Julien Mitchell
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Julien Mitchell (born November 13, 1888 in Glossop, Derbyshire, d. November 4, 1954 in London), was an English actor, in films from the mid 1930s. Mitchell supported comedians George Formby and Will Hay, and appeared in some Hollywood films in the early war years, but is perhaps best remembered for his role as a mad train driver in the quota quickie The Last Journey, made in 1936.
His parents were Julien Mitchell, a Dentist, born in Haworth, Yorkshire West Riding and Ellen Kitchen born in Bolton (in the Moor) Lancashire. His siblings born in Bolton were Martha Elizabeth, Josephine Mariner, Ada and Gertrude. Born in Glossop were Mary Hannah and Hilda.
Selected Filmography
- The Last Journey (1936)
- Mr. Smith Carries On (1937)
- The Drum (1938)
- It's in the Air (1938) (opposite George Formby)
- Vigil in the Night (1940) (in the US,opposite Carole Lombard)
- The Sea Hawk (1940) (in the US,opposite Errol Flynn)
- The Goose Steps Out (1942) (opposite Will Hay)
- Bedelia (1946)
- Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
- A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
- The Magnet (1950)
- The Galloping Major (1951)
- Hobson's Choice (1954)
