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Thomas John Mitchell was an American actor. Among his most famous roles in a long career are those of Gerald O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, Doc Boone in Stagecoach, Uncle Billy in It's a Wonderful Life and Mayor Jonas Henderson in High Noon. Mitchell was the first male actor to win an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony Award.
Birth Name
Thomas John Mitchell
Born
Monday, 11 July 1892
Died
Monday, 17 December 1962
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Next Stop, Christmas | Kris Kringle | 2021 |
| I Am Not Your Negro | Doc Josiah Boone (clip from Stagecoach (1939)) | 2016 |
| One Rogue Reporter | Phil Bane | 2014 |
| 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2009 |
| John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Actor 'Wilson' | 1997 |
| Escape from It's a Wonderful Life | Uncle Billy | 1996 |
| Due South | Kelly Olsen | 1994 |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Next Stop, Christmas | Kris Kringle | 2021 |
| I Am Not Your Negro | Doc Josiah Boone (clip from Stagecoach (1939)) | 2016 |
| One Rogue Reporter | Phil Bane | 2014 |
| 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2009 |
| John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years | Actor 'Wilson' | 1997 |
| Escape from It's a Wonderful Life | Uncle Billy | 1996 |
| Due South | Kelly Olsen | 1994 |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| The American West of John Ford | Actor 'Stagecoach' | 1971 |
| Hollywood My Home Town | Self | 1965 |
| Pocketful of Miracles | Judge Henry G. Blake / Henry G. Blake | 1961 |
| By Love Possessed | Noah Tuttle | 1961 |
| Stagecoach West | Ethan Blount | 1960 |
| The Islanders | Tom Todd | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Too Young to Love | Judge Bentley | 1960 |
| World Wide '60 | Librarian | 1960 |
| The Right Man | Grover Cleveland | 1960 |
| Our American Heritage | Joseph Murray | 1959 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Hubert Willis | 1959 |
| Laramie | Judge Matthew Hedrick | 1959 |
| Glencannon | Capt. Colin Glencannon / Sgt. Harry Mork (dual role) | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Milo Sullivan | 1959 |
| The Bell Telephone Hour | Self - Host | 1959 |
| Handle with Care | Mayor Dick Williston | 1958 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Emperor | 1958 |
| Goodyear Theatre | Sarge | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself | 1957 |
| The O. Henry Playhouse | O. Henry | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Ben Cary / Cason Thomas / Nick Finn | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Mr. Carson | 1956 |
| While the City Sleeps | Jon Day Griffith / John Day Griffith (Sentinel managing editor) | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Andrew Hamilton | 1956 |
| The Alcoa Hour | Cap'n Jarvis | 1955 |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | Dr. Joseph H. Walton | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Kris Kringle | 1955 |
| Celebrity Playhouse | Cal Logan | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 'Pap' Finn | 1955 |
| Damon Runyon Theater | Sylvester | 1955 |
| The Star and the Story | Victor Parry / Alistair Reeks-Machrihanish | 1955 |
| Destry | Rags Barnaby / Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby | 1954 |
| Climax! | Old Man Finn | 1954 |
| Secret of the Incas | Ed Morgan | 1954 |
| The Martha Raye Show | Self | 1954 |
| Mayor of the Town | Mayor Thomas Russell | 1954 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Scotty / Silas Lapham | 1953 |
| Excursion | The Dauphin | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Mender McClure | 1953 |
| Omnibus | Shark Wicks (segment "Nobody's Fool") | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Elmo / Father Devlin / Henry Miller / P.J. Reilly / Ralph Woodbury / Silas Burton | 1952 |
| Cavalcade of America | Self - Reading of 'Christmas in America' / Self - Host | 1952 |
| The Doctor | Matthew Day | 1952 |
| High Noon | Mayor Jonas Henderson | 1952 |
| The Name's the Same | Self | 1951 |
| Betty Crocker Star Matinee | Self | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Carl Smith / Sam Hawkins | 1951 |
| Celanese Theatre | Uncle Sid | 1951 |
| Journey Into Light | Gandy | 1951 |
| Tales of Tomorrow | Captain Nemo / Prof. Frederick Vaneck | 1951 |
| Showtime, U.S.A. | Self | 1950 |
| Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | Mr. Antrobus | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Self - Guest Host / Sam Partridge / Ralp Burgess / Judge Calvin Cook / Johnny Reynolds Sr. / Innkeeper / Baldwin | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | 1950 |
| The Ken Murray Show | Self | 1950 |
| The Big Wheel | Red Stanley / Arthur 'Red' Stanley | 1949 |
| Alias Nick Beal | Joseph Foster | 1949 |
| Suspense | Henry Brown / Dr. Paul Morgan | 1949 |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Self - Guest | 1948 |
| Studio One | William Mallory / Jack Guzzow / Hank Morgan | 1948 |
| We, the People | Self - Actor | 1948 |
| Silver River | John Plato Beck | 1948 |
| The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Gill MacBean | 1947 |
| Kraft Theatre | Arthur Whitehall | 1947 |
| High Barbaree | Capt. Thad Vail | 1947 |
| It's a Wonderful Life | Uncle Billy | 1946 |
| The Dark Mirror | Police Lt. Stevenson / Lt. Stevenson | 1946 |
| Three Wise Fools | Terence Alaysius O'Davern / Terence Aloysius O'Davern | 1946 |
| Adventure | Mudgin | 1945 |
| Within These Walls | Warden Michael Howland | 1945 |
| Captain Eddie | Ike Howard | 1945 |
| The Keys of the Kingdom | Willie Tulloch | 1944 |
| Dark Waters | Mr. Sydney | 1944 |
| Wilson | Joseph Tumulty | 1944 |
| Buffalo Bill | Ned Buntline | 1944 |
| The Fighting Sullivans | Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan | 1944 |
| Flesh and Fantasy | Septimus Podgers (Episode 2) / Septimus Podgers (segment 2) | 1943 |
| Bataan | Corp. Jake Feingold / Cpl. Jake Feingold | 1943 |
| Immortal Sergeant | Sgt. Kelly / Sergeant Kelly | 1943 |
| The Outlaw | Pat Garrett | 1943 |
| The Black Swan | Tommy Blue | 1942 |
| Tales of Manhattan | John Halloway | 1942 |
| This Above All | Monty / "Monty" Montague | 1942 |
| Moontide | Tiny | 1942 |
| Song of the Islands | Dennis O'Brien | 1942 |
| Joan of Paris | Father Antoine | 1942 |
| Breakdowns of 1942 | Self | 1942 |
| All That Money Can Buy | Daniel Webster in some long shots | 1941 |
| Out of the Fog | Jonah Goodwin | 1941 |
| Flight from Destiny | Professor Henry Todhunter / Prof. Henry Todhunter | 1941 |
| The Long Voyage Home | Driscoll | 1940 |
| Angels Over Broadway | Gene Gibbons | 1940 |
| Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Supporting Actor / Himself | 1940 |
| Our Town | Dr. Gibbs / Doc Gibbs | 1940 |
| 3 Cheers for the Irish | Peter Casey | 1940 |
| Swiss Family Robinson | William Robinson | 1940 |
| Gone with the Wind | Gerald O'Hara | 1940 |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Clopin | 1939 |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Diz Moore | 1939 |
| Only Angels Have Wings | Kid Dabb | 1939 |
| Stagecoach | Doc Josiah Boone | 1939 |
| Trade Winds | Police Commissioner Blackton / Commissioner Blackton | 1938 |
| Love, Honor and Behave | Dan Painter | 1938 |
| The Hurricane | Dr. Kersaint | 1937 |
| Make Way for Tomorrow | George Cooper | 1937 |
| I Promise to Pay | District Attorney J.E. Curtis | 1937 |
| Lost Horizon | Barnard / Henry Barnard | 1937 |
| When You're in Love | Hank Miller | 1937 |
| Man of the People | William J. Grady | 1937 |
| Theodora Goes Wild | Jed Waterbury | 1936 |
| Adventure in Manhattan | Phil Bane | 1936 |
| Craig's Wife | Fergus Passmore | 1936 |
| Six Cylinder Love | Bertram Rogers | 1923 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1955 | Emmy | Best Actor in a Single Performance | Nominated |
| 1940 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Won |
| 1938 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
