Thomas Mitchell

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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.

Known For

It's a Wonderful Life

Uncle Billy

Gone with the Wind

Gerald O'Hara

High Noon

Mayor Jonas Henderson

Stagecoach

Doc Josiah Boone

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Diz Moore

Only Angels Have Wings

Kid Dabb

Lost Horizon

Henry Barnard

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Clopin

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2009	1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2001	Tracker TV	Vesser
1987	21 Jump Street TV	Lear
1987	James Stewart: A Wonderful Life MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1984	Going Hollywood: The '30s MOVIE	(archive footage)
1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage MOVIE	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961	Pocketful of Miracles MOVIE	Judge Henry G. Blake
1961	By Love Possessed MOVIE	Noah Tuttle
1960	The Islanders TV	Tom Todd
1960	Too Young to Love MOVIE	Judge Bentley
1960	The Right Man MOVIE	Grover Cleveland
1959	Adventures in Paradise TV	Hubert Willis
1959	Laramie TV	Self
1959	Glencannon TV	Self
1959	The Bell Telephone Hour TV	Self
1958	Natchez MOVIE	Mr. Carson
1958	Handle with Care MOVIE	Mayor Dick Williston
1958	Shirley Temple's Storybook TV	Emperor
1957	O. Henry Playhouse TV	Self
1957	The O. Henry Playhouse TV	O. Henry
1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV	Ben Cary
1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV	Cason Thomas
1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre TV	Nick Finn
1956	Playhouse 90 TV	Mr. Carson
1956	While the City Sleeps MOVIE	John Day Griffith
1956	Telephone Time TV	Self
1955	The Miracle on 34th Street MOVIE	Kris Kringle
1955	Screen Director's Playhouse TV	Dr. Joseph H. Walton
1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour TV	Kris Kringle
1955	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn MOVIE	'Pap' Finn
1954	Destry MOVIE	Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby
1954	Climax! TV	Old Man Finn
1954	Secret of the Incas MOVIE	Ed Morgan
1954	The Big Moment MOVIE	Blumenau
1954	Mayor of the Town TV	Mayor Thomas Russell
1953	The Backbone of America MOVIE	Fred Tupple
1953	The United States Steel Hour TV	Silas Lapham
1953	Medallion Theatre TV	Self
1953	General Electric Theater TV	Self
1953	General Electric Theater TV	Mender McClure
1952	The Ford Television Theatre TV	Silas Burton
1952	The Ford Television Theatre TV	Elmo
1952	The Ford Television Theatre TV	Ralph Woodbury
1952	High Noon MOVIE	Mayor Jonas Henderson
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	William Oliver Gant
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	Truman Winters
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV	Sam Hawkins
1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV	Carl Smith
1951	Journey Into Light MOVIE	Gandy
1951	Tales of Tomorrow TV	Self
1950	Lux Video Theatre TV	Robert Baldwin
1950	Lux Video Theatre TV	Johnny Reynolds, Sr.
1950	Lux Video Theatre TV	Innkeeper
1950	Lux Video Theatre TV	Ralp Burgess
1950	Lux Video Theatre TV	Sam Partridge
1950	Lux Video Theatre TV	Judge Calvin Cook
1950	Robert Montgomery Presents TV	Self
1949	The Big Wheel MOVIE	Arthur 'Red' Stanley
1949	Lights Out TV	Self
1949	Alias Nick Beal MOVIE	Joseph Foster
1949	Suspense TV	Dr. Paul Morgan
1949	Suspense TV	Henry Brown
1948	Studio One TV	Self
1948	Studio One TV	William Mallory
1948	Studio One TV	Hank Morgan
1948	Studio One TV	Jack Guzzow
1948	Ford Theatre TV	Self
1948	Silver River MOVIE	John Plato Beck
1947	The Romance of Rosy Ridge MOVIE	Gill MacBean
1947	Kraft Television Theatre TV	Self
1947	High Barbaree MOVIE	Capt. Thad Vail
1946	Blow-Ups of 1946 MOVIE	Self
1946	It's a Wonderful Life MOVIE	Uncle Billy
1946	The Dark Mirror MOVIE	Lt. Stevenson
1946	Three Wise Fools MOVIE	Terence Alaysius O'Davern
1945	Adventure MOVIE	Mudgin
1945	Within These Walls MOVIE	Warden Michael Howland
1945	Captain Eddie MOVIE	Ike Howard
1944	The Keys of the Kingdom MOVIE	Willie Tulloch
1944	Dark Waters MOVIE	Mr. Sydney
1944	Wilson MOVIE	Joseph Tumulty
1944	Buffalo Bill MOVIE	Ned Buntline
1944	The Fighting Sullivans MOVIE	Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan
1943	Flesh and Fantasy MOVIE	Septimus Podgers (segment 2)
1943	Bataan MOVIE	Cpl. Jake Feingold
1943	Immortal Sergeant MOVIE	Sergeant Kelly
1943	The Outlaw MOVIE	Pat Garrett
1942	Breakdowns of 1942 MOVIE	Self
1942	The Black Swan MOVIE	Tommy Blue
1942	Tales of Manhattan MOVIE	John Halloway
1942	Moontide MOVIE	Tiny
1942	This Above All MOVIE	"Monty" Montague
1942	Song of the Islands MOVIE	Dennis O'Brien
1942	Joan of Paris MOVIE	Father Antoine
1941	Out of the Fog MOVIE	Jonah Goodwin
1941	Flight from Destiny MOVIE	Prof. Henry Todhunter
1940	The Long Voyage Home MOVIE	Driscoll
1940	Angels Over Broadway MOVIE	Gene Gibbons
1940	Cavalcade of the Academy Awards MOVIE	Self
1940	Our Town MOVIE	Doc Gibbs
1940	Three Cheers for the Irish MOVIE	Peter Casey
1940	Swiss Family Robinson MOVIE	William Robinson
1939	Gone with the Wind MOVIE	Gerald O'Hara
1939	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington MOVIE	Diz Moore
1939	The Hunchback of Notre Dame MOVIE	Clopin
1939	Only Angels Have Wings MOVIE	Kid Dabb
1939	Stagecoach MOVIE	Doc Josiah Boone
1938	Trade Winds MOVIE	Commissioner Blackton
1938	Love, Honor and Behave MOVIE	Dan Painter
1937	The Hurricane MOVIE	Dr. Kersaint
1937	Make Way for Tomorrow MOVIE	George Cooper
1937	I Promise to Pay MOVIE	District Attorney J.E. Curtis
1937	Lost Horizon MOVIE	Henry Barnard
1937	When You're in Love MOVIE	Hank Miller
1937	Man Of The People MOVIE	William J. Grady
1936	Theodora Goes Wild MOVIE	Jed Waterbury
1936	Adventure in Manhattan MOVIE	Phil Bane
1936	Craig's Wife MOVIE	Fergus Passmore
1923	Six Cylinder Love MOVIE	Bertram Rogers

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