Thomas Mitchell
ActingFrom 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
It's a Wonderful Life
Uncle Billy
Gone with the Wind
Gerald O'Hara
High Noon
Mayor Jonas Henderson
Stagecoach
Doc Josiah Boone
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Clopin
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Diz Moore
Make Way for Tomorrow
George Cooper
The Black Swan
Tommy Blue
The Outlaw
Pat Garrett
Pocketful of Miracles
Judge Henry G. Blake
Filmography — Acting
It's a Wonderful Life
Uncle Billy
Gone with the Wind
Gerald O'Hara
High Noon
Mayor Jonas Henderson
Stagecoach
Doc Josiah Boone
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Clopin
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Diz Moore
Make Way for Tomorrow
George Cooper
The Black Swan
Tommy Blue
The Outlaw
Pat Garrett
Pocketful of Miracles
Judge Henry G. Blake
Only Angels Have Wings
Kid Dabb
Bataan
Cpl. Jake Feingold
Wilson
Joseph Tumulty
The Long Voyage Home
Driscoll
The Keys of the Kingdom
Willie Tulloch
Lost Horizon
Henry Barnard
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
Moontide
Tiny
Destry
Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby
Silver River
John Plato Beck
While the City Sleeps
John Day Griffith
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alias Nick Beal
Joseph Foster
The Hurricane
Dr. Kersaint
Our Town
Doc Gibbs
Out of the Fog
Jonah Goodwin
Tales of Manhattan
John Halloway
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
Angels Over Broadway
Gene Gibbons
The Fighting Sullivans
Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan
Joan of Paris
Father Antoine
Dark Waters
Mr. Sydney
Craig's Wife
Fergus Passmore
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
The Dark Mirror
Lt. Stevenson
Theodora Goes Wild
Jed Waterbury
Buffalo Bill
Ned Buntline
Adventure
Mudgin
Man Of The People
William J. Grady
The Miracle on 34th Street
Kris Kringle
Captain Eddie
Ike Howard
Journey Into Light
Gandy
Song of the Islands
Dennis O'Brien
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Gill MacBean
Trade Winds
Commissioner Blackton
Too Young to Love
Judge Bentley
Flight from Destiny
Prof. Henry Todhunter
Flesh and Fantasy
Septimus Podgers (segment 2)
High Barbaree
Capt. Thad Vail
Three Cheers for the Irish
Peter Casey
This Above All
"Monty" Montague
When You're in Love
Hank Miller
Swiss Family Robinson
William Robinson
Secret of the Incas
Ed Morgan
Six Cylinder Love
Bertram Rogers
The Big Wheel
Arthur 'Red' Stanley
Adventure in Manhattan
Phil Bane
The Right Man
Grover Cleveland
By Love Possessed
Noah Tuttle
Immortal Sergeant
Sergeant Kelly
I Promise to Pay
District Attorney J.E. Curtis
Within These Walls
Warden Michael Howland
Blow-Ups of 1946
Self
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
'Pap' Finn
Love, Honor and Behave
Dan Painter
Three Wise Fools
Terence Alaysius O'Davern
Natchez
Mr. Carson
The Backbone of America
Fred Tupple
The Big Moment
Blumenau
Handle with Care
Mayor Dick Williston