Mort Mills
Acting1919New 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
Acting History
1993
24 Hour Psycho
as Highway Patrol Officer (archive footage)
1971
Adam-12
TVas Luke Nathan• 1 eps
1970
Breakout
as Middleton
Soldier Blue
as Sgt. O'Hearn
1969
Strategy of Terror
as Victor Pelling
Land of the Giants
TVas Constable• 1 eps
1968
1967
Return of the Gunfighter
as Will Parker
Gunsmoke
TVas Jack Marple• 1 eps
Ironside
TVas Mike Hennessy• 2 eps
The Invaders
TVas Mr. Arius• 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
TVas Al Souchek / William Conway• 1 eps
1966
1965
The Outlaws Is Coming
as Trigger Mortis
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TVas Sheriff• 1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TVas Victor Prelling• 2 eps
The Big Valley
TVas Sheriff• 6 eps
The Virginian
TVas Bert Devlin / Garrett / Deputy Bender• 1 eps
1964
1963
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
as Ben Bayer
The Fugitive
TVas Ranger Ritter• 1 eps
1961
Twenty Plus Two
as Harbin
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Foreman / Bart Miller• 1 eps
1960
Psycho
as Highway Patrol Officer
Perry Mason
TVas Barry Scott• 1 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TVas Frank Jeffers• 1 eps
Sugarfoot
TVas Sheriff Len Gogarty• 1 eps
Johnny Ringo
TVas Jed• 1 eps
Stagecoach West
TVas Martin
Dante
TVas Lt. Robert Malone
1959
Bat Masterson
TVas Barney Kaster• 1 eps
Law of the Plainsman
TVas Zeb Derkson• 1 eps
The Man from Blackhawk
TVas Ren
1958
Ride a Crooked Trail
as Pecos
Touch of Evil
as Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant
Maverick
TVas Red Scanlon• 1 eps
1957
Man in the Shadow
as Geteman
The Iron Sheriff
as Sutherland
Bombers B-52
as Sgt. Addressing Flyers (uncredited)
The Shadow on the Window
as Myra's Husband (uncredited)
Goodyear Theatre
TVas Morrow
Man Without a Gun
TVas Marshal Frank Tallman
1956
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
as Sam Mason
The Harder They Fall
as Reporter in Hospital (uncredited)
Crashing Las Vegas
as Lead Gangster
1955
The Marauders
as Carmack
Dial Red O
as Newspaper Photographer
The Naked Street
as Finney (uncredited)
Desert Sands
as Wolock - Radio Man (uncredited)
1954
It Should Happen to You
as Photographer (uncredited)
Pushover
as Second Bartender (uncredited)
Cry Vengeance
as Johnny Blue-Eyes
A Star Is Born
as Makeup Artist (uncredited)
1953
The Wild One
as Deputy (uncredited)
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Floyd (uncredited)
Hannah Lee: An American Primitive
as Doctor
Texas Bad Man
as Bartender
I Led 3 Lives
TVas Comrade Straight
1952
Affair in Trinidad
as Martin, Wittol's Henchman (uncredited)
Biff Baker U.S.A.
TVas Soldier
1951