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Milestones
- 1997: Made final screen appearance playing George Stevens in "James Dean: Race With Destiny"; did final interview with Bob Osborne at Turner Classic Movies (TCM)
- 1991: Subject of the made-for-Cinemax interview and compilation documentary, "Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star"
- 1990: Played Joe Whitaker on the short-lived NBC sitcom, "A Family for Joe"
- 1989: Hosted the syndicated documentary covering WWI and WWII, "The Eyes of War"
- 1988: Reprised the role of "Pug" Henry on the TV miniseries, "War and Remembrance"
- 1987: Took over as lead of the CBS TV series, "The Equalizer", for two episodes due to heart attack suffered by regular star Edward Woodward
- 1985: Acted opposite his son Christopher Mitchum and Christopher's son Bentley as three generations of a family in the TV-movie, "Promises to Keep"
- 1985: Was reunited with his co-star of three features, Deborah Kerr, for the TV-movie, "Reunion at Fairborough"
- 1983: First TV miniseries, "The Winds of War", as Victor "Pug" Henry
- 1982: Made TV acting debut in the TV-movie, "One Shoe Makes It Murder"; Mitchum filmed "The Winds of War" earlier but this movie aired first
- 1969: Turned down the title role in the feature film biography, "Patton"; reportedly suggested George C. Scott for the role (date approximate)
- 1968: First film made in a country whose primary language was not English, the Italian-produced "Anzio", shot in both English-language and Italian-language versions
- 1963: Was an interviewee for the TV documentary, "The Legend of Marilyn Monroe"
- 1958: Had a second chart single with "The Ballad of Thunder Road" from the film, "Thunder Road", which also marked his first screen credit as executive producer
- 1957: Released hit song, "Mama Look a Boo-boo"
- 1956: Made first of four acting appearances opposite Deborah Kerr, "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison"
- 1955: Release of "Foreign Intrigue," made by Mitchum's own production company, Mandeville Films; subsequent companies included Bandido Productions ("Bandido" 1956); DRM Productions ("Thunder Road" 1958) and Talbot Productions ("Cape Fear" 1962)
- 1954: Left RKO; last film there, "She Couldn't Say No"
- 1948: Received 60 day jail sentence and two years' probation for "conspiracy to possess marijuana" (guilty verdict dropped by appeals court in 1951)
- 1947: Earliest radio work included "We Were Expecting You at Dakar" for "Radio Reader's Digest" and a radio version of his feature film "Till the End of Time" for the "Lux Radio Theater"
- 1945: Served for a short time with Army as medical assistant (Fort MacArthur, CA)
- 1945: Supporting role in "The Story of G.I. Joe" helped make him a star; received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor
- 1944: Signed long-term contract with RKO
- 1944: Played first leading and first-top billed role in the RKO B Western, "Nevada"
- 1943: Appeared in over a dozen films
- 1942: Film acting debut in "Leather Burners"
- 1941: Acted in the Guild production of "The Lower Depths"; was employed for a time in a shoe store
- 1940: Wrote several one-act plays, including "Trumpet in the Dark" (date approximate)
- 1940: Wrote material for astrologist Carroll Righter; worked as a gag writer for comedian Benny Rubin; contributed some ideas and material to a nightclub act performed by his sister Julie Mitchum; worked at the Lockheed aircraft factory on the night shift
- From 1938 to 1939: Appeared in LBPG productions including "The Petrified Forest," "Stage Door", "Dear Octopus", and "The Ghost Train"
- 1937: Joined Long Beach Players Guild; stage debut in "Rebound"
- 1934: Family moved to Long Beach, CA
- 1933: Hopped a freight train; ended up in Savannah, GA, where he was arrested sentenced to 180 days on a Georgia chain gang for vagrancy; got away after a month
- 1932: Moved to Rising Sun, DE; ran away from home
- 1930: Moved to Manhattan with family
- 1926: Lived with aunt and uncle on a farm in Woodside, DE
- Worked for a time as a coal miner in Libertyville, PA and as a prizefighter in Sparks NV during the Depression
- Starred as Marcus Dutton on the Family Channel adventure drama series, "African Skies"
- Earliest TV appearances included acting as a substitute host on the NBC anthology drama series, "The Dick Powell Show" in the early 1960s
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