Awards & Winners

Thomas Mitchell

Date of Birth 11-July-1892
Place of Birth Elizabeth
(New Jersey, Union County, Area code 908)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Tommy, Thomas John Mitchell
Profession Actor, Playwright, Journalist, Screenwriter, Film director
Thomas John Mitchell was a celebrated American actor. 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. Nominated twice for an Oscar, first for The Hurricane, he won the Best Supporting Actor award for Stagecoach; 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 awards. In addition to being an actor, he was also a director, playwright and screenwriter.

Awards by Thomas Mitchell

Check all the awards nominated and won by Thomas Mitchell.

1955


Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Single Performance Ford Theatre
The Good of His Soul

1953


Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
Honored for : Hazel Flagg
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor

Nominations 1953 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical Hazel Flagg
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor

1952


Nominations 1952 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor

1939


Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Honored for : Stagecoach
(Role: Dr. Josiah Boone)

Nominations 1939 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Stagecoach
Role: Dr. Josiah Boone

1937


Nominations 1937 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role The Hurricane
Role: Doctor Kersaint