Mitchum to Be Inducted into The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's Hall of Fame

ROBERT MITCHUM will be inducted into the the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City as part of its annual Western Heritage Awards, which will be held on Apri 20.

The black-tie affair honors stars in 16 categories of Western music, literature, television and film. For induction into the Hall of Great Western Performers, actors must have made significant contributions to the perpetuation of the Western film, radio or theatre. The inductee must project the traditional Western ideals of honesty, integrity and self-sufficiency.

Mitchum's many westerns include El Dorado with John Wayne, Track of the Cat, Blood on the Moon, the noir-western Pursued, The Red Pony, River of No Return with Marilyn Monroe and the rodeo film The Lusty Men. His first film role was a villain in 1943's Hoppy Serves a Writ and his final theatrical film was the 1996 indie western Dead Man, with Johnny Depp.

Also being inducted this year are and Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carillo, who played TV's Cisco Kid and his sidekick Pancho, and The Last of the Mohicans star Wes Studi

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