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Millard Mitchell
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Was in no way trained as a singer, but was made to sing briefly in
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
.
He has five films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant:
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
,
Winchester '73 (1950)
,
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
,
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
and
The Naked Spur (1953)
.
An extremely prolific theatrical actor, he appeared on Broadway from 1925-1948, notably in one of its most important flops, "Penny Arcade", which led to its stars
James Cagney
and
Joan Blondell
being signed by Warner Brothers.
For his work in
My Six Convicts (1952)
, he was the first of only 7 actors to win the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in a motion picture without receiving an Oscar nomination for the same performance. The other 6 are, in chronological order:
Earl Holliman
in
The Rainmaker (1956)
,
Stephen Boyd
in
Ben-Hur (1959)
,
Oskar Werner
in
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
,
Richard Attenborough
,
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
and
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
,
Richard Benjamin
in
The Sunshine Boys (1975)
and
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
in
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
.
Daughters Mary Ellis and Margaret.
Father: Millard Fillmore Mitchell; Mother: Elizabeth Bessie Anna Fleming.
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