Acting
Grant Mitchell
EN cinema · 128 credits
Born
17 June 1874
Died
1 May 1957 (aged 82)
Birthplace
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Also known as John Grant Mitchell Jr. · Грант Митчелл
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
Filmography
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blondie's Anniversary
as Samuel Breckenbridge
Blondie's Holiday
as Samuel Breckenridge
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Al Farrow
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Mitchell Edwards
Honeymoon
as Congressman Crenshaw
Easy to Wed
as Homer Henshaw
Conflict
as Dr. Grant
Crime, Inc.
as Wayne Clark
A Medal for Benny
as Mayor of Pantera
Guest Wife
as House Detective
Leave Her to Heaven
as Carlson (uncredited)
Bring on the Girls
as Ralph Neely
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
as Passenger with newspaper
Bedside Manner
as Mr. Pope
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Reverend Harper
Step Lively
as Dr. Gibbs
And Now Tomorrow
as Uncle Wallace
When the Lights Go On Again
as Arnold Benson
The Impatient Years
as Hotel Clerk
See Here, Private Hargrove
as Uncle George
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as Edgar Holliday
Dixie
as Mr. Mason
All by Myself
as J.D. Gibbons
My Sister Eileen
as Walter Sherwood
Cairo
as OHP Boggs
Larceny, Inc.
as Mr. Aspinwall
Meet the Stewarts
as Mr. Goodwin
The Gay Sisters
as Gilbert Wheeler
Orchestra Wives
as Dr. Ward
March On, America!
as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Ernest W. Stanley
Footsteps in the Dark
as Wellington Carruthers
Tobacco Road
as George Payne
One Foot in Heaven
as Clayton Potter
The Feminine Touch
as Dean Hutchinson
Skylark
as Frederick Vantine
Nothing but the Truth
as Mr. Bishop
The Penalty
as Judge
The Great Lie
as Joshua Mason
The Grapes of Wrath
as Caretaker
New Moon
as Governor of New Orleans
It All Came True
as Rene Salmon
Father Is A Prince
as John W. Bower
My Love Came Back
as Dr. Kobbe
Edison, the Man
as Snade
We Who Are Young
as Jones
Castle on the Hudson
as Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
The Bride Wore Crutches
as E.J. Randall
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senator MacPherson
The Monroe Doctrine
as John Quincy Adams
Hell's Kitchen
as Hiram Krispan
On Borrowed Time
as Mr. Pilbeam
6,000 Enemies
as Warden Alan Parkhurst
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as John Archley
Reformatory
as Arnold Frayne
Hollywood Hotel
as B.L. Faulkin
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Henry Peck
Women Are Like That
as Mr. Snell
That Certain Age
as Jeweler
The Headleys at Home
as Ernest Headley
The Last Gangster
as Warden
First Lady
as Ellsworth T. Banning
Lady Behave!
as Burton Williams
The Life of Emile Zola
as Georges Clemenceau
Music for Madame
as District Attorney Ernest Robinson
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as John Summers, Luxury's Owner
Next Time We Love
as Michael Jennings
The Garden Murder Case
as District Attorney Markham
Piccadilly Jim
as Herbert Pett
My American Wife
as Robert Cantillon
Moonlight Murder
as Paul Adams
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Paul Krumpp
Her Master's Voice
as Horace J. Twilling
Parole!
as Marty Crawford
Straight from the Heart
as Austin
One More Spring
as Henry Sheridan
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Thomas Hayden
In Person
as Thaddeus Parks
Broadway Gondolier
as E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
Men Without Names
as Andrew Webster, banker
Traveling Saleslady
as Rufus Twitchell
It's in the Air
as W. R. Gridley
Redheads on Parade
as Minor Role (uncredited)
A Dream Comes True
as Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1935
as Louis Lamson
The Cat's-Paw
as Silk Hot McGee
The Case of the Howling Dog
as District Attorney Claude Drumm
The Secret Bride
as Willis Martin
The Poor Rich
as Tom Hopkins
We're Rich Again
as Wilbur Page
Gridiron Flash
as Howard Smith
365 Nights in Hollywood
as J. Walter Delmar
The Show-Off
as Mr. 'Pa'
One Exciting Adventure
as Fussli
Dancing Lady
as Jasper Bradley Sr.
Heroes for Sale
as George Gibson
Wild Boys of the Road
as James Smith
Lilly Turner
as Dr. Hawley
Central Airport
as Mr. Blaine
Tomorrow at Seven
as Austin Winters
Our Betters
as Thornton Clay
Convention City
as J.B. Honeywell
Dinner at Eight
as Ed Loomis
King for a Night
as Rev. John Williams
I Love That Man
as Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
He Learned About Women
as Appleby
Saturday's Millions
as Ezra Fowler
Shadows of Sing Sing
as Joe Martel
Three on a Match
as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Martin Collins
A Successful Calamity
as Connors
Week-End Marriage
as Doctor
Big City Blues
as Station Agent
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
If I Had a Million
as Prison Priest (uncredited)
The Star Witness
as Pa Leeds
Man to Man
as Barber John Martin Bolton
The Man from M.A.R.S.
as Arthur Wyman
The Misleading Lady
as Stephen Weatherbee