Thomas Mitchell
Biography
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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.
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Acting History
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
2001Tracker as Vesser
198721 Jump Street as Lear
1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
1984Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961Pocketful of Miracles as Judge Henry G. Blake
1961By Love Possessed as Noah Tuttle
1960The Islanders as Tom Todd
1960Too Young to Love as Judge Bentley
1960The Right Man as Grover Cleveland
1959Adventures in Paradise as Hubert Willis
1959Laramie
1959Glencannon
1959The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
1958Natchez
1958Handle with Care as Mayor Dick Williston
1958Shirley Temple's Storybook as Emperor
1957O. Henry Playhouse
1957The O. Henry Playhouse as O. Henry
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Ben Cary
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Cason Thomas
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Nick Finn
1956Playhouse 90 as Mr. Carson
1956While the City Sleeps as John Day Griffith
1956Telephone Time
1955The Miracle on 34th Street as Kris Kringle
1955The 20th Century Fox Hour as Kris Kringle
1955Screen Director's Playhouse as Dr. Joseph H. Walton
1955The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as 'Pap' Finn
1954Destry as Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby
1954Climax! as Old Man Finn
1954Secret of the Incas as Ed Morgan
1954The Big Moment as Blumenau
1954Mayor of the Town as Mayor Thomas Russell
1953The Backbone of America as Fred Tupple
1953The United States Steel Hour as Silas Lapham
1953Medallion Theatre
1953General Electric Theater
1953General Electric Theater as Mender McClure
1952The Ford Television Theatre as Silas Burton
1952The Ford Television Theatre as Elmo
1952High Noon as Mayor Jonas Henderson
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as William Oliver Gant
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Truman Winters
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Sam Hawkins
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Carl Smith
1951Journey Into Light as Gandy
1951Tales of Tomorrow
1950Lux Video Theatre as Robert Baldwin
1950Lux Video Theatre as Johnny Reynolds, Sr.
1950Lux Video Theatre as Innkeeper
1950Lux Video Theatre as Ralp Burgess
1950Lux Video Theatre as Sam Partridge
1950Lux Video Theatre as Judge Calvin Cook
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
1949The Big Wheel as Arthur 'Red' Stanley
1949Lights Out
1949Alias Nick Beal as Joseph Foster
1949Suspense as Dr. Paul Morgan
1949Suspense as Henry Brown
1948Studio One
1948Studio One as William Mallory
1948Studio One as Hank Morgan
1948Studio One as Jack Guzzow
1948Ford Theatre
1948Silver River as John Plato Beck
1947The Romance of Rosy Ridge as Gill MacBean
1947Kraft Television Theatre
1947High Barbaree as Capt. Thad Vail
1946Blow-Ups of 1946 as Self
1946It's a Wonderful Life as Uncle Billy
1946The Dark Mirror as Lt. Stevenson
1946Three Wise Fools as Terence Alaysius O'Davern
1945Adventure as Mudgin
1945Within These Walls as Warden Michael Howland
1945Captain Eddie as Ike Howard
1944The Keys of the Kingdom as Willie Tulloch
1944Dark Waters as Mr. Sydney
1944Wilson as Joseph Tumulty
1944Buffalo Bill as Ned Buntline
1944The Fighting Sullivans as Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan
1943Flesh and Fantasy as Septimus Podgers (segment 2)
1943Bataan as Cpl. Jake Feingold
1943Immortal Sergeant as Sergeant Kelly
1943The Outlaw as Pat Garrett
1942Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
1942The Black Swan as Tommy Blue
1942Tales of Manhattan as John Halloway
1942Moontide as Tiny
1942This Above All as "Monty" Montague
1942Song of the Islands as Dennis O'Brien
1942Joan of Paris as Father Antoine
1941Out of the Fog as Jonah Goodwin
1941Flight from Destiny as Prof. Henry Todhunter
1940The Long Voyage Home as Driscoll
1940Angels Over Broadway as Gene Gibbons
1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
1940Our Town as Doc Gibbs
1940Three Cheers for the Irish as Peter Casey
1940Swiss Family Robinson as William Robinson
1939Gone with the Wind as Gerald O'Hara
1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Diz Moore
1939The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Clopin
1939Only Angels Have Wings as Kid Dabb
1939Stagecoach as Doc Josiah Boone
1938Trade Winds as Commissioner Blackton
1938Love, Honor and Behave as Dan Painter
1937The Hurricane as Dr. Kersaint
1937Make Way for Tomorrow as George Cooper
1937I Promise to Pay as District Attorney J.E. Curtis
1937Lost Horizon as Henry Barnard
1937When You're in Love as Hank Miller
1937Man Of The People as William J. Grady
1936Theodora Goes Wild as Jed Waterbury
1936Adventure in Manhattan as Phil Bane
1936Craig's Wife as Fergus Passmore
1923Six Cylinder Love as Bertram Rogers