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Thomas Mitchell
Age: 70 (passed away Dec. 17th, 1962)
Height: 5' 10"
Birth Place: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Born: Dec. 31st, 1969
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BIOGRAPHY: Thomas Mitchell was one of the great American character actors, whose credits read like a list of the greatest films of the 20th century: Lost Horizon (1937); Stagecoach (1939); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); Gone with the Wind (1939); It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and High Noon (1952). His portrayals are so diverse and convincing that most people don't even realize that one actor could have played them all. He won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1940 for his role as the drunken Doc Boone in John Ford (I)'s Stagecoach (1939).
TRIVIA:
- 1953: When he claimed the Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical for "Hazel Flagg", a musical version of the film _Nothing Sacred (1937)_ (qv), he became the first performer to claim the Triple Crown of acting awards: Tony, Emmy (as TV's Best Actor of 1953) and Oscar (for _Stagecoach (1939)_ (qv)).
- Brother of 'James P. Mitchell' (qv), President 'Dwight D. Eisenhower' (qv)'s Secretary of Labor 1953-1961.
- He was cremated and his ashes are stored at a crematorium in California.
- 1939: Appeared in three out of the 10 movies nominated for a Best Picture Oscar: _Gone with the Wind (1939)_ (qv) (which won), _Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)_ (qv) and _Stagecoach (1939)_ (qv) (for which he won the Oscar as Best Supporting Actor).
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