Grant Mitchell
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieBlondie's Anniversary
1947
Samuel Breckenbridge
movieThe Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947
Mitchell Edwards
movieHoneymoon
1947
Congressman Crenshaw
movieIt Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
Al Farrow
movieBlondie's Holiday
1947
Samuel Breckenridge
movieEasy to Wed
1946
Homer Henshaw
movieLeave Her to Heaven
1945
Carlson (uncredited)
movieGuest Wife
1945
House Detective
movieBedside Manner
1945
Mr. Pope
movieConflict
1945
Dr. Grant
movieA Medal for Benny
1945
Mayor of Pantera
movieCrime, Inc.
1945
Wayne Clark
movieBring on the Girls
1945
Ralph Neely
movieWatchtower Over Tomorrow
1945
Passenger with newspaper
movieAnd Now Tomorrow
1944
Uncle Wallace
movieWhen the Lights Go On Again
1944
Arnold Benson
movieThe Impatient Years
1944
Hotel Clerk
movieArsenic and Old Lace
1944
Reverend Harper
movieStep Lively
1944
Dr. Gibbs
movieSee Here, Private Hargrove
1944
Uncle George
movieDixie
1943
Mr. Mason
movieAll by Myself
1943
J.D. Gibbons
movieThe Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Edgar Holliday
movieMy Sister Eileen
1942
Walter Sherwood
movieOrchestra Wives
1942
Dr. Ward
movieCairo
1942
Mr. O.H.P. Boggs
movieThe Gay Sisters
1942
Gilbert Wheeler
movieMarch On, America!
1942
John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieMeet the Stewarts
1942
Mr. Goodwin
movieLarceny, Inc.
1942
Mr. Aspinwall
movieThe Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
Ernest W. Stanley
movieSkylark
1941
Frederick Vantine
movieOne Foot in Heaven
1941
Clayton Potter
movieNothing but the Truth
1941
Mr. Bishop
movieThe Feminine Touch
1941
Dean Hutchinson
movieThe Great Lie
1941
Joshua Mason
movieThe Penalty
1941
Judge
movieFootsteps in the Dark
1941
Wellington Carruthers
movieTobacco Road
1941
George Payne
movieFather Is A Prince
1940
John W. Bower
movieThe Bride Wore Crutches
1940
E.J. Randall
movieMy Love Came Back
1940
Dr. Kobbe
movieNew Moon
1940
Governor of New Orleans
movieIt All Came True
1940
Rene Salmon
movieThe Grapes of Wrath
1940
Caretaker
movieCastle on the Hudson
1940
Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
movieThe Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
John Archley
movieMr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Senator MacPherson
movieThe Monroe Doctrine
1939
John Quincy Adams
movieHell's Kitchen
1939
Hiram Krispan
movieOn Borrowed Time
1939
Mr. Pilbeam
movie6,000 Enemies
1939
Warden Alan Parkhurst
moviePeck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
Henry Peck
movieThe Headleys at Home
1938
Ernest Headley
movieThat Certain Age
1938
Jeweler
movieReformatory
1938
Arnold Frayne
movieWomen Are Like That
1938
Mr. Snell
movieHollywood Hotel
1938
B.L. Faulkin
movieLady Behave!
1937
Burton Williams
movieFirst Lady
1937
Ellsworth T. Banning
movieMusic for Madame
1937
District Attorney Ernest Robinson
movieThe Life of Emile Zola
1937
Georges Clemenceau
movieThe Devil Is a Sissy
1936
Paul Krumpp
moviePiccadilly Jim
1936
Herbert Pett
movieMy American Wife
1936
Robert Cantillon
movieParole!
1936
Marty Crawford
movieThe Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
John Summers, Luxury's Owner
movieMoonlight Murder
1936
Paul Adams
movieThe Garden Murder Case
1936
District Attorney Markham
movieNext Time We Love
1936
Michael Jennings
movieHer Master's Voice
1936
Horace J. Twilling
movieA Dream Comes True
1935
Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieSeven Keys to Baldpate
1935
Thomas Hayden
movieIn Person
1935
Thaddeus Parks
movieIt's in the Air
1935
W. R. Gridley
movieRedheads on Parade
1935
Minor Role (uncredited)
movieBroadway Gondolier
1935
E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
movieMen Without Names
1935
Andrew Webster, banker
movieTraveling Saleslady
1935
Rufus Twitchell
movieGold Diggers of 1935
1935
Louis Lamson
movieOne More Spring
1935
Henry Sheridan
movieThe Secret Bride
1934
Willis Martin
movie365 Nights in Hollywood
1934
J. Walter Delmar
movieGridiron Flash
1934
Howard Smith
movieThe Case of the Howling Dog
1934
District Attorney Claude Drumm
movieThe Cat's-Paw
1934
Silk Hot McGee
movieWe're Rich Again
1934
Wilbur Page
movieThe Show-Off
1934
Mr. 'Pa'
movieThe Poor Rich
1934
Tom Hopkins
movieDinner at Eight
1933
Ed Loomis
movieConvention City
1933
J.B. Honeywell
movieKing for a Night
1933
Rev. John Williams
movieShadows of Sing Sing
1933
Joe Martel
movieDancing Lady
1933
Jasper Bradley Sr.
movieWild Boys of the Road
1933
James Smith
movieSaturday's Millions
1933
Ezra Fowler
movieI Love That Man
1933
Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
movieHeroes for Sale
1933
George Gibson
movieTomorrow at Seven
1933
Austin Winters
movieLilly Turner
1933
Dr. Hawley
movieCentral Airport
1933
Mr. Blaine
movieOur Betters
1933
Thornton Clay
movie20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
movieIf I Had a Million
1932
Prison Priest (uncredited)
movieThree on a Match
1932
Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
movieBig City Blues
1932
Station Agent
movieThe Famous Ferguson Case
1932
Martin Collins
movieThe Star Witness
1931
Pa Leeds
movieMan to Man
1930
Barber John Martin Bolton
movieThe Man from M.A.R.S.
1922
Arthur Wyman
movieThe Misleading Lady
1916
Stephen Weatherbee