Grant Mitchell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1874-06-17
Day of Death
1957-05-01 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Grant Mitchell
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
Acting
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1964)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1961)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1948)
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
as Judge
(1947)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Al Farrow
(1947)
Blondie's Holiday
as Samuel Breckenridge
(1947)
Blondie's Anniversary
as Samuel Breckenbridge
(1947)
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Mitchell Edwards
(1947)
Honeymoon
as Congressman Crenshaw
(1946)
Easy to Wed
as Homer Henshaw
(1945)
Leave Her to Heaven
as Carlson (uncredited)
(1945)
Conflict
as Dr. Grant
(1945)
Crime, Inc.
as Wayne Clark
(1945)
Guest Wife
as House Detective
(1945)
A Medal for Benny
as Mayor of Pantera
(1945)
Her Favorite Patient
as Mr. Pope
(1945)
Bring on the Girls
as Ralph Neely
(1945)
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
as Passenger with newspaper
(1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Reverend Harper
(1944)
And Now Tomorrow
as Uncle Wallace
(1944)
Step Lively
as Dr. Gibbs
(1944)
The Impatient Years
as Hotel Clerk
(1944)
When the Lights Go On Again
as Arnold Benson
(1944)
See Here, Private Hargrove
as Uncle George
(1943)
Dixie
as Mr. Mason
(1943)
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as Edgar Holliday
(1943)
All by Myself
as J.D. Gibbons
(1942)
Orchestra Wives
as Dr. Ward
(1942)
Larceny, Inc.
as Mr. Aspinwall
(1942)
The Gay Sisters
as Gilbert Wheeler
(1942)
My Sister Eileen
as Walter Sherwood
(1942)
Meet the Stewarts
as Mr. Goodwin
(1942)
Cairo
as Mr. O.H.P. Boggs
(1942)
March On, America!
as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1941)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Ernest W. Stanley
(1941)
Tobacco Road
as George Payne
(1941)
The Feminine Touch
as Dean Hutchinson
(1941)
The Great Lie
as Joshua Mason
(1941)
Skylark
as Frederick Vantine
(1941)
Nothing But the Truth
as Mr. Bishop
(1941)
Footsteps in the Dark
as Wellington Carruthers
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Clayton Potter
(1941)
The Penalty
as Judge
(1940)
The Grapes of Wrath
as Caretaker
(1940)
Father Is A Prince
as John W. Bower
(1940)
New Moon
as Governor of New Orleans
(1940)
My Love Came Back
as Dr. Kobbe
(1940)
Castle on the Hudson
as Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
(1940)
Edison, the Man
as Snade
(1940)
It All Came True
as Rene Salmon
(1940)
We Who Are Young
as Jones
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senator MacPherson
(1939)
On Borrowed Time
as Mr. Pilbeam
(1939)
Hell's Kitchen
as Hiram Krispan
(1939)
The Monroe Doctrine
as John Quincy Adams
(1939)
6,000 Enemies
as Warden Alan Parkhurst
(1939)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as John Xerxes Archley
(1938)
Youth Takes a Fling
as Duke
(1938)
Hollywood Hotel
as B.L. Faulkin
(1938)
That Certain Age
as Jeweler
(1938)
Women Are Like That
as Mr. Snell
(1938)
Reformatory
as Arnold Frayne
(1938)
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Henry Peck
(1938)
The Headleys at Home
as Ernest Headley
(1937)
The Life of Emile Zola
as Georges Clemenceau
(1937)
Lady Behave!
as Burton Williams
(1937)
Music for Madame
as District Attorney Ernest Robinson
(1937)
The Last Gangster
as Warden
(1937)
First Lady
as Ellsworth T. Banning
(1936)
Piccadilly Jim
as Herbert Pett
(1936)
Next Time We Love
as Michael Jennings
(1936)
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Paul Krumpp
(1936)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as John Summers, Luxury's Owner
(1936)
Her Master's Voice
as Horace J. Twilling
(1936)
Moonlight Murder
as Paul Adams
(1936)
My American Wife
as Robert Cantillon
(1936)
Parole!
as Marty Crawford
(1936)
The Garden Murder Case
as District Attorney Markham
(1935)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Egeus
(1935)
It's in the Air
as W. R. Gridley
(1935)
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Thomas Hayden
(1935)
A Dream Comes True
as Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1935)
Gold Diggers of 1935
as Louis Lamson
(1935)
Traveling Saleslady
as Rufus Twitchell
(1935)
Broadway Gondolier
as E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
(1935)
Redheads on Parade
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1935)
One More Spring
as Henry Sheridan
(1935)
(1935)
In Person
as Judge Thaddeus Parks
(1935)
Straight from the Heart
as Austin
(1935)
Men Without Names
as Andrew Webster
(1934)
The Secret Bride
as Willis Martin
(1934)
The Case of the Howling Dog
as District Attorney Claude Drumm
(1934)
The Poor Rich
as Tom Hopkins
(1934)
The Cat's-Paw
as Silk Hot McGee
(1934)
We're Rich Again
as Wilbur Page
(1934)
The Show-Off
as Mr. 'Pa'
(1934)
365 Nights in Hollywood
as J. Walter Delmar
(1934)
Twenty Million Sweethearts
as Sharpe
(1934)
One Exciting Adventure
as Fussli
(1934)
Gridiron Flash
as Howard Smith
(1933)
Dinner at Eight
as Ed Loomis
(1933)
Dancing Lady
as Jasper Bradley Sr.
(1933)
Heroes for Sale
as George Gibson
(1933)
I Love That Man
as Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
(1933)
Central Airport
as Mr. Blaine
(1933)
Lilly Turner
as Dr. Hawley
(1933)
Tomorrow at Seven
as Austin Winters
(1933)
Saturday's Millions
as Ezra Fowler
(1933)
Wild Boys of the Road
as James Smith
(1933)
Our Betters
as Thornton Clay
(1933)
Convention City
as J.B. Honeywell
(1933)
The Stranger's Return
as Allen
(1933)
He Learned About Women
as Appleby
(1933)
King for a Night
as Rev. John Williams
(1932)
If I Had a Million
as Prison Priest (uncredited)
(1932)
A Successful Calamity
as Connors
(1932)
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Martin Collins
(1932)
Three on a Match
as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
(1932)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
(1932)
Week-End Marriage
as Doctor
(1932)
No Man of Her Own
as Vane
(1932)
Big City Blues
as Station Agent
(1931)
The Star Witness
as Pa Leeds
(1930)
Man to Man
as Barber John Martin Bolton
(1922)
The Man from M.A.R.S.
as Arthur Wyman
(1916)
The Misleading Lady
as Stephen Weatherbee