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)
Honeymoon
as Congressman Crenshaw
(1947)
Blondie's Anniversary
as Samuel Breckenbridge
(1947)
Blondie's Holiday
as Samuel Breckenridge
(1946)
Easy to Wed
as Homer Henshaw
(1945)
Leave Her to Heaven
as Carlson (uncredited)
(1945)
Conflict
as Dr. Grant
(1945)
Bring on the Girls
as Ralph Neely
(1945)
A Medal for Benny
as Mayor of Pantera
(1945)
Guest Wife
as House Detective
(1945)
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
as Passenger with newspaper
(1945)
Her Favorite Patient
as Mr. Pope
(1945)
Crime, Inc.
as Wayne Clark
(1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Reverend Harper
(1944)
When the Lights Go On Again
as Arnold Benson
(1944)
And Now Tomorrow
as Uncle Wallace
(1944)
The Impatient Years
as Hotel Clerk
(1944)
See Here, Private Hargrove
as Uncle George
(1944)
Step Lively
as Dr. Gibbs
(1943)
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as Edgar Holliday
(1943)
Dixie
as Mr. Mason
(1943)
All by Myself
as J.D. Gibbons
(1942)
Larceny, Inc.
as Mr. Aspinwall
(1942)
My Sister Eileen
as Walter Sherwood
(1942)
Orchestra Wives
as Dr. Ward
(1942)
Cairo
as Mr. O.H.P. Boggs
(1942)
The Gay Sisters
as Gilbert Wheeler
(1942)
Meet the Stewarts
as Mr. Goodwin
(1942)
March On, America!
as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1941)
Nothing But the Truth
as Mr. Bishop
(1941)
Tobacco Road
as George Payne
(1941)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Ernest W. Stanley
(1941)
The Great Lie
as Joshua Mason
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Clayton Potter
(1941)
Footsteps in the Dark
as Wellington Carruthers
(1941)
The Feminine Touch
as Dean Hutchinson
(1941)
Skylark
as Frederick Vantine
(1941)
The Penalty
as Judge
(1940)
The Grapes of Wrath
as Caretaker
(1940)
Edison, the Man
as Snade
(1940)
Castle on the Hudson
as Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
(1940)
New Moon
as Governor of New Orleans
(1940)
My Love Came Back
as Dr. Kobbe
(1940)
Father Is A Prince
as John W. Bower
(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)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as John Xerxes Archley
(1939)
Hell's Kitchen
as Hiram Krispan
(1939)
The Monroe Doctrine
as John Quincy Adams
(1939)
6,000 Enemies
as Warden Alan Parkhurst
(1938)
Hollywood Hotel
as B.L. Faulkin
(1938)
Women Are Like That
as Mr. Snell
(1938)
That Certain Age
as Jeweler
(1938)
Reformatory
as Arnold Frayne
(1938)
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Henry Peck
(1938)
Youth Takes a Fling
as Duke
(1938)
The Headleys at Home
as Ernest Headley
(1937)
The Life of Emile Zola
as Georges Clemenceau
(1937)
First Lady
as Ellsworth T. Banning
(1937)
The Last Gangster
as Warden
(1937)
Music for Madame
as District Attorney Ernest Robinson
(1937)
Lady Behave!
as Burton Williams
(1936)
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Paul Krumpp
(1936)
The Garden Murder Case
as District Attorney Markham
(1936)
Piccadilly Jim
as Herbert Pett
(1936)
Moonlight Murder
as Paul Adams
(1936)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as John Summers, Luxury's Owner
(1936)
Next Time We Love
as Michael Jennings
(1936)
My American Wife
as Robert Cantillon
(1936)
Parole!
as Marty Crawford
(1936)
Her Master's Voice
as Horace J. Twilling
(1935)
Gold Diggers of 1935
as Louis Lamson
(1935)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Egeus
(1935)
It's in the Air
as W. R. Gridley
(1935)
Broadway Gondolier
as E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
(1935)
One More Spring
as Henry Sheridan
(1935)
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Thomas Hayden
(1935)
Traveling Saleslady
as Rufus Twitchell
(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)
In Person
as Judge Thaddeus Parks
(1935)
(1935)
Redheads on Parade
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1934)
The Case of the Howling Dog
as District Attorney Claude Drumm
(1934)
The Cat's-Paw
as Silk Hot McGee
(1934)
The Secret Bride
as Willis Martin
(1934)
One Exciting Adventure
as Fussli
(1934)
365 Nights in Hollywood
as J. Walter Delmar
(1934)
Twenty Million Sweethearts
as Sharpe
(1934)
The Poor Rich
as Tom Hopkins
(1934)
Gridiron Flash
as Howard Smith
(1934)
We're Rich Again
as Wilbur Page
(1934)
The Show-Off
as Mr. 'Pa'
(1933)
Dinner at Eight
as Ed Loomis
(1933)
Dancing Lady
as Jasper Bradley Sr.
(1933)
Lilly Turner
as Dr. Hawley
(1933)
Heroes for Sale
as George Gibson
(1933)
Wild Boys of the Road
as James Smith
(1933)
Central Airport
as Mr. Blaine
(1933)
I Love That Man
as Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
(1933)
Our Betters
as Thornton Clay
(1933)
The Stranger's Return
as Allen
(1933)
Convention City
as J.B. Honeywell
(1933)
Tomorrow at Seven
as Austin Winters
(1933)
Saturday's Millions
as Ezra Fowler
(1933)
King for a Night
as Rev. John Williams
(1933)
He Learned About Women
as Appleby
(1932)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
(1932)
Three on a Match
as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
(1932)
If I Had a Million
as Prison Priest (uncredited)
(1932)
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Martin Collins
(1932)
A Successful Calamity
as Connors
(1932)
No Man of Her Own
as Vane
(1932)
Week-End Marriage
as Doctor
(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