Thomas Mitchell
actor, miscellaneous, writer
- Birth name:
- Thomas John Mitchell
- Born:
- 1892-07-11, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
- Died:
- 1962-12-17, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor, miscellaneous, writer
Biography
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).
Filmography
In the vault (4)
