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Actor Don Mitchell Dies at 70 'Ironside' Actor Don Mitchell Dies at 70He assisted Raymond Burr on the 1970s NBC series and starred in the blaxploitation film "Scream Blacula Scream."Don Mitchell, the aide to the wheelchair-bound Raymond Burr on the 1970s NBC police series Ironside, died Sunday in Encino of natural causes. He was 70.Mitchell played Mark Sanger, an ex-con who is persuaded by Robert T. Ironside to become his driver and assistant after the San Francisco chief of detectives is paralyzed from the waist down by a sniper's bullet."Well, now, you lookin' for a boy!" Sanger says in the pilot, which aired in March 1967. "No, just legs," says Ironside. "You got 'em and I need 'em."Ironside also was assisted by Sgt. Ed Brown (Don Galloway) and plainclothes officer Eve Whitfield (Barbara Anderson). Mitchell returned as Sanger, who later became a lawyer in the series, for a 1993 reunion telefilm.Created by Collier Young (and with a great theme song by Quincy Jones), Ironside ran for eight seasons, until January 1975. The show was revived by NBC this season but canceled after just four episodes, with Blair Underwood as the title character.A native of Houston who attended UCLA, Mitchell starred opposite Pam Grier in the sequel Scream Blacula Scream (1973), playing an ex-police officer with an interest in the occult.He also appeared on such TV shows as I Dream of Jeannie, The Fugitive, McMillan & Wife, Wonder Woman and Matlock.Mitchell was married to actress Judy Pace (Peyton Place, Brian's Song) from 1972-86. She later married former Major League Baseball star Curt Flood.Survivors include daughter Julia Pace Mitchell (The Young and the Restless).Mitchell's death was first reported by the Los Angeles Times.
Don Mitchell, who played alongside Raymond Burr in the original Ironside series, died on Sunday of natural causes at the age of 70. Mitchell portrayed Mark Sanger who worked with Burr's character during the original eight season run of Ironside during the 1960s and 1970s on NBC, according to Variety. He returned to the role in the 1993 TV movie The Return of Ironside. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Mitchell's character was an ex-con who was hired by Ironside to be both his driver and assistant. Mitchell, who went to college at UCLA, also appeared in numerous small roles for several TV shows, including The Fugitive, I Dream of Jeannie, Wonder Woman and Matlock. He also acted with Pam Grier as a police officer in the film Scream Blacula Scream. NBC attempted to remake Ironside with Blair Underwood in the role of Ironside this fall, but the show lasted all of four episodes before the network pulled the plug due to low ratings. Read more at http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2013/12/ironside-actor-don-mitchell-dies-70#X8xmufGTe08XfVSw.99 Just Music-No Categories-Enjoy It! | |
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