Thomas Mitchell ( Actor ) - wikipedia Thomas Mitchell ( Actor ) Thomas Mitchell Thomas John Mitchell ( 1892 - 07 - 11 ) July 11, 1892 Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA December 17, 1962 ( 1962 - 12 - 17 ) ( aged 70 ) Beverly Hills, California, USA Resting place Chapel of the Pines Crematory Occupation Actor, director, playwright, screenwriter Years active 1916 -- 62 Spouse ( s ) Rachel Hartzell ( 1937 -- 1939 ) Ann Stuart Breswer ( 1915 -- 1935 ; 1941 -- 1962 ; his death ) 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. Contents 1 Early life 2 Acting career 3 Death 4 Awards and honors 5 Filmography 5.1 As actor 5.2 As writer 6 Radio appearances 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Early Life 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. 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 1927 Mitchell joined The Lambs. Acting career from the trailer for High Barbaree ( 1947 ) He became an actor in 1913, at one point touring with Charles Coburn 's Shakespeare Company. Even while playing leading roles on Broadway into the 1920s 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 1923 film Six Cylinder Love. as Tom Blue in the trailer for The Black Swan ( 1942 ) Mitchell 's breakthrough role was as the embezzler in Frank Capra 's film Lost Horizon ( 1937 ). Following this performance, he was much in demand in Hollywood. That same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Hurricane, directed by John Ford. Over the next few years, Mitchell appeared in many significant films. Forty - three of the fifty - nine films in which he acted, were made in the 10 - year period from 1936 -- 1946. Considered one of the finest character actors in film, in 1939 alone he had key roles in Stagecoach, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Only Angels Have Wings, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Gone with the Wind. While probably better remembered as Scarlett O'Hara's loving but doomed father in Gone with the Wind, it was for his performance as the drunken Doc Boone in Stagecoach, co-starring John Wayne ( in Wayne 's breakthrough role ), that Mitchell won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award. In his acceptance speech, he quipped, `` I did n't know I was that good ''. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, Mitchell acted in a wide variety of roles in productions such as 1940 's Swiss Family Robinson, 1942 's Moontide, 1944 's The Keys of the Kingdom ( as an atheist doctor ) and High Noon ( 1952 ) as the town mayor. He is probably best known to audiences today for his role as sad sack Uncle Billy in Capra 's Christmas classic It 's a Wonderful Life ( 1946 ) with James Stewart. with Tyrone Power in the trailer for The Black Swan ( 1942 ) From the 1950s and into the early 1960s, Mitchell worked primarily in television, appearing in a variety of roles in some of the most well - regarded early series of the era, 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 starred in the television version of the radio program, Mayor of the Town. In 1955, he played Kris Kringle in The 20th Century - Fox Hour version of The Miracle on 34th Street opposite Teresa Wright and MacDonald Carey. In 1957 he hosted The O. Henry Playhouse. In 1959, he starred in thirty - nine episodes of the syndicated television series, Glencannon, which had aired two years earlier in the United Kingdom. In the early 1960s, Mitchell originated the stage role `` Columbo '', later made famous on NBC and ABC television by Peter Falk ( Bert Freed played the part on live television before Mitchell portrayed Columbo on stage ) ; Columbo was Mitchell 's last role. Death Mitchell died at age 70 from peritoneal mesothelioma in Beverly Hills, California. Awards and honors In 1953, Mitchell became the first man to win the `` triple crown '' of acting awards ( Oscar, Emmy, Tony ). He remains one of only a handful of individuals to have won each of these awards. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 1939 's Stagecoach. In 1952, he won the Best Actor Emmy ( Comedy Actor category ), and the following year a Tony Award for best performance by an actor, for the musical Hazel Flagg ( based on the Carole Lombard film Nothing Sacred ). He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for his work in television at 6100 Hollywood Boulevard, and a second star for his work in motion pictures at 1651 Vine Street. Filmography As actor Six Cylinder Love ( 1923 ) as Bertram Rogers ( film debut ) Craig 's Wife ( 1936 ) as Fergus Passmore Adventure in Manhattan ( 1936 ) as Phil Bane Theodora Goes Wild ( 1936 ) as Jed Waterbury Man of the People ( 1937 ) as William J. Grady When You 're in Love ( 1937 ) as Hank Miller Lost Horizon ( 1937 ) as Henry Barnard I Promise to Pay ( 1937 ) as District Attorney J.E. Curtis Make Way for Tomorrow ( 1937 ) as George Cooper The Hurricane ( 1937 ) as Dr. Kersaint Love, Honor and Behave ( 1938 ) as Dan Painter Trade Winds ( 1938 ) as Police Commissioner Blackton Little Accident ( 1939 ) Stagecoach ( 1939 ) as Doc Josiah Boone Only Angels Have Wings ( 1939 ) as Kid Dabb Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ( 1939 ) as Diz Moore Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ) as Gerald O'Hara The Hunchback of Notre Dame ( 1939 ) as Clopin Swiss Family Robinson ( 1940 ) as William Robinson Three Cheers for the Irish ( 1940 ) as Peter Casey Our Town ( 1940 ) as Dr. Gibbs Angels Over Broadway ( 1940 ) as Gene Gibbons The Long Voyage Home ( 1940 ) as Driscoll Flight from Destiny ( 1941 ) as Professor Henry Todhunter Out of the Fog ( 1941 ) as Jonah Goodwin Joan of Paris ( 1942 ) as Father Antoine Song of the Islands ( 1942 ) as Dennis O'Brien Moontide ( 1942 ) as Tiny This Above All ( 1942 ) as Monty Tales of Manhattan ( 1942 ) as John Halloway The Black Swan ( 1942 ) as Tommy Blue Immortal Sergeant ( 1943 ) as Sgt. Kelly The Outlaw ( 1943 ) as Pat Garrett Flesh and Fantasy ( 1943 ) as Septimus Podgers ( Episode 2 ) Bataan ( 1943 ) as Cpl. Jake Feingold The Fighting Sullivans ( 1944 ) as Mr. Thomas F. `` Tom '' Sullivan Buffalo Bill ( 1944 ) as Ned Buntline Wilson ( 1944 ) as Joseph Tumulty Dark Waters ( 1944 ) as Mr. Sydney The Keys of the Kingdom ( 1944 ) as Dr. Willie Tulloch Captain Eddie ( 1945 ) as Ike Howard Within These Walls ( 1945 ) as Warden Michael Howland Adventure ( 1945 ) as Mudgin Three Wise Fools ( 1946 ) as Terence Alaysius O'Davern The Dark Mirror ( 1946 ) as Police Lt. Stevenson It 's a Wonderful Life ( 1946 ) as Uncle Billy High Barbaree ( 1947 ) as Capt. Thad Vail The Romance of Rosy Ridge ( 1947 ) as Gill MacBean Silver River ( 1948 ) as John Plato Beck Alias Nick Beal ( 1949 ) as Joseph Foster The Big Wheel ( 1949 ) as Red Stanley Journey Into Light ( 1951 ) as Gandy High Noon ( 1952 ) as Mayor Jonas Henderson The Backbone of America ( 1953 ) as Fred Tupple Secret of the Incas ( 1954 ) as Ed Morgan Destry ( 1954 ) as Rags Barnaby The Miracle on 34th Street ( 1955 ) as Kris Kringle While the City Sleeps ( 1956 ) as Jon Day Griffith Handle With Care ( 1958 ) as Mayor Dick Williston Too Young to Love ( 1960 ) as Judge Bentley By Love Possessed ( 1961 ) as Noah Tuttle Pocketful of Miracles ( 1961 ) as Judge Henry G. Blake ( final film role ) As writer Little Accident ( 1928 -- play, Little Accident ) Papa Sans le Savoir ( 1932 -- play, Little Accident ) All of Me ( 1934 ; screenplay ) Life Begins with Love ( 1937 ; screenplay ) Little Accident ( 1939 -- play, Little Accident ) Casanova Brown ( 1944 ) Radio appearances Year Program Episode / source 1953 Theatre Guild on the Air A Square Peg 1945 Suspense 1945 - 02 - 22 John Barby and Son See also Biography portal List of actors with Academy Award nominations References Jump up ^ Life. October 19, 1953. `` Labor gets a new secretary ''. p. 56. Jump up ^ http://www.the-lambs.org Jump up ^ Monush, Barry. Hal Leonard Corporation. ( 2003 ). ISBN 1 - 55783 - 551 - 9. p. The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors : From the silent era to 1965. p. 509. ^ Jump up to : Wilson, Steve ( 2014 ). The Making of Gone With the Wind. University of Texas Press. p. 89. ISBN 978 - 0 - 292 - 76126 - 1. Jump up ^ `` Walk of Fame Stars - Thomas Mitchell ''. Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016. Jump up ^ Kirby, Walter ( March 15, 1953 ). `` Better Radio Programs for the Week ''. The Decatur Daily Review. p. 46. Retrieved June 25, 2015 -- via Newspapers.com. 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Question: who played pa in gone with the wind
Answer: Thomas John Mitchell