Thomas John Mitchell (July , â€" December , ) was an American actor.
Among his most famous roles in a long career are those of Gerald
O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, Doc Boone in Stagecoach, Uncle Billy in
It's a Wonderful Life, Pat Garrett in The Outlaw, and Mayor Jonas
Henderson in High Noon. Mitchell was the first male actor to win an
Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony Award.Mitchell was nominated for two
Academy Awards, for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the films,
The Hurricane (), and Stagecoach (). He won the award for his role in
Stagecoach. He was nominated three times for the Primetime Emmy Award
for Best Actor in a Drama Series in and , for his role in the medical
drama The Doctor, and won in . While he was nominated again in , for
an appearance on a weekly anthology series, he did not win. Mitchell
won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, in , for his role as
Dr Downer in the musical comedy Hazel Flagg, based on the Paramount
comedy film Nothing Sacred, rounding out the Triple Crown of Acting.
In addition to being an actor, he was also a director, playwright, and
screenwriter.Mitchell was born to Irish immigrants in Elizabeth, New
Jersey. He came from a family of journalists and civic leaders. Both
his father and brother were newspaper reporters, and his nephew, James
P. Mitchell, later served as Dwight Eisenhower's Secretary of Labor.
Later on, in the presidential election, Mitchell, a Republican
himself, would go on to support Eisenhower's campaign. The younger
Mitchell also became a newspaper reporter after graduating from St.
Patrick High School in Elizabeth. However, Mitchell soon found that he
enjoyed writing comic theatrical skits much more than chasing
late-breaking scoops. In Mitchell joined The Lambs.He became an actor
in , at one point touring with Charles Coburn's Shakespeare Company.
Even while playing leading roles on Broadway into the s Mitchell would
continue to write. One of the plays he co-authored, Little Accident,
was eventually made into a film (three times) by Hollywood. Mitchell's
first credited screen role was in the film Six Cylinder Love.
Among his most famous roles in a long career are those of Gerald
O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, Doc Boone in Stagecoach, Uncle Billy in
It's a Wonderful Life, Pat Garrett in The Outlaw, and Mayor Jonas
Henderson in High Noon. Mitchell was the first male actor to win an
Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony Award.Mitchell was nominated for two
Academy Awards, for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the films,
The Hurricane (), and Stagecoach (). He won the award for his role in
Stagecoach. He was nominated three times for the Primetime Emmy Award
for Best Actor in a Drama Series in and , for his role in the medical
drama The Doctor, and won in . While he was nominated again in , for
an appearance on a weekly anthology series, he did not win. Mitchell
won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, in , for his role as
Dr Downer in the musical comedy Hazel Flagg, based on the Paramount
comedy film Nothing Sacred, rounding out the Triple Crown of Acting.
In addition to being an actor, he was also a director, playwright, and
screenwriter.Mitchell was born to Irish immigrants in Elizabeth, New
Jersey. He came from a family of journalists and civic leaders. Both
his father and brother were newspaper reporters, and his nephew, James
P. Mitchell, later served as Dwight Eisenhower's Secretary of Labor.
Later on, in the presidential election, Mitchell, a Republican
himself, would go on to support Eisenhower's campaign. The younger
Mitchell also became a newspaper reporter after graduating from St.
Patrick High School in Elizabeth. However, Mitchell soon found that he
enjoyed writing comic theatrical skits much more than chasing
late-breaking scoops. In Mitchell joined The Lambs.He became an actor
in , at one point touring with Charles Coburn's Shakespeare Company.
Even while playing leading roles on Broadway into the s Mitchell would
continue to write. One of the plays he co-authored, Little Accident,
was eventually made into a film (three times) by Hollywood. Mitchell's
first credited screen role was in the film Six Cylinder Love.
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