Thomas Mitchell

Movie Actor

Thomas Mitchell was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States on July 11th, 1892 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 70, Thomas Mitchell biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
July 11, 1892
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
Death Date
Dec 17, 1962 (age 70)
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
Profession
Character Actor, Film Actor, Playwright, Screenwriter, Stage Actor, Television Actor, Theater Director
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Thomas Mitchell Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
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Ann Stuart Breswer, ​ ​(m. 1915; div. 1935)​, (m. 1941), Rachel Hartzell, ​ ​(m. 1937; div. 1939)​
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James P. Mitchell (nephew)
Thomas Mitchell Life

Thomas John Mitchell (July 11, 1892 – December 17, 1962) was an American actor.

Gerald O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, Doc Boone in Stagecoach, Uncle Billy in It's a Wonderful Life, and Mayor Jonas Henderson in High Noon are among his most notable roles in his long career.

Mitchell was the first male actor to win an Academy, an Emmy, and a Tony Award. He was nominated twice for an Academy, first for The Hurricane (1938), and later for an Emmy Award.

He was nominated twice before, 1952 and 1953, for his role in the medical drama The Doctor, as well as receiving the Lead Actor Drama award in 1953.

He was nominated again in 1955 for an appearance on a weekly anthology television show that did not win.

Mitchell received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 1953 for his role as Dr Downer in the 1937 Paramount comedy film Nothing Sacred, rounding out the Triple Crown of Acting.

He was also a writer, playwright, and screenwriter, in addition to being an actor.

Early life

Mitchell was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Irish immigrants. He came from a family of journalists and civic figures. Both his father and brother were newspaper reporters, and his uncle, James P. Mitchell, served as the Dwight Eisenhower's Secretary of Labor. Mitchell, a Republican, supported Eisenhower's campaign in the 1952 presidential election. After graduating from St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, the younger Mitchell became a newspaper reporter. Mitchell, on the other hand, discovered that writing theatrical skits was much more enjoyable than chasing scoops. Mitchell joined The Lambs in 1927.

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Thomas Mitchell Career

Acting career

At one time touring with Charles Coburn's Shakespeare Company, he became an actor in 1913. And if playing leading roles on Broadway into the 1920s, Mitchell would continue to write. Little Accident, one of his scripts, was eventually turned into a film (three times) by Hollywood. Mitchell's first acknowledged screen role was in the 1923 film Six Cylinder Love.

In Frank Capra's film Lost Horizon (1937), Mitchell's breakthrough role was as the embezzler.

Following this success, he was in high demand in Hollywood. He had been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Hurricane, directed by John Ford.

Mitchell appeared in many major films over the next two years. In the 10-year period from 1936 to 1946, forty-three of the fifty-nine films in which he appeared were made. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Only Angels Have Wings, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Gone with the Wind were among the principal character actors in 1939 alone. Mitchell was certainly best known as Scarlett O'Hara's loving but doomed father in Gone with the Wind, but it was for his role as the alcoholic Doc Boone in Stagecoach, co-starring John Wayne (in Wayne's breakthrough role), that he received the Best Support Actor Academy Award. "I didn't know I was so good" in his acceptance address. Mitchell played in a variety of roles in films, including 1940's Swiss Family Robinson, 1944's Moontide (as an atheist doctor) and High Noon (1952) as the town mayor. He is certainly best known to audiences today for his role as sad sack Uncle Billy in Capra's Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life (1946) with James Stewart.

Mitchell spent primarily in television, appearing in a number of roles in some of the best-regarded early series of the period, including Playhouse 90, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (in a pilot episode that became the CBS series Johnny Ringo), and Hallmark Hall of Fame productions. In 1954, he appeared on the television version of the radio show Mayor of the Town. Kris Kringle appeared in The Miracle on 34th Street, opposite Teresa Wright and MacDonald Carey in 1955. He appeared on The O. Henry Playhouse in 1957. He appeared in thirty-nine episodes of the syndicated television series Glencannon, which had aired two years before in the United Kingdom.

Mitchell originated the stage role "Columbo" in the early 1960s and was later made popular on television and ABC television by Peter Falk (Bert Freed appeared on live television before Mitchell played Columbo on stage; Columbo was Mitchell's last appearance).

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Fran Kelly promises her new ABC show Frankly will feature big name guests

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 16, 2022
Fran Kelly has promised that her new show would feature some of her favorite names. Kelly was announced as the host of a new Friday night television primetime arts and culture talk show Frankly on the ABC. Tim Minchin, Richard E. Grant, Adam Goodes, Shaun Micallef, and Jimmy Barnes will appear on the 64-year-old's show.

Former ABC radio host Fran Kelly was blasted by Osman Faruqi, Nine reporters for his new program Frankly

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 22, 2022
Fran Kelly, a veteran radio national broadcaster, has enraged some younger figures in the media who are accusing the national broadcaster of playing it safe and attracting a Boomer audience rather than unearthing or promoting new talent for a younger audience. With Osman Faruqi (pictured right) saying the appointment was a joke at first, nine journalists have led the charge. Kelly, who hosted Radio National's Breakfast show for 17 years before he resigned in December, has her supporters who point to her extensive knowledge and expertise in the arts, cultural, and entertainment industries.

It's a Wonderful Life actress Virginia Patton dies at age 97

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 21, 2022
Virginia Patton, Jimmy Stewart's sister-in-law, Ruth Dakin Bailey, in the classic film It's a Wonderful Life, has died. She was 97 years old. The actress was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 25, 1925, and she was niece of General George S. Patton. When she was still an infant, her family moved to Portland, Oregon, where she was destined to attend the University of Southern California. She worked with playwright turned screen writer William C. deMille, who was a founder of the USC film academy while she was there. He was the older brother of director Cecil B. DeMille. It was this connection that resulted in Patton's appointment with director Frank Capra.