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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/08/1975
The Big Parade of Comedy
Character:Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:02/09/1964
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
Character:Judge
Release Date:09/04/1948
Blondie's Anniversary
Character:Samuel Breckenbridge
Release Date:18/12/1947
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Character:Mitchell Edwards
Release Date:02/06/1947
Honeymoon
Character:Congressman Crenshaw
Release Date:17/05/1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Character:Al Farrow
Release Date:17/04/1947
Blondie's Holiday
Character:Samuel Breckenridge
Release Date:10/04/1947
Easy to Wed
Character:Homer Henshaw
Release Date:25/07/1946
Leave Her to Heaven
Character:Carlson (uncredited)
Release Date:25/12/1945
Guest Wife
Character:House Detective
Release Date:27/07/1945
Bedside Manner
Character:Mr. Pope
Release Date:22/06/1945
Conflict
Character:Dr. Grant
Release Date:15/06/1945
A Medal for Benny
Character:Mayor of Pantera
Release Date:16/04/1945
Crime, Inc.
Character:Wayne Clark
Release Date:15/04/1945
Bring on the Girls
Character:Ralph Neely
Release Date:30/03/1945
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
Character:Passenger with newspaper
Release Date:29/03/1945
And Now Tomorrow
Character:Uncle Wallace
Release Date:22/11/1944
When the Lights Go On Again
Character:Arnold Benson
Release Date:22/10/1944
The Impatient Years
Character:Hotel Clerk
Release Date:10/09/1944
Arsenic and Old Lace
Character:Reverend Harper
Release Date:01/09/1944
Step Lively
Character:Dr. Gibbs
Release Date:26/07/1944
See Here, Private Hargrove
Character:Uncle George
Release Date:18/03/1944
Dixie
Character:Mr. Mason
Release Date:23/06/1943
All by Myself
Character:J.D. Gibbons
Release Date:11/06/1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Character:Edgar Holliday
Release Date:19/02/1943
My Sister Eileen
Character:Walter Sherwood
Release Date:24/09/1942
Orchestra Wives
Character:Dr. Ward
Release Date:04/09/1942
Cairo
Character:Mr. O.H.P. Boggs
Release Date:17/08/1942
The Gay Sisters
Character:Gilbert Wheeler
Release Date:01/08/1942
March On, America!
Character:John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:20/06/1942
Meet the Stewarts
Character:Mr. Goodwin
Release Date:28/05/1942
Larceny, Inc.
Character:Mr. Aspinwall
Release Date:24/04/1942
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Character:Ernest W. Stanley
Release Date:24/12/1941
Skylark
Character:Frederick Vantine
Release Date:21/11/1941
One Foot in Heaven
Character:Clayton Potter
Release Date:01/11/1941
Nothing But the Truth
Character:Mr. Bishop
Release Date:10/10/1941
The Feminine Touch
Character:Dean Hutchinson
Release Date:01/10/1941
The Great Lie
Character:Joshua Mason
Release Date:05/04/1941
The Penalty
Character:Judge
Release Date:13/03/1941
Footsteps in the Dark
Character:Wellington Carruthers
Release Date:08/03/1941
Tobacco Road
Character:George Payne
Release Date:20/02/1941
Father Is A Prince
Character:John W. Bower
Release Date:18/11/1940
We Who Are Young
Character:Jones
Release Date:19/07/1940
My Love Came Back
Character:Dr. Kobbe
Release Date:13/07/1940
New Moon
Character:Governor of New Orleans
Release Date:28/06/1940
Edison, the Man
Character:Snade
Release Date:10/05/1940
It All Came True
Character:Rene Salmon
Release Date:06/04/1940
The Grapes of Wrath
Character:Caretaker
Release Date:15/03/1940
Castle on the Hudson
Character:Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
Release Date:17/02/1940
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Character:John Xerxes Archley
Release Date:24/11/1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Character:Senator MacPherson
Release Date:19/10/1939
The Monroe Doctrine
Character:John Quincy Adams
Release Date:14/10/1939
Hell's Kitchen
Character:Hiram Krispan
Release Date:08/07/1939
On Borrowed Time
Character:Mr. Pilbeam
Release Date:07/07/1939
6,000 Enemies
Character:Warden Alan Parkhurst
Release Date:09/06/1939
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Character:Henry Peck
Release Date:02/12/1938
The Headleys at Home
Character:Ernest Headley
Release Date:01/11/1938
That Certain Age
Character:Jeweler
Release Date:06/10/1938
Youth Takes a Fling
Character:Duke
Release Date:22/09/1938
Reformatory
Character:Arnold Frayne
Release Date:20/06/1938
Women Are Like That
Character:Mr. Snell
Release Date:23/04/1938
Hollywood Hotel
Character:B.L. Faulkin
Release Date:15/01/1938
Lady Behave!
Character:Burton Williams
Release Date:22/12/1937
First Lady
Character:Ellsworth T. Banning
Release Date:04/12/1937
The Last Gangster
Character:Warden
Release Date:12/11/1937
Music for Madame
Character:District Attorney Ernest Robinson
Release Date:08/10/1937
The Life of Emile Zola
Character:Georges Clemenceau
Release Date:09/09/1937
The Devil Is a Sissy
Character:Paul Krumpp
Release Date:18/09/1936
Piccadilly Jim
Character:Herbert Pett
Release Date:14/08/1936
My American Wife
Character:Robert Cantillon
Release Date:06/08/1936
Parole!
Character:Marty Crawford
Release Date:14/06/1936
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Character:John Summers, Luxury's Owner
Release Date:24/04/1936
Moonlight Murder
Character:Paul Adams
Release Date:27/03/1936
The Garden Murder Case
Character:District Attorney Markham
Release Date:21/02/1936
Next Time We Love
Character:Michael Jennings
Release Date:30/01/1936
Her Master's Voice
Character:Horace J. Twilling
Release Date:17/01/1936
A Dream Comes True
Character:Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1935
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Character:Thomas Hayden
Release Date:13/12/1935
Things You Never See on the Screen
Character:Self
Release Date:01/12/1935
In Person
Character:Thaddeus Parks
Release Date:22/11/1935
It's in the Air
Character:W. R. Gridley
Release Date:10/10/1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character:Egeus
Release Date:09/10/1935
Redheads on Parade
Character:Minor Role (uncredited)
Release Date:07/09/1935
Broadway Gondolier
Character:E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
Release Date:27/07/1935
Men Without Names
Character:Andrew Webster, banker
Release Date:29/06/1935
Traveling Saleslady
Character:Rufus Twitchell
Release Date:28/03/1935
Straight from the Heart
Character:Austin
Release Date:22/03/1935
Gold Diggers of 1935
Character:Louis Lamson
Release Date:15/03/1935
One More Spring
Character:Henry Sheridan
Release Date:15/02/1935
The Secret Bride
Character:Willis Martin
Release Date:22/12/1934
365 Nights in Hollywood
Character:J. Walter Delmar
Release Date:11/12/1934
Gridiron Flash
Character:Howard Smith
Release Date:06/10/1934
The Case of the Howling Dog
Character:District Attorney Claude Drumm
Release Date:22/09/1934
One Exciting Adventure
Character:Fussli
Release Date:01/09/1934
The Cat's-Paw
Character:Silk Hot McGee
Release Date:07/08/1934
We're Rich Again
Character:Wilbur Page
Release Date:13/07/1934
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Character:Sharpe
Release Date:26/05/1934
The Show-Off
Character:Mr. 'Pa'
Release Date:09/03/1934
The Poor Rich
Character:Tom Hopkins
Release Date:25/02/1934
Dinner at Eight
Character:Ed Loomis
Release Date:22/12/1933
Convention City
Character:J.B. Honeywell
Release Date:14/12/1933
King for a Night
Character:Rev. John Williams
Release Date:09/12/1933
Dancing Lady
Character:Jasper Bradley Sr.
Release Date:24/11/1933
Wild Boys of the Road
Character:James Smith
Release Date:07/10/1933
Saturday's Millions
Character:Ezra Fowler
Release Date:30/09/1933
The Stranger's Return
Character:Allen
Release Date:28/07/1933
I Love That Man
Character:Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
Release Date:07/07/1933
Heroes for Sale
Character:George Gibson
Release Date:17/06/1933
Tomorrow at Seven
Character:Austin Winters
Release Date:01/06/1933
Lilly Turner
Character:Dr. Hawley
Release Date:13/05/1933
Central Airport
Character:Mr. Blaine
Release Date:15/04/1933
Our Betters
Character:Thornton Clay
Release Date:17/03/1933
He Learned About Women
Character:Appleby
Release Date:02/03/1933
No Man of Her Own
Character:Vane
Release Date:30/12/1932
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Character:Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
Release Date:24/12/1932
If I Had a Million
Character:Prison Priest (uncredited)
Release Date:18/11/1932
Three on a Match
Character:Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
Release Date:29/10/1932
Big City Blues
Character:Station Agent
Release Date:18/09/1932
A Successful Calamity
Character:Connors
Release Date:17/09/1932
Week-End Marriage
Character:Doctor
Release Date:18/06/1932
The Famous Ferguson Case
Character:Martin Collins
Release Date:19/04/1932
The Star Witness
Character:Pa Leeds
Release Date:22/08/1931
Man to Man
Character:Barber John Martin Bolton
Release Date:05/12/1930
The Man from M.A.R.S.
Character:Arthur Wyman
Release Date:27/12/1922
The Misleading Lady
Character:Stephen Weatherbee
Release Date:03/01/1916
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