Thomas Mitchell
- Acting
- July 10, 1892 · Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
- December 17, 1962
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 · Self
- Tracker · Vesser
- 21 Jump Street · Lear
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life · Self
- Going Hollywood: The '30s · (archive footage)
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage · Self
- Pocketful of Miracles · Judge Henry G. Blake
- By Love Possessed · Noah Tuttle
- The Islanders · Tom Todd
- Too Young to Love · Judge Bentley
- The Right Man · Grover Cleveland
- Adventures in Paradise · Hubert Willis
- Laramie
- Glencannon
- The Bell Telephone Hour · Self
- Natchez · Mr. Carson
- Handle with Care · Mayor Dick Williston
- Shirley Temple's Storybook · Emperor
- O. Henry Playhouse
- The O. Henry Playhouse · O. Henry
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · Ben Cary, Cason Thomas
- Playhouse 90 · Mr. Carson
- While the City Sleeps · John Day Griffith
- Telephone Time
- The Miracle on 34th Street · Kris Kringle
- Screen Director's Playhouse · Dr. Joseph H. Walton
- The 20th Century Fox Hour · Kris Kringle
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · 'Pap' Finn
- Destry · Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby
- Climax! · Old Man Finn
- Secret of the Incas · Ed Morgan
- The Big Moment · Blumenau
- Mayor of the Town · Mayor Thomas Russell
- The Backbone of America · Fred Tupple
- The United States Steel Hour · Silas Lapham
- Medallion Theatre
- General Electric Theater · Mender McClure
- The Ford Television Theatre · Silas Burton, Elmo
- High Noon · Mayor Jonas Henderson
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · William Oliver Gant, Truman Winters
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · Sam Hawkins, Carl Smith
- Journey Into Light · Gandy
- Tales of Tomorrow
- Lux Video Theatre · Robert Baldwin, Johnny Reynolds, Sr.
- Robert Montgomery Presents
- The Big Wheel · Arthur 'Red' Stanley
- Lights Out
- Alias Nick Beal · Joseph Foster
- Suspense · Dr. Paul Morgan, Henry Brown
- Studio One · Jack Guzzow, William Mallory
- Ford Theatre
- Silver River · John Plato Beck
- The Romance of Rosy Ridge · Gill MacBean
- Kraft Television Theatre
- High Barbaree · Capt. Thad Vail
- Blow-Ups of 1946 · Self
- It's a Wonderful Life · Uncle Billy
- The Dark Mirror · Lieutenant Stevenson
- Three Wise Fools · Terence Alaysius O'Davern
- Adventure · Mudgin
- Within These Walls · Warden Michael Howland
- Captain Eddie · Ike Howard
- The Keys of the Kingdom · Willie Tulloch
- Dark Waters · Mr. Sydney
- Casanova Brown · Theatre Play
- Wilson · Joseph Tumulty
- Buffalo Bill · Ned Buntline
- The Fighting Sullivans · Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan
- Flesh and Fantasy · Septimus Podgers (segment 2)
- Bataan · Cpl. Jake Feingold
- Immortal Sergeant · Sergeant Kelly
- The Outlaw · Pat Garrett
- Breakdowns of 1942 · Self
- The Black Swan · Tommy Blue
- Tales of Manhattan · John Halloway
- Moontide · Tiny
- This Above All · "Monty" Montague
- Song of the Islands · Dennis O'Brien
- Joan of Paris · Father Antoine
- Out of the Fog · Jonah Goodwin