George Mitchell (February 21, 1905 â€" January 18, 1972) was an
American actor who performed from 1935 through 1971 in film,
television, and on Broadway.Mitchell was born February 21, 1905, in
Larchmont in Westchester County in New York. He decided to become an
actor after marrying actress Katherine Squire.Mitchell became a bit
typecast in Hollywood, usually playing loathsome characters who
operated outside of the law. On television, Mitchell's credits include
acting in two episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents called "Wally the
Beard" (original air date March 1, 1965) with co-stars Larry Blyden
and Kathie Brown, in which he played a knowledgeable and cranky seller
of boats, and "Forty Detectives Later" (airing April 24, 1960), in
which he portrayed the client of a private detective (James
Franciscus) whom he hires to track the supposed murderer (Jack Weston)
of his wife. On Broadway, 1969â€"70, he portrayed Chief Joseph in the
play Indians, the source of Robert Altman's film Buffalo Bill and the
Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson.George Mitchell acted in
several films and television episodes with his wife, Katherine Squire,
the two of them often playing a husband-and-wife couple intrinsic to
the story. One example was the two of them as an elderly couple in the
Jack Nicholson film "Ride in the Whirlwind" â€" they first appear as a
refuge for the two men on the run, but who then become instrumental to
the fugitives' destruction. Other examples occurred in their roles in
episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
American actor who performed from 1935 through 1971 in film,
television, and on Broadway.Mitchell was born February 21, 1905, in
Larchmont in Westchester County in New York. He decided to become an
actor after marrying actress Katherine Squire.Mitchell became a bit
typecast in Hollywood, usually playing loathsome characters who
operated outside of the law. On television, Mitchell's credits include
acting in two episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents called "Wally the
Beard" (original air date March 1, 1965) with co-stars Larry Blyden
and Kathie Brown, in which he played a knowledgeable and cranky seller
of boats, and "Forty Detectives Later" (airing April 24, 1960), in
which he portrayed the client of a private detective (James
Franciscus) whom he hires to track the supposed murderer (Jack Weston)
of his wife. On Broadway, 1969â€"70, he portrayed Chief Joseph in the
play Indians, the source of Robert Altman's film Buffalo Bill and the
Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson.George Mitchell acted in
several films and television episodes with his wife, Katherine Squire,
the two of them often playing a husband-and-wife couple intrinsic to
the story. One example was the two of them as an elderly couple in the
Jack Nicholson film "Ride in the Whirlwind" â€" they first appear as a
refuge for the two men on the run, but who then become instrumental to
the fugitives' destruction. Other examples occurred in their roles in
episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
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