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.
Known For
Movies
- Pocketful of Miracles
1961
- High Noon
1952
- Stagecoach
1939
- It's a Wonderful Life
1946
- Gone with the Wind
1939
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washi...
1939
- Lost Horizon
1937
- Our Town
1940
- The Outlaw
1943
- The Hunchback of Notre ...
1939
- Out of the Fog
1941
- Alias Nick Beal
1949
- Tales of Manhattan
1942
- Secret of the Incas
1954
- Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
- Six Cylinder Love
1923
- Dark Waters
1944
- The Black Swan
1942
- Moontide
1942
- While the City Sleeps
1956
- Angels Over Broadway
1940
- Buffalo Bill
1944
- The Fighting Sullivans
1944
- Bataan
1943
- Only Angels Have Wings
1939
- The Dark Mirror
1946
- Adventure
1945
- Joan of Paris
1942
- Silver River
1948
- The Keys of the Kingdom
1944
- Theodora Goes Wild
1936
- When You're in Love
1937
- The Long Voyage Home
1940
- Wilson
1944
- Destry
1954
- Immortal Sergeant
1943
- The Hurricane
1937
- The Big Wheel
1949
- The Miracle on 34th Str...
1955
- This Above All
1942
- Natchez
1958
- By Love Possessed
1961
- Flesh and Fantasy
1943
- Flight from Destiny
1941
- Trade Winds
1938
- Within These Walls
1945
- Hollywood Out-takes and...
1983
- I Promise to Pay
1937
- High Barbaree
1947
- Three Wise Fools
1946
- Love, Honor and Behave
1938
- The Romance of Rosy Rid...
1947
- Handle with Care
1958
- Swiss Family Robinson
1940
- Three Cheers for the Ir...
1940
- The Right Man
1960
- Going Hollywood: The '3...
1984
- The Big Moment
1954
- Song of the Islands
1942
- Craig's Wife
1936
- The Adventures of Huckl...
1955
- Man Of The People
1937
- Journey Into Light
1951
- Adventure in Manhattan
1936
- Captain Eddie
1945
- Blow-Ups of 1946
1946
- Cavalcade of the Academ...
1940
- Too Young to Love
1960
- The Backbone of America
1953
- James Stewart: A Wonder...
1988
- 1939: Hollywood's Great...
2009
- Breakdowns of 1942
1942
TV Shows
- Studio One
1948
- General Electric Theater
1953
- The Islanders
1960
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
- Lux Video Theatre
1950
- Schlitz Playhouse of St...
1951
- Climax!
1954
- Adventures in Paradise
1959
- The 20th Century Fox Ho...
1955
- Ford Theatre
1948
- Lux Video Theatre
1950
- Laramie
1959
- Mayor of the Town
1954
- Suspense
1949
- Robert Montgomery Prese...
1950
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey...
1956
- Tales of Tomorrow
1951
- Lights Out
1949
- Telephone Time
1956
- Glencannon
1959
- O. Henry Playhouse
1957
- The O. Henry Playhouse
1957
- General Electric Theater
1953
- Kraft Television Theatre
1947
- Schlitz Playhouse of St...
1951
- Lux Video Theatre
1950
- Lux Video Theatre
1950
- Lux Video Theatre
1950
- Lux Video Theatre
1950
- Tracker
2001
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey...
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey...
1956
- The Ford Television The...
1952
- Studio One
1948
- Studio One
1948
- Studio One
1948
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
- Screen Director's Playh...
1955
- The United States Steel...
1953
- Suspense
1949
- Playhouse 90
1956
- The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
- 21 Jump Street
1987
- The Ford Television The...
1952
- Medallion Theatre
1953
- Shirley Temple's Storyb...
1958