Thomas Mitchell (actor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Mitchell (actor)

American actor, playwright and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1892

Place of Birth: Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 17-Dec-1962

Profession: screenwriter, playwright, character actor, stage actor, theater director, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Thomas John Mitchell (July 11, 1892 – December 17, 1962) 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 and Mayor Jonas Henderson in High Noon.
Mitchell was the first male actor to win an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony Award. Nominated twice for an Oscar, first for The Hurricane (1938), he won the Best Supporting Actor award for Stagecoach (1939); later, he would be nominated three times for an Emmy Award.
He was nominated twice, in 1952 and 1953, for his role in the medical drama The Doctor, winning the Lead Actor Drama award in 1953.
Nominated again in 1955, for an appearance on a weekly anthology series, he did not win.
Mitchell won the Tony for Best Actor in a Musical, in 1953, for his role as Dr Downer in the musical comedy Hazel Flagg, based on the 1937 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.