Thomas Mitchell

Personal Info

Birthday

July 10, 1892

Day of Death

1962-12-17

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA

Also Known As

Томас Мітчелл

Thomas John Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell

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

Climax!

21 Jump Street

Studio One

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Adventures in Paradise

Suspense

Playhouse 90

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Filmography

2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
1987
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
Too Young to Love
as Judge Bentley
The Right Man
as Grover Cleveland
1958
Handle with Care
as Mayor Dick Williston
1956
While the City Sleeps
as John Day Griffith
1955
The Miracle on 34th Street
as Kris Kringle
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as 'Pap' Finn
1954
Destry
as Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby
Secret of the Incas
as Ed Morgan
The Big Moment
as Blumenau
1953
The Backbone of America
as Fred Tupple
1952
High Noon
as Mayor Jonas Henderson
1951
Journey Into Light
as Gandy
1949
The Big Wheel
as Arthur 'Red' Stanley
Alias Nick Beal
as Joseph Foster
1948
Silver River
as John Plato Beck
1947
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Gill MacBean
High Barbaree
as Capt. Thad Vail
1946
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
It's a Wonderful Life
as Uncle Billy
The Dark Mirror
as Lt. Stevenson
Three Wise Fools
as Terence Alaysius O'Davern
1945
Adventure
as Mudgin
Within These Walls
as Warden Michael Howland
Captain Eddie
as Ike Howard
1944
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Willie Tulloch
Dark Waters
as Mr. Sydney
Wilson
as Joseph Tumulty
Buffalo Bill
as Ned Buntline
The Fighting Sullivans
as Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan
1943
Flesh and Fantasy
as Septimus Podgers (segment 2)
Bataan
as Cpl. Jake Feingold
Immortal Sergeant
as Sergeant Kelly
The Outlaw
as Pat Garrett
1942
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
The Black Swan
as Tommy Blue
Tales of Manhattan
as John Halloway
Moontide
as Tiny
This Above All
as "Monty" Montague
Song of the Islands
as Dennis O'Brien
Joan of Paris
as Father Antoine
1941
Out of the Fog
as Jonah Goodwin
Flight from Destiny
as Prof. Henry Todhunter
1940
The Long Voyage Home
as Driscoll
Angels Over Broadway
as Gene Gibbons
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
Our Town
as Doc Gibbs
Three Cheers for the Irish
as Peter Casey
Swiss Family Robinson
as William Robinson
1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Clopin
Gone with the Wind
as Gerald O'Hara
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Diz Moore
Only Angels Have Wings
as Kid Dabb
Stagecoach
as Doc Josiah Boone
1938
Trade Winds
as Commissioner Blackton
Love, Honor and Behave
as Dan Painter
1937
The Hurricane
as Dr. Kersaint
Make Way for Tomorrow
as George Cooper
I Promise to Pay
as District Attorney J.E. Curtis
Lost Horizon
as Henry Barnard
When You're in Love
as Hank Miller
Man Of The People
as William J. Grady
1936
Theodora Goes Wild
as Jed Waterbury
Adventure in Manhattan
as Phil Bane
Craig's Wife
as Fergus Passmore
1923
Six Cylinder Love
as Bertram Rogers