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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Honeymoon | Congressman Crenshaw | 1947-05-17 |
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The Corpse Came C.O.D. | Mitchell Edwards | 1947-06-02 |
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It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Al Farrow | 1947-04-17 |
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Blondie's Anniversary | Samuel Breckenbridge | 1947-12-18 |
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Blondie's Holiday | Samuel Breckenridge | 1947-04-10 |
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Easy to Wed | Homer Henshaw | 1946-07-25 |
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Bedside Manner | Mr. Pope | 1945-06-22 |
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Bring on the Girls | Ralph Neely | 1945-03-30 |
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Leave Her to Heaven | Carlson (uncredited) | 1945-12-25 |
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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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Guest Wife | House Detective | 1945-07-27 |
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Crime, Inc. | Wayne Clark | 1945-04-15 |
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Arsenic and Old Lace | Reverend Harper | 1944-09-01 |
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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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Step Lively | Dr. Gibbs | 1944-07-26 |
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See Here, Private Hargrove | Uncle George | 1944-03-18 |
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And Now Tomorrow | Uncle Wallace | 1944-11-22 |
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All by Myself | J.D. Gibbons | 1943-06-11 |
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The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Edgar Holliday | 1943-02-19 |
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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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The Gay Sisters | Gilbert Wheeler | 1942-08-01 |
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Larceny, Inc. | Mr. Aspinwall | 1942-04-24 |
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Cairo | Mr. O.H.P. Boggs | 1942-08-17 |
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March On, America! | John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1942-06-20 |
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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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The Penalty | Judge | 1941-03-13 |
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The Great Lie | Joshua Mason | 1941-04-05 |
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Footsteps in the Dark | Wellington Carruthers | 1941-03-08 |
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The Man Who Came to Dinner | Ernest W. Stanley | 1941-12-24 |
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Tobacco Road | George Payne | 1941-02-20 |
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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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Skylark | Frederick Vantine | 1941-11-21 |
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Nothing but the Truth | Mr. Bishop | 1941-10-10 |
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Father Is A Prince | John W. Bower | 1940-11-18 |
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We Who Are Young | Jones | 1940-07-19 |
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The Bride Wore Crutches | E.J. Randall | 1940-09-19 |
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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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Edison, the Man | Snade | 1940-05-10 |
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Castle on the Hudson | Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited) | 1940-02-17 |
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It All Came True | Rene Salmon | 1940-04-06 |
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New Moon | Governor of New Orleans | 1940-06-28 |
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The Secret of Dr. Kildare | John Xerxes Archley | 1939-11-24 |
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On Borrowed Time | Mr. Pilbeam | 1939-07-07 |
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6,000 Enemies | Warden Alan Parkhurst | 1939-06-09 |
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Hell's Kitchen | Hiram Krispan | 1939-07-08 |
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The Monroe Doctrine | John Quincy Adams | 1939-10-14 |
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senator MacPherson | 1939-10-19 |
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Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus | Henry Peck | 1938-12-02 |
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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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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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The Headleys at Home | Ernest Headley | 1938-11-01 |
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Lady Behave! | Burton Williams | 1937-12-22 |
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The Life of Emile Zola | Georges Clemenceau | 1937-09-09 |
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Music for Madame | District Attorney Ernest Robinson | 1937-10-08 |
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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 Ex-Mrs. Bradford | John Summers, Luxury's Owner | 1936-04-24 |
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Her Master's Voice | Horace J. Twilling | 1936-01-17 |
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Parole! | Marty Crawford | 1936-06-14 |
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Piccadilly Jim | Herbert Pett | 1936-08-14 |
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Next Time We Love | Michael Jennings | 1936-01-30 |
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The Devil Is a Sissy | Paul Krumpp | 1936-09-18 |
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My American Wife | Robert Cantillon | 1936-08-06 |
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The Garden Murder Case | District Attorney Markham | 1936-02-21 |
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Moonlight Murder | Paul Adams | 1936-03-27 |
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Redheads on Parade | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1935-09-07 |
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Gold Diggers of 1935 | Louis Lamson | 1935-03-15 |
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Traveling Saleslady | Rufus Twitchell | 1935-03-28 |
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One More Spring | Henry Sheridan | 1935-02-15 |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | Egeus | 1935-10-09 |
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Seven Keys to Baldpate | Thomas Hayden | 1935-12-13 |
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Men Without Names | Andrew Webster, banker | 1935-06-29 |
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Straight from the Heart | Austin | 1935-03-22 |
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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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Broadway Gondolier | E.V. Richards, Radio Producer | 1935-07-27 |
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In Person | Thaddeus Parks | 1935-11-22 |
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Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935-12-01 |
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The Cat's-Paw | Silk Hot McGee | 1934-08-07 |
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The Case of the Howling Dog | District Attorney Claude Drumm | 1934-09-22 |
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The Secret Bride | Willis Martin | 1934-12-22 |
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The Poor Rich | Tom Hopkins | 1934-02-25 |
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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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Gridiron Flash | Howard Smith | 1934-10-06 |
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The Show-Off | Mr. 'Pa' | 1934-03-09 |
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We're Rich Again | Wilbur Page | 1934-07-13 |
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One Exciting Adventure | Fussli | 1934-09-01 |
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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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Shadows of Sing Sing | Joe Martel | 1933-12-03 |
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Dancing Lady | Jasper Bradley Sr. | 1933-11-24 |
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Central Airport | Mr. Blaine | 1933-04-15 |
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Dinner at Eight | Ed Loomis | 1933-12-22 |
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He Learned About Women | Appleby | 1933-03-02 |
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The Stranger's Return | Allen | 1933-07-28 |
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Convention City | J.B. Honeywell | 1933-12-14 |
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King for a Night | Rev. John Williams | 1933-12-09 |
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Our Betters | Thornton Clay | 1933-03-17 |
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Wild Boys of the Road | James Smith | 1933-10-07 |
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Tomorrow at Seven | Austin Winters | 1933-06-01 |
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I Love That Man | Dr. Crittenden - Dentist | 1933-07-07 |
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Lilly Turner | Dr. Hawley | 1933-05-13 |
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No Man of Her Own | Vane | 1932-12-30 |
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Big City Blues | Station Agent | 1932-09-18 |
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Week-End Marriage | Doctor | 1932-06-18 |
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If I Had a Million | Prison Priest (uncredited) | 1932-11-18 |
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Three on a Match | Mr. Gilmore (uncredited) | 1932-10-29 |
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A Successful Calamity | Connors | 1932-09-17 |
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing | Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited) | 1932-12-24 |
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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 |
