Grant Mitchell
Known for Acting · 128 credits
- Born
- 1874-06-17
- Died
- 1957-05-01
- Place of birth
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- John Grant Mitchell Jr. · Грант Митчелл
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.
Known For
Movies (128)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Senator MacPherson
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Caretaker
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
as Reverend Harper
Guest Wife
1945
as House Detective
Central Airport
1933
as Mr. Blaine
Convention City
1933
as J.B. Honeywell
Reformatory
1938
as Arnold Frayne
Heroes for Sale
1933
as George Gibson
Father Is A Prince
1940
as John W. Bower
The Last Gangster
1937
as Warden
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
as Egeus
Wild Boys of the Road
1933
as James Smith
Redheads on Parade
1935
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Dinner at Eight
1933
as Ed Loomis
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
as Ernest W. Stanley
Dixie
1943
as Mr. Mason
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944
as Uncle George
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
as Georges Clemenceau
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
as Al Farrow
Parole!
1936
as Marty Crawford
Nothing but the Truth
1941
as Mr. Bishop
In Person
1935
as Thaddeus Parks
And Now Tomorrow
1944
as Uncle Wallace
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
as Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
Step Lively
1944
as Dr. Gibbs
The Garden Murder Case
1936
as District Attorney Markham
Conflict
1945
as Dr. Grant
On Borrowed Time
1939
as Mr. Pilbeam
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
If I Had a Million
1932
as Prison Priest (uncredited)
Her Master's Voice
1936
as Horace J. Twilling
He Learned About Women
1933
as Appleby
Lilly Turner
1933
as Dr. Hawley
Dancing Lady
1933
as Jasper Bradley Sr.
The Great Lie
1941
as Joshua Mason
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as John Summers, Luxury's Owner
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
as John Archley
My American Wife
1936
as Robert Cantillon
Tobacco Road
1941
as George Payne
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
as Paul Krumpp
Blondie's Holiday
1947
as Samuel Breckenridge
Larceny, Inc.
1942
as Mr. Aspinwall
Three on a Match
1932
as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
Crime, Inc.
1945
as Wayne Clark
Blondie's Anniversary
1947
as Samuel Breckenbridge
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
as Edgar Holliday
The Cat's-Paw
1934
as Silk Hot McGee
The Stranger's Return
1933
as Allen
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935
as Thomas Hayden
It All Came True
1940
as Rene Salmon
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
as Carlson (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen
1942
as Walter Sherwood
No Man of Her Own
1932
as Vane
We Who Are Young
1940
as Jones
Next Time We Love
1936
as Michael Jennings
A Medal for Benny
1945
as Mayor of Pantera
The Gay Sisters
1942
as Gilbert Wheeler
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as District Attorney Claude Drumm
Hell's Kitchen
1939
as Hiram Krispan
Castle on the Hudson
1940
as Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
The Misleading Lady
1916
as Stephen Weatherbee
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Clayton Potter
The Impatient Years
1944
as Hotel Clerk
That Certain Age
1938
as Jeweler
The Headleys at Home
1938
as Ernest Headley
First Lady
1937
as Ellsworth T. Banning
The Feminine Touch
1941
as Dean Hutchinson
The Poor Rich
1934
as Tom Hopkins
One More Spring
1935
as Henry Sheridan
Meet the Stewarts
1942
as Mr. Goodwin
Orchestra Wives
1942
as Dr. Ward
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947
as Mitchell Edwards
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
as Sharpe
Shadows of Sing Sing
1933
as Joe Martel
The Show-Off
1934
as Mr. 'Pa'
Hollywood Hotel
1938
as B.L. Faulkin
Cairo
1942
as Mr. O.H.P. Boggs
Footsteps in the Dark
1941
as Wellington Carruthers
Straight from the Heart
1935
as Austin
Tomorrow at Seven
1933
as Austin Winters
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
1948
as Judge
A Successful Calamity
1932
as Connors
The Secret Bride
1934
as Willis Martin
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self
The Star Witness
1931
as Pa Leeds
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
1945
as Passenger with newspaper
My Love Came Back
1940
as Dr. Kobbe
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
as Martin Collins
Edison, the Man
1940
as Snade
Week-End Marriage
1932
as Doctor
Easy to Wed
1946
as Homer Henshaw
The Bride Wore Crutches
1940
as E.J. Randall
Traveling Saleslady
1935
as Rufus Twitchell
One Exciting Adventure
1934
as Fussli
Skylark
1941
as Frederick Vantine
It's in the Air
1935
as W. R. Gridley
When the Lights Go On Again
1944
as Arnold Benson
Our Betters
1933
as Thornton Clay
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
as Henry Peck
A Dream Comes True
1935
as Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
King for a Night
1933
as Rev. John Williams
All by Myself
1943
as J.D. Gibbons
Women Are Like That
1938
as Mr. Snell
Bring on the Girls
1945
as Ralph Neely
We're Rich Again
1934
as Wilbur Page
The Monroe Doctrine
1939
as John Quincy Adams
Music for Madame
1937
as District Attorney Ernest Robinson
Big City Blues
1932
as Station Agent
Men Without Names
1935
as Andrew Webster, banker
Broadway Gondolier
1935
as E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
Gridiron Flash
1934
as Howard Smith
Honeymoon
1947
as Congressman Crenshaw
Piccadilly Jim
1936
as Herbert Pett
Man to Man
1930
as Barber John Martin Bolton
The Man from M.A.R.S.
1922
as Arthur Wyman
6,000 Enemies
1939
as Warden Alan Parkhurst
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
as Louis Lamson
Saturday's Millions
1933
as Ezra Fowler
Lady Behave!
1937
as Burton Williams
About Grant Mitchell
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", t… With 128 credits spanning from 1916 to 1975, Grant Mitchell has appeared in 128 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) — as Senator MacPherson
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — as Caretaker
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) — as Reverend Harper
- Guest Wife (1945) — as House Detective
- Central Airport (1933) — as Mr. Blaine
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