Acting

Thomas Mitchell

Born 1892-07-10 · Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA

Died 1962-12-17

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.

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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Tracker
as Vesser
2001
21 Jump Street
as Lear
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Pocketful of Miracles
as Judge Henry G. Blake
1961
By Love Possessed
as Noah Tuttle
1961
The Islanders
as Tom Todd
1960
Too Young to Love
as Judge Bentley
1960
The Right Man
as Grover Cleveland
1960
Adventures in Paradise
as Hubert Willis
1959
Laramie
1959
Glencannon
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
Natchez
as Mr. Carson
1958
Handle with Care
as Mayor Dick Williston
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Emperor
1958
O. Henry Playhouse
1957
The O. Henry Playhouse
as O. Henry
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Ben Cary
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Cason Thomas
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Nick Finn
1956
Playhouse 90
as Mr. Carson
1956
While the City Sleeps
as John Day Griffith
1956
Telephone Time
1956
The Miracle on 34th Street
as Kris Kringle
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Dr. Joseph H. Walton
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Kris Kringle
1955
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as 'Pap' Finn
1955
Destry
as Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby
1954
Climax!
as Old Man Finn
1954
Secret of the Incas
as Ed Morgan
1954
The Big Moment
as Blumenau
1954
Mayor of the Town
as Mayor Thomas Russell
1954
The Backbone of America
as Fred Tupple
1953
The United States Steel Hour
as Silas Lapham
1953
Medallion Theatre
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
General Electric Theater
as Mender McClure
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
as Silas Burton
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
as Elmo
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
as Ralph Woodbury
1952
High Noon
as Mayor Jonas Henderson
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as William Oliver Gant
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Truman Winters
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Sam Hawkins
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Carl Smith
1951
Journey Into Light
as Gandy
1951
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
as Robert Baldwin
1950
Lux Video Theatre
as Johnny Reynolds, Sr.
1950
Lux Video Theatre
as Innkeeper
1950
Lux Video Theatre
as Ralp Burgess
1950
Lux Video Theatre
as Sam Partridge
1950
Lux Video Theatre
as Judge Calvin Cook
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Big Wheel
as Arthur 'Red' Stanley
1949
Lights Out
1949
Alias Nick Beal
as Joseph Foster
1949
Suspense
as Dr. Paul Morgan
1949
Suspense
as Henry Brown
1949
Studio One
1948
Studio One
as Jack Guzzow
1948
Studio One
as William Mallory
1948
Studio One
as Hank Morgan
1948
Ford Theatre
1948
Silver River
as John Plato Beck
1948
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as Gill MacBean
1947
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
High Barbaree
as Capt. Thad Vail
1947
Blow-Ups of 1946
as Self
1946
It's a Wonderful Life
as Uncle Billy
1946
The Dark Mirror
as Lieutenant Stevenson
1946
Three Wise Fools
as Terence Alaysius O'Davern
1946
Adventure
as Mudgin
1945
Within These Walls
as Warden Michael Howland
1945
Captain Eddie
as Ike Howard
1945
The Keys of the Kingdom
as Willie Tulloch
1944
Dark Waters
as Mr. Sydney
1944