Thomas Mitchell: movies and TV shows
Thomas Mitchell has 123 credits in the archive: 76 films and 47 TV series, from 1923 to 2009. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1923 – 2009 · busiest year: 1942 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 116 |
| 2001 | Tracker | Vesser | TV | 6.6 | 108 |
| 1987 | 21 Jump Street | Lear | TV | 7.3 | 94 |
| 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 94 |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 91 |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 90 |
| 1961 | Pocketful of Miracles | Judge Henry G. Blake | Film | 7.3 | 68 |
| 1961 | By Love Possessed | Noah Tuttle | Film | 5.3 | 68 |
| 1960 | The Islanders | Tom Todd | TV | 8.0 | 67 |
| 1960 | Too Young to Love | Judge Bentley | Film | 7.1 | 67 |
| 1960 | The Right Man | Grover Cleveland | Film | 6.0 | 67 |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Hubert Willis | TV | 6.1 | 66 |
| 1959 | Laramie | TV | 6.7 | 66 | |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self | TV | 8.0 | 66 |
| 1959 | Glencannon | TV | 10.0 | 66 | |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Emperor | TV | 6.5 | 65 |
| 1958 | Handle with Care | Mayor Dick Williston | Film | 8.2 | 65 |
| 1958 | Natchez | Mr. Carson | Film | — | 65 |
| 1957 | O. Henry Playhouse | TV | 6.5 | 64 | |
| 1957 | The O. Henry Playhouse | O. Henry | TV | — | 64 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Ben Cary | TV | 6.2 | 63 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Cason Thomas | TV | 6.2 | 63 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Nick Finn | TV | 6.2 | 63 |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | TV | 6.5 | 63 | |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Mr. Carson | TV | 7.6 | 63 |
| 1956 | While the City Sleeps | John Day Griffith | Film | 6.9 | 63 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Kris Kringle | TV | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Dr. Joseph H. Walton | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1955 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 'Pap' Finn | Film | 5.0 | 62 |
| 1955 | The Miracle on 34th Street | Kris Kringle | Film | 5.7 | 62 |
| 1954 | Climax! | Old Man Finn | TV | 3.8 | 61 |
| 1954 | Destry | Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 1954 | Mayor of the Town | Mayor Thomas Russell | TV | — | 61 |
| 1954 | Secret of the Incas | Ed Morgan | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1954 | The Big Moment | Blumenau | Film | — | 61 |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour | Silas Lapham | TV | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1953 | Medallion Theatre | TV | — | 60 | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | TV | 6.8 | 60 | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Mender McClure | TV | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1953 | The Backbone of America | Fred Tupple | Film | — | 60 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Silas Burton | TV | 7.8 | 59 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Elmo | TV | 7.8 | 59 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Ralph Woodbury | TV | 7.8 | 59 |
| 1952 | High Noon | Mayor Jonas Henderson | Film | 7.7 | 59 |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow | TV | 6.4 | 58 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | William Oliver Gant | TV | 8.8 | 58 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Truman Winters | TV | 8.8 | 58 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Sam Hawkins | TV | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Carl Smith | TV | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1951 | Journey Into Light | Gandy | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | TV | 6.0 | 57 | |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Robert Baldwin | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Johnny Reynolds, Sr. | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Innkeeper | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Ralp Burgess | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Sam Partridge | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Judge Calvin Cook | TV | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1949 | Suspense | Dr. Paul Morgan | TV | 5.1 | 56 |
| 1949 | Suspense | Henry Brown | TV | 5.1 | 56 |
| 1949 | Lights Out | TV | 6.0 | 56 | |
| 1949 | The Big Wheel | Arthur 'Red' Stanley | Film | 5.7 | 56 |
| 1949 | Alias Nick Beal | Joseph Foster | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1948 | Studio One | TV | 5.4 | 55 | |
| 1948 | Studio One | William Mallory | TV | 5.4 | 55 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Hank Morgan | TV | 5.4 | 55 |
| 1948 | Studio One | Jack Guzzow | TV | 5.4 | 55 |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre | TV | 8.0 | 55 | |
| 1948 | Silver River | John Plato Beck | Film | 6.1 | 55 |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | TV | 7.8 | 54 | |
| 1947 | High Barbaree | Capt. Thad Vail | Film | 5.6 | 54 |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Gill MacBean | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life | Uncle Billy | Film | 8.3 | 53 |
| 1946 | The Dark Mirror | Lieutenant Stevenson | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1946 | Three Wise Fools | Terence Alaysius O'Davern | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1946 | Blow-Ups of 1946 | Self | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1945 | Adventure | Mudgin | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 1945 | Captain Eddie | Ike Howard | Film | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1945 | Within These Walls | Warden Michael Howland | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1944 | Casanova Brown | Film | 6.4 | 51 | |
| 1944 | The Keys of the Kingdom | Willie Tulloch | Film | 7.1 | 51 |
| 1944 | The Fighting Sullivans | Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1944 | Buffalo Bill | Ned Buntline | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1944 | Wilson | Joseph Tumulty | Film | 5.6 | 51 |
| 1944 | Dark Waters | Mr. Sydney | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1943 | Flesh and Fantasy | Septimus Podgers (segment 2) | Film | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1943 | The Outlaw | Pat Garrett | Film | 5.4 | 50 |
| 1943 | Bataan | Cpl. Jake Feingold | Film | 6.4 | 50 |
| 1943 | Immortal Sergeant | Sergeant Kelly | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1942 | The Black Swan | Tommy Blue | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | John Halloway | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1942 | Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1942 | Song of the Islands | Dennis O'Brien | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1942 | This Above All | "Monty" Montague | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1942 | Moontide | Tiny | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1942 | Joan of Paris | Father Antoine | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1941 | Out of the Fog | Jonah Goodwin | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1941 | Flight from Destiny | Prof. Henry Todhunter | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1940 | The Long Voyage Home | Driscoll | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1940 | Angels Over Broadway | Gene Gibbons | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1940 | Our Town | Doc Gibbs | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1940 | Swiss Family Robinson | William Robinson | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1940 | Three Cheers for the Irish | Peter Casey | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind | Gerald O'Hara | Film | 7.9 | 46 |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Diz Moore | Film | 7.8 | 46 |
| 1939 | Stagecoach | Doc Josiah Boone | Film | 7.6 | 46 |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Clopin | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1939 | Only Angels Have Wings | Kid Dabb | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1939 | Little Accident | Film | 5.5 | 46 | |
| 1938 | Trade Winds | Commissioner Blackton | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1938 | Love, Honor and Behave | Dan Painter | Film | 3.8 | 45 |
| 1937 | Lost Horizon | Henry Barnard | Film | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1937 | When You're in Love | Hank Miller | Film | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1937 | The Hurricane | Dr. Kersaint | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1937 | Make Way for Tomorrow | George Cooper | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1937 | I Promise to Pay | District Attorney J.E. Curtis | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1937 | Man Of The People | William J. Grady | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1936 | Adventure in Manhattan | Phil Bane | Film | 6.1 | 43 |
| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild | Jed Waterbury | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1936 | Craig's Wife | Fergus Passmore | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1934 | All of Me | Film | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 1930 | Little Accident | Film | 9.0 | 37 | |
| 1923 | Six Cylinder Love | Bertram Rogers | Film | 10.0 | 30 |