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