Article: Robert Mitchum was a great actor and a star on his own terms.(Originated from The Virginian-Pilot)

He was an ornery, tough old cuss who would suffer no nonsense _ and who thought the movie industry, with all its glitzy trappings, was mildly ridiculous.

Robert Mitchum, who recently died, took delight in the fact that no one could catch him ``acting.'' He seemingly walked through 110 films with a sleepy-eyed attitude that suggested his tough-guy characters were always in charge.

One of the greatest, most varied, actors in movie history, he was a star on his own terms.

``My movies make money, or they don't make money. It's that simple,'' he once told me _ refusing to discuss the intricacies of five decades of movie stardom. Most of all, ...

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