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Thomas Mitchell(1892-1962)

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Thomas Mitchell in Journey Into Light (1951)
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Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
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Thomas Mitchell was one of the great American character actors, whose credits read like a list of the greatest American films of the 20th century: Lost Horizon (1937); Stagecoach (1939); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); Gone with the Wind (1939); It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and High Noon (1952). His portrayals are so diverse and convincing that most people don't even realize that one actor could have played them all. He won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1940 for his role as the drunken Doc Boone in John Ford's Stagecoach (1939).
BornJuly 11, 1892
DiedDecember 17, 1962(70)
BornJuly 11, 1892
DiedDecember 17, 1962(70)
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  • Won 1 Oscar

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Betty Grable, Hilo Hattie, and Thomas Mitchell in Song of the Islands (1942)
Jane Russell, Walter Huston, and Thomas Mitchell in The Outlaw (1943)
Jane Russell, Walter Huston, and Thomas Mitchell in The Outlaw (1943)
Thomas Mitchell in High Noon (1952)
Fay Bainter and Thomas Mitchell in Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Beulah Bondi and Thomas Mitchell in Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Minna Gombell, Ray Mayer, Thomas Mitchell, and Elisabeth Risdon in Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Minna Gombell, Thomas Mitchell, and Elisabeth Risdon in Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
James Stewart, Thomas Mitchell, Mary Treen, and Charles Williams in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Barry Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Jack Pennick, and John Qualen in The Long Voyage Home (1940)
Thomas Mitchell and Mildred Natwick in The Long Voyage Home (1940)
Billy Bevan, Barry Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Jack Pennick, John Qualen, and Joe Sawyer in The Long Voyage Home (1940)

Known for

Stagecoach (1939)
Stagecoach
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  • Doc Josiah Boone
  • 1939
Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939)
Gone with the Wind
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  • Gerald O'Hara
  • 1939
James Stewart and Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life
8.6
  • Uncle Billy
  • 1946
James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, and Eugene Pallette in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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  • Diz Moore
  • 1939

Credits

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Actor

  • The Big Step
  • Bette Davis, Peter Falk, Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, Thomas Mitchell, and Arthur O'Connell in Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
    Pocketful of Miracles
  • George Hamilton, Jason Robards, Lana Turner, Susan Kohner, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in By Love Possessed (1961)
    By Love Possessed
  • The Joke and the Valley
  • Gardner McKay in Adventures in Paradise (1959)
    Adventures in Paradise
  • Dick Powell in Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
    Zane Grey Theatre
  • Stagecoach West (1960)
    Stagecoach West
  • Our American Heritage (1959)
    Our American Heritage
  • The Islanders (1960)
    The Islanders
  • The Right Man (1960)
    The Right Man
  • Abel Fernandez, Nicholas Georgiade, Paul Picerni, and Robert Stack in The Untouchables (1959)
    The Untouchables
  • Too Young to Love (1960)
    Too Young to Love
  • John Forsythe, Larry Blyden, and Barbara Rush in Sunday Showcase (1959)
    Sunday Showcase
  • Glencannon
  • Goodyear Theatre (1957)
    Goodyear Theatre

Writer

  • Peter's Baby (1961)
    Peter's Baby
    • (uncredited)
  • Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright in Casanova Brown (1944)
    Casanova Brown
  • Hugh Herbert, Baby Sandy, Richard Carlson, and Florence Rice in Little Accident (1939)
    Little Accident
  • Edith Fellows, Douglass Montgomery, and Jean Parker in Life Begins with Love (1937)
    Life Begins with Love
  • Miriam Hopkins, Helen Mack, Fredric March, and George Raft in All of Me (1934)
    All of Me
  • Papa sans le savoir (1932)
    Papa sans le savoir
  • Little Accident (1930)
    Little Accident

Additional Crew

  • Miriam Hopkins, Helen Mack, Fredric March, and George Raft in All of Me (1934)
    All of Me

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Personal details

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    • July 11, 1892
    • Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
    • December 17, 1962
    • Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(bone cancer)
    • June 30, 1941 - December 17, 1962 (his death)
    • James P. Mitchell(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
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    • 3 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Is one of 9 actors to have won the Triple Crown of Acting (an Oscar, Emmy and Tony); the others in chronological order are Melvyn Douglas, Paul Scofield, Jack Albertson, Jason Robards, Jeremy Irons, Al Pacino, Geoffrey Rush and Christopher Plummer.
  • Quotes
    A man looks bigger in the bathtub than he does in the ocean.
    • Stagecoach
      (1939)
      $12,000

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