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9. Mitchum

Reply to Emile (Original post)

Sun Dec 25, 2022, 08:41 PM

Dec 2022

I met him briefly in Jamaica in 1991 when he was attending an equestrian competition having been invited by his friend, who was US Ambassador to Jamaica at the time. He seemed very reserved and low-key, not the friendliest guy in the World. Someone came up and asked him for an autograph, and he refused.

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1948 movie star Robert Mitchum busted for marijuana. [View all] Emile Dec 2022 OP

He went to my high school at the same time as my father Walleye Dec 2022 #1

WOW, that's a cool story. Mitchum was born the same year as my dad. Emile Dec 2022 #2

My dad was born in 1919. Mitchum dropped out of high school didn't graduate Walleye Dec 2022 #3

I always liked his acting too. Amazing how much you know about him. Emile Dec 2022 #4

They were married until his death 57 years. Emile Dec 2022 #12

Dorothy Spence I just remembered her name, good old Delaware name good friends, with my pop Walleye Dec 2022 #13

Wait a minute. He was born in 1917? Subtract that from 2022 and you get Maraya1969 Dec 2022 #5

LOL read the article. Emile Dec 2022 #6

Oh. I knew that. Maraya1969 Dec 2022 #7

👍 Emile Dec 2022 #8

Mitchum rso Dec 2022 #9

he had stoned eyes.... Skittles Dec 2022 #10

LOL, I think you're right! Emile Dec 2022 #11

... Skittles Dec 2022 #17

This is the photo my father took of Robert Mitcham and his wife, Dorothy Spence, in 1946 Walleye Dec 2022 #14

They were a beautiful couple. Emile Dec 2022 #15

Yes, there is a much better copy, my brother keeps the family archive Walleye Dec 2022 #16