Thomas Mitchell

ActorWriter Jul 10 (died age 70) Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA 1923–2009 (86 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thomas Mitchell (July 11, 1892 – December 17, 1962) was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter. Among his most famous roles in a long career are those of Gerald O'Hara, the father of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, the drunken Doc Boone in John Ford's Stagecoach, and Uncle Billy in It's a Wonderful Life. Mitchell was the first person to win an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony Award.

Known For

Film

It's a Wonderful Life

Uncle Billy

Film

Gone with the Wind

Gerald O'Hara

Film

High Noon

Mayor Jonas Henderson

Film

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Diz Moore

Film

Stagecoach

Doc Josiah Boone

Film

Only Angels Have Wings

Kid Dabb

Film

Make Way for Tomorrow

George Cooper

Film

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Clopin

Filmography

Acting (103)

Movies (72)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

10.0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

Pocketful of Miracles

1961

as Judge Henry G. Blake

By Love Possessed

as Noah Tuttle

The Right Man

as Grover Cleveland

Too Young to Love

as Judge Bentley

Natchez

Handle with Care

as Mayor Dick Williston

7.2

While the City Sleeps

1956

as John Day Griffith

6.9

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1955

as 'Pap' Finn

4.2

The Miracle on 34th Street

1955

as Kris Kringle

5.2

Destry

1954

as Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby

6.2

The Big Moment

1954

as Blumenau

Secret of the Incas

1954

as Ed Morgan

5.8

The Backbone of America

1953

as Fred Tupple

High Noon

1952

as Mayor Jonas Henderson

Journey Into Light

as Gandy

Alias Nick Beal

as Joseph Foster

The Big Wheel

as Arthur 'Red' Stanley

Silver River

as John Plato Beck

High Barbaree

as Capt. Thad Vail

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

1947

as Gill MacBean

6.6

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

as Uncle Billy

8.3

Three Wise Fools

1946

as Terence Alaysius O'Davern

The Dark Mirror

as Lt. Stevenson

Blow-Ups of 1946

as Self

Adventure

as Mudgin

Captain Eddie

as Ike Howard

Within These Walls

as Warden Michael Howland

5.0

The Fighting Sullivans

1944

as Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan

6.0

Wilson

1944

as Joseph Tumulty

5.5

The Keys of the Kingdom

as Willie Tulloch

Buffalo Bill

as Ned Buntline

Dark Waters

as Mr. Sydney

The Outlaw

as Pat Garrett

Flesh and Fantasy

as Septimus Podgers (segment 2)

7.0

Bataan

1943

as Cpl. Jake Feingold

Immortal Sergeant

as Sergeant Kelly

Joan of Paris

as Father Antoine

The Black Swan

as Tommy Blue

Tales of Manhattan

as John Halloway

Moontide

as Tiny

This Above All

as "Monty" Montague

Breakdowns of 1942

as Self

Song of the Islands

as Dennis O'Brien

Flight from Destiny

as Prof. Henry Todhunter

4.7

Out of the Fog

1941

as Jonah Goodwin

6.2

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self

Our Town

as Doc Gibbs

The Long Voyage Home

as Driscoll

Swiss Family Robinson

as William Robinson

Angels Over Broadway

as Gene Gibbons

Three Cheers for the Irish

as Peter Casey

Gone with the Wind

as Gerald O'Hara

Stagecoach

as Doc Josiah Boone

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939

as Clopin

7.3

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

as Diz Moore

7.8

Only Angels Have Wings

1939

as Kid Dabb

7.3

Trade Winds

1938

as Commissioner Blackton

6.3

Love, Honor and Behave

as Dan Painter

Lost Horizon

as Henry Barnard

The Hurricane

as Dr. Kersaint

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937

as George Cooper

7.5

I Promise to Pay

1937

as District Attorney J.E. Curtis

When You're in Love

as Hank Miller

Man Of The People

as William J. Grady

Adventure in Manhattan

as Phil Bane

Craig's Wife

as Fergus Passmore

Theodora Goes Wild

as Jed Waterbury

Six Cylinder Love

as Bertram Rogers

Television (31)

Tracker

as Vesser

21 Jump Street

as Lear

The Islanders

as Tom Todd

Laramie

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959

as Self

7.3

Adventures in Paradise

as Hubert Willis

Glencannon

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Emperor

O. Henry Playhouse

The O. Henry Playhouse

1957

as O. Henry

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Ben Cary

Playhouse 90

as Mr. Carson

Telephone Time

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

as Kris Kringle

5.4

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955

as Dr. Joseph H. Walton

Climax!

as Old Man Finn

Mayor of the Town

as Mayor Thomas Russell

The United States Steel Hour

1953

as Silas Lapham

6.2

General Electric Theater

1953

6.4

Medallion Theatre

1953

The Ford Television Theatre

as Elmo

Tales of Tomorrow

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as William Oliver Gant

8.6

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Sam Hawkins

7.2

Robert Montgomery Presents

Lux Video Theatre

as Robert Baldwin

Suspense

as Dr. Paul Morgan

Lights Out

Studio One

Ford Theatre

Kraft Television Theatre

1947

7.5

Crew (4)

Movies (4)

Casanova Brown

Theatre Play

Little Accident

Theatre Play

All of Me

Screenplay

Little Accident

Theatre Play