How old was Robert Mitchum in the movie The Night of the Hunter?

Robert Mitchum was 37 in The Night of the Hunter when he played the character 'Harry Powell'.

That was over 69 years ago in 1955.

In 1997 he died aged 79, starring in 139 films in his career, 84 of those after The Night of the Hunter was first released. If he were alive today he would be 106.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Night of the Hunter, I think Robert Mitchum looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Charles Laughton has worked with Robert Mitchum just once in his career.
  • Robert Mitchum's first movie was as 'Bomber Ground Crew (uncredited)' in To the People of the United States, released in 1943 when he was 24
  • The Night of the Hunter scores 7.91 out of 10 on TMDB.

Robert Mitchum's other movies