Which character did Thomas Mitchell portray in The Outlaw?
Pat Garrett
Doc Holliday
Sheriff Johnson
Henry Lawton
Answer
Pat Garrett was a real-life sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, who was involved in the events that led up to the Lincoln County War. Thomas Mitchell played the role of Pat Garrett in the 1943 film The Outlaw, which is based on those events.
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