Acting · Columbus, Ohio, USA · Born June 17, 1874
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.
MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieWho Killed Doc Robbin?
1948
as Judge
MovieBlondie's Anniversary
1947
as Samuel Breckenbridge
MovieThe Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947
as Mitchell Edwards
MovieHoneymoon
1947
as Congressman Crenshaw
MovieIt Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
as Al Farrow
MovieBlondie's Holiday
1947
as Samuel Breckenridge
MovieEasy to Wed
1946
as Homer Henshaw
MovieLeave Her to Heaven
1945
as Carlson (uncredited)
MovieGuest Wife
1945
as House Detective
MovieBedside Manner
1945
as Mr. Pope
MovieConflict
1945
as Dr. Grant
MovieA Medal for Benny
1945
as Mayor of Pantera
MovieCrime, Inc.
1945
as Wayne Clark
MovieBring on the Girls
1945
as Ralph Neely
MovieWatchtower Over Tomorrow
1945
as Passenger with newspaper
MovieAnd Now Tomorrow
1944
as Uncle Wallace
MovieWhen the Lights Go On Again
1944
as Arnold Benson
MovieThe Impatient Years
1944
as Hotel Clerk
MovieArsenic and Old Lace
1944
as Reverend Harper
MovieStep Lively
1944
as Dr. Gibbs
MovieSee Here, Private Hargrove
1944
as Uncle George
MovieDixie
1943
as Mr. Mason
MovieAll by Myself
1943
as J.D. Gibbons
MovieThe Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
as Edgar Holliday
MovieMy Sister Eileen
1942
as Walter Sherwood
MovieOrchestra Wives
1942
as Dr. Ward
MovieCairo
1942
as Mr. O.H.P. Boggs
MovieThe Gay Sisters
1942
as Gilbert Wheeler
MovieMarch On, America!
1942
as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieMeet the Stewarts
1942
as Mr. Goodwin
MovieLarceny, Inc.
1942
as Mr. Aspinwall
MovieThe Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
as Ernest W. Stanley
MovieSkylark
1941
as Frederick Vantine
MovieOne Foot in Heaven
1941
as Clayton Potter
MovieNothing but the Truth
1941
as Mr. Bishop
MovieThe Feminine Touch
1941
as Dean Hutchinson
MovieThe Great Lie
1941
as Joshua Mason
MovieThe Penalty
1941
as Judge
MovieFootsteps in the Dark
1941
as Wellington Carruthers
MovieTobacco Road
1941
as George Payne
MovieFather Is A Prince
1940
as John W. Bower
MovieThe Bride Wore Crutches
1940
as E.J. Randall
MovieWe Who Are Young
1940
as Jones
MovieMy Love Came Back
1940
as Dr. Kobbe
MovieNew Moon
1940
as Governor of New Orleans
MovieEdison, the Man
1940
as Snade
MovieIt All Came True
1940
as Rene Salmon
MovieThe Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Caretaker
MovieCastle on the Hudson
1940
as Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
MovieThe Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
as John Archley
MovieMr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Senator MacPherson
MovieThe Monroe Doctrine
1939
as John Quincy Adams
MovieHell's Kitchen
1939
as Hiram Krispan
MovieOn Borrowed Time
1939
as Mr. Pilbeam
Movie6,000 Enemies
1939
as Warden Alan Parkhurst
MoviePeck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
as Henry Peck
MovieThe Headleys at Home
1938
as Ernest Headley
MovieThat Certain Age
1938
as Jeweler
MovieYouth Takes a Fling
1938
as Duke
MovieReformatory
1938
as Arnold Frayne
MovieWomen Are Like That
1938
as Mr. Snell
MovieHollywood Hotel
1938
as B.L. Faulkin
MovieLady Behave!
1937
as Burton Williams
MovieFirst Lady
1937
as Ellsworth T. Banning
MovieThe Last Gangster
1937
as Warden
MovieMusic for Madame
1937
as District Attorney Ernest Robinson
MovieThe Life of Emile Zola
1937
as Georges Clemenceau
MovieThe Devil Is a Sissy
1936
as Paul Krumpp
MoviePiccadilly Jim
1936
as Herbert Pett
MovieMy American Wife
1936
as Robert Cantillon
MovieParole!
1936
as Marty Crawford
MovieThe Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as John Summers, Luxury's Owner
MovieMoonlight Murder
1936
as Paul Adams
MovieThe Garden Murder Case
1936
as District Attorney Markham
MovieNext Time We Love
1936
as Michael Jennings
MovieHer Master's Voice
1936
as Horace J. Twilling
MovieA Dream Comes True
1935
as Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieSeven Keys to Baldpate
1935
as Thomas Hayden
MovieThings You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self
MovieIn Person
1935
as Thaddeus Parks
MovieIt's in the Air
1935
as W. R. Gridley
MovieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
as Egeus
MovieRedheads on Parade
1935
as Minor Role (uncredited)
MovieBroadway Gondolier
1935
as E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
MovieMen Without Names
1935
as Andrew Webster, banker
MovieTraveling Saleslady
1935
as Rufus Twitchell
MovieStraight from the Heart
1935
as Austin
MovieGold Diggers of 1935
1935
as Louis Lamson
MovieOne More Spring
1935
as Henry Sheridan
MovieThe Secret Bride
1934
as Willis Martin
Movie365 Nights in Hollywood
1934
as J. Walter Delmar
MovieGridiron Flash
1934
as Howard Smith
MovieThe Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as District Attorney Claude Drumm
MovieOne Exciting Adventure
1934
as Fussli
MovieThe Cat's-Paw
1934
as Silk Hot McGee
MovieWe're Rich Again
1934
as Wilbur Page
MovieTwenty Million Sweethearts
1934
as Sharpe
MovieThe Show-Off
1934
as Mr. 'Pa'
MovieThe Poor Rich
1934
as Tom Hopkins
MovieDinner at Eight
1933
as Ed Loomis
MovieConvention City
1933
as J.B. Honeywell
MovieKing for a Night
1933
as Rev. John Williams
MovieShadows of Sing Sing
1933
as Joe Martel
MovieDancing Lady
1933
as Jasper Bradley Sr.
MovieWild Boys of the Road
1933
as James Smith
MovieSaturday's Millions
1933
as Ezra Fowler
MovieThe Stranger's Return
1933
as Allen
MovieI Love That Man
1933
as Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
MovieHeroes for Sale
1933
as George Gibson
MovieTomorrow at Seven
1933
as Austin Winters
MovieLilly Turner
1933
as Dr. Hawley
MovieCentral Airport
1933
as Mr. Blaine
MovieOur Betters
1933
as Thornton Clay
MovieHe Learned About Women
1933
as Appleby
MovieNo Man of Her Own
1932
as Vane
Movie20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
as Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
MovieIf I Had a Million
1932
as Prison Priest (uncredited)
MovieThree on a Match
1932
as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
MovieBig City Blues
1932
as Station Agent
MovieA Successful Calamity
1932
as Connors
MovieWeek-End Marriage
1932
as Doctor
MovieThe Famous Ferguson Case
1932
as Martin Collins
MovieThe Star Witness
1931
as Pa Leeds
MovieMan to Man
1930
as Barber John Martin Bolton
MovieThe Man from M.A.R.S.
1922
as Arthur Wyman
MovieThe Misleading Lady
1916
as Stephen Weatherbee
