James Mitchum

James Mitchum born May 8 1941 in Los Angeles California is an American actor and the eldest son of actor Robert Mitchum His brother is actor Christopher Mitchum and he is the uncle of actor Bentley Mitchum He had his first role which was small and unbilled at the age of eight in the Western Colorado Territory 1949 with Joel McCrea Virginia Mayo and Dorothy Malone His credited debut was in Thunder Road 1958 in which he played his fathers much younger brother a role written for Elvis Presley who was eager to do it until his manager demanded too much money This film became a drivein cult favorite revived in the 1970s and 80s Curiously he was again credited as being introduced in the Have Gun Will Travel pilot episode Genesis 1962 He has appeared in more than 30 films including The Beat Generation in 1959 The Victors in 1963 as a surfer named Eskimo in Ride the Wild Surf in 1964 In Harms Way 1965 with John Wayne Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda Ambush Bay 1966 The Invincible Six 1970 TwoLane Blacktop 1971 and The Last Movie 1971 In 1975 he starred in the movie Moonrunners where he played the character Grady Hagg in the influence for the television series The Dukes of Hazzard He was also in Zebra Force and Trackdown costarring Karen Lamm and Erik Estrada in 1976 Ransom a k a Assault on Paradise 1977 Blackout 1978 Monstroid 1980 Crazy Jungle Adventure 1982 Code Name Zebra 1987 Hollywood Cop 1987 Jake Spanner Private Eye 1989 and Fatal Mission 1990 Description above from the Wikipedia article James Mitchum licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia