Mort Mills

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Jan 11, 1919
Died	Jun 06, 1993 (74)
Birthplace	New York City, New York, USA
Popularity	0.3 (history)
Updated	Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
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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 re ... curring 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

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24 Hour Psycho

1993

as Highway Patrol Officer (archive footage)

Breakout

1970

as Middleton

Soldier Blue

1970

as Sgt. O'Hearn

Strategy of Terror

1969

as Victor Pelling

The Name of the Game Is Kill

1968

as Sheriff Fred Kendall

Return of the Gunfighter

1967

as Will Parker

Torn Curtain

1966

as Farmer

Blindfold

1966

as Henchman

The Outlaws Is Coming

1965

as Trigger Mortis

The Quick Gun

1964

as Cagle

Bullet for a Badman

1964

as Ira

Where Love Has Gone

1964

as Petey Peterson

Gunfight at Comanche Creek

1963

as Ben Bayer

Twenty Plus Two

1961

as Harbin

Psycho

1960

as Highway Patrol Officer

Ride a Crooked Trail

1958

as Pecos

Touch of Evil

1958

as Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant

The Iron Sheriff

1957

as Sutherland

Man in the Shadow

1957

as Geteman

Bombers B-52

1957

as Sgt. Addressing Flyers (uncredited)

The Shadow on the Window

1957

as Myra's Husband (uncredited)

Crashing Las Vegas

1956

as Lead Gangster

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

1956

as Sam Mason

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure

1956

as policeman

The Harder They Fall

1956

as Reporter in Hospital (uncredited)

The Marauders

1955

as Carmack

Dial Red O

1955

as Newspaper Photographer

Desert Sands

1955

as Wolock - Radio Man (uncredited)

Cry Vengeance

1954

as Johnny Blue-Eyes

Pushover

1954

as Second Bartender (uncredited)

It Should Happen to You

1954

as Photographer (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

1954

as Makeup Artist (uncredited)

The Farmer Takes a Wife

1953

as Floyd (uncredited)

Hannah Lee: An American Primitive

1953

as Doctor

The Wild One

1953

as Deputy (uncredited)

Affair in Trinidad

1952

as Martin, Wittol's Henchman (uncredited)

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Man Without a Gun

as Marshal Frank Tallman

Episodes: 33

First Aired: Nov 06, 1957

Dante

as Lt. Robert Malone

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Oct 03, 1960

The Living Christ

as Habor

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Jan 07, 1951

Perry Mason

as Sergeant Landro

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

The Big Valley

as Sheriff

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 15, 1965

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Victor Prelling

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 10, 1963

Ironside

as Mike Hennessy

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

Maverick

as McGaven

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1957

Land of the Giants

as Constable

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1968

Gunsmoke

as Brake

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

The Fugitive

as Murchison

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

The Fugitive

as George Mangus

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

Daniel Boone

as Andrew Hubbard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1964

The Virginian

as Deputy Bender

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Clark Daimler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1958

Sugarfoot

as Smiley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1957

Bat Masterson

as Barney Kaster

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 08, 1958

Law of the Plainsman

as Zeb Derkson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1959

The Fugitive

as Ranger Ritter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1963

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Bart Miller

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Johnny Ringo

as Jed

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

Goodyear Theatre

as Morrow

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1957

The Green Hornet

as Alex Colony

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 1966

Biff Baker U.S.A.

as Soldier

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 06, 1952

Maverick

as Red Scanlon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1957

Sugarfoot

as Sheriff Len Gogarty

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1957

Gunsmoke

as Howard Bulow

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

The Virginian

as Garrett

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

Gunsmoke

as Roble

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Gunsmoke

as Jake Harbin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

The Virginian

as Bert Devlin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1962

Gunsmoke

as Loren

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Gunsmoke

as Jack Marple

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Adam-12

as Luke Nathan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1968

Mission: Impossible

as Al Souchek

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1966

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Foreman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Daniel Boone

as Gen. Grosscup

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1964

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Harmon Stone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Ed Bruner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Frank Jeffers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Tom Summers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1958

Perry Mason

as Barry Scott

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Mission: Impossible

as William Conway

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1966

The Invaders

as Mr. Arius

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1967

Cheyenne

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 20, 1955

Trackdown

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 04, 1957

Mannix

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 16, 1967

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 06, 1955

Bronco

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 23, 1958

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 05, 1955

The Rifleman

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 30, 1958

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 08, 1967

Alias Smith and Jones

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 05, 1971

The Mod Squad

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1968

Bewitched

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1964

Laredo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1965

Felony Squad

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1966

Have Gun, Will Travel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1957

The Outcasts

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 1968

I Led Three Lives

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1953

The Aquanauts

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1960

You Are There

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

The Alaskans

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1959

Laramie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1959

The Texan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1958

The Detectives

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 16, 1959

Wichita Town

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1959

Cavalcade of America

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1952

Tate

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 08, 1960

General Electric True

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1962

The Adventures of Kit Carson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 11, 1951

Hopalong Cassidy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1952

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