Grant Mitchell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 17, 1874
- Died
- May 1, 1957 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
Biography
Grant Mitchell (born John Grant Mitchell Jr.) was an American stage and screen actor. He is best remembered for his portrayals of fathers, husbands, bank clerks, businessmen, school principals and similar type characters, usually supporting, in films of the 1930s and 1940s. Mitchell, a Yale post graduate at Harvard Law, gave up his law practice to become an actor, making his stage debut at age 27. He appeared in lead roles on Broadway in such plays as "It Pays to Advertise", "The Champion", "The Whole Town's Talking", and "The Baby Cyclone", the last which was specially written for him by George M. Cohan. His screen career took off with the advent of sound (years earlier he had appeared in at least two silent films). He appeared primarily in B films, though from time to time enjoyed being a part of A-quality productions such as Dinner at Eight (1933), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), and Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). Grant Mitchell retired from show business in 1948. He died, age 82, in Los Angeles in 1957.
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Filmography
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie · as Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
Movie · as Judge
Blondie's Anniversary
Movie · as Samuel Breckenbridge
Blondie's Holiday
Movie · as Samuel Breckenridge
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Movie · as Al Farrow
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Movie · as Mitchell Edwards
Honeymoon
Movie · as Congressman Crenshaw
Easy to Wed
Movie · as Homer Henshaw
Conflict
Movie · as Dr. Grant
Crime, Inc.
Movie · as Wayne Clark
A Medal for Benny
Movie · as Mayor of Pantera
Guest Wife
Movie · as House Detective
Leave Her to Heaven
Movie · as Carlson (uncredited)
Bring on the Girls
Movie · as Ralph Neely
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
Movie · as Passenger with newspaper
Bedside Manner
Movie · as Mr. Pope
Arsenic and Old Lace
Movie · as Reverend Harper
Step Lively
Movie · as Dr. Gibbs
And Now Tomorrow
Movie · as Uncle Wallace
When the Lights Go On Again
Movie · as Arnold Benson
The Impatient Years
Movie · as Hotel Clerk
See Here, Private Hargrove
Movie · as Uncle George
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Movie · as Edgar Holliday
Dixie
Movie · as Mr. Mason
All by Myself
Movie · as J.D. Gibbons
My Sister Eileen
Movie · as Walter Sherwood
Cairo
Movie · as OHP Boggs
Larceny, Inc.
Movie · as Mr. Aspinwall
Meet the Stewarts
Movie · as Mr. Goodwin
The Gay Sisters
Movie · as Gilbert Wheeler
Orchestra Wives
Movie · as Dr. Ward
March On, America!
Movie · as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Movie · as Ernest W. Stanley
Footsteps in the Dark
Movie · as Wellington Carruthers
Tobacco Road
Movie · as George Payne
One Foot in Heaven
Movie · as Clayton Potter
The Feminine Touch
Movie · as Dean Hutchinson
Skylark
Movie · as Frederick Vantine
Nothing but the Truth
Movie · as Mr. Bishop
The Penalty
Movie · as Judge
The Great Lie
Movie · as Joshua Mason
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie · as Caretaker
New Moon
Movie · as Governor of New Orleans
It All Came True
Movie · as Rene Salmon
Father Is A Prince
Movie · as John W. Bower
My Love Came Back
Movie · as Dr. Kobbe
Edison, the Man
Movie · as Snade
We Who Are Young
Movie · as Jones
Castle on the Hudson
Movie · as Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
The Bride Wore Crutches
Movie · as E.J. Randall
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie · as Senator MacPherson
The Monroe Doctrine
Movie · as John Quincy Adams
Hell's Kitchen
Movie · as Hiram Krispan
On Borrowed Time
Movie · as Mr. Pilbeam
6,000 Enemies
Movie · as Warden Alan Parkhurst
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Movie · as John Archley
Reformatory
Movie · as Arnold Frayne
Hollywood Hotel
Movie · as B.L. Faulkin
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Movie · as Henry Peck
Women Are Like That
Movie · as Mr. Snell
Youth Takes a Fling
Movie · as Duke
That Certain Age
Movie · as Jeweler
The Headleys at Home
Movie · as Ernest Headley
The Last Gangster
Movie · as Warden
First Lady
Movie · as Ellsworth T. Banning
Lady Behave!
Movie · as Burton Williams
The Life of Emile Zola
Movie · as Georges Clemenceau
Music for Madame
Movie · as District Attorney Ernest Robinson
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Movie · as John Summers, Luxury's Owner
Next Time We Love
Movie · as Michael Jennings
The Garden Murder Case
Movie · as District Attorney Markham
Piccadilly Jim
Movie · as Herbert Pett
My American Wife
Movie · as Robert Cantillon
Moonlight Murder
Movie · as Paul Adams
The Devil Is a Sissy
Movie · as Paul Krumpp
Her Master's Voice
Movie · as Horace J. Twilling
Parole!
Movie · as Marty Crawford
Straight from the Heart
Movie · as Austin
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie · as Egeus
One More Spring
Movie · as Henry Sheridan
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Movie · as Thomas Hayden
In Person
Movie · as Thaddeus Parks
Broadway Gondolier
Movie · as E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
Men Without Names
Movie · as Andrew Webster, banker
Traveling Saleslady
Movie · as Rufus Twitchell
It's in the Air
Movie · as W. R. Gridley
Redheads on Parade
Movie · as Minor Role (uncredited)
A Dream Comes True
Movie · as Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Things You Never See on the Screen
Movie · as Self
Gold Diggers of 1935
Movie · as Louis Lamson
The Cat's-Paw
Movie · as Silk Hot McGee
The Case of the Howling Dog
Movie · as District Attorney Claude Drumm
The Secret Bride
Movie · as Willis Martin
The Poor Rich
Movie · as Tom Hopkins
We're Rich Again
Movie · as Wilbur Page
Gridiron Flash
Movie · as Howard Smith
365 Nights in Hollywood
Movie · as J. Walter Delmar
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Movie · as Sharpe
The Show-Off
Movie · as Mr. 'Pa'
One Exciting Adventure
Movie · as Fussli
Dancing Lady
Movie · as Jasper Bradley Sr.
Heroes for Sale
Movie · as George Gibson
Wild Boys of the Road
Movie · as James Smith
Lilly Turner
Movie · as Dr. Hawley
Central Airport
Movie · as Mr. Blaine
Tomorrow at Seven
Movie · as Austin Winters
Our Betters
Movie · as Thornton Clay
Convention City
Movie · as J.B. Honeywell
The Stranger's Return
Movie · as Allen
Dinner at Eight
Movie · as Ed Loomis
King for a Night
Movie · as Rev. John Williams
I Love That Man
Movie · as Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
He Learned About Women
Movie · as Appleby
Saturday's Millions
Movie · as Ezra Fowler
Shadows of Sing Sing
Movie · as Joe Martel
No Man of Her Own
Movie · as Vane
Three on a Match
Movie · as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
The Famous Ferguson Case
Movie · as Martin Collins
A Successful Calamity
Movie · as Connors
Week-End Marriage
Movie · as Doctor
Big City Blues
Movie · as Station Agent
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Movie · as Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
If I Had a Million
Movie · as Prison Priest (uncredited)
The Star Witness
Movie · as Pa Leeds
Man to Man
Movie · as Barber John Martin Bolton
The Man from M.A.R.S.
Movie · as Arthur Wyman
The Misleading Lady
Movie · as Stephen Weatherbee