Thomas Mitchell
Acting • Born 1892-07-10 – Died 1962-12-17
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.
Filmography
118 credits
Pocketful of Miracles
Movie • 1961
Judge Henry G. Blake
High Noon
Movie • 1952
Mayor Jonas Henderson
Stagecoach
Movie • 1939
Doc Josiah Boone
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie • 1946
Uncle Billy
Gone with the Wind
Movie • 1939
Gerald O'Hara
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie • 1939
Diz Moore
Lost Horizon
Movie • 1937
Henry Barnard
Our Town
Movie • 1940
Doc Gibbs
The Outlaw
Movie • 1943
Pat Garrett
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie • 1939
Clopin
Out of the Fog
Movie • 1941
Jonah Goodwin
Alias Nick Beal
Movie • 1949
Joseph Foster
Tales of Manhattan
Movie • 1942
John Halloway
Secret of the Incas
Movie • 1954
Ed Morgan
Make Way for Tomorrow
Movie • 1937
George Cooper
Six Cylinder Love
Movie • 1923
Bertram Rogers
Dark Waters
Movie • 1944
Mr. Sydney
The Black Swan
Movie • 1942
Tommy Blue
Moontide
Movie • 1942
Tiny
While the City Sleeps
Movie • 1956
John Day Griffith
Angels Over Broadway
Movie • 1940
Gene Gibbons
Buffalo Bill
Movie • 1944
Ned Buntline
The Fighting Sullivans
Movie • 1944
Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan
Bataan
Movie • 1943
Cpl. Jake Feingold
Only Angels Have Wings
Movie • 1939
Kid Dabb
The Dark Mirror
Movie • 1946
Lt. Stevenson
Adventure
Movie • 1945
Mudgin
Joan of Paris
Movie • 1942
Father Antoine
Silver River
Movie • 1948
John Plato Beck
The Keys of the Kingdom
Movie • 1944
Willie Tulloch
Theodora Goes Wild
Movie • 1936
Jed Waterbury
When You're in Love
Movie • 1937
Hank Miller
The Long Voyage Home
Movie • 1940
Driscoll
Wilson
Movie • 1944
Joseph Tumulty
Destry
Movie • 1954
Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby
Immortal Sergeant
Movie • 1943
Sergeant Kelly
The Hurricane
Movie • 1937
Dr. Kersaint
The Big Wheel
Movie • 1949
Arthur 'Red' Stanley
The Miracle on 34th Street
Movie • 1955
Kris Kringle
This Above All
Movie • 1942
"Monty" Montague
Natchez
Movie • 1958
Mr. Carson
By Love Possessed
Movie • 1961
Noah Tuttle
Flesh and Fantasy
Movie • 1943
Septimus Podgers (segment 2)
Flight from Destiny
Movie • 1941
Prof. Henry Todhunter
Trade Winds
Movie • 1938
Commissioner Blackton
Within These Walls
Movie • 1945
Warden Michael Howland
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Promise to Pay
Movie • 1937
District Attorney J.E. Curtis
High Barbaree
Movie • 1947
Capt. Thad Vail
Three Wise Fools
Movie • 1946
Terence Alaysius O'Davern
Love, Honor and Behave
Movie • 1938
Dan Painter
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Movie • 1947
Gill MacBean
Handle with Care
Movie • 1958
Mayor Dick Williston
Swiss Family Robinson
Movie • 1940
William Robinson
Three Cheers for the Irish
Movie • 1940
Peter Casey
The Right Man
Movie • 1960
Grover Cleveland
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie • 1984
(archive footage)
The Big Moment
Movie • 1954
Blumenau
Song of the Islands
Movie • 1942
Dennis O'Brien
Craig's Wife
Movie • 1936
Fergus Passmore
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Movie • 1955
'Pap' Finn
Man Of The People
Movie • 1937
William J. Grady
Journey Into Light
Movie • 1951
Gandy
Adventure in Manhattan
Movie • 1936
Phil Bane
Captain Eddie
Movie • 1945
Ike Howard
Blow-Ups of 1946
Movie • 1946
Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Movie • 1940
Self
Too Young to Love
Movie • 1960
Judge Bentley
The Backbone of America
Movie • 1953
Fred Tupple
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1942
Movie • 1942
Self
Studio One
TV • 1948
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
The Islanders
TV • 1960
Tom Todd
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
William Oliver Gant
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Robert Baldwin
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Sam Hawkins
Climax!
TV • 1954
Old Man Finn
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Hubert Willis
Ford Theatre
TV • 1948
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Johnny Reynolds, Sr.
Laramie
TV • 1959
Mayor of the Town
TV • 1954
Mayor Thomas Russell
Suspense
TV • 1949
Dr. Paul Morgan
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Ben Cary
Tales of Tomorrow
TV • 1951
Lights Out
TV • 1949
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
Glencannon
TV • 1959
O. Henry Playhouse
TV • 1957
The O. Henry Playhouse
TV • 1957
O. Henry
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Mender McClure
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1947
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Carl Smith
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Innkeeper
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Ralp Burgess
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Sam Partridge
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Judge Calvin Cook
Tracker
TV • 2001
Vesser
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Cason Thomas
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Nick Finn
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Silas Burton
Studio One
TV • 1948
William Mallory
Studio One
TV • 1948
Hank Morgan
Studio One
TV • 1948
Jack Guzzow
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Truman Winters
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV • 1955
Dr. Joseph H. Walton
The United States Steel Hour
TV • 1953
Silas Lapham
Suspense
TV • 1949
Henry Brown
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
Mr. Carson
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV • 1959
Self
21 Jump Street
TV • 1987
Lear
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Elmo
Medallion Theatre
TV • 1953
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV • 1958
Emperor
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Kris Kringle