Thomas Mitchell
Born: 1892-07-10 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Died: 1962-12-17
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2009
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self (archive footage)
2001
- Tracker as Vesser
1987
- 21 Jump Street as Lear
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
1984
- Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961
- Pocketful of Miracles as Judge Henry G. Blake
- By Love Possessed as Noah Tuttle
1960
- The Islanders as Tom Todd
- The Right Man as Grover Cleveland
- Too Young to Love as Judge Bentley
1959
- Laramie
- Adventures in Paradise as Hubert Willis
- The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
- Glencannon
1958
- Natchez
- Shirley Temple's Storybook as Emperor
- Handle with Care as Mayor Dick Williston
1957
- O. Henry Playhouse
- The O. Henry Playhouse as O. Henry
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Ben Cary
- Telephone Time
- Playhouse 90 as Mr. Carson
- While the City Sleeps as John Day Griffith
1955
- Screen Director's Playhouse as Dr. Joseph H. Walton
- The 20th Century Fox Hour as Kris Kringle
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as 'Pap' Finn
- The Miracle on 34th Street as Kris Kringle
1954
- Climax! as Old Man Finn
- Secret of the Incas as Ed Morgan
- Destry as Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby
- The Big Moment as Blumenau
- Mayor of the Town as Mayor Thomas Russell
1953
- The United States Steel Hour as Silas Lapham
- The Backbone of America as Fred Tupple
- General Electric Theater
- Medallion Theatre
1952
- High Noon as Mayor Jonas Henderson
- The Ford Television Theatre as Silas Burton
1951
- Tales of Tomorrow
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as William Oliver Gant
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Sam Hawkins
- Journey Into Light as Gandy
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents
- Lux Video Theatre as Robert Baldwin
1949
- Lights Out
- Suspense as Dr. Paul Morgan
- Alias Nick Beal as Joseph Foster
- The Big Wheel as Arthur 'Red' Stanley
1948
- Studio One
- Silver River as John Plato Beck
- Ford Theatre
1947
- High Barbaree as Capt. Thad Vail
- Kraft Television Theatre
- The Romance of Rosy Ridge as Gill MacBean
1946
- It's a Wonderful Life as Uncle Billy
- The Dark Mirror as Lt. Stevenson
- Three Wise Fools as Terence Alaysius O'Davern
- Blow-Ups of 1946 as Self
1945
- Adventure as Mudgin
- Within These Walls as Warden Michael Howland
- Captain Eddie as Ike Howard
1944
- Buffalo Bill as Ned Buntline
- Wilson as Joseph Tumulty
- The Keys of the Kingdom as Willie Tulloch
- The Fighting Sullivans as Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan
- Casanova Brown ... (Theatre Play)
- Dark Waters as Mr. Sydney
1943
- Bataan as Cpl. Jake Feingold
- Flesh and Fantasy as Septimus Podgers (segment 2)
- The Outlaw as Pat Garrett
- Immortal Sergeant as Sergeant Kelly
1942
- Moontide as Tiny
- Joan of Paris as Father Antoine
- Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
- Tales of Manhattan as John Halloway
- This Above All as "Monty" Montague
- The Black Swan as Tommy Blue
- Song of the Islands as Dennis O'Brien
1941
- Flight from Destiny as Prof. Henry Todhunter
- Out of the Fog as Jonah Goodwin
1940
- The Long Voyage Home as Driscoll
- Our Town as Doc Gibbs
- Angels Over Broadway as Gene Gibbons
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
- Swiss Family Robinson as William Robinson
- Three Cheers for the Irish as Peter Casey
1939
- Gone with the Wind as Gerald O'Hara
- Little Accident ... (Theatre Play)
- Only Angels Have Wings as Kid Dabb
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Diz Moore
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Clopin
- Stagecoach as Doc Josiah Boone
1938
- Trade Winds as Commissioner Blackton
- Love, Honor and Behave as Dan Painter
1937
- Lost Horizon as Henry Barnard
- Make Way for Tomorrow as George Cooper
- The Hurricane as Dr. Kersaint
- I Promise to Pay as District Attorney J.E. Curtis
- When You're in Love as Hank Miller
- Man Of The People as William J. Grady
1936
- Craig's Wife as Fergus Passmore
- Theodora Goes Wild as Jed Waterbury
- Adventure in Manhattan as Phil Bane
1934
- All of Me ... (Screenplay)
1930
- Little Accident ... (Theatre Play)
1923
- Six Cylinder Love as Bertram Rogers