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