Cast & creator
Thomas Mitchell
Best known for Climax!, 21 Jump Street, Robert Montgomery Presents
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.
Also known as: Томас Мітчелл, Thomas John Mitchell
76
film credits
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television credits
119
1923–2009 · acting roles
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Filmography (123)
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Climax!
Old Man Finn
1954
21 Jump Street
Lear
1987
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Studio One
1948Studio One
William Mallory
1948Studio One
Jack Guzzow
1948Studio One
Hank Morgan
1948
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Ben Cary
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Cason Thomas
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Nick Finn
1956
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Kris Kringle
1955
Adventures in Paradise
Hubert Willis
1959
The Ford Television Theatre
Silas Burton
1952The Ford Television Theatre
Elmo
1952The Ford Television Theatre
Ralph Woodbury
1952
Laramie
1959
Suspense
Dr. Paul Morgan
1949Suspense
Henry Brown
1949
Lights Out
1949
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Emperor
1958
Telephone Time
1956
The United States Steel Hour
Silas Lapham
1953
It's a Wonderful Life
Uncle Billy
1946
Playhouse 90
Mr. Carson
1956
Gone with the Wind
Gerald O'Hara
1939Lux Video Theatre
Robert Baldwin
1950Lux Video Theatre
Johnny Reynolds, Sr.
1950Lux Video Theatre
Innkeeper
1950Lux Video Theatre
Ralp Burgess
1950Lux Video Theatre
Sam Partridge
1950Lux Video Theatre
Judge Calvin Cook
1950
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Screen Director's Playhouse
Dr. Joseph H. Walton
1955
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959
Tracker
Vesser
2001
High Noon
Mayor Jonas Henderson
1952
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Clopin
1939
The Islanders
Tom Todd
1960Ford Theatre
1948
Hallmark Hall of Fame
William Oliver Gant
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Truman Winters
1951
Stagecoach
Doc Josiah Boone
1939
General Electric Theater
1953General Electric Theater
Mender McClure
1953
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Diz Moore
1939
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Sam Hawkins
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Carl Smith
1951
Medallion Theatre
1953
The Black Swan
Tommy Blue
1942
Secret of the Incas
Ed Morgan
1954
Only Angels Have Wings
Kid Dabb
1939
Mayor of the Town
Mayor Thomas Russell
1954
While the City Sleeps
John Day Griffith
1956O. Henry Playhouse
1957
Pocketful of Miracles
Judge Henry G. Blake
1961
The Keys of the Kingdom
Willie Tulloch
1944
Destry
Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby
1954
Make Way for Tomorrow
George Cooper
1937
Out of the Fog
Jonah Goodwin
1941
The Outlaw
Pat Garrett
1943
Lost Horizon
Henry Barnard
1937
The O. Henry Playhouse
O. Henry
1957
The Long Voyage Home
Driscoll
1940
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Man Of The People
William J. Grady
1937
Casanova Brown
Theatre Play
1944
Adventure
Mudgin
1945
Moontide
Tiny
1942
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Gill MacBean
1947
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987
Flesh and Fantasy
Septimus Podgers (segment 2)
1943
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
Tales of Manhattan
John Halloway
1942
Love, Honor and Behave
Dan Painter
1938Glencannon
1959
Song of the Islands
Dennis O'Brien
1942
When You're in Love
Hank Miller
1937
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2009
Alias Nick Beal
Joseph Foster
1949
By Love Possessed
Noah Tuttle
1961
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
1942
The Big Wheel
Arthur 'Red' Stanley
1949
The Hurricane
Dr. Kersaint
1937
Bataan
Cpl. Jake Feingold
1943
This Above All
"Monty" Montague
1942
Blow-Ups of 1946
Self
1946
The Dark Mirror
Lieutenant Stevenson
1946
Three Wise Fools
Terence Alaysius O'Davern
1946
Too Young to Love
Judge Bentley
1960
Silver River
John Plato Beck
1948
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
'Pap' Finn
1955
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
1940
Buffalo Bill
Ned Buntline
1944
The Miracle on 34th Street
Kris Kringle
1955
Wilson
Joseph Tumulty
1944
Our Town
Doc Gibbs
1940
Theodora Goes Wild
Jed Waterbury
1936
The Backbone of America
Fred Tupple
1953
Dark Waters
Mr. Sydney
1944
Immortal Sergeant
Sergeant Kelly
1943
Three Cheers for the Irish
Peter Casey
1940
I Promise to Pay
District Attorney J.E. Curtis
1937
The Fighting Sullivans
Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan
1944
Craig's Wife
Fergus Passmore
1936
Swiss Family Robinson
William Robinson
1940
Joan of Paris
Father Antoine
1942
Trade Winds
Commissioner Blackton
1938
Flight from Destiny
Prof. Henry Todhunter
1941
The Big Moment
Blumenau
1954
Journey Into Light
Gandy
1951
Angels Over Broadway
Gene Gibbons
1940
Little Accident
Theatre Play
1930
High Barbaree
Capt. Thad Vail
1947
Adventure in Manhattan
Phil Bane
1936
Captain Eddie
Ike Howard
1945
All of Me
Screenplay
1934
The Right Man
Grover Cleveland
1960
Six Cylinder Love
Bertram Rogers
1923
Handle with Care
Mayor Dick Williston
1958
Little Accident
Theatre Play
1939
Natchez
Mr. Carson
1958
Within These Walls
Warden Michael Howland
1945