Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell

Birthday: 1892-07-10

Place of Birth: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA

Biography: 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 Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony Award.

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Pocketful of Miracles
Pocketful of Miracles

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady...

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High Noon
High Noon

Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has b...

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Stagecoach
Stagecoach

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo...

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It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life

A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people...

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Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical prof...

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replaceme...

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Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon

British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where the...

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Our Town
Our Town

Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and ...

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The Outlaw
The Outlaw

Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, ...

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beaut...

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Out of the Fog
Out of the Fog

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen ...

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Alias Nick Beal
Alias Nick Beal

After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul...

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Tales of Manhattan
Tales of Manhattan

Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by it...

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Secret of the Incas
Secret of the Incas

Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunb...

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Make Way for Tomorrow
Make Way for Tomorrow

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to t...

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Six Cylinder Love
Six Cylinder Love

After buying a car, Richard Burton finds that his wife and daughter have become unreasonably extrava...

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Dark Waters
Dark Waters

Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover ...

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The Black Swan
The Black Swan

When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his f...

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Moontide
Moontide

After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man....

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While the City Sleeps
While the City Sleeps

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer"....

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Angels Over Broadway
Angels Over Broadway

Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-...

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Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Bill

Scout William F. Cody marries a U.S. senator's daughter, fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West s...

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The Fighting Sullivans
The Fighting Sullivans

The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depressi...

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Bataan
Bataan

During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diver...

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Only Angels Have Wings
Only Angels Have Wings

A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight ...

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The Dark Mirror
The Dark Mirror

A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out wh...

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Adventure
Adventure

A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian....

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Joan of Paris
Joan of Paris

An RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers get to Paris in spite of the fact t...

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Silver River
Silver River

Unjustly booted out of the cavalry, Mike McComb strikes out for Nevada, and deciding never to be use...

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The Keys of the Kingdom
The Keys of the Kingdom

A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christ...

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Theodora Goes Wild
Theodora Goes Wild

The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little...

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When You're in Love
When You're in Love

An Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings "Minnie the Mooc...

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The Long Voyage Home
The Long Voyage Home

The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II...

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Wilson
Wilson

The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post ...

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Destry
Destry

Western remake of "Destry Rides Again", starring Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Thomas Mitchell, Lori...

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Immortal Sergeant
Immortal Sergeant

During WWII, a corporal in the desert reminisces about the love he left behind and faces uncertainty...

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The Hurricane
The Hurricane

A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself a...

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The Big Wheel
The Big Wheel

The ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and achieve...

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The Miracle on 34th Street
The Miracle on 34th Street

One Kris Kringle, a department-store Santa Claus, causes quite a commotion by suggesting customers g...

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This Above All
This Above All

In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF servi...

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Natchez
Natchez

A Civil War veteran returns home to find his father has become a social pariah....

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By Love Possessed
By Love Possessed

An unhappily married woman engages in an affair with her husband's law partner....

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Flesh and Fantasy
Flesh and Fantasy

Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New O...

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Flight from Destiny
Flight from Destiny

After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter decides to spend h...

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Trade Winds
Trade Winds

After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sa...

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Within These Walls
Within These Walls

Michael Howland, a stern hanging judge, is assigned to take over a chaotic prison. There Michael imp...

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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, war...

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I Promise to Pay
I Promise to Pay

A man goes to a loan shark to finance his family's vacation....

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High Barbaree
High Barbaree

After his plane is downed in the South Pacific, a Navy flier recounts his life to a co-pilot while a...

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Three Wise Fools
Three Wise Fools

An orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men....

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Love, Honor and Behave
Love, Honor and Behave

Comedy about a weak husband, afraid to say "no" to his new wife, who realizes he must assert himself...

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The Romance of Rosy Ridge
The Romance of Rosy Ridge

A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest....

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Handle with Care
Handle with Care

A law student working on a class project discovers a real-life crime....

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Swiss Family Robinson
Swiss Family Robinson

A family setting out for a new life across the sea is shipwrecked on a deserted island. The family m...

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Three Cheers for the Irish
Three Cheers for the Irish

Peter Casey has been with the New York City police department for 25 years. He's totally surprised w...

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The Right Man
The Right Man

Film on presidential campaigns and the right to vote. Used as educational material in American clas...

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Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were...

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The Big Moment
The Big Moment

Three individual stories that give an account of crucial moments in the lives of three different peo...

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Song of the Islands
Song of the Islands

With his sidekick Rusty, Jeff Harper sails to paradisiacal tropical isle Ahmi-Oni to bargain on beha...

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Craig's Wife
Craig's Wife

Harriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material possessions an...

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

This made-for-TV production originally aired on the "Climax!" show and opened up its second season. ...

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Man Of The People
Man Of The People

An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks....

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Journey Into Light
Journey Into Light

John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger...

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Adventure in Manhattan
Adventure in Manhattan

The story of an egotistical crime writer who gets involved with the case of a notorious art thief (w...

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Captain Eddie
Captain Eddie

WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver an...

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Blow-Ups of 1946
Blow-Ups of 1946

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1946....

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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirl...

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Too Young to Love
Too Young to Love

A court case ensues when a 47-year old man is caught with a 15-year old girl, and he claims he never...

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The Backbone of America
The Backbone of America

An account executive tries to find the perfect American family to use in a forthcoming advertising c...

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life....

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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and in...

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Breakdowns of 1942
Breakdowns of 1942

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942....

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