Acting
Thomas Mitchell
Born 1892-07-10
Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Thomas Mitchell
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It's a Wonderful Life
1946
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Gone with the Wind
1939
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High Noon
1952
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Stagecoach
1939
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
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21 Jump Street
1987
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Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
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Studio One
1948
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Only Angels Have Wings
1939
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Lost Horizon
1937
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (123 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2009 |
 | Tracker | Vesser | TV Series | 2001 |
 | 21 Jump Street | Lear | TV Series | 1987 |
 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1987 |
 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | Movie | 1984 |
 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 1983 |
 | Pocketful of Miracles | Judge Henry G. Blake | Movie | 1961 |
 | By Love Possessed | Noah Tuttle | Movie | 1961 |
 | The Islanders | Tom Todd | TV Series | 1960 |
 | Too Young to Love | Judge Bentley | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Right Man | Grover Cleveland | Movie | 1960 |
 | Adventures in Paradise | Hubert Willis | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Laramie | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1959 |
| Glencannon | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1959 | |
 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Natchez | Mr. Carson | Movie | 1958 |
 | Handle with Care | Mayor Dick Williston | Movie | 1958 |
 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Emperor | TV Series | 1958 |
| O. Henry Playhouse | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1957 | |
 | The O. Henry Playhouse | O. Henry | TV Series | 1957 |
 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Ben Cary | TV Series | 1956 |
| Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Cason Thomas | TV Series | 1956 |
| Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Nick Finn | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Playhouse 90 | Mr. Carson | TV Series | 1956 |
 | While the City Sleeps | John Day Griffith | Movie | 1956 |
 | Telephone Time | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1956 |
 | The Miracle on 34th Street | Kris Kringle | Movie | 1955 |
 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Dr. Joseph H. Walton | TV Series | 1955 |
 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Kris Kringle | TV Series | 1955 |
 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 'Pap' Finn | Movie | 1955 |
 | Destry | Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby | Movie | 1954 |
 | Climax! | Old Man Finn | TV Series | 1954 |
 | Secret of the Incas | Ed Morgan | Movie | 1954 |
 | The Big Moment | Blumenau | Movie | 1954 |
 | Mayor of the Town | Mayor Thomas Russell | TV Series | 1954 |
 | The Backbone of America | Fred Tupple | Movie | 1953 |
 | The United States Steel Hour | Silas Lapham | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Medallion Theatre | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1953 |
 | General Electric Theater | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Mender McClure | TV Series | 1953 |
 | The Ford Television Theatre | Silas Burton | TV Series | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Elmo | TV Series | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Ralph Woodbury | TV Series | 1952 |
 | High Noon | Mayor Jonas Henderson | Movie | 1952 |
 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | William Oliver Gant | TV Series | 1951 |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Truman Winters | TV Series | 1951 |
 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Sam Hawkins | TV Series | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Carl Smith | TV Series | 1951 |
 | Journey Into Light | Gandy | Movie | 1951 |
 | Tales of Tomorrow | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Robert Baldwin | TV Series | 1950 | |
| Lux Video Theatre | Johnny Reynolds, Sr. | TV Series | 1950 | |
| Lux Video Theatre | Innkeeper | TV Series | 1950 | |
| Lux Video Theatre | Ralp Burgess | TV Series | 1950 | |
| Lux Video Theatre | Sam Partridge | TV Series | 1950 | |
| Lux Video Theatre | Judge Calvin Cook | TV Series | 1950 | |
 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1950 |
 | The Big Wheel | Arthur 'Red' Stanley | Movie | 1949 |
 | Lights Out | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1949 |
 | Alias Nick Beal | Joseph Foster | Movie | 1949 |
 | Suspense | Dr. Paul Morgan | TV Series | 1949 |
| Suspense | Henry Brown | TV Series | 1949 |
 | Studio One | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | William Mallory | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Jack Guzzow | TV Series | 1948 |
| Studio One | Hank Morgan | TV Series | 1948 |
| Ford Theatre | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1948 | |
 | Silver River | John Plato Beck | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Gill MacBean | Movie | 1947 |
 | Kraft Television Theatre | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1947 |
 | High Barbaree | Capt. Thad Vail | Movie | 1947 |
 | Blow-Ups of 1946 | Self | Movie | 1946 |
 | It's a Wonderful Life | Uncle Billy | Movie | 1946 |
 | The Dark Mirror | Lieutenant Stevenson | Movie | 1946 |
 | Three Wise Fools | Terence Alaysius O'Davern | Movie | 1946 |
 | Adventure | Mudgin | Movie | 1945 |
 | Within These Walls | Warden Michael Howland | Movie | 1945 |
 | Captain Eddie | Ike Howard | Movie | 1945 |
 | The Keys of the Kingdom | Willie Tulloch | Movie | 1944 |
 | Dark Waters | Mr. Sydney | Movie | 1944 |
 | Casanova Brown | Theatre Play | Movie | 1944 |
 | Wilson | Joseph Tumulty | Movie | 1944 |
 | Buffalo Bill | Ned Buntline | Movie | 1944 |
 | The Fighting Sullivans | Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan | Movie | 1944 |
 | Flesh and Fantasy | Septimus Podgers (segment 2) | Movie | 1943 |
 | Bataan | Cpl. Jake Feingold | Movie | 1943 |
 | Immortal Sergeant | Sergeant Kelly | Movie | 1943 |
 | The Outlaw | Pat Garrett | Movie | 1943 |
 | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | Movie | 1942 |
 | The Black Swan | Tommy Blue | Movie | 1942 |
 | Tales of Manhattan | John Halloway | Movie | 1942 |
 | Moontide | Tiny | Movie | 1942 |
 | This Above All | "Monty" Montague | Movie | 1942 |
 | Song of the Islands | Dennis O'Brien | Movie | 1942 |
 | Joan of Paris | Father Antoine | Movie | 1942 |
 | Out of the Fog | Jonah Goodwin | Movie | 1941 |
 | Flight from Destiny | Prof. Henry Todhunter | Movie | 1941 |
 | The Long Voyage Home | Driscoll | Movie | 1940 |
 | Angels Over Broadway | Gene Gibbons | Movie | 1940 |
 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | Movie | 1940 |
 | Our Town | Doc Gibbs | Movie | 1940 |
 | Three Cheers for the Irish | Peter Casey | Movie | 1940 |
 | Swiss Family Robinson | William Robinson | Movie | 1940 |
 | Gone with the Wind | Gerald O'Hara | Movie | 1939 |
 | Little Accident | Theatre Play | Movie | 1939 |
 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Diz Moore | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Clopin | Movie | 1939 |
 | Only Angels Have Wings | Kid Dabb | Movie | 1939 |
 | Stagecoach | Doc Josiah Boone | Movie | 1939 |
 | Trade Winds | Commissioner Blackton | Movie | 1938 |
 | Love, Honor and Behave | Dan Painter | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Hurricane | Dr. Kersaint | Movie | 1937 |
 | Make Way for Tomorrow | George Cooper | Movie | 1937 |
 | I Promise to Pay | District Attorney J.E. Curtis | Movie | 1937 |
 | Lost Horizon | Henry Barnard | Movie | 1937 |
 | When You're in Love | Hank Miller | Movie | 1937 |
 | Man Of The People | William J. Grady | Movie | 1937 |
 | Theodora Goes Wild | Jed Waterbury | Movie | 1936 |
 | Adventure in Manhattan | Phil Bane | Movie | 1936 |
 | Craig's Wife | Fergus Passmore | Movie | 1936 |
 | All of Me | Screenplay | Movie | 1934 |
 | Little Accident | Theatre Play | Movie | 1930 |
 | Six Cylinder Love | Bertram Rogers | Movie | 1923 |