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Mitr Chaibancha (Thai มิตร ชัยบัญชา, born January 28, 1934 in Phetchaburi, Thailand) was a Thai film actor who made 266 films from 1956 to 1970.

He died on October 8, 1970 at Dongtan (Sugar Palm) Beach, Pattaya, after falling from a helicopter during the filming of a stunt for the last scene of Insee Thong (Golden Eagle).

At the height of his career in the 1960s, the tall, heroic Mitr, along with his perfectly-coiffured, doe-eyed leading lady, Petchara Chaowarat, made a string of hit films that packed cinemas. Of the 75 to 100 films produced each year by the Thai film industry during this period, Mitr starred in nearly half of them.