Mort Mills

Born: 1919-01-11

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

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).

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Known For

Psycho
Torn Curtain
Soldier Blue
Touch of Evil
The Wild One
Pushover
The Harder They Fall
A Star Is Born
Return of the Gunfighter
Bullet for a Badman

Top Movie Credits

Psycho Highway Patrol Officer
Soldier Blue Sgt. O'Hearn
Touch of Evil Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant
The Wild One Deputy (uncredited)
Pushover Second Bartender (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall Reporter in Hospital (uncredited)
A Star Is Born Makeup Artist (uncredited)