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Mort Mills was an American film and television actor who had roles in over 200 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. In 1958, he guest starred as a particularly greedy bounty hunter who clashes with Steve McQueen's character of Josh Randall in the CBS western series, Wanted: Dead or Alive.
Birth Name
Mortimer Morris Kaplan
Born
Saturday, 11 January 1919
Died
Sunday, 06 June 1993
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hey Moe, Hey Dad! | Various characters | 2015 |
| Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Al Schwartz (clip from Touch of Evil (1958)) | 2014 |
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Highway Patrol Officer | 2014 |
| The Rules of Film Noir | Al Schwartz (clip from Touch of Evil (1958)) | 2009 |
| American Cinema | Al Schwartz (clip from Touch of Evil (1958)) | 1995 |
| 24 Hour Psycho | Highway Patrol Officer (archive footage) | 1993 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Victor W. Snyder | 1972 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | First Man | 1971 |
| Breakout | Middleton | 1970 |
| Soldier Blue | Sgt. O'Hearn | 1970 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hey Moe, Hey Dad! | Various characters | 2015 |
| Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Al Schwartz (clip from Touch of Evil (1958)) | 2014 |
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Highway Patrol Officer | 2014 |
| The Rules of Film Noir | Al Schwartz (clip from Touch of Evil (1958)) | 2009 |
| American Cinema | Al Schwartz (clip from Touch of Evil (1958)) | 1995 |
| 24 Hour Psycho | Highway Patrol Officer (archive footage) | 1993 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Victor W. Snyder | 1972 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | First Man | 1971 |
| Breakout | Middleton | 1970 |
| Soldier Blue | Sgt. O'Hearn | 1970 |
| My Friend Tony | Sgt. Erickson | 1969 |
| Strategy of Terror | Victor Pelling | 1969 |
| Lancer | Kling | 1968 |
| Mod Squad | Frank Weaver | 1968 |
| The Outcasts | Tauber | 1968 |
| Land of the Giants | Constable | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | Luke Nathan | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Bert Jannsen | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game Is Kill! | Sheriff Fred Kendall | 1968 |
| Mannix | Hijacker / Tony | 1967 |
| Maya | Frank Sanders - American Journalist | 1967 |
| Ironside | Lt. Jack Rambau / Mike Hennessey | 1967 |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | Ben Adams | 1967 |
| The Invaders | Mr. Arius | 1967 |
| Return of the Gunfighter | Will Parker | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | Al Souchek / Marshall / William Conway | 1966 |
| The Felony Squad | Louie Antonides | 1966 |
| Iron Horse | Sheriff Harkness | 1966 |
| The Green Hornet | Alex Colony | 1966 |
| Torn Curtain | Farmer | 1966 |
| Blue Light | Traven | 1966 |
| Blindfold | Homburg / Henchman | 1965 |
| The Wild Wild West | Chuck Harper | 1965 |
| Laredo | Muldoon | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Sheriff | 1965 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Sheriff | 1965 |
| The Outlaws Is Coming | Trigger Mortis | 1965 |
| Where Love Has Gone | Petey Peterson | 1964 |
| Daniel Boone | Andrew Hubbard / Gen. Grosscup | 1964 |
| Bewitched | Policeman | 1964 |
| Bullet for a Badman | Ira Snow / Ira | 1964 |
| The Quick Gun | Cagle | 1964 |
| Gunfight at Comanche Creek | Ben Bady / Ben Bayer | 1963 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Victor Prelling | 1963 |
| My Favorite Martian | Jesse James | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | George Mangus / Murchison / Ranger Ritter | 1963 |
| The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Zeck | 1963 |
| G.E. True | Det. John Duncan | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Garrett / Deputy Bender / Bert Devlin | 1962 |
| Twenty Plus Two | Harbin | 1961 |
| Stagecoach West | Mingo / Martin / Griz | 1960 |
| Dante | Lt. Robert Malone | 1960 |
| Psycho | Highway Patrol Officer | 1960 |
| Tate | Tetlow | 1960 |
| Pony Express | Strobridge | 1960 |
| Shotgun Slade | Ben Wesley | 1959 |
| The Detectives | Dr. Bruce | 1959 |
| The Alaskans | Wilkes | 1959 |
| Johnny Ringo | 'Jed' | 1959 |
| Law of the Plainsman | Zeb Derkson | 1959 |
| Men Into Space | Dr. George Coldwell | 1959 |
| Wichita Town | Pete Bennett | 1959 |
| Laramie | Damon Johntry / Marshal / Obie Loomis / Rink Banners | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Thorne / Harry Perkins / Gordon / Deputy Sheriff Jeff Sykes / Carl Morgan | 1959 |
| Markham | Cal Windon | 1959 |
| The David Niven Show | Det. Walter Brien | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Lulu Rosenkrantz / Woody O'Mara | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Drago Santee | 1959 |
| Ride a Crooked Trail | Pecos | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Barney Kaster | 1958 |
| Lawman | Jack Saunders | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Joshua Snipe / Jake Owens | 1958 |
| The Texan | Ben Dawson / Blackie Dawson | 1958 |
| Bronco | Jacob Stint / Hickins | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Tom Summers / Harmon Stone / Frank Jeffers / Ed Bruner / Clark Daimler | 1958 |
| Touch of Evil | Al Schwartz / Al Schwartz - District Attorney's Assistant | 1958 |
| Bombers B-52 | Sergeant Addressing Flyers | 1957 |
| Man Without a Gun | Marshal Frank Tallman | 1957 |
| Zorro | Lancer | 1957 |
| Casey Jones | Mike Nelson | 1957 |
| Trackdown | Ike Collins / Rafe Borden | 1957 |
| Goodyear Theatre | Morrow | 1957 |
| Maverick | McGaven / Red Scanlon | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Police Sgt. Ben Landro / Barry Scott | 1957 |
| Man in the Shadow | Bill Edmunds | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Sgt. Bragan / Grant / Bob Cowan | 1957 |
| Sugarfoot | Smiley / Sheriff Len Gogarty | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Ben Coey | 1957 |
| The Silent Service | Capt. Fred Warder | 1957 |
| The Iron Sheriff | Range Detective Sutherland / Sutherland | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Jeff Briscoe / Robson | 1957 |
| The Shadow on the Window | Myra's Husband | 1957 |
| Panic! | Detective | 1957 |
| Whirlybirds | Edwards / Wes Edwards | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Bart Miller / Foreman / Pete Bostwick | 1956 |
| Tension at Table Rock | Deputy Sheriff | 1956 |
| The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure | Policeman | 1956 |
| Broken Arrow | Frankie Connell / Halley | 1956 |
| The Sheriff of Cochise | Barlett | 1956 |
| Davy Crockett and the River Pirates | Sam Mason | 1956 |
| Crashing Las Vegas | Oggy | 1956 |
| The Harder They Fall | Reporter in Hospital | 1956 |
| Ransom! | Service Man | 1956 |
| Desert Sands | Wolock - Radio Man | 1955 |
| Trial | Reporter | 1955 |
| Crusader | Heinrich | 1955 |
| Crossroads | Luke Cassidy | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Joe Kirby / First Brother | 1955 |
| To Hell and Back | Soldier in Bunk | 1955 |
| Navy Log | Major | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Ben Taggart / Mike / Sherriff Ed Graves | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Brake / Howard Bulow / Jack Marple / Jake Harbin / Loren / Roble | 1955 |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Odie Cairns / Sam Watts | 1955 |
| The Naked Street | Finney | 1955 |
| The Marauders | Carmack | 1955 |
| Dial Red O | Newspaper Photographer | 1955 |
| Jupiter's Darling | Hannibal's Guard | 1955 |
| Cry Vengeance | Johnny Blue-Eyes | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Sam Mason / Art Plank | 1954 |
| Shot in the Frontier | Dick Noonan | 1954 |
| A Star Is Born | Makeup Man | 1954 |
| The Lineup | Willie Kasino | 1954 |
| Pushover | Second Bartender | 1954 |
| Apache | Sergeant of the Guard Fort. | 1954 |
| Beyond the Moon | Ophician Soldier | 1954 |
| Drive a Crooked Road | Garage Foreman | 1954 |
| Rocky Jones, Space Ranger | Ophician Soldier | 1954 |
| Waterfront | Darby | 1954 |
| It Should Happen to You | Photographer | 1954 |
| The Wild One | Deputy | 1953 |
| The Man Behind the Badge | Lloyd | 1953 |
| Hannah Lee: An American Primitive | Doctor | 1953 |
| The Farmer Takes a Wife | Floyd | 1953 |
| The Juggler | Policeman | 1953 |
| You Are There | Commodore Preble | 1953 |
| I Led 3 Lives | Comrade Straight | 1953 |
| No Holds Barred | Second Mug | 1952 |
| Biff Baker, U.S.A. | Soldier | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Barfly / The Deputy | 1952 |
| Hopalong Cassidy | George Byers | 1952 |
| Affair in Trinidad | Martin, Wittol's Henchman / Martin - Wittol's Henchman | 1952 |
| Footlights Theater | Barfly | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Whalen / Holt | 1952 |
| Chevron Theatre | Boxcar Johnson | 1952 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Cousin | 1951 |
| The Living Christ Series | Habor / Trochus | 1951 |
| Treasury Men in Action | Ben Adams | 1950 |
| The Cisco Kid | Sheriff Tom Roscoe / Professor / Carver / Bart Stevens | 1950 |
| The Lone Ranger | Lafe | 1949 |
