Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell

Known for
Acting
Born
July 10, 1892
Died
December 17, 1962 (aged 70)
Birthplace
Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA

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

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Filmography

2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year poster

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2001
Tracker poster

Tracker

TV · as Vesser · 1 ep

1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life poster

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1987
21 Jump Street poster

21 Jump Street

TV · as Lear · 1 ep

1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s poster

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Movie · as (archive footage)

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1961
Pocketful of Miracles poster

Pocketful of Miracles

Movie · as Judge Henry G. Blake

1961
By Love Possessed poster

By Love Possessed

Movie · as Noah Tuttle

1960
The Right Man poster

The Right Man

Movie · as Grover Cleveland

1960
Too Young to Love poster

Too Young to Love

Movie · as Judge Bentley

1960
The Islanders poster

The Islanders

TV · as Tom Todd · 1 ep

1959
Adventures in Paradise poster

Adventures in Paradise

TV · as Hubert Willis · 1 ep

1959
Laramie poster

Laramie

TV · 1 ep

1959
Glencannon

Glencannon

TV · 39 eps

1959
The Bell Telephone Hour poster

The Bell Telephone Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1958
Natchez poster

Natchez

Movie · as Mr. Carson

1958
Handle with Care poster

Handle with Care

Movie · as Mayor Dick Williston

1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook poster

Shirley Temple's Storybook

TV · as Emperor · 1 ep

1957
O. Henry Playhouse

O. Henry Playhouse

TV · 40 eps

1957
The O. Henry Playhouse poster

The O. Henry Playhouse

TV · as O. Henry · 2 eps

1956
While the City Sleeps poster

While the City Sleeps

Movie · as John Day Griffith

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Ben Cary, Cason Thomas, Nick Finn · 1 ep

1956
Telephone Time poster

Telephone Time

TV · 2 eps

1956
Playhouse 90 poster

Playhouse 90

TV · as Mr. Carson · 1 ep

1955
The Miracle on 34th Street poster

The Miracle on 34th Street

Movie · as Kris Kringle

1955
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn poster

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Movie · as 'Pap' Finn

1955
Screen Director's Playhouse poster

Screen Director's Playhouse

TV · as Dr. Joseph H. Walton · 1 ep

1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour poster

The 20th Century Fox Hour

TV · as Kris Kringle · 1 ep

1954
Secret of the Incas poster

Secret of the Incas

Movie · as Ed Morgan

1954
Destry poster

Destry

Movie · as Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby

1954
The Big Moment poster

The Big Moment

Movie · as Blumenau

1954
Climax! poster

Climax!

TV · as Old Man Finn · 1 ep

1954
Mayor of the Town poster

Mayor of the Town

TV · as Mayor Thomas Russell · 34 eps

1953
The Backbone of America poster

The Backbone of America

Movie · as Fred Tupple

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Mender McClure · 1 ep

1953
The United States Steel Hour poster

The United States Steel Hour

TV · as Silas Lapham · 1 ep

1953
Medallion Theatre poster

Medallion Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1952
High Noon poster

High Noon

Movie · as Mayor Jonas Henderson

1952
The Ford Television Theatre poster

The Ford Television Theatre

TV · as Silas Burton, Elmo, Ralph Woodbury · 1 ep

1951
Journey Into Light poster

Journey Into Light

Movie · as Gandy

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as William Oliver Gant, Truman Winters · 1 ep

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · as Sam Hawkins, Carl Smith · 1 ep

1951
Tales of Tomorrow poster

Tales of Tomorrow

TV · 3 eps

1950
Lux Video Theatre poster

Lux Video Theatre

TV · as Robert Baldwin, Johnny Reynolds, Sr., Innkeeper, Ralp Burgess, Sam Partridge, Judge Calvin Cook · 1 ep

1950
Robert Montgomery Presents poster

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV · 1 ep

1949
Alias Nick Beal poster

Alias Nick Beal

Movie · as Joseph Foster

1949
The Big Wheel poster

The Big Wheel

Movie · as Arthur 'Red' Stanley

1949
Suspense poster

Suspense

TV · as Dr. Paul Morgan, Henry Brown · 1 ep

1949
Lights Out poster

Lights Out

TV · 1 ep

1948
Silver River poster

Silver River

Movie · as John Plato Beck

1948
Studio One poster

Studio One

TV · as Jack Guzzow, William Mallory, Hank Morgan · 1 ep

1948
Ford Theatre

Ford Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1947
High Barbaree poster

High Barbaree

Movie · as Capt. Thad Vail

1947
The Romance of Rosy Ridge poster

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

Movie · as Gill MacBean

1947
Kraft Television Theatre poster

Kraft Television Theatre

TV · 1 ep

1946
It's a Wonderful Life poster

It's a Wonderful Life

Movie · as Uncle Billy

1946
The Dark Mirror poster

The Dark Mirror

Movie · as Lieutenant Stevenson

1946
Three Wise Fools poster

Three Wise Fools

Movie · as Terence Alaysius O'Davern

1946
Blow-Ups of 1946 poster

Blow-Ups of 1946

Movie · as Self

1945
Adventure poster

Adventure

Movie · as Mudgin

1945
Within These Walls poster

Within These Walls

Movie · as Warden Michael Howland

1945
Captain Eddie poster

Captain Eddie

Movie · as Ike Howard

1944
Dark Waters poster

Dark Waters

Movie · as Mr. Sydney

1944
Buffalo Bill poster

Buffalo Bill

Movie · as Ned Buntline

1944
The Fighting Sullivans poster

The Fighting Sullivans

Movie · as Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan

1944
The Keys of the Kingdom poster

The Keys of the Kingdom

Movie · as Willie Tulloch

1944
Wilson poster

Wilson

Movie · as Joseph Tumulty

1943
The Outlaw poster

The Outlaw

Movie · as Pat Garrett

1943
Bataan poster

Bataan

Movie · as Cpl. Jake Feingold

1943
Immortal Sergeant poster

Immortal Sergeant

Movie · as Sergeant Kelly

1943
Flesh and Fantasy poster

Flesh and Fantasy

Movie · as Septimus Podgers (segment 2)

1942
Tales of Manhattan poster

Tales of Manhattan

Movie · as John Halloway

1942
The Black Swan poster

The Black Swan

Movie · as Tommy Blue

1942
Moontide poster

Moontide

Movie · as Tiny

1942
Joan of Paris poster

Joan of Paris

Movie · as Father Antoine

1942
This Above All poster

This Above All

Movie · as "Monty" Montague

1942
Song of the Islands poster

Song of the Islands

Movie · as Dennis O'Brien

1942
Breakdowns of 1942 poster

Breakdowns of 1942

Movie · as Self

1941
Out of the Fog poster

Out of the Fog

Movie · as Jonah Goodwin

1941
Flight from Destiny poster

Flight from Destiny

Movie · as Prof. Henry Todhunter

1940
Our Town poster

Our Town

Movie · as Doc Gibbs

1940
Angels Over Broadway poster

Angels Over Broadway

Movie · as Gene Gibbons

1940
The Long Voyage Home poster

The Long Voyage Home

Movie · as Driscoll

1940
Swiss Family Robinson poster

Swiss Family Robinson

Movie · as William Robinson

1940
Three Cheers for the Irish poster

Three Cheers for the Irish

Movie · as Peter Casey

1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards poster

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Movie · as Self

1939
Stagecoach poster

Stagecoach

Movie · as Doc Josiah Boone

1939
Gone with the Wind poster

Gone with the Wind

Movie · as Gerald O'Hara

1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington poster

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Movie · as Diz Moore

1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame poster

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Movie · as Clopin

1939
Only Angels Have Wings poster

Only Angels Have Wings

Movie · as Kid Dabb

1938
Trade Winds poster

Trade Winds

Movie · as Commissioner Blackton

1938
Love, Honor and Behave poster

Love, Honor and Behave

Movie · as Dan Painter

1937
Lost Horizon poster

Lost Horizon

Movie · as Henry Barnard

1937
Make Way for Tomorrow poster

Make Way for Tomorrow

Movie · as George Cooper

1937
When You're in Love poster

When You're in Love

Movie · as Hank Miller

1937
The Hurricane poster

The Hurricane

Movie · as Dr. Kersaint

1937
I Promise to Pay poster

I Promise to Pay

Movie · as District Attorney J.E. Curtis

1937
Man Of The People poster

Man Of The People

Movie · as William J. Grady

1936
Theodora Goes Wild poster

Theodora Goes Wild

Movie · as Jed Waterbury

1936
Craig's Wife poster

Craig's Wife

Movie · as Fergus Passmore

1936
Adventure in Manhattan poster

Adventure in Manhattan

Movie · as Phil Bane

1923
Six Cylinder Love poster

Six Cylinder Love

Movie · as Bertram Rogers