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Thomas Mitchell
Actor· Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
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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
The roles that explain the career.
It's a Wonderful Life
Uncle Billy · 1946
Gone with the Wind
Gerald O'Hara · 1939
High Noon
Mayor Jonas Henderson · 1952
Stagecoach
Doc Josiah Boone · 1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Diz Moore · 1939
Only Angels Have Wings
Kid Dabb · 1939
Lost Horizon
Henry Barnard · 1937
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Clopin · 1939
Filmography
67 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Drive Back Home | Desk Sergeant | Film |
| 2023 | Dream Scenario | David | Film |
| 2021 | Spiral: From the Book of Saw | Detective O'Brien | Film |
| 2019 | Goalie | Punch Imlach | Film |
| 2018 | Twisted | Chief Lloyd | Film |
| 2016 | Deadly Voltage | Bailey's Dad | Film |
| 2011 | Salem Falls | Chief Mitchell | Film |
| 2010 | Score: A Hockey Musical | Darryl | Film |
| 2009 | Horsemen | Thug | Film |
| 2005 | Our Fathers | Gary Bergeron | Film |
| 2005 | Blind Injustice | Anthony Davis | Film |
| 1996 | Trilogy of Terror II | Lew | Film |
| 1995 | Rude | Cop | Film |
| 1994 | PCU | Bantam Draper | Film |
| 1993 | Another Stakeout | Seattle Det. Gilliam | Film |
| 1961 | By Love Possessed | Noah Tuttle | Film |
| 1961 | Pocketful of Miracles | Judge Henry G. Blake | Film |
| 1957 | The O. Henry Playhouse | O. Henry | TV |
| 1956 | While the City Sleeps | John Day Griffith | Film |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 'Pap' Finn | Film |
| 1955 | The Miracle on 34th Street | Kris Kringle | Film |
| 1954 | Secret of the Incas | Ed Morgan | Film |
| 1954 | Destry | Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby | Film |
| 1952 | High Noon | Mayor Jonas Henderson | Film |
| 1949 | The Big Wheel | Arthur 'Red' Stanley | Film |
| 1949 | Alias Nick Beal | Joseph Foster | Film |
| 1948 | Silver River | John Plato Beck | Film |
| 1946 | Three Wise Fools | Terence Alaysius O'Davern | Film |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life | Uncle Billy | Film |
| 1946 | The Dark Mirror | Lieutenant Stevenson | Film |
| 1945 | Adventure | Mudgin | Film |
| 1945 | Within These Walls | Warden Michael Howland | Film |
| 1945 | Captain Eddie | Ike Howard | Film |
| 1944 | The Fighting Sullivans | Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan | Film |
| 1944 | Buffalo Bill | Ned Buntline | Film |
| 1944 | The Keys of the Kingdom | Willie Tulloch | Film |
| 1944 | Wilson | Joseph Tumulty | Film |
| 1944 | Dark Waters | Mr. Sydney | Film |
| 1943 | Immortal Sergeant | Sergeant Kelly | Film |
| 1943 | The Outlaw | Pat Garrett | Film |
| 1943 | Flesh and Fantasy | Septimus Podgers (segment 2) | Film |
| 1943 | Bataan | Cpl. Jake Feingold | Film |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | John Halloway | Film |
| 1942 | Moontide | Tiny | Film |
| 1942 | Joan of Paris | Father Antoine | Film |
| 1942 | Song of the Islands | Dennis O'Brien | Film |
| 1942 | The Black Swan | Tommy Blue | Film |
| 1942 | This Above All | "Monty" Montague | Film |
| 1941 | Out of the Fog | Jonah Goodwin | Film |
| 1941 | Flight from Destiny | Prof. Henry Todhunter | Film |
| 1940 | The Long Voyage Home | Driscoll | Film |
| 1940 | Swiss Family Robinson | William Robinson | Film |
| 1940 | Our Town | Doc Gibbs | Film |
| 1940 | Angels Over Broadway | Gene Gibbons | Film |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Clopin | Film |
| 1939 | Only Angels Have Wings | Kid Dabb | Film |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind | Gerald O'Hara | Film |
| 1939 | Stagecoach | Doc Josiah Boone | Film |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Diz Moore | Film |
| 1938 | Trade Winds | Commissioner Blackton | Film |
| 1937 | The Hurricane | Dr. Kersaint | Film |
| 1937 | When You're in Love | Hank Miller | Film |
| 1937 | Make Way for Tomorrow | George Cooper | Film |
| 1937 | Lost Horizon | Henry Barnard | Film |
| 1936 | Adventure in Manhattan | Phil Bane | Film |
| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild | Jed Waterbury | Film |
| 1936 | Craig's Wife | Fergus Passmore | Film |
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