Grant Mitchell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 17, 1874
- Died
- May 1, 1957
- Birthplace
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1975
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy 1964
as Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Who Killed Doc Robbin? 1948
as Judge
Blondie's Anniversary 1947
as Samuel Breckenbridge
The Corpse Came C.O.D. 1947
as Mitchell Edwards
Honeymoon 1947
as Congressman Crenshaw
It Happened on Fifth Avenue 1947
as Al Farrow
Blondie's Holiday 1947
as Samuel Breckenridge
Easy to Wed 1946
as Homer Henshaw
Leave Her to Heaven 1945
as Carlson (uncredited)
Guest Wife 1945
as House Detective
Bedside Manner 1945
as Mr. Pope
Conflict 1945
as Dr. Grant
A Medal for Benny 1945
as Mayor of Pantera
Crime, Inc. 1945
as Wayne Clark
Bring on the Girls 1945
as Ralph Neely
Watchtower Over Tomorrow 1945
as Passenger with newspaper
And Now Tomorrow 1944
as Uncle Wallace
When the Lights Go On Again 1944
as Arnold Benson
The Impatient Years 1944
as Hotel Clerk
Arsenic and Old Lace 1944
as Reverend Harper
Step Lively 1944
as Dr. Gibbs
See Here, Private Hargrove 1944
as Uncle George
Dixie 1943
as Mr. Mason
All by Myself 1943
as J.D. Gibbons
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday 1943
as Edgar Holliday
My Sister Eileen 1942
as Walter Sherwood
Orchestra Wives 1942
as Dr. Ward
Cairo 1942
as OHP Boggs
The Gay Sisters 1942
as Gilbert Wheeler
March On, America! 1942
as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts 1942
as Mr. Goodwin
Larceny, Inc. 1942
as Mr. Aspinwall
The Man Who Came to Dinner 1941
as Ernest W. Stanley
Skylark 1941
as Frederick Vantine
One Foot in Heaven 1941
as Clayton Potter
Nothing but the Truth 1941
as Mr. Bishop
The Feminine Touch 1941
as Dean Hutchinson
The Great Lie 1941
as Joshua Mason
The Penalty 1941
as Judge
Footsteps in the Dark 1941
as Wellington Carruthers
Tobacco Road 1941
as George Payne
Father Is A Prince 1940
as John W. Bower
The Bride Wore Crutches 1940
as E.J. Randall
We Who Are Young 1940
as Jones
My Love Came Back 1940
as Dr. Kobbe
New Moon 1940
as Governor of New Orleans
Edison, the Man 1940
as Snade
It All Came True 1940
as Rene Salmon
The Grapes of Wrath 1940
as Caretaker
Castle on the Hudson 1940
as Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare 1939
as John Archley
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
as Senator MacPherson
The Monroe Doctrine 1939
as John Quincy Adams
Hell's Kitchen 1939
as Hiram Krispan
On Borrowed Time 1939
as Mr. Pilbeam
6,000 Enemies 1939
as Warden Alan Parkhurst
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus 1938
as Henry Peck
The Headleys at Home 1938
as Ernest Headley
That Certain Age 1938
as Jeweler
Youth Takes a Fling 1938
as Duke
Reformatory 1938
as Arnold Frayne
Women Are Like That 1938
as Mr. Snell
Hollywood Hotel 1938
as B.L. Faulkin
Lady Behave! 1937
as Burton Williams
First Lady 1937
as Ellsworth T. Banning
The Last Gangster 1937
as Warden
Music for Madame 1937
as District Attorney Ernest Robinson
The Life of Emile Zola 1937
as Georges Clemenceau
The Devil Is a Sissy 1936
as Paul Krumpp
Piccadilly Jim 1936
as Herbert Pett
My American Wife 1936
as Robert Cantillon
Parole! 1936
as Marty Crawford
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford 1936
as John Summers, Luxury's Owner
Moonlight Murder 1936
as Paul Adams
The Garden Murder Case 1936
as District Attorney Markham
Next Time We Love 1936
as Michael Jennings
Her Master's Voice 1936
as Horace J. Twilling
A Dream Comes True 1935
as Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Seven Keys to Baldpate 1935
as Thomas Hayden
Things You Never See on the Screen 1935
as Self
In Person 1935
as Thaddeus Parks
It's in the Air 1935
as W. R. Gridley
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1935
as Egeus
Redheads on Parade 1935
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Broadway Gondolier 1935
as E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
Men Without Names 1935
as Andrew Webster, banker
Traveling Saleslady 1935
as Rufus Twitchell
Straight from the Heart 1935
as Austin
Gold Diggers of 1935 1935
as Louis Lamson
One More Spring 1935
as Henry Sheridan
The Secret Bride 1934
as Willis Martin
365 Nights in Hollywood 1934
as J. Walter Delmar
Gridiron Flash 1934
as Howard Smith
The Case of the Howling Dog 1934
as District Attorney Claude Drumm
One Exciting Adventure 1934
as Fussli
The Cat's-Paw 1934
as Silk Hot McGee
We're Rich Again 1934
as Wilbur Page
Twenty Million Sweethearts 1934
as Sharpe
The Show-Off 1934
as Mr. 'Pa'
The Poor Rich 1934
as Tom Hopkins
Dinner at Eight 1933
as Ed Loomis
Convention City 1933
as J.B. Honeywell
King for a Night 1933
as Rev. John Williams
Shadows of Sing Sing 1933
as Joe Martel
Dancing Lady 1933
as Jasper Bradley Sr.
Wild Boys of the Road 1933
as James Smith
Saturday's Millions 1933
as Ezra Fowler
The Stranger's Return 1933
as Allen
I Love That Man 1933
as Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
Heroes for Sale 1933
as George Gibson
Tomorrow at Seven 1933
as Austin Winters
Lilly Turner 1933
as Dr. Hawley
Central Airport 1933
as Mr. Blaine
Our Betters 1933
as Thornton Clay
He Learned About Women 1933
as Appleby
No Man of Her Own 1932
as Vane
20,000 Years in Sing Sing 1932
as Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
If I Had a Million 1932
as Prison Priest (uncredited)
Three on a Match 1932
as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
Big City Blues 1932
as Station Agent
A Successful Calamity 1932
as Connors
Week-End Marriage 1932
as Doctor
The Famous Ferguson Case 1932
as Martin Collins
The Star Witness 1931
as Pa Leeds
Man to Man 1930
as Barber John Martin Bolton
The Man from M.A.R.S. 1922
as Arthur Wyman
The Misleading Lady 1916
as Stephen Weatherbee
Credits from TMDB.