1874-06-17 Columbus, Ohio, USA
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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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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The Big Parade of Comedy | Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1964-09-02 |
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Who Killed Doc Robbin? | Judge | 1948-04-09 |
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The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Mitchell Edwards | 1947-06-02 |
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Honeymoon | Congressman Crenshaw | 1947-05-17 |
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Blondie's Holiday | Samuel Breckenridge | 1947-04-10 |
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Blondie's Anniversary | Samuel Breckenbridge | 1947-12-18 |
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It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Al Farrow | 1947-04-17 |
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Easy to Wed | Homer Henshaw | 1946-07-25 |
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Leave Her to Heaven | Carlson (uncredited) | 1945-12-25 |
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Guest Wife | House Detective | 1945-07-27 |
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A Medal for Benny | Mayor of Pantera | 1945-04-16 |
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Conflict | Dr. Grant | 1945-06-15 |
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Watchtower Over Tomorrow | Passenger with newspaper | 1945-03-29 |
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Bring on the Girls | Ralph Neely | 1945-03-30 |
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Crime, Inc. | Wayne Clark | 1945-04-15 |
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Bedside Manner | Mr. Pope | 1945-06-22 |
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See Here, Private Hargrove | Uncle George | 1944-03-18 |
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Arsenic and Old Lace | Reverend Harper | 1944-09-01 |
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And Now Tomorrow | Uncle Wallace | 1944-11-22 |
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Step Lively | Dr. Gibbs | 1944-07-26 |
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When the Lights Go On Again | Arnold Benson | 1944-10-22 |
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The Impatient Years | Hotel Clerk | 1944-09-10 |
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The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Edgar Holliday | 1943-02-19 |
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All by Myself | J.D. Gibbons | 1943-06-11 |
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Dixie | Mr. Mason | 1943-06-23 |
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Meet the Stewarts | Mr. Goodwin | 1942-05-28 |
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March On, America! | John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1942-06-20 |
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The Gay Sisters | Gilbert Wheeler | 1942-08-01 |
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My Sister Eileen | Walter Sherwood | 1942-09-24 |
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Orchestra Wives | Dr. Ward | 1942-09-04 |
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Cairo | Mr. O.H.P. Boggs | 1942-08-17 |
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Larceny, Inc. | Mr. Aspinwall | 1942-04-24 |
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Nothing But the Truth | Mr. Bishop | 1941-10-10 |
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The Penalty | Judge | 1941-03-13 |
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Skylark | Frederick Vantine | 1941-11-21 |
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The Man Who Came to Dinner | Ernest W. Stanley | 1941-12-24 |
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Footsteps in the Dark | Wellington Carruthers | 1941-03-08 |
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Tobacco Road | George Payne | 1941-02-20 |
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The Great Lie | Joshua Mason | 1941-04-05 |
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One Foot in Heaven | Clayton Potter | 1941-11-01 |
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The Feminine Touch | Dean Hutchinson | 1941-10-01 |
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It All Came True | Rene Salmon | 1940-04-06 |
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Edison, the Man | Snade | 1940-05-10 |
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We Who Are Young | Jones | 1940-07-19 |
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New Moon | Governor of New Orleans | 1940-06-28 |
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Father Is A Prince | John W. Bower | 1940-11-18 |
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Castle on the Hudson | Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited) | 1940-02-17 |
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The Grapes of Wrath | Caretaker | 1940-03-15 |
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My Love Came Back | Dr. Kobbe | 1940-07-13 |
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senator MacPherson | 1939-10-19 |
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On Borrowed Time | Mr. Pilbeam | 1939-07-07 |
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Hell's Kitchen | Hiram Krispan | 1939-07-08 |
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The Secret of Dr. Kildare | John Xerxes Archley | 1939-11-24 |
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6,000 Enemies | Warden Alan Parkhurst | 1939-06-09 |
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The Monroe Doctrine | John Quincy Adams | 1939-10-14 |
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Youth Takes a Fling | Duke | 1938-09-22 |
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Women Are Like That | Mr. Snell | 1938-04-23 |
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Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus | Henry Peck | 1938-12-02 |
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The Headleys at Home | Ernest Headley | 1938-11-01 |
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That Certain Age | Jeweler | 1938-10-06 |
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Hollywood Hotel | B.L. Faulkin | 1938-01-15 |
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Reformatory | Arnold Frayne | 1938-06-20 |
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Music for Madame | District Attorney Ernest Robinson | 1937-10-08 |
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Lady Behave! | Burton Williams | 1937-12-22 |
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First Lady | Ellsworth T. Banning | 1937-12-04 |
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The Last Gangster | Warden | 1937-11-12 |
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The Life of Emile Zola | Georges Clemenceau | 1937-09-09 |
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The Devil Is a Sissy | Paul Krumpp | 1936-09-18 |
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Her Master's Voice | Horace J. Twilling | 1936-01-17 |
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Next Time We Love | Michael Jennings | 1936-01-30 |
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Moonlight Murder | Paul Adams | 1936-03-27 |
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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | John Summers, Luxury's Owner | 1936-04-24 |
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Piccadilly Jim | Herbert Pett | 1936-08-14 |
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The Garden Murder Case | District Attorney Markham | 1936-02-21 |
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My American Wife | Robert Cantillon | 1936-08-06 |
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Parole! | Marty Crawford | 1936-06-14 |
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Gold Diggers of 1935 | Louis Lamson | 1935-03-15 |
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Men Without Names | Andrew Webster | 1935-06-29 |
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Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935-12-01 |
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A Dream Comes True | Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1935-12-31 |
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It's in the Air | W. R. Gridley | 1935-10-10 |
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Redheads on Parade | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1935-09-07 |
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Traveling Saleslady | Rufus Twitchell | 1935-03-28 |
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Seven Keys to Baldpate | Thomas Hayden | 1935-12-13 |
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In Person | Judge Thaddeus Parks | 1935-11-22 |
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Straight from the Heart | Austin | 1935-03-22 |
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One More Spring | Henry Sheridan | 1935-02-15 |
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Broadway Gondolier | E.V. Richards, Radio Producer | 1935-07-27 |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | Egeus | 1935-10-09 |
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The Poor Rich | Tom Hopkins | 1934-02-25 |
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We're Rich Again | Wilbur Page | 1934-07-13 |
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The Secret Bride | Willis Martin | 1934-12-22 |
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The Case of the Howling Dog | District Attorney Claude Drumm | 1934-09-22 |
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Gridiron Flash | Howard Smith | 1934-10-06 |
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The Show-Off | Mr. 'Pa' | 1934-03-09 |
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The Cat's-Paw | Silk Hot McGee | 1934-08-07 |
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Twenty Million Sweethearts | Sharpe | 1934-05-26 |
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365 Nights in Hollywood | J. Walter Delmar | 1934-12-11 |
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One Exciting Adventure | Fussli | 1934-09-01 |
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Wild Boys of the Road | James Smith | 1933-10-07 |
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The Stranger's Return | Allen | 1933-07-28 |
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Central Airport | Mr. Blaine | 1933-04-15 |
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King for a Night | Rev. John Williams | 1933-12-09 |
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Lilly Turner | Dr. Hawley | 1933-05-13 |
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Dinner at Eight | Ed Loomis | 1933-12-22 |
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Dancing Lady | Jasper Bradley Sr. | 1933-11-24 |
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I Love That Man | Dr. Crittenden - Dentist | 1933-07-07 |
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Tomorrow at Seven | Austin Winters | 1933-06-01 |
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Our Betters | Thornton Clay | 1933-03-17 |
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He Learned About Women | Appleby | 1933-03-02 |
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Convention City | J.B. Honeywell | 1933-12-14 |
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Heroes for Sale | George Gibson | 1933-06-17 |
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Saturday's Millions | Ezra Fowler | 1933-09-30 |
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Three on a Match | Mr. Gilmore (uncredited) | 1932-10-29 |
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No Man of Her Own | Vane | 1932-12-30 |
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If I Had a Million | Prison Priest (uncredited) | 1932-11-18 |
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Big City Blues | Station Agent | 1932-09-18 |
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing | Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited) | 1932-12-24 |
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Week-End Marriage | Doctor | 1932-06-18 |
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A Successful Calamity | Connors | 1932-09-17 |
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The Famous Ferguson Case | Martin Collins | 1932-04-19 |
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The Star Witness | Pa Leeds | 1931-08-22 |
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Man to Man | Barber John Martin Bolton | 1930-12-05 |
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The Man from M.A.R.S. | Arthur Wyman | 1922-12-27 |
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The Misleading Lady | Stephen Weatherbee | 1916-01-03 |
