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Mort Mills

Acting

Born January 11, 1919 · New York City, New York, USA

Died June 6, 1993

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). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography50+ titles

Psycho

1960as Highway Patrol Officer

Bewitched

1964

Biff Baker U.S.A.

as Soldier

Touch of Evil

1958as Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant

Perry Mason

1957as Sergeant Landro

Mission: Impossible

1966as William Conway

Bonanza

1959as Gordon

The Green Hornet

1966as Alex Colony

The Fugitive

1963as George Mangus

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

The Harder They Fall

1956as Reporter in Hospital (uncredited)

Adam-12

1968as Luke Nathan

The Rifleman

1958

A Star Is Born

1954as Makeup Artist (uncredited)

It Should Happen to You

1954as Photographer (uncredited)

Daniel Boone

1964as Gen. Grosscup

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Ed Bruner

Ironside

1967as Mike Hennessy

Maverick

1957as McGaven

Soldier Blue

1970as Sgt. O'Hearn

Land of the Giants

1968as Constable

Mannix

1967

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

Laramie

1959

Man in the Shadow

1957as Geteman

Gunsmoke

1955as Jack Marple

Torn Curtain

1966as Farmer

The Iron Sheriff

1957as Sutherland

The Wild One

1953as Deputy (uncredited)

The Virginian

1962as Garrett

Ride a Crooked Trail

1958as Pecos

Pushover

1954as Second Bartender (uncredited)

The Quick Gun

1964as Cagle

Blindfold

1966as Henchman

Bullet for a Badman

1964as Ira

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

1956as Sam Mason

Affair in Trinidad

1952as Martin, Wittol's Henchman (uncredited)

The Big Valley

1965as Sheriff

The Naked Street

1955as Finney (uncredited)

Return of the Gunfighter

1967as Will Parker

Where Love Has Gone

1964as Petey Peterson

Bat Masterson

1958as Barney Kaster

Cheyenne

1955

The Adventures of Kit Carson

The Texan

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Bombers B-52

1957as Sgt. Addressing Flyers (uncredited)

Tate

Hopalong Cassidy

Desert Sands

1955as Wolock - Radio Man (uncredited)