Thomas Mitchell

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-07-10 (70 years old)

Deathday

1962-12-17

Place of Birth

Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA

Thomas Mitchell

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.

Acting

1961

Pocketful of Miracles

as Judge Henry G. Blake

1952

High Noon

as Mayor Jonas Henderson

1939

Stagecoach

as Doc Josiah Boone

1946

It's a Wonderful Life

as Uncle Billy

1939

Gone with the Wind

as Gerald O'Hara

1937

Lost Horizon

as Henry Barnard

1940

Our Town

as Doc Gibbs

1943

The Outlaw

as Pat Garrett

1941

Out of the Fog

as Jonah Goodwin

1949

Alias Nick Beal

as Joseph Foster

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as John Halloway

1954

1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

as George Cooper

1923

Six Cylinder Love

as Bertram Rogers

1944

Dark Waters

as Mr. Sydney

1942

The Black Swan

as Tommy Blue

1942

Moontide

as Tiny

1956

While the City Sleeps

as John Day Griffith

1940

Angels Over Broadway

as Gene Gibbons

1944

The Fighting Sullivans

as Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan

1944

Buffalo Bill

as Ned Buntline

1943

Bataan

as Cpl. Jake Feingold

1939

1946

The Dark Mirror

as Lt. Stevenson

1945

Adventure

as Mudgin

1942

Joan of Paris

as Father Antoine

1948

Silver River

as John Plato Beck

1944

The Keys of the Kingdom

as Willie Tulloch

1936

Theodora Goes Wild

as Jed Waterbury

1937

When You're in Love

as Hank Miller

1940

1944

Wilson

as Joseph Tumulty

1954

Destry

as Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby

1943

Immortal Sergeant

as Sergeant Kelly

1937

The Hurricane

as Dr. Kersaint

1949

The Big Wheel

as Arthur 'Red' Stanley

1955

1942

This Above All

as "Monty" Montague

1961

By Love Possessed

as Noah Tuttle

1943

Flesh and Fantasy

as Septimus Podgers (segment 2)

1941

Flight from Destiny

as Prof. Henry Todhunter

1938

Trade Winds

as Commissioner Blackton

1945

Within These Walls

as Warden Michael Howland

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1937

I Promise to Pay

as District Attorney J.E. Curtis

1947

High Barbaree

as Capt. Thad Vail

1946

Three Wise Fools

as Terence Alaysius O'Davern

1938

1947

1958

Handle with Care

as Mayor Dick Williston

1940

Swiss Family Robinson

as William Robinson

1940

1960

The Right Man

as Grover Cleveland

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1954

The Big Moment

as Blumenau

1942

Song of the Islands

as Dennis O'Brien

1936

Craig's Wife

as Fergus Passmore

1937

Man Of The People

as William J. Grady

1951

1936

1945

Captain Eddie

as Ike Howard

1946

1960

Too Young to Love

as Judge Bentley

1953

1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

2009

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1934

All of Me

as Screenplay

1944

Casanova Brown

as Theatre Play

1939

Little Accident

as Theatre Play

1930

Little Accident

as Theatre Play

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