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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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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Conflict | Dr. Grant | 1945-06-15 |
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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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A Medal for Benny | Mayor of Pantera | 1945-04-16 |
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Watchtower Over Tomorrow | Passenger with newspaper | 1945-03-29 |
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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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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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And Now Tomorrow | Uncle Wallace | 1944-11-22 |
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The Impatient Years | Hotel Clerk | 1944-09-10 |
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See Here, Private Hargrove | Uncle George | 1944-03-18 |
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Step Lively | Dr. Gibbs | 1944-07-26 |
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Dixie | Mr. Mason | 1943-06-23 |
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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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March On, America! | John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1942-06-20 |
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Cairo | Mr. O.H.P. Boggs | 1942-08-17 |
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Meet the Stewarts | Mr. Goodwin | 1942-05-28 |
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My Sister Eileen | Walter Sherwood | 1942-09-24 |
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Larceny, Inc. | Mr. Aspinwall | 1942-04-24 |
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Orchestra Wives | Dr. Ward | 1942-09-04 |
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The Gay Sisters | Gilbert Wheeler | 1942-08-01 |
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The Man Who Came to Dinner | Ernest W. Stanley | 1941-12-24 |
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The Penalty | Judge | 1941-03-13 |
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Skylark | Frederick Vantine | 1941-11-21 |
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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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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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Nothing But the Truth | Mr. Bishop | 1941-10-10 |
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The Great Lie | Joshua Mason | 1941-04-05 |
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My Love Came Back | Dr. Kobbe | 1940-07-13 |
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We Who Are Young | Jones | 1940-07-19 |
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Castle on the Hudson | Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited) | 1940-02-17 |
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New Moon | Governor of New Orleans | 1940-06-28 |
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The Grapes of Wrath | Caretaker | 1940-03-15 |
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It All Came True | Rene Salmon | 1940-04-06 |
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Father Is A Prince | John W. Bower | 1940-11-18 |
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Edison, the Man | Snade | 1940-05-10 |
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6,000 Enemies | Warden Alan Parkhurst | 1939-06-09 |
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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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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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That Certain Age | Jeweler | 1938-10-06 |
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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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Hollywood Hotel | B.L. Faulkin | 1938-01-15 |
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The Headleys at Home | Ernest Headley | 1938-11-01 |
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Youth Takes a Fling | Duke | 1938-09-22 |
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Reformatory | Arnold Frayne | 1938-06-20 |
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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 Life of Emile Zola | Georges Clemenceau | 1937-09-09 |
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The Last Gangster | Warden | 1937-11-12 |
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Music for Madame | District Attorney Ernest Robinson | 1937-10-08 |
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The Devil Is a Sissy | Paul Krumpp | 1936-09-18 |
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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | John Summers, Luxury's Owner | 1936-04-24 |
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The Garden Murder Case | District Attorney Markham | 1936-02-21 |
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Parole! | Marty Crawford | 1936-06-14 |
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Next Time We Love | Michael Jennings | 1936-01-30 |
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Her Master's Voice | Horace J. Twilling | 1936-01-17 |
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Moonlight Murder | Paul Adams | 1936-03-27 |
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Piccadilly Jim | Herbert Pett | 1936-08-14 |
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My American Wife | Robert Cantillon | 1936-08-06 |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | Egeus | 1935-10-09 |
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Gold Diggers of 1935 | Louis Lamson | 1935-03-15 |
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It's in the Air | W. R. Gridley | 1935-10-10 |
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One More Spring | Henry Sheridan | 1935-02-15 |
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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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Men Without Names | Andrew Webster, banker | 1935-06-29 |
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Redheads on Parade | Minor Role (uncredited) | 1935-09-07 |
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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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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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Broadway Gondolier | E.V. Richards, Radio Producer | 1935-07-27 |
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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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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 Cat's-Paw | Silk Hot McGee | 1934-08-07 |
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One Exciting Adventure | Fussli | 1934-09-01 |
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The Secret Bride | Willis Martin | 1934-12-22 |
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The Show-Off | Mr. 'Pa' | 1934-03-09 |
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The Case of the Howling Dog | District Attorney Claude Drumm | 1934-09-22 |
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Twenty Million Sweethearts | Sharpe | 1934-05-26 |
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Heroes for Sale | George Gibson | 1933-06-17 |
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Dancing Lady | Jasper Bradley Sr. | 1933-11-24 |
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Our Betters | Thornton Clay | 1933-03-17 |
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Saturday's Millions | Ezra Fowler | 1933-09-30 |
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I Love That Man | Dr. Crittenden - Dentist | 1933-07-07 |
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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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Shadows of Sing Sing | Joe Martel | 1933-12-03 |
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Dinner at Eight | Ed Loomis | 1933-12-22 |
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The Stranger's Return | Allen | 1933-07-28 |
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He Learned About Women | Appleby | 1933-03-02 |
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Tomorrow at Seven | Austin Winters | 1933-06-01 |
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Wild Boys of the Road | James Smith | 1933-10-07 |
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Lilly Turner | Dr. Hawley | 1933-05-13 |
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Convention City | J.B. Honeywell | 1933-12-14 |
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If I Had a Million | Prison Priest (uncredited) | 1932-11-18 |
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No Man of Her Own | Vane | 1932-12-30 |
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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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Big City Blues | Station Agent | 1932-09-18 |
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The Famous Ferguson Case | Martin Collins | 1932-04-19 |
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Three on a Match | Mr. Gilmore (uncredited) | 1932-10-29 |
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing | Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited) | 1932-12-24 |
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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 |
