Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Musical · 1953
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1940
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1940 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1938 · nominated
Filmography49 titles
It's a Wonderful Life
Gone with the Wind
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
High Noon
Stagecoach
Make Way for Tomorrow
Pocketful of Miracles
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Only Angels Have Wings
21 Jump Street
The Keys of the Kingdom
The Dark Mirror
Lost Horizon
While the City Sleeps
Alias Nick Beal
This Above All
The Hurricane
Laramie
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Lux Video Theatre
The Long Voyage Home
Theodora Goes Wild
Tracker
Bataan
The Black Swan
Joan of Paris
Telephone Time
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Adventure
Casanova Brown
Trade Winds
Tales of Tomorrow
The Fighting Sullivans
Out of the Fog
Destry
Silver River
Lights Out
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Our Town
Secret of the Incas
Buffalo Bill
The Big Wheel
Swiss Family Robinson
The Miracle on 34th Street
High Barbaree
Wilson
The Outlaw
By Love Possessed
Suspense