George Mitchell Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

George Mitchell was an American actor working from 1935 through 1971 in film and television, and on Broadway. George Mitchell was born February 21, 1905, in Larchmont, New York. It was not until he was thirty-five years old, and newly married to actress Katherine Squire, that he decided to be an actor. George Mitchell's major acting credits include the film The Andromeda Strain (1971), directed by Robert Wise, co-starring Arthur Hill, and based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. He played the comic relief as a cranky town drunk who, along with an infant, were among the only... MORE

George Mitchell was an American actor working from 1935 through 1971 in film and television, and on Broadway. George Mitchell was born February 21, 1905, in Larchmont, New York. It was not until he was thirty-five years old, and newly married to actress Katherine Squire, that he decided to be an actor. George Mitchell's major acting credits include the film The Andromeda Strain (1971), directed by Robert Wise, co-starring Arthur Hill, and based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. He played the comic relief as a cranky town drunk who, along with an infant, were among the only survivors of exposure to the Andromeda Strain. On television, Mitchell's credits include acting in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents called "Wally the Beard" (original air date March 1, 1965) with co-stars Larry Blyden and Kathie Brown, where he played a knowledgeable and cranky seller of boats. On Broadway, 1969–70, he portrayed Chief Joseph in the play Indians, the source of Robert Altman's film Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson. George Mitchell acted in several films and television episodes with his wife Katherine Squire, the two of them often playing a LESS