Mort Mills

Acting

Mort Mills

Born January 11, 1919New York City, New York, USA97 credits

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

Known For

Filmography

24 Hour Psycho
199324 Hour Psycho
as Highway Patrol Officer (archive footage)Movie
Breakout
1970Breakout
as MiddletonMovie
Soldier Blue
1970Soldier Blue
as Sgt. O'HearnMovie
Strategy of Terror
1969Strategy of Terror
as Victor PellingMovie
Adam-12
1968Adam-12
as Luke NathanTV
The Name of the Game Is Kill
1968The Name of the Game Is Kill
as Sheriff Fred KendallMovie
Ironside
1967Ironside
as Mike HennessyTV
Return of the Gunfighter
1967Return of the Gunfighter
as Will ParkerMovie
The Invaders
1967The Invaders
as Mr. AriusTV
The Green Hornet
1966The Green Hornet
as Alex ColonyTV
Torn Curtain
1966Torn Curtain
as FarmerMovie
Blindfold
1966Blindfold
as HenchmanMovie
B
1966Blue Light
as TravenTV
The Big Valley
1965The Big Valley
as SheriffTV
The Outlaws Is Coming
1965The Outlaws Is Coming
as Trigger MortisMovie
Where Love Has Gone
1964Where Love Has Gone
as Petey PetersonMovie
Daniel Boone
1964Daniel Boone
as Andrew HubbardTV
The Quick Gun
1964The Quick Gun
as CagleMovie
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Victor PrellingTV
The Fugitive
1963The Fugitive
as MurchisonTV
The Virginian
1962The Virginian
as Deputy BenderTV
Twenty Plus Two
1961Twenty Plus Two
as HarbinMovie
Dante
1960Dante
as Lt. Robert MaloneTV
Psycho
1960Psycho
as Highway Patrol OfficerMovie
Law of the Plainsman
1959Law of the Plainsman
as Zeb DerksonTV
Bonanza
1959Bonanza
as GordonTV
Bat Masterson
1958Bat Masterson
as Barney KasterTV
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Clark DaimlerTV
Touch of Evil
1958Touch of Evil
as Al Schwartz - District Attorney's AssistantMovie
Man in the Shadow
1957Man in the Shadow
as GetemanMovie
Bombers B-52
1957Bombers B-52
as Sgt. Addressing Flyers (uncredited)Movie
Man Without a Gun
1957Man Without a Gun
as Marshal Frank TallmanTV
Maverick
1957Maverick
as McGavenTV
Perry Mason
1957Perry Mason
as Sergeant LandroTV
Sugarfoot
1957Sugarfoot
as SmileyTV
The Iron Sheriff
1957The Iron Sheriff
as SutherlandMovie
The Shadow on the Window
1957The Shadow on the Window
as Myra's Husband (uncredited)Movie
The Harder They Fall
1956The Harder They Fall
as Reporter in Hospital (uncredited)Movie
Crashing Las Vegas
1956Crashing Las Vegas
as Lead GangsterMovie
Desert Sands
1955Desert Sands
as Wolock - Radio Man (uncredited)Movie
The Marauders
1955The Marauders
as CarmackMovie
Gunsmoke
1955Gunsmoke
as BrakeTV
The Naked Street
1955The Naked Street
as Finney (uncredited)Movie
Dial Red O
1955Dial Red O
as Newspaper PhotographerMovie
Cry Vengeance
1954Cry Vengeance
as Johnny Blue-EyesMovie
A Star Is Born
1954A Star Is Born
as Makeup Artist (uncredited)Movie
Pushover
1954Pushover
as Second Bartender (uncredited)Movie
It Should Happen to You
1954It Should Happen to You
as Photographer (uncredited)Movie
The Wild One
1953The Wild One
as Deputy (uncredited)Movie
Texas Bad Man
1953Texas Bad Man
as BartenderMovie
I
1953I Led 3 Lives
as Comrade StraightTV
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1953The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Floyd (uncredited)Movie
Affair in Trinidad
1952Affair in Trinidad
as Martin, Wittol's Henchman (uncredited)Movie