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