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