Editing Robert Mitchum (section)

===Later work===
In 1982, Mitchum played Coach Delaney in the film adaptation of playwright/actor [[Jason Miller (playwright)|Jason Miller]]'s 1973 [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning play ''[[That Championship Season (1982 film)|That Championship Season]]''.{{sfn|Roberts|1992|pp=157–58}}

Mitchum starred in the 1983 [[miniseries]] ''[[The Winds of War (miniseries)|The Winds of War]]'', based on a [[Herman Wouk]] [[The Winds of War|book of the same title]]. The big-budget production aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], starring Mitchum as naval officer "Pug" Henry and [[Victoria Tennant]] as Pamela Tudsbury, and examined the events leading up to [[United States|America]]'s involvement in [[World War II]]. It was watched by 140 million people over seven days and became the most-watched miniseries up to that point.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Margulies |first1=Lee |title='Winds' Becomes Most-Seen Miniseries |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 16, 1983 |page=G9}}</ref>{{sfn|Roberts|1992|pp=169–72}} He returned to the role in the 1988 sequel miniseries ''[[War and Remembrance (miniseries)|War and Remembrance]]'',<ref name="Biography"/> which continued the story through the end of the war.{{sfn|Roberts|1992|pp=178–80}}

In 1984, Mitchum entered the [[Betty Ford Center]] in Palm Springs, California, for treatment of alcoholism.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=Bob |title=Robert Mitchum: An Irrepressible Patriarch of Actors|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-10-10-8503090269-story.html |access-date=August 1, 2020 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=October 10, 1985 |archive-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001013818/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-10-10-8503090269-story.html |url-status=live|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

He played George Hazard's father-in-law in the 1985 miniseries ''[[North and South (miniseries)|North and South]]'', which also aired on ABC.{{sfn|Roberts|1992|pp=176–77}}

[[File:Robert Mitchum Cannes.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.65|Mitchum at the [[1991 Cannes Film Festival]]]]

Mitchum starred opposite [[Wilford Brimley]] in the 1986 made-for-TV movie ''Thompson's Run''.{{sfn|Roberts|1992|pp=177–78}}

In 1987, Mitchum was the guest host on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', where he played private eye Philip Marlowe for the last time in the parody sketch "Death Be Not Deadly." The show ran a short comedy film he made (written and directed by his daughter, Petrine) called ''Out of Gas'', a mock sequel to ''Out of the Past'' ([[Jane Greer]] reprised her role from the original film).{{sfn|Roberts|1992|p=196}}{{sfn|Server|2001|pp=514–15}} He also was in [[Richard Donner]]'s 1988 comedy ''[[Scrooged]]''.{{sfn|Roberts|1992|pp=162–63}}

In 1991, Mitchum was set to receive a lifetime achievement award from the [[National Board of Review of Motion Pictures]]. He rejected it, however, after learning that he would have to pay for his own transport and accommodations and accept it in person.{{sfn|Server|2001|p=522}}{{refn|group=note|Mitchum had been living in Santa Barbara, California since 1978{{sfn|Server|2001|p=473}} and the ceremony was to be held in New York. The award eventually went to [[Lauren Bacall]] instead.{{sfn|Server|2001|p=522}}}} That same year, he received the [[Telegatto]] award{{sfn|Roberts|1992|p=230}} and, in 1992 the [[Cecil B. DeMille Award]] from the [[Golden Globe Awards]].<ref>{{cite news |title='Beauty and the Beast,' 'Bugsy,' Win Golden Globes |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-19-me-954-story.html |access-date=August 14, 2023 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=January 19, 1992 |page=B4}}</ref><ref name="goldenglobes">{{cite web |title=Robert Mitchum |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/robert-mitchum |website=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |access-date=August 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613083153/https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/robert-mitchum |archive-date=June 13, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Biography"/>

Mitchum continued to appear in films until the mid-1990s, such as [[Jim Jarmusch]]'s ''[[Dead Man]]'',{{sfn|Server|2001|p=529}} and he narrated the Western ''[[Tombstone (film)|Tombstone]]''.{{sfn|Server|2001|p=524}} Though he portrayed the antagonist in the original, he played the protagonist police detective in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s remake of ''[[Cape Fear (1991 film)|Cape Fear]]'',{{sfn|Server|2001|pp=521–22}} but the actor gradually slowed his workload. His last film appearance was a small but pivotal role in the television biographical film ''James Dean: Race with Destiny'', playing ''[[Giant (1956 film)|Giant]]'' director [[George Stevens]].{{sfn|Server|2001|p=529}} Mitchum's last starring role was in the 1995 Norwegian movie ''[[Pakten (movie)|Pakten]]''.{{sfn|Server|2001|pp=526–28}}<ref name="Biography"/>