Highest rated as cast or director
Thomas Mitchell's 8 titles from the 1930s have a median Balasaur Score of 82, led by Gone with the Wind (86) and Make Way for Tomorrow (85), against 67 for those from the 1940s.
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thomas Mitchell (July 11, 1892 – December 17, 1962) was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter. Among his most famous roles in a long career are those of Gerald O'Hara, the father of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, the drunken Doc Boone in John Ford's Stagecoach, and Uncle Billy in It's a Wonderful Life. Mitchell was the first person to win an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony Award.
Acted in 92
2000s
- 2001
1980s
- 1987
- 1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1960s
- 1961
- 1960
Too Young to Love
Judge Bentley
The Right Man
Grover Cleveland
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
Natchez
Mr. Carson
Handle with Care
Mayor Dick Williston
- 1957
The O. Henry Playhouse
O. Henry · 2 episodes
- 1956
While the City Sleeps
John Day Griffith
- 1955
The Miracle on 34th Street
Kris Kringle
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
'Pap' Finn
- 1954
The Big Moment
Blumenau
- 1953
The Backbone of America
Fred Tupple
General Electric Theater
Mender McClure · 1 episode
- 1952
- 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Sam Hawkins, Carl Smith · 1 episode
Journey Into Light
Gandy
- 1950
1940s
- 1949
Alias Nick Beal
Joseph Foster
- 1948
- 1947
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Gill MacBean
High Barbaree
Capt. Thad Vail
- 1946
Three Wise Fools
Terence Alaysius O'Davern
- 1945
Adventure
Mudgin
Within These Walls
Warden Michael Howland
Captain Eddie
Ike Howard
- 1944
Wilson
Joseph Tumulty
The Fighting Sullivans
Mr. Thomas F. Sullivan
- 1943
Flesh and Fantasy
Septimus Podgers (segment 2)
Bataan
Cpl. Jake Feingold
Immortal Sergeant
Sergeant Kelly
- 1942
Tales of Manhattan
John Halloway
This Above All
"Monty" Montague
Song of the Islands
Dennis O'Brien
Joan of Paris
Father Antoine
- 1941
Flight from Destiny
Prof. Henry Todhunter
- 1940
Angels Over Broadway
Gene Gibbons
Our Town
Doc Gibbs
Three Cheers for the Irish
Peter Casey
1930s
- 1939
- 1938
Trade Winds
Commissioner Blackton
Love, Honor and Behave
Dan Painter
- 1937
I Promise to Pay
District Attorney J.E. Curtis
When You're in Love
Hank Miller
Man Of The People
William J. Grady
- 1936
Theodora Goes Wild
Jed Waterbury
Adventure in Manhattan
Phil Bane
Craig's Wife
Fergus Passmore
1920s
- 1923
Six Cylinder Love
Bertram Rogers
Wrote 4
1940s
- 1944
1930s
- 1939
Little Accident
Theatre Play
- 1934
All of Me
Screenplay
- 1930
Little Accident
Theatre Play
Appearances7
2000s
- 2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
1980s
- 1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
- 1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1940s
- 1946
Blow-Ups of 1946
Self
- 1942
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
- 1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self