Mitchell Lewis (actor)


Mitchell Lewis was an American film actor whose career as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player encompassed both silent and sound films.
Born in 1880, Lewis appeared in more than 175 films between 1914 and 1956, although many of the roles in his later films were uncredited. He played supporting roles, such as Sheihk Ilderim in 1925's Ben Hur in the silent era and Ernest Defarge in A Tale of Two Cities in the sound era, but his career would diminish to small uncredited roles like the Captain of the Winkie Guards in The Wizard of Oz. His last film was The Fastest Gun Alive, starring Glenn Ford and Broderick Crawford, which was released shortly before Lewis' death in 1956. Mitchell also served as one of the original board members of the Motion Picture Relief Fund, now known as the Motion Picture & Television Fund.

Selected filmography

The Million Dollar Mystery - Gang LeaderZudora The Come-Back - Bully BillThe Flower of No Man's Land - KahomaThe Barrier - Poleon DoretThe Bar Sinister - Ben SwiftThe Sign Invisible - Lone DeerNine-Tenths of the Law - Jules LeneauLife's Greatest Problem - Big Steve ReardonCode of the Yukon - Jean DuboisCalibre 38 - Austin BrandtChildren of Banishment - Dick BreamFool's Gold - Marshall StrongJacques of the Silver North - Jacques La RougeThe Faith of the Strong - Paul La RueThe Last of His People - Lone Wolf - aka Wolf BriggsThe Mutiny of the Elsinore - John PikeBurning Daylight - Burning DaylightAt the End of the World - Donald MacGregorSalomé - Herod, Tetrarch of JudeaThe Siren Call - Beauregard, a trapperOn the High Seas - Joe PolackThe Marriage Chance - The MuteThe Woman Conquers - Lazar