drama, I Led Three Lives. He also had roles in
several films, mostly uncredited, before and after those particular
television appearances.[better source needed] By , he had appeared in
films.Ewing was cast in seven episodes each of The Gene Autry Show (-)
and Gene Autry's related The Adventures of Champion (-). He appeared
four times on The Roy Rogers Show and on the syndicated The Adventures
of Wild Bill Hickok, with Guy Madison and Andy Devine, and Buffalo
Bill, Jr., starring Dick Jones. On May , , he played Adam Greer in the
first-season episode "Farewell to Fort Apache" of The Adventures of
Rin Tin Tin.
character actor of film and television best known for his role as
Sheriff Mitch Hargrove in episodes between and of the aviation
adventure series with a western theme, Sky King. He also played
Sheriff Powers on another western series, The Adventures of
Champion.Mitchell was born in Charleston, South Carolina. His
Episcopal minister father headed Porter Military Academy before he was
appointed Episcopal Bishop of Arizona, which took the family to that
state. In , Mitchell left Arizona to study singing in Hollywood. He
attended Hampdenâ€"Sydney College and Sewanee: The University of the
South. He appeared and sang baritone on Broadway during the s. He also
appeared on Broadway in Song of Norway ().Mitchell made his television
debut at the age of on January , , in the syndicated western series,
The Range Rider. On that series through January , , he made ten other
appearances, mostly as a law-enforcement officer, the genre in which
he specialized. He was also cast in as a waiter in the episode "Bad
Man of Brisco" of another syndicated western series, The Adventures of
Kit Carson. He appeared in that same series twice in , both times as a
marshal, in the episodes "Trouble in Tuscarora" and "Golden Trap". He
was cast in April in the episode "The Case of the Cold Neck" of the
CBS crime drama Racket Squad, starring Reed Hadley. In , he appeared
as Mr. Collins in the episode "Defense Plant Security" of the
syndicated Cold War drama, I Led Three Lives. He also had roles in
several films, mostly uncredited, before and after those particular
television appearances.[better source needed] By , he had appeared in
films.Ewing was cast in seven episodes each of The Gene Autry Show (-)
and Gene Autry's related The Adventures of Champion (-). He appeared
four times on The Roy Rogers Show and on the syndicated The Adventures
of Wild Bill Hickok, with Guy Madison and Andy Devine, and Buffalo
Bill, Jr., starring Dick Jones. On May , , he played Adam Greer in the
first-season episode "Farewell to Fort Apache" of The Adventures of
Rin Tin Tin.
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