Billy Mitchell

Billy Mitchell

Born: July 28, 1889
Died: July 9, 1952
in Georgia, USA
Billy Mitchell was born on July 28, 1889 in Georgia, USA as Frank Melvin Mitchell. He was an actor, known for Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle (1941), When the Wife's Away (1946) and Misbehaving Husbands (1940). He died on July 9, 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Movies for Billy Mitchell...

The Tall Target
Title: The Tall Target
Character: Hawker (uncredited)
Released: August 17, 1951
Type: Movie
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
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Rock Island Trail
Title: Rock Island Trail
Character: Carriage Driver
Released: May 18, 1950
Type: Movie
A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.
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It Happens Every Spring
Title: It Happens Every Spring
Character: Sweeper Outside Carob Hotel (uncredited)
Released: June 10, 1949
Type: Movie
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
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Pick a Peck of Plumbers
Title: Pick a Peck of Plumbers
Character: Pinkerton--Butler (uncredited)
Released: July 23, 1944
Type: Movie
After backing over a police motorcycle, Axel and Elmer are fined $100 and given 48 hours to come up with the money or go to jail. Knowing nothing about plumbing, they answer Mr. Skunkem's ad for plumber's assistants, and are sent to the Dinwitty estate to recover a diamond ring from a drain pipe. In due course they destroy the bathroom, and switch the gas and water lines, disrupting Mrs. Dinwitty's bridge party, Vanillia's dinner preparation, and the gardener's lawn watering.
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Double Indemnity
Title: Double Indemnity
Character: Pullman Porter (uncredited)
Released: July 6, 1944
Type: Movie
A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of distinctly Californian settings, the partners in crime plan the perfect murder to collect the insurance, which pays double if the death is accidental.
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Blackbird Fantasy
Title: Blackbird Fantasy
Released: August 31, 1942
Type: Movie
A Soundie with Dorothy Dandridge and Billy Mitchell.
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In This Our Life
Title: In This Our Life
Character: Black Man in Jail (uncredited)
Released: May 8, 1942
Type: Movie
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.
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Frisco Lil
Title: Frisco Lil
Released: March 13, 1942
Type: Movie
Lil becomes a dealer in a gambling casino in order to get the information she needs to clear her father of a murder charge. She also falls in love with lawyer Brewster.
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The Panther's Claw
Title: The Panther's Claw
Character: Nicodemus J. Brown
Released: March 3, 1942
Type: Movie
The police arrest a man climbing over the wall of a cemetery after midnight. He claims that he is being blackmailed and is following instructions he received by mail to leave $1000 on a certain grave. It turns out that he's not the only one who got a blackmail letter from the same person--calling himself "The Black Panther"--and it also turns out that all the recipients are connected to an opera company.
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Professor Creeps
Title: Professor Creeps
Character: Schenectady
Released: February 28, 1942
Type: Movie
Two cut-rate private detectives are broke, hungry and down to their last nickel. They decide to hock their banjo in order to get some money for food, and while one partner is negotiating the deal, the other one falls asleep and dreams that a wealthy society matron has hired them to investigate a string of suitors.
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Mr. Celebrity
Title: Mr. Celebrity
Character: Josh - Groomsman
Released: October 10, 1941
Type: Movie
A couple attempts to win custody of their orphaned grandson, who's being raised by his veterinarian uncle in a racetrack environment.
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Mr. District Attorney
Title: Mr. District Attorney
Character: Hotel Desk Clerk
Released: March 27, 1941
Type: Movie
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
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Misbehaving Husbands
Title: Misbehaving Husbands
Character: Memphis
Released: December 20, 1940
Type: Movie
Marital comedy in which a department store mannequin is mistaken for "the other woman".
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Romeo in Rhythm
Title: Romeo in Rhythm
Character: Romeo Crow (voice) (uncredited)
Released: August 10, 1940
Type: Movie
This cartoon is by Rudy Ising, and is the last of a long line of black animal musicals done at MGM in the late 30s and early 40s.