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 drive-in 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); Two-Lane 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 co-starring 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Grogan
Film 1963
Eskimo
Film 1964
Grady Hagg
Film 1975
Pvt. James Grenier
Film 1966
Jim Calhoun
Film 1976
(uncredited)
Film 1949
Wes Evans
Film 1964
Feliciano
Film 1987
Hoby Cordeen
Film 1965
Sugar
Film 1988
Maj. Bauer
Film 1990
Rainier
Film 1989
Frank Barnes (as Jim Mitchum)
Film 1987
Morgan Coe
Film 1962
Butch Donovan
Film 1982
Tracker
Film 1977
Wilson Jeffords
Film 1988
Film 1989
Lieutenant Kevin Spanner
Film 1989
Travis
Film 1980
James Mitchum
Film 1990
Mule (uncredited)
Film 1994
Nazar
Film 1970
Self (archive footage)
Film 2018