Thomas Mitchell

Career timeline

1. 1892 · Born

   Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA

2. 1936 · Screen debut

   Theodora Goes Wild (Movie)

3. 1939 · Breakthrough

   Gone with the Wind (Movie)

4. 1962 · Died

   December 17, 1962

5. 2001 · Latest release

   Tracker (TV)

Career in numbers

9 1930s

25 1940s

26 1950s

2 1960s

1 1980s

1 2000s

• Drama46
• Romance14
• Comedy11
• Western9
• Crime7
• Adventure6

Highest-rated title It's a Wonderful Life 1946 8.3 Most popular title It's a Wonderful Life 1946 8.3

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Thomas Mitchell in our catalogue.

Fielder Cook

4 titles together

John Ford

4 titles together

Sidney Lumet

4 titles together

Guy Kibbee

3 titles together

John Wayne

2 titles together

Robert Stevenson

2 titles together

Edward Everett Horton

2 titles together

1. 2001 Tracker as Vesser TV
2. 1987 21 Jump Street as Lear 7.3 TV
3. 1961 Pocketful of Miracles as Judge Henry G. Blake 7.3 Movie
4. 1960 The Islanders as Tom Todd TV
5. 1959 Adventures in Paradise as Hubert Willis TV
6. 1959 Laramie TV
7. 1959 Glencannon TV
8. 1958 Shirley Temple's Storybook as Emperor TV
9. 1957 O. Henry Playhouse TV
10. 1957 The O. Henry Playhouse as O. Henry TV
11. 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Ben Cary TV
12. 1956 Playhouse 90 as Mr. Carson TV
13. 1956 While the City Sleeps as John Day Griffith 6.9 Movie
14. 1956 Telephone Time TV
15. 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour as Kris Kringle TV
16. 1955 Screen Director's Playhouse as Dr. Joseph H. Walton TV
17. 1954 Destry as Reginald T. 'Rags' Barnaby 6.1 Movie
18. 1954 Climax! as Old Man Finn TV
19. 1954 Secret of the Incas as Ed Morgan 5.9 Movie
20. 1954 Mayor of the Town as Mayor Thomas Russell TV
21. 1953 The United States Steel Hour as Silas Lapham TV
22. 1953 Medallion Theatre TV
23. 1953 General Electric Theater TV
24. 1952 The Ford Television Theatre as Silas Burton TV
25. 1952 High Noon as Mayor Jonas Henderson 7.7 Movie
26. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as William Oliver Gant TV
27. 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Sam Hawkins TV
28. 1951 Tales of Tomorrow TV
29. 1950 Lux Video Theatre as Robert Baldwin TV
30. 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents TV
31. 1949 Lights Out TV
32. 1949 Alias Nick Beal as Joseph Foster 6.8 Movie
33. 1949 Suspense as Dr. Paul Morgan TV
34. 1948 Studio One TV
35. 1948 Ford Theatre TV
36. 1948 Silver River as John Plato Beck 6.1 Movie
37. 1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge as Gill MacBean Movie
38. 1947 Kraft Television Theatre TV
39. 1946 It's a Wonderful Life as Uncle Billy 8.3 Movie
40. 1946 The Dark Mirror as Lieutenant Stevenson 7.0 Movie
41. 1944 The Keys of the Kingdom as Willie Tulloch 7.1 Movie
42. 1944 Dark Waters as Mr. Sydney 5.9 Movie
43. 1944 Buffalo Bill as Ned Buntline 5.8 Movie
44. 1944 The Fighting Sullivans as Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan 6.3 Movie
45. 1943 Flesh and Fantasy as Septimus Podgers (segment 2) 7.1 Movie
46. 1943 Bataan as Cpl. Jake Feingold 6.4 Movie
47. 1943 The Outlaw as Pat Garrett 5.4 Movie
48. 1942 The Black Swan as Tommy Blue 6.5 Movie
49. 1942 Tales of Manhattan as John Halloway 6.4 Movie
50. 1942 Moontide as Tiny 6.4 Movie
51. 1941 Out of the Fog as Jonah Goodwin 6.4 Movie
52. 1940 The Long Voyage Home as Driscoll 6.6 Movie
53. 1940 Angels Over Broadway as Gene Gibbons 5.9 Movie
54. 1940 Our Town as Doc Gibbs 5.9 Movie
55. 1940 Swiss Family Robinson as William Robinson 5.7 Movie
56. 1939 Gone with the Wind as Gerald O'Hara 7.9 Movie
57. 1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Diz Moore 7.8 Movie
58. 1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Clopin 7.3 Movie
59. 1939 Only Angels Have Wings as Kid Dabb 7.3 Movie
60. 1939 Stagecoach as Doc Josiah Boone 7.6 Movie
61. 1937 The Hurricane as Dr. Kersaint 6.7 Movie
62. 1937 Make Way for Tomorrow as George Cooper 7.5 Movie
63. 1937 Lost Horizon as Henry Barnard 7.0 Movie
64. 1936 Theodora Goes Wild as Jed Waterbury 6.6 Movie

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