Jim Mitchum , the actor son of Hollywood great Robert Mitchum who at 16 starred with his father in the 1958 cult classic Thunder Road , died following a lengthy illness September 20 at his ranch home in Skull Valley, Arizona. He was 84.

His death was announced today by a family spokesperson, who noted that Mitchum’s wife Pamela was at his side along with the couple’s beloved poodle.

Born in Los Angeles May 8, 1941, to the Night of the Hunter actor and Dorothy Spence Mitchum, Jim Mitchum made his film debut at age 8 in the Raoul Walsh Western Colorado Territory. Despite his mother’s wish to keep the boy out of the Hollywood spotlight, his resemblance at 16 to his father was such that he was cast as Robert’s younger brother in Thunder Road . Robert Mitchum produced the film about

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