Mort Mills
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
Known For
Highway Patrol Officer
Psycho
Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant
Touch of Evil
Farmer
Torn Curtain
Trigger Mortis
The Outlaws Is Coming
Sheriff Fred Kendall
The Name of the Game Is Kill
Johnny Blue-Eyes
Cry Vengeance
Sgt. O'Hearn
Soldier Blue
Martin, Wittol's Henchman (uncredited)
Affair in Trinidad
Highway Patrol Officer (archive footage)
24 Hour Psycho
Petey Peterson
Where Love Has Gone
Ben Bayer
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
Harbin
Twenty Plus Two
Wolock - Radio Man (uncredited)
Desert Sands
Ira
Bullet for a Badman
Deputy (uncredited)
The Wild One
Will Parker
Return of the Gunfighter
Sutherland
The Iron Sheriff
Newspaper Photographer
Dial Red O
Pecos
Ride a Crooked Trail
Victor Pelling
Strategy of Terror
Geteman
Man in the Shadow
Reporter in Hospital (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall
Makeup Artist (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
Myra's Husband (uncredited)
The Shadow on the Window
Henchman
Blindfold
Photographer (uncredited)
It Should Happen to You
Cagle
The Quick Gun
Middleton
Breakout
policeman
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
Sam Mason
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
Lead Gangster
Crashing Las Vegas
Bartender
Texas Bad Man
Carmack
The Marauders
Sgt. Addressing Flyers (uncredited)
Bombers B-52
Doctor
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
Floyd (uncredited)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Second Bartender (uncredited)
Pushover
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
37
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-01-11
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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