Cameron Mitchell

Graduated from Greenwood High School in Millerstown, Pennsylvania, in 1936.

Cameron Mitchell was the son of a minister, but chose a different path from his father. Prior to World War II, in which he served as an Air Force bombardier, Mitchell appeared on Broadway, and, in 1940, an experimental television broadcast, "The Passing of the Third Floor Back".

He made his film debut in What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945), but continued with stage as well as film work. He gained early recognition for his portrayal of Happy in the stage and screen versions of "Death of a Salesman".

While at 20th Century Fox in December of 1950, the actor introduced a fellow performer at his studio, Marilyn Monroe,to two famous theater personalities, Elia Kazan and Arthur Miller, with both of whom she would later have relationships. (And in the case of Miller, a marriage.) Mitchell appeared in versions of Miller,s work on stage and screen.

Created the role of Happy Loman in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" on Broadway, and also played the role in the film version (Death of a Salesman (1951)).

Uncredited, he provided the voice of Jesus Christ in The Robe (1953), although another actor played the character.

Was originally assigned to star in Seven Cities of Gold (1955).

Best remembered by the public for his starring role as Uncle Buck Cannon on The High Chaparral (1967).

His father, Charles Mitzel, died in 1975, he lived to be 77.

Played the captain of the "Goliath" in The Deep (1977), but his scenes were deleted.

Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "Attack of the Monster Movie Makers" (McFarland & Co., 1994).

His son Fred passed away in 1998, just 4 years after Cameron's own death. Fred's gourmet foods-company still operates out of Saskatoon (in Canada), but is now owned by Maple Leaf Foods.