Billy Mitchell

Acting

Billy Mitchell

Born — Died

1889-07-28 — 1952-07-09

Place of birth

Georgia, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

16 titles

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.

Known for

Film credits

1940s · 12 titles

Double Indemnity poster
8.1

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

Double Indemnity

1944

In This Our Life poster
6.9

An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.

In This Our Life

1942

It Happens Every Spring poster
6.6

A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.

It Happens Every Spring

1949

The Panther's Claw poster
6.5

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.

The Panther's Claw

1942

The Bride Wore Crutches poster
7.0

A cub reporter goes after his story in a big way when he single-handedly exposes a crime ring.

The Bride Wore Crutches

1940

Mr. District Attorney poster
5.8

An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.

Mr. District Attorney

1941

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8.3

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.

Frisco Lil

1942

Mr. Celebrity poster
7.0

A couple attempts to win custody of their orphaned grandson, who's being raised by his veterinarian uncle in a racetrack environment.

Mr. Celebrity

1941

Romeo in Rhythm poster
6.5

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.

Romeo in Rhythm

1940

Pick a Peck of Plumbers poster
6.7

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.

Pick a Peck of Plumbers

1944

Misbehaving Husbands poster
5.2

Marital comedy in which a department store mannequin is mistaken for "the other woman".

Misbehaving Husbands

1940

Professor Creeps poster
7.0

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.

Professor Creeps

1942