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Thomas Mitchell

Acting Born Jul 10, 1892 Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA 24 credits

Biography

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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.

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Known for

Film

Gone with the Wind

as Gerald O'Hara
Film

It's a Wonderful Life

as Uncle Billy

Full filmography

  • Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
  • 21 Jump Street (1987) as Lear
  • Lights Out (1949)
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Ben Cary
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Cason Thomas
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Nick Finn
  • Climax! (1954) as Old Man Finn
  • Suspense (1949) as Dr. Paul Morgan
  • Suspense (1949) as Henry Brown
  • Studio One (1948)
  • Studio One (1948) as William Mallory
  • Studio One (1948) as Hank Morgan
  • Studio One (1948) as Jack Guzzow
  • Tales of Tomorrow (1951)
  • Laramie (1959)
  • Telephone Time (1956)
  • Gone with the Wind (1939) as Gerald O'Hara
  • Adventures in Paradise (1959) as Hubert Willis
  • The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955) as Kris Kringle
  • Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) as Emperor
  • It's a Wonderful Life (1946) as Uncle Billy
  • The Ford Television Theatre (1952) as Silas Burton
  • The Ford Television Theatre (1952) as Elmo
  • The Ford Television Theatre (1952) as Ralph Woodbury