Nationality American Name Don Mitchell Education UCLA | Occupation Actor Years active 1965–1993 | |
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Full Name Don Michael Mitchell Born March 17, 1943 ( 1943-03-17 ) Houston, Texas, U.S. Children Julia Pace Mitchell, Dawn Mitchell Movies and TV shows Ironside, Scream Blacula Scream, The Return Of Ironside Similar People Don Galloway, Judy Pace, Barbara Anderson, Elizabeth Baur, Raymond Burr | ||
Grandchildren Stephen L. Hightower III | ||
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Don Michael Mitchell (March 17, 1943 – December 8, 2013) was an American actor, best known for appearing with Raymond Burr in the NBC television series Ironside (1967-1975). He played the role of Mark Sanger, and reprised the role in the made-for-TV "reunion" film in 1993 – his last TV appearance.
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Early years
Mitchell, who was a native of Houston, grew up on his grandfather's farm. He "excelled in both football and basketball" at his high school in Houston. His post-secondary education began at Los Angeles City College, from which he transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied acting. His acting at UCLA led to his role in Ironside, as producer Collier Young saw Mitchell on stage in a production of Poor Bitos and signed him for the show three weeks before production began.
Career
Mitchell's other television roles include McMillan & Wife and playing Ed Lawrence on the CBS daytime soap opera Capitol. He also appeared as a policeman in Bewitched.
He also co-starred in the film Scream Blacula Scream (1973).
Personal life
From 1969 to 1970, Mitchell was married to the model Emilie Blake, with whom he had a daughter, Dawn Mitchell. In 1972, Mitchell married actress Judy Pace. They divorced in 1986. He and Pace have two daughters; actress Julia Pace Mitchell, who appears on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, and attorney Shawn Meshelle Mitchell.
Death
Mitchell died of natural causes at his home in Encino, Los Angeles on December 8, 2013 at age 70.
Filmography
Actor
1993
The Return of Ironside (TV Movie) as
Mark Sanger
1991
Perfume as
Sheldon
1987
The New Gidget (TV Series) as
Police Sergeant
- Invasion of the Gidget People (1987) - Police Sergeant
1986
Matlock (TV Series)
- The Angel (1986)
1982
Capitol (TV Series) as
Ed Lawrence (1985-1986)
1979
CHiPs (TV Series) as
Tyrone
- The Watch Commander (1979) - Tyrone
1979
Police Story (TV Series) as
Investigator Ulrick
- A Cry for Justice (1979) - Investigator Ulrick
1978
Wonder Woman (TV Series) as
Dr. Samson
- Hot Wheels (1978) - Dr. Samson
1976
Medical Story (TV Series) as
Dr. Curtis
- The Quality of Mercy (1976) - Dr. Curtis
1967
Ironside (TV Series) as
Mark Sanger / Officer Mark Sanger / Det. Mark Sanger
- The Rolling Y (1975) - Officer Mark Sanger
- The Organizer (1975) - Officer Mark Sanger
- A Matter of Life or Death (1975) - Officer Mark Sanger
- The Faded Image (1975) - Officer Mark Sanger
- The Return of Eleanor Rogers (1975) - Officer Mark Sanger
- The Visiting Fireman (1974) - Officer Mark Sanger
- Fall of an Angel (1974) - Officer Mark Sanger
- Speak No Evil (1974) - Officer Mark Sanger
- The Over-the-Hill Blues (1974) - Officer Mark Sanger
- The Far Side of the Fence (1974) - Det. Mark Sanger
- Act of Vengeance (1974) - Mark Sanger
- Run Scared (1974) - Officer Mark Sanger
- The Last Cotillion (1974) - Officer Mark Sanger
- Setup: Danger! (1974) - Officer Mark Sanger
- Cross Doublecross (1974) - Det. Mark Sanger
- Trial by Terror (1974) - Officer Mark Sanger
- What's New with Mark? (1974) - Officer Mark Sanger
- Raise the Devil: Part 2 (1974) - Officer Mark Sanger
- Raise the Devil: Part 1 (1974) - Officer Mark Sanger
- Amy Prentiss: Part 2 (1974) - Mark Sanger
- Amy Prentiss: Part 1 (1974) - Mark Sanger
- Riddle at 24,000 (1974) - Mark Sanger (credit only)
- Come Eleven, Come Twelve (1974) - Mark Sanger
- Close to the Heart (1974) - Mark Sanger
- A Death in Academe (1974) - Mark Sanger
- The Taste of Ashes (1974) - Mark Sanger
- Class of '40 (1974) - Mark Sanger
- Terror on Grant Avenue (1974) - Mark Sanger
- Once More for Joey (1974) - Mark Sanger
- Two Hundred Large (1974) - Mark Sanger
- Friend or Foe (1974) - Mark Sanger
- The Last Payment (1973) - Mark Sanger
- Double-Edged Corner (1973) - Mark Sanger
- The Hidden Man (1973) - Mark Sanger
- Mind for Murder (1973) - Mark Sanger
- Downhill All the Way (1973) - Mark Sanger
- The Helping Hand (1973) - Mark Sanger
- House of Terror (1973) - Mark Sanger
- The Armageddon Gang (1973) - Mark Sanger
- Fragile Is the House of Cards (1973) - Mark Sanger
- In the Forests of the Night (1973) - Mark Sanger
- Murder by One (1973) - Mark Sanger
- Confessions: From a Lady of the Night (1973) - Mark Sanger
- A Game of Showdown (1973) - Mark Sanger
- The Best Laid Plans (1973) - Mark Sanger
- All Honorable Men (1973) - Mark Sanger
- Another Shell Game (1973) - Mark Sanger
- All About Andrea (1973) - Mark Sanger
- The Ghost of the Dancing Doll (1973) - Mark Sanger
- Love Me in December (1973) - Mark Sanger
- The Caller (1973) - Mark Sanger
- A Special Person (1973) - Mark Sanger
- Ollinger's Last Case (1973) - Mark Sanger
- Shadow Soldiers (1972) - Mark Sanger
- Cold Hard Cash (1972) - Mark Sanger
- Who'll Cry for My Baby (1972) - Mark Sanger
- The Deadly Gamesmen (1972) - Mark Sanger
- The Countdown (1972) - Mark Sanger
- Buddy, Can You Spare a Life? (1972) - Mark Sanger
- Nightmare Trip (1972) - Mark Sanger
- Riddle Me Death (1972) - Mark Sanger
- Camera- Action- Murder! (1972) - Mark Sanger
- Down Two Roads (1972) - Mark Sanger
- Programmed for Panic (1972) - Mark Sanger
- The Savage Sentry (1972) - Mark Sanger
- Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown (1972) - Mark Sanger
- A Man Named Arno (1972) - Mark Sanger
- His Fiddlers Three (1972) - Mark Sanger
- Achilles' Heel (1972) - Mark Sanger
- Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Murder (1972) - Mark Sanger
- Death by the Numbers (1972) - Mark Sanger
- And Then There Was One (1972) - Mark Sanger
- Find a Victim (1972) - Mark Sanger
- Unreasonable Facsimile (1972) - Mark Sanger
- But When She Was Bad, - (1971) - Mark Sanger
- No Motive for Murder (1971) - Mark Sanger
- Class of '57 (1971) - Mark Sanger
- License to Kill (1971) - Mark Sanger
- Gentle Oaks (1971) - Mark Sanger
- Good Samaritan (1971) - Mark Sanger
- If a Body See a Body (1971) - Mark Sanger
- Dear Fran- (1971) - Mark Sanger
- Murder Impromptu (1971) - Mark Sanger
- Joss Sticks and Wedding Bells (1971) - Mark Sanger
- In the Line of Duty (1971) - Mark Sanger
- Ring of Prayer (1971) - Mark Sanger
- The Gambling Game (1971) - Mark Sanger
- The Professionals (1971) - Mark Sanger
- Contract: Kill Ironside (1971) - Mark Sanger
- The Priest Killer (1971) - Mark Sanger
- Walls Are Waiting (1971) - Mark Sanger
- Grandmother's House (1971) - Mark Sanger
- Lesson in Terror (1971) - Mark Sanger
- Accident (1971) - Mark Sanger
- The Summer Soldier (1971) - Mark Sanger
- The Riddle in Room Six (1971) - Mark Sanger
- Love, Peace, Brotherhood and Murder (1971) - Mark Sanger
- Escape (1971) - Mark Sanger
- A Killing at the Track (1971) - Mark Sanger
- The Target (1971) - Mark Sanger
- From Hrûska, with Love (1971) - Mark Sanger
- The Quincunx (1971) - Mark Sanger
- Blackout (1970) - Mark Sanger
- This Could Blow Your Mind (1970) - Mark Sanger
- The Laying on of Hands (1970) - Mark Sanger
- Backfire (1970) - Mark Sanger
- The Man on the Inside (1970) - Mark Sanger
- Too Many Victims (1970) - Mark Sanger
- Check, Mate, and Murder: Part 2 (1970) - Mark Sanger
- Check, Mate and Murder: Part 1 (1970) - Mark Sanger
- The Lonely Way to Go (1970) - Mark Sanger
- Noel's Gonna Fly (1970) - Mark Sanger
- The People Against Judge McIntire (1970) - Mark Sanger
- The Happy Dreams of Hollow Men (1970) - Mark Sanger
- No Game for Amateurs (1970) - Mark Sanger
- A Killing Will Occur (1970) - Mark Sanger
- Tom Dayton Is Loose Among Us (1970) - Mark Sanger
- Little Dog, Gone (1970) - Mark Sanger
- Good Will Tour (1970) - Mark Sanger
- Little Jerry Jessup (1970) - Mark Sanger
- Warrior's Return (1970) - Mark Sanger
- One Hour to Kill (1970) - Mark Sanger
- Ransom (1970) - Mark Sanger
- Return to Fiji (1970) - Mark Sanger
- The Wrong Time, the Wrong Place (1970) - Mark Sanger
- Eden Is the Place We Leave (1970) - Mark Sanger
- Beware the Wiles of the Stranger (1970) - Mark Sanger
- Dora (1970) - Mark Sanger
- Stolen on Demand (1969) - Mark Sanger
- Beyond a Shadow (1969) - Mark Sanger
- L'Chayim (1969) - Mark Sanger
- Five Miles High (1969) - Mark Sanger
- Programmed for Danger (1969) - Mark Sanger
- The Machismo Bag (1969) - Mark Sanger
- Seeing Is Believing (1969) - Mark Sanger
- Love My Enemy (1969) - Mark Sanger
- A Bullet for Mark (1969) - Mark Sanger
- Eye of the Hurricane (1969) - Mark Sanger
- Poole's Paradise (1969) - Mark Sanger
- Goodbye to Yesterday (1969) - Mark Sanger
- Alias Mr. Braithwaite (1969) - Mark Sanger
- Not with a Whimper, But a Bang (1969) - Mark Sanger
- A Matter of Love and Death (1969) - Mark Sanger
- The Tormentor (1969) - Mark Sanger
- Puzzlelock (1969) - Mark Sanger
- A Drug on the Market (1969) - Mark Sanger
- Moonlight Means Money (1969) - Mark Sanger
- And Be My Love (1969) - Mark Sanger
- A World of Jackals (1969) - Mark Sanger
- The Prophecy (1969) - Mark Sanger
- Rundown on a Bum Rap (1969) - Mark Sanger
- Why the Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club Met on Thursday (1969) - Mark Sanger
- Up, Down and Even (1969) - Mark Sanger
- In Search of an Artist (1969) - Mark Sanger
- Sergeant Mike (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Side Pocket (1968) - Mark Sanger
- The Macabre Mr. Micawber (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Reprise (1968) - Mark Sanger
- An Obvious Case of Guilt (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Price Tag: Death (1968) - Mark Sanger
- I, the People (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Desperate Encounter (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Robert Phillips vs. the Man (1968) - Mark Sanger
- The Sacrifice (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Split Second to an Epitaph: Part 2 (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Split Second to an Epitaph: Part 1 (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Shell Game (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Return of the Hero (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Due Process of Law (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Trip to Hashbury (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Officer Bobby (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Perfect Crime (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Barbara Who (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Something for Nothing (1968) - Mark Sanger
- All in a Day's Work (1968) - Mark Sanger
- The Challenge (1968) - Mark Sanger
- The Lonely Hostage (1968) - Mark Sanger
- To Kill a Cop (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Memory of an Ice Cream Stick (1968) - Mark Sanger
- Force of Arms (1968) - Mark Sanger
- The Fourteenth Runner (1967) - Mark Sanger
- Girl in the Night (1967) - Mark Sanger
- The Past Is Prologue (1967) - Mark Sanger
- A Very Cool Hot Car (1967) - Mark Sanger
- The Man Who Believed (1967) - Mark Sanger
- The Monster of Comus Towers (1967) - Mark Sanger
- Light at the End of the Journey (1967) - Mark Sanger
- Let My Brother Go (1967) - Mark Sanger
- Tagged for Murder (1967) - Mark Sanger
- An Inside Job (1967) - Mark Sanger
- The Taker (1967) - Mark Sanger
- Eat, Drink and Be Buried (1967) - Mark Sanger
- Dead Man's Tale (1967) - Mark Sanger
- The Leaf in the Forest (1967) - Mark Sanger
- Message from Beyond (1967) - Mark Sanger
1973
Scream Blacula Scream as
Justin Carter
1972
Short Walk to Daylight (TV Movie) as
Alvin
1972
McMillan & Wife (TV Series) as
Manny Sky
- Blues for Sally M. (1972) - Manny Sky
1972
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV Series) as
Mark Sanger
- Five Days in the Death of Sgt. Brown: Part II (1972) - Mark Sanger
1967
Insight (TV Series) as
Leonard / Adam Walton
- No Tears for Kelsey (1969) - Leonard
- Some Talk About Pool Rooms and Gin Mills (1967) - Adam Walton (as Donald Mitchell)
1967
Tarzan (TV Series) as
N'Duma
- Thief Catcher (1967) - N'Duma (as Donald Mitchell)
1967
The Virginian (TV Series) as
Preble / Private Martin
- The Reckoning (1967) - Preble
- Nightmare at Fort Killman (1967) - Private Martin
1967
Ironside (TV Movie) as
Mark Sanger (as Donald Mitchell)
1966
The Fugitive (TV Series) as
Ken / Laborer
- The Ivy Maze (1967) - Ken
- The 2130 (1966) - Laborer
1966
Warning Shot as
Black Protester (uncredited)
1966
Bewitched (TV Series) as
Policeman
- My Friend Ben (1966) - Policeman (as Donald Mitchell)
1965
I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) as
Sergeant / Stage Manager
- My Master, the Great Caruso (1966) - Stage Manager (uncredited)
- Happy Anniversary (1966) - Sergeant (as Donald Mitchell)
- My Master, the Magician (1966) - Sergeant
- Where'd You Go-Go? (1965) - Sergeant
1965
Mr. Novak (TV Series) as
Chuck
- And Then I Wrote- (1965) - Chuck
Self
1993
The Defense Rests: A Tribute to Raymond Burr (TV Special) as
Self
1993
Vicki! (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 23 April 1993 (1993) - Self
1967
Today (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 9 August 1967 (1967) - Self
Archive Footage
2004
Biography (TV Series documentary) as
Mark Sanger
- David Cassidy: The Reluctant Idol (2004) - Mark Sanger
1974
Bad Men of the West (TV Movie) as
Preble
1968
Split Second to an Epitaph (TV Movie) as
Mark Sanger
References
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