Thomas Mitchell
American actor, playwright and screenwriter (1892-1962) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 70
Thomas John Mitchell 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.
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1962Died17 December 19621961
Pocketful of MiraclesFilm, Judge Henry G. Blake1960
The IslandersSeries, Tom Todd1959
Adventures in ParadiseSeries, Hubert Willis1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Ben Cary
While the City SleepsFilm, 1956John Day Griffith1955
Screen Director's PlayhouseSeries, Dr. Joseph H. Walton1953Tony Award for Best Actor in a MusicalAward
General Electric TheaterSeries, 1953Mender McClure1952
The Ford Television TheatreSeries, Silas Burton
High NoonFilm, 1952Mayor Jonas Henderson1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Robert Baldwin1949
Lights OutSeries
Alias Nick BealFilm, 1949Joseph Foster1948
Silver RiverFilm, John Plato Beck1947
Kraft Television TheatreSeries1946
It's a Wonderful LifeFilm, Uncle Billy1944
Buffalo BillFilm, Ned Buntline1943
BataanFilm, Cpl. Jake Feingold1942
Joan of ParisFilm, Father Antoine1941
Out of the FogFilm, Jonah Goodwin1940Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAward1939
Gone with the WindFilm, Gerald O'Hara1937
Lost HorizonFilm, Henry Barnard1936
Craig's WifeFilm, Fergus Passmore1892Born11 July 1892
Pocketful of MiraclesFilm, Judge Henry G. Blake1960The IslandersSeries, Tom Todd1959Adventures in ParadiseSeries, Hubert Willis1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Ben CaryWhile the City SleepsFilm, 1956John Day Griffith1955Screen Director's PlayhouseSeries, Dr. Joseph H. Walton1953Tony Award for Best Actor in a MusicalAwardGeneral Electric TheaterSeries, 1953Mender McClure1952The Ford Television TheatreSeries, Silas BurtonHigh NoonFilm, 1952Mayor Jonas Henderson1950Lux Video TheatreSeries, Robert Baldwin1949Lights OutSeriesAlias Nick BealFilm, 1949Joseph Foster1948Silver RiverFilm, John Plato Beck1947Kraft Television TheatreSeries1946It's a Wonderful LifeFilm, Uncle Billy1944Buffalo BillFilm, Ned Buntline1943BataanFilm, Cpl. Jake Feingold1942Joan of ParisFilm, Father Antoine1941Out of the FogFilm, Jonah Goodwin1940Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorAward1939Gone with the WindFilm, Gerald O'Hara1937Lost HorizonFilm, Henry Barnard1936Craig's WifeFilm, Fergus Passmore1892Born11 July 1892Known for
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It's a Wonderful Life 1946
Gone with the Wind 1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
High Noon 1952
Stagecoach 1939
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Frank Capra Directed It's a Wonderful Life (1947)
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced Wilson, This Above All and Buffalo Bill
John Ford Directed Stagecoach and The Long Voyage Home
Lloyd Bacon Directed The Fighting Sullivans (1944)
Walter Wanger Produced Stagecoach and The Long Voyage Home
Ben Hecht Wrote Gone with the Wind and Stagecoach
Dimitri Tiomkin Wrote It's a Wonderful Life and High Noon
Fritz Lang Directed While the City Sleeps and Moontide
Howard Hawks Directed Only Angels Have Wings and The Outlaw
Victor Fleming Directed Gone with the Wind and Adventure
Alfred Newman Wrote The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Wilson
Sam Wood Directed Gone with the Wind and Our Town
Beulah Bondi Also in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Henry King Directed Wilson and The Black Swan
Anatole Litvak Directed This Above All and Out of the Fog
Hal B. Wallis Produced Secret of the Incas and Out of the Fog
Julien Duvivier Directed Tales of Manhattan (1942)
William Dieterle Directed The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Harry Davenport Also in Gone with the Wind (1939)
Jerome Cowan Also in The Hurricane and Out of the Fog
Tay Garnett Directed Bataan (1943)- Dudley Nichols Wrote The Long Voyage Home and The Hurricane
Stuart Heisler Directed The Hurricane and Journey into Light
Lamar Trotti Produced Immortal Sergeant (1943)
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Television 24
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Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1962 · aged 70
