Thomas Mitchell
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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
Filmography
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Tracker
2001
as Vesser
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
21 Jump Street
1987
as Lear
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
as Judge Henry G. Blake
By Love Possessed
1961
as Noah Tuttle
The Right Man
1960
as Grover Cleveland
Too Young to Love
1960
as Judge Bentley
The Islanders
1960
as Tom Todd
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Hubert Willis
Laramie
1959
Glencannon
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self
Natchez
1958
as Mr. Carson
Handle with Care
1958
as Mayor Dick Williston
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Emperor
O. Henry Playhouse
1957
The O. Henry Playhouse
1957
as O. Henry
While the City Sleeps
1956
as John Day Griffith
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Ben Cary
Telephone Time
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Cason Thomas
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Nick Finn
Playhouse 90
1956
as Mr. Carson
The Miracle on 34th Street
1955
as Kris Kringle
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1955
as 'Pap' Finn
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Dr. Joseph H. Walton
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Kris Kringle
Secret of the Incas
1954
as Ed Morgan
Destry
1954
as Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby
The Big Moment
1954
as Blumenau
Climax!
1954
as Old Man Finn
Mayor of the Town
1954
as Mayor Thomas Russell
The Backbone of America
1953
as Fred Tupple
General Electric Theater
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
as Mender McClure
The United States Steel Hour
1953
as Silas Lapham
Medallion Theatre
1953
High Noon
1952
as Mayor Jonas Henderson
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Silas Burton
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Elmo
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Ralph Woodbury
Journey Into Light
1951
as Gandy
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as William Oliver Gant
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Sam Hawkins
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Carl Smith
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Truman Winters
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Robert Baldwin
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Johnny Reynolds, Sr.
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Innkeeper
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Ralp Burgess
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Sam Partridge
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Judge Calvin Cook
Alias Nick Beal
1949
as Joseph Foster
The Big Wheel
1949
as Arthur 'Red' Stanley
Suspense
1949
as Dr. Paul Morgan
Lights Out
1949
Suspense
1949
as Henry Brown
Silver River
1948
as John Plato Beck
Studio One
1948
Ford Theatre
1948
Studio One
1948
as Jack Guzzow
Studio One
1948
as William Mallory
Studio One
1948
as Hank Morgan
High Barbaree
1947
as Capt. Thad Vail
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
as Gill MacBean
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Uncle Billy
The Dark Mirror
1946
as Lieutenant Stevenson
Three Wise Fools
1946
as Terence Alaysius O'Davern
Blow-Ups of 1946
1946
as Self
Adventure
1945
as Mudgin
Within These Walls
1945
as Warden Michael Howland
Captain Eddie
1945
as Ike Howard
Dark Waters
1944
as Mr. Sydney
The Fighting Sullivans
1944
as Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan
Buffalo Bill
1944
as Ned Buntline
The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
as Willie Tulloch
Wilson
1944
as Joseph Tumulty
The Outlaw
1943
as Pat Garrett
Bataan
1943
as Cpl. Jake Feingold
Immortal Sergeant
1943
as Sergeant Kelly
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
as Septimus Podgers (segment 2)
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as John Halloway
The Black Swan
1942
as Tommy Blue
Moontide
1942
as Tiny
Joan of Paris
1942
as Father Antoine
This Above All
1942
as "Monty" Montague
Song of the Islands
1942
as Dennis O'Brien
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
as Self
Out of the Fog
1941
as Jonah Goodwin
Flight from Destiny
1941
as Prof. Henry Todhunter
Our Town
1940
as Doc Gibbs
Angels Over Broadway
1940
as Gene Gibbons
The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Driscoll
Swiss Family Robinson
1940
as William Robinson
Three Cheers for the Irish
1940
as Peter Casey
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self
Stagecoach
1939
as Doc Josiah Boone
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Gerald O'Hara
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Diz Moore
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as Clopin
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
as Kid Dabb
Trade Winds
1938
as Commissioner Blackton
Love, Honor and Behave
1938
as Dan Painter
Lost Horizon
1937
as Henry Barnard
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
as George Cooper
When You're in Love
1937
as Hank Miller
The Hurricane
1937
as Dr. Kersaint
I Promise to Pay
1937
as District Attorney J.E. Curtis
Man Of The People
1937
as William J. Grady
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
as Jed Waterbury
Craig's Wife
1936
as Fergus Passmore
Adventure in Manhattan
1936
as Phil Bane
Six Cylinder Love
1923
as Bertram Rogers