Thomas Mitchell

Actor

Born July 10, 1892 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA. Died December 17, 1962.

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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.

Acting

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TV series, 2001
as Vesser
21 Jump Street
TV series, 1987
as Lear
Pocketful of Miracles
Film, 1961
as Judge Henry G. Blake
By Love Possessed
Film, 1961
as Noah Tuttle
The Islanders
TV series, 1960
as Tom Todd
Too Young to Love
Film, 1960
as Judge Bentley
The Right Man
Film, 1960
as Grover Cleveland
Adventures in Paradise
TV series, 1959
as Hubert Willis
Laramie
TV series, 1959
1 episode
Glencannon
TV series, 1959
39 episodes
Natchez
Film, 1958
as Mr. Carson
Handle with Care
Film, 1958
as Mayor Dick Williston
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV series, 1958
as Emperor
O. Henry Playhouse
TV series, 1957
20 episodes
The O. Henry Playhouse
TV series, 1957
as O. Henry
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV series, 1956
as Ben Cary
Playhouse 90
TV series, 1956
as Mr. Carson
While the City Sleeps
Film, 1956
as John Day Griffith
Telephone Time
TV series, 1956
2 episodes
The Miracle on 34th Street
Film, 1955
as Kris Kringle
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV series, 1955
as Dr. Joseph H. Walton
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV series, 1955
as Kris Kringle
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Film, 1955
as 'Pap' Finn
Destry
Film, 1954
as Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby
Climax!
TV series, 1954
as Old Man Finn
Secret of the Incas
Film, 1954
as Ed Morgan
The Big Moment
Film, 1954
as Blumenau
Mayor of the Town
TV series, 1954
as Mayor Thomas Russell
The Backbone of America
Film, 1953
as Fred Tupple
The United States Steel Hour
TV series, 1953
as Silas Lapham