Thomas G. Mitchell

(1895-1962) lived in Omaha. Actor, considered one of the best-known character actors in motion pictures, he played a wide variety of roles in theatre, film, radio and television productions, earning an Academy Award as supporting actor in 1939, an Emmy Award in 1952, and Tony Award in 1953; played lead role in touring stock company productions in Omaha in 1925; his star was placed on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Consult Omaha Sunday World Herald Magazine, November 12, 1947, p. C-26 and Dictionary of American Biography, Sup 7 (1981) 544-545 and American National Biography, Vol 15 (1999) 631-632

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