Robert Mitchum

Little Known Movie Star Fact... Movie great Robert Mitchum was born August 17th 1917 in Bridgport Connecticut. Because of a troubled childhood he had an early contempt for authority and it led to many discipline problems. Robert spent a good portion of his teen years adventuring on the open road. It was on one of these trips at the age of 14 that he was charged with vagrancy and sentenced to a Georgia chain gang.