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Thomas Mitchell
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Film & TV
Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
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…
Known for
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year — Self (archive footage)2009
- Tracker — Vesser2001
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)1987
- 21 Jump Street — Lear1987
- Going Hollywood: The '30s — (archive footage)1984
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983
- Pocketful of Miracles — Judge Henry G. Blake1961
- By Love Possessed — Noah Tuttle1961
- The Right Man — Grover Cleveland1960
- Too Young to Love — Judge Bentley1960
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Key facts
- Born
- Thomas John Mitchell , ( 1892-07-11 ) July 11, 1892, Elizabeth, New Jersey , U.S.
- Died
- December 17, 1962 (1962-12-17) (aged 70), Beverly Hills, California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Chapel of the Pines Crematory
- Occupations
- Actor writer director
- Years active
- 1916–1962
- Spouses
- Ann Stuart Breswer ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1915 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1935 ) , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1941) Rachel Hartzell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1937 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1939 )
- Relatives
- James P. Mitchell (nephew)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Family name
- Mitchell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Elizabeth
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Occupation
- theatrical director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- Western
- Image
- Thomas Mitchell in High Barbaree trailer.jpg
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- 1892-07-11
- date of death
- 1962-12-17
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- manner of death
- natural causes
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- start of work period
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- name in native language
- Thomas Mitchell
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas John Mitchell (Irish: Tomás Séan Mistéal; July 11, 1892 – December 17, 1962) was an American character actor, writer, and theatre director. He is considered one of the both greatest supporting and character actors of Golden Age of Hollywood and a leading man on Broadway.
He appeared in over 115 film and television roles between 1923 and 1961, along with numerous stage appearances. Among Mitchell's most famous film roles in a long career are those of Scarlett O'Hara's father Gerald O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, alcoholic Doc Boone in Stagecoach (1939), Pat Garrett in The Outlaw, and Mayor Jonas Henderson in High Noon. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Stagecoach. He is probably best known to today's audiences for his role as affable Uncle Billy in Frank Capra's Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946) with James Stewart.
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