Portrait of Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell

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.

Born: July 10, 1892

Place of Birth: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA

Filmography

2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

2001
Tracker

as Vesser

1987
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

1961
By Love Possessed

as Noah Tuttle

1960
The Islanders

as Tom Todd

1960
Too Young to Love

as Judge Bentley

1960
The Right Man

as Grover Cleveland

1959
Adventures in Paradise

as Hubert Willis

1958
Handle with Care

as Mayor Dick Williston

1957
1956
Playhouse 90

as Mr. Carson

1956
While the City Sleeps

as John Day Griffith

1955
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse

as Dr. Joseph H. Walton

1955
1954
Destry

as Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby

1954
Climax!

as Old Man Finn

1954
1954
The Big Moment

as Blumenau

1954
Mayor of the Town

as Mayor Thomas Russell

1953
1953
1953
General Electric Theater

as Mender McClure

1952
1952
High Noon

as Mayor Jonas Henderson

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as William Oliver Gant

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Truman Winters

1951
1951
1949
The Big Wheel

as Arthur 'Red' Stanley

1949
Alias Nick Beal

as Joseph Foster

1949
Suspense

as Dr. Paul Morgan

1949
Suspense

as Henry Brown

1948
Studio One

as William Mallory

1948
Studio One

as Jack Guzzow

1948
Studio One

as Hank Morgan

1948
Silver River

as John Plato Beck

1947
1947
High Barbaree

as Capt. Thad Vail

1946
1946
It's a Wonderful Life

as Uncle Billy

1946
The Dark Mirror

as Lt. Stevenson

1946
Three Wise Fools

as Terence Alaysius O'Davern

1945
Adventure

as Mudgin

1945
Within These Walls

as Warden Michael Howland

1945
Captain Eddie

as Ike Howard

1944
The Keys of the Kingdom

as Willie Tulloch

1944
Dark Waters

as Mr. Sydney

1944
Wilson

as Joseph Tumulty

1944
Buffalo Bill

as Ned Buntline

1944
The Fighting Sullivans

as Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan

1943
Flesh and Fantasy

as Septimus Podgers (segment 2)

1943
Bataan

as Cpl. Jake Feingold

1943
Immortal Sergeant

as Sergeant Kelly

1943
The Outlaw

as Pat Garrett

1942
The Black Swan

as Tommy Blue

1942
Tales of Manhattan

as John Halloway

1942
Moontide

as Tiny

1942
This Above All

as "Monty" Montague

1942
Song of the Islands

as Dennis O'Brien

1942
Joan of Paris

as Father Antoine

1941
Out of the Fog

as Jonah Goodwin

1941
Flight from Destiny

as Prof. Henry Todhunter

1940
1940
Angels Over Broadway

as Gene Gibbons

1940
Our Town

as Doc Gibbs

1940
1940
Swiss Family Robinson

as William Robinson

1939
Gone with the Wind

as Gerald O'Hara

1939
1939
Stagecoach

as Doc Josiah Boone

1938
Trade Winds

as Commissioner Blackton

1938
1937
The Hurricane

as Dr. Kersaint

1937
Make Way for Tomorrow

as George Cooper

1937
I Promise to Pay

as District Attorney J.E. Curtis

1937
Lost Horizon

as Henry Barnard

1937
When You're in Love

as Hank Miller

1937
Man Of The People

as William J. Grady

1936
Theodora Goes Wild

as Jed Waterbury

1936
1936
Craig's Wife

as Fergus Passmore

1923
Six Cylinder Love

as Bertram Rogers