Mitchell Lewis (June 26, 1880 â€" August 24, 1956) was an American
film actor whose career as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player
encompassed both silent and sound films.Born in 1880, Lewis appeared
in more than 175 films between 1914 and 1956, although many of the
roles in his later films were uncredited. He played supporting roles,
such as Sheihk Idrim in 1925's Ben Hur in the silent era and Ernest
Defarge in A Tale of Two Cities (1935) in the sound era, but his
career would diminish to small uncredited roles like the Captain of
the Winkie Guards in The Wizard of Oz (1939). His last film was The
Fastest Gun Alive, starring Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford, which
was released shortly before Lewis' death in 1956. Mitchell also served
as one of the original board members of the Motion Picture Relief
Fund, now known as the Motion Picture & Television Fund.Although
uncredited in The Wizard of Oz, he had several lines towards the end
of the film, including: "She's dead. You killed her." "Hail to
Dorothy! The Wicked Witch is dead!" and, in response to Dorothy's
request for the late witch's broomstick, "Please! And take it with
you!".
film actor whose career as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player
encompassed both silent and sound films.Born in 1880, Lewis appeared
in more than 175 films between 1914 and 1956, although many of the
roles in his later films were uncredited. He played supporting roles,
such as Sheihk Idrim in 1925's Ben Hur in the silent era and Ernest
Defarge in A Tale of Two Cities (1935) in the sound era, but his
career would diminish to small uncredited roles like the Captain of
the Winkie Guards in The Wizard of Oz (1939). His last film was The
Fastest Gun Alive, starring Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford, which
was released shortly before Lewis' death in 1956. Mitchell also served
as one of the original board members of the Motion Picture Relief
Fund, now known as the Motion Picture & Television Fund.Although
uncredited in The Wizard of Oz, he had several lines towards the end
of the film, including: "She's dead. You killed her." "Hail to
Dorothy! The Wicked Witch is dead!" and, in response to Dorothy's
request for the late witch's broomstick, "Please! And take it with
you!".
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