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Thomas Mitchell (I) (1892–1962)

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Thomas Mitchell was one of the great American character actors, whose credits read like a list of the greatest films of the 20th century: Lost Horizon; Stagecoach; The Hunchback of Notre Dame; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; Gone with the Wind; It's a Wonderful Life and High Noon. His portrayals are so diverse and convincing that most people don't even realize that one actor could have played them all... See full bio »

Born:

in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA

Died:

(age 70) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Thomas Mitchell in Dark Waters Sterling Hayden and Thomas Mitchell in Journey Into Light Jean Arthur, Frank Capra and Thomas Mitchell in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Still of Vivien Leigh and Thomas Mitchell in Gone with the Wind Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell and Lewis Stone in Three Wise Fools Henry Fonda and Thomas Mitchell in Immortal Sergeant
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1961 Pocketful of Miracles
Judge Henry G. Blake
 
1961 By Love Possessed
Noah Tuttle
 
1961 The Joke and the Valley (TV movie)
Truman Winters
 
1960-1961 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
Hubert Willis
– A Penny a Day (1961) … Hubert Willis
– Once Around the Circuit (1960) (uncredited)
 
1958-1961 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Ben Cary / Cason Thomas / Nick Finn
– A Warm Day in Heaven (1961) … Nick Finn
– Man Alone (1959) … Cason Thomas
– A Handful of Ashes (1958) … Ben Cary
 
1961 Stagecoach West (TV series)
Ethan Blount
– Image of a Man (1961) … Ethan Blount
 
1960 The Islanders (TV series)
Tom Todd
– Deadly Tomorrow (1960) … Tom Todd
 
1960 World Wide '60 (TV series)
Librarian
– The Secret of Freedom (1960) … Librarian
 
1960 The Untouchables (TV series)
Milo Sullivan
– The Underworld Bank (1960) … Milo Sullivan
 
1960 Too Young to Love
Judge Bentley
 
1960 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
– The Secret of Freedom (1960)
 
1960 The Right Man (TV movie)
Grover Cleveland
 
1959 Goodyear Theatre (TV series)
Sarge
– Lady Bug (1959) … Sarge
 
1959 Laramie (TV series)
Judge Matthew Hedrick
– Dark Verdict (1959) … Judge Matthew Hedrick
 
1959 Glencannon (TV series)
Capt. Colin Glencannon
– A Nosegay for Mr. Montgomery (1959) … Capt. Colin Glencannon
– At the Sign of the Brass Knuckles (1959) … Capt. Colin Glencannon
– Captain Snooty of the Yacht (1959) … Capt. Colin Glencannon
– Champagne Charlie (1959) … Capt. Colin Glencannon
– Chinaman's Chance (1959) … Capt. Colin Glencannon
See all 39 episodes »
 
1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Mr. Carson
– Natchez (1958) … Mr. Carson
 
1958 Handle with Care
Mayor Dick Williston
 
1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
Emperor
– The Nightingale (1958) … Emperor
 
1958 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Whitehall
– The Velvet Trap (1958) … Whitehall
 
1957 The O. Henry Playhouse (TV series)
O Henry / O. Henry
– The Emancipation of Billy (1957) … O. Henry
– A Madison Square Arabian Knight (1957)
– Hiding of Black Bill (1957) … O. Henry
– Wit's End (1957) … O. Henry
– Hygeia at the Solito (1957) … O. Henry
See all 39 episodes »
 
1956-1957 Telephone Time (TV series)
Andrew Hamilton
– The Gadfly (1957)
– Grandpa Changes the World (1956) … Andrew Hamilton
 
1954-1957 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Elmo / Father Devlin / Henry Miller / …
– Miller's Millions (1957) … Henry Miller
– Remembrance Day (1956) … Silas Burton
– Try Me for Size (1956) … Elmo
– P.J. and the Lady (1955) … P.J. Reilly
– Shadow of Truth (1954) … Ralph Woodbury
See all 6 episodes »
 
1956 While the City Sleeps
John Day Griffith
 
1951-1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Baldwin / Innkeeper / Johnny Reynolds Sr. / …
– It Started with Eve (1956) … Johnny Reynolds Sr.
– An Act of Murder (1955) … Judge Calvin Cook
– The Country Lawyer (1952) … Sam Partridge
– The Promotion (1952) … Ralp Burgess
– A Child Is Born (1951) … Innkeeper
See all 6 episodes »
 
1955-1956 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Carl Smith / Sam Hawkins
– Web of Circumstance (1956) … Carl Smith
– The Last Out (1955) … Sam Hawkins
 
1955-1956 The Star and the Story (TV series)
Alistair Reeks-Machrihanish / Victor Parry
– They (1956)
– The Man Who Was Dead (1955) … Alistair Reeks-Machrihanish
– The Unforgivable (1955) … Victor Parry
 
1956 Celebrity Playhouse (TV series)
Cal Logan
– They Flee by Night (1956) … Cal Logan
 
1954-1956 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Mender McClure
– The Ballad of Mender McClure (1956) … Mender McClure
– Too Old for the Girl (1954)
 
1956 Chevron Hall of Stars (TV series)
– Eminent Domain (1956)
– The Defense of Sentinel (1956)
 
1955 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Kris Kringle
– The Miracle on 34th Street (1955) … Kris Kringle
 
1955 The Alcoa Hour (TV series)
Cap'n Jarvis
– Undertow (1955) … Cap'n Jarvis
 
1955 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Dr. Joseph H. Walton
– The Final Tribute (1955) … Dr. Joseph H. Walton
 
1955 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (TV movie)
'Pap' Finn
 
1955 Climax! (TV series)
Old Man Finn
– Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955) … Old Man Finn
 
1954-1955 Mayor of the Town (TV series)
Mayor Thomas Russell
– Long May It Wag (1955) … Mayor Thomas Russell
– Bicycle for Butch (1954) … Mayor Thomas Russell
– Blueberry Hill (1954) … Mayor Thomas Russell
– Butch's Tonsillectomy (1954) … Mayor Thomas Russell
– Doctor's Orders (1954) … Mayor Thomas Russell
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1955 Damon Runyon Theater (TV series)
Sylvester
– It Comes Up Money (1955) … Sylvester
 
1954-1955 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Scotty / Silas Lapham
– Freighter (1955) … Scotty
– The Rise and Fall of Silas Lapham (1954) … Silas Lapham
 
1954 Destry
Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby
 
1954 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
– Afraid to Live (1954)
 
1954 Secret of the Incas
Ed Morgan
 
1954 Omnibus (TV series)
Shark Wicks
– Nobody's Fool (1954) … Shark Wicks
 
1953 The Backbone of America (TV movie)
Fred Tupple
 
1953 Of Time and the River (TV movie)
William Oliver Gant
 
1953 The Doctor (TV series)
Matthew Day
– Desk of Matthew Day (1953) … Matthew Day
 
1952 Suspense (TV series)
Dr. Paul Morgan / Henry Brown
– A Time of Innocence (1952) … Henry Brown
– North of Shanghai (1952) … Dr. Paul Morgan
 
1952 The Gulf Playhouse (TV series)
– Mr. Nothing (1952)
 
1951-1952 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Hank Morgan / Jack Guzzow / William Mallory
– The Square Peg (1952) … Jack Guzzow
– A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1952) … Hank Morgan
– The Story of Meg Mallory (1952) … William Mallory
– The Legend of Jenny Lind (1951)
 
1952 High Noon
Mayor Jonas Henderson
 
1951-1952 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series)
Mr. Antrobus
– The Fascinating Stranger (1952)
– The Skin of Our Teeth (1951) … Mr. Antrobus
 
1952 Lights Out (TV series)
– The Eyes from San Francisco (1952)
 
1951-1952 Tales of Tomorrow (TV series)
Captain Nemo / Professor Frederick Vaneck
– Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: The Escape: Part 2 (1952) … Captain Nemo
– Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: The Chase: Part 1 (1952) … Captain Nemo
– The Crystal Egg (1951) … Professor Frederick Vaneck
 
1952 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
– The Farmer's Hotel (1952)
 
1951 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– The Long View (1951)
 
1951 Celanese Theatre (TV series)
Unckle Sid
– Ah, Wilderness! (1951) … Unckle Sid
 
1951 Journey Into Light
Gandy
 
1949 The Big Wheel
Arthur 'Red' Stanley
 
1949 Alias Nick Beal
Joseph Foster
 
1948 Silver River
John Plato Beck
 
1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Gill MacBean
 
1947 High Barbaree
Capt. Thad Vail
 
1946 It's a Wonderful Life
Uncle Billy Bailey
 
1946 The Dark Mirror
Lt. Stevenson
 
1946 Three Wise Fools
Terence Alaysius O'Davern
 
1945 Adventure
Mudgin
 
1945 Within These Walls
Warden Michael Howland
 
1945 Captain Eddie
Ike Howard
 
1944 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
 
1943 Flesh and Fantasy
Septimus Podgers (Episode 2)
 
1943 Bataan
Corp. Jake Feingold
 
1943 The Outlaw
Pat Garrett
 
1943 Immortal Sergeant
Sgt. Kelly
 
1942 The Black Swan
Tommy Blue
 
1942 Tales of Manhattan
John Halloway
 
1942 This Above All
Monty
 
1942 Moontide
Tiny
 
1942 Song of the Islands
Dennis O'Brien
 
1942 Joan of Paris
Father Antoine
 
1941 The Devil and Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster in some long shots (uncredited)
 
1941 Out of the Fog
Jonah Goodwin
 
1941 Flight from Destiny
Prof. Henry Todhunter
 
1940 The Long Voyage Home
Driscoll
 
1940 Angels Over Broadway
Gene Gibbons
 
1940 Our Town
Dr. Gibbs
 
1940 Three Cheers for the Irish
Peter Casey
 
1940 Swiss Family Robinson
William Robinson
 
1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Clopin
 
1939 Gone with the Wind
Gerald O'Hara
 
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Diz Moore
 
1939 Only Angels Have Wings
Kid Dabb
 
1939 Stagecoach
Doc Boone
 
1938 Trade Winds
Commissioner Blackton
 
1938 Love, Honor and Behave
Dan Painter
 
1937 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
 
1937 When You're in Love
Hank Miller
 
1937 Man of the People
Grady
 
1936 Theodora Goes Wild
Jed Waterbury
 
1936 Adventure in Manhattan
Phil Bane
 
1936 Craig's Wife
Fergus Passmore
 
1923 Six Cylinder Love
Bertram Rogers
 
Show ShowWriter (6 titles)
1944 Casanova Brown (play "The Little Accident")
 
1939 Little Accident (play "The Little Accident")
 
1937 Life Begins with Love (screenplay)
 
1934 All of Me (screenplay)
 
1932 A Father Without Knowing It (play "The Little Accident")
 
1930 The Little Accident (play "The Little Accident")
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (3 titles)
1946 It's a Wonderful Life (performer: "My Wild Irish Rose" 1899 - uncredited)
 
1942 Song of the Islands (performer: "Maluna Malolo Mawaena Hawaiian Drinking Song" 1942)
 
1940 Three Cheers for the Irish ("My Wild Irish Rose" 1899 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1934 All of Me (dialogue director)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
1961-1962 Project XX (TV series documentary)
Himself- Narrator / Narrator
– Lee, the Virginian (1962) … Narrator
– U.S. Grant, the Improbable Hero (1961) … Himself- Narrator
 
1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 July 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
1955 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Himself - Guest Host
– The Inside Story (1955) … Himself - Guest Host
 
1953 Excursion (TV series documentary)
The Dauphin
– The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1953) … The Dauphin
 
1950 Showtime, U.S.A. (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1950) … Himself
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
Himself - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Supporting Actor
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 The Making of 'Lost Horizon' (video documentary short)
Barnard (uncredited)
 
1996 Escape from It's a Wonderful Life (TV movie)
Uncle Billy (uncredited)
 
1993 John Ford (TV documentary)
Doc Boone [in "Stagecoach"] (uncredited)
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 
1955 Hour of Stars (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Played Lt. Columbo (a part previously played by Bert Freed in Enough Rope) on stage in "Prescription: Murder" in 1962, which was later adapted into Prescription: Murder starring Peter Falk as Columbo. The play was touring the US prior to a planned Broadway run when Mitchell's... See more »

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Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

A lot of people say I've deserted my art because I left Broadway and the stage. Hell, I'm no artist. I'm a working man. I've got a trade just like any other mechanic, and I follow my trade where the work is. Just now it's in Hollywood, but I'm not tied to Hollywood. See more »

Trivia:

Was an avid collector of fine art, which included a Rembrandt panel acquired in 1940 from a Polish prince. See more »

Nickname:

Tommy See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer