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