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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year — Self (archive footage)
• 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)
• 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Bell Telephone Hour — Self
• 1946Blow-Ups of 1946 — Self
• 1942Breakdowns of 1942 — Self
• 1940Cavalcade of the Academy Awards — Self