Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell

b. 1874 — d. 1957 (aged 83) Columbus, Ohio, USA

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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

The Case of the Howling Dog

The Case of the Howling Dog

The Garden Murder Case

The Garden Murder Case

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

Filmography

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

Honeymoon

Congressman Crenshaw

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

Mitchell Edwards

Blondie's Anniversary

Blondie's Anniversary

Samuel Breckenbridge

Blondie's Holiday

Blondie's Holiday

Samuel Breckenridge

Easy to Wed

Conflict

Guest Wife

House Detective

Watchtower Over Tomorrow

Watchtower Over Tomorrow

Passenger with Newspaper

Bedside Manner

A Medal for Benny

A Medal for Benny

Mayor of Pantera

Crime, Inc.

Bring on the Girls

Bring on the Girls

Laura

Lancaster Corey

Step Lively

See Here, Private Hargrove

See Here, Private Hargrove

The Impatient Years

The Impatient Years

And Now Tomorrow

And Now Tomorrow

When the Lights Go on Again

When the Lights Go on Again

Mr. Arnold Benson

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Dixie

All by Myself

Larceny, Inc

My Sister Eileen

My Sister Eileen

Walter Sherwood

The Gay Sisters

The Gay Sisters

Gilbert Wheeler

Cairo

Meet the Stewarts

Meet the Stewarts

March on, America!

March on, America!

John Quincy Adams

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Mr. Ernest W. Stanley

The Great Lie

Tobacco Road

One Foot in Heaven

One Foot in Heaven

Footsteps in the Dark

Footsteps in the Dark

Nothing But the Truth

Nothing But the Truth

The Feminine Touch

The Feminine Touch

Dean Hutchinson

Skylark

Frederick Vantine

The Penalty

It All Came True

It All Came True

New Moon

Governor of New Orleans

My Love Came Back

My Love Came Back

We Who Are Young

We Who Are Young

Father Is a Prince

Father Is a Prince

The Bride Wore Crutches

The Bride Wore Crutches

On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time

6,000 Enemies

Warden Parkhurst

The Monroe Doctrine

The Monroe Doctrine

John Quincy Adams

Women Are Like That

Women Are Like That

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

Youth Takes a Fling

Youth Takes a Fling

Reformatory

The Headleys at Home

The Headleys at Home

The Last Gangster

The Last Gangster

Lady Behave!

Burton Williams

Music for Madame

Music for Madame

District Attorney Ernest Robinson

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

Next Time We Love

Next Time We Love

Michael Jennings

The Garden Murder Case

The Garden Murder Case

District Attorney Markham

Moonlight Murder

Moonlight Murder

My American Wife

My American Wife

Robert Cantillon

Her Master's Voice

Her Master's Voice

Horace J. Twilling

Parole!

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Egeus - Father to Hermia

Gold Diggers of 1935

Gold Diggers of 1935

In Person

Judge Thaddeus Parks

Traveling Saleslady

Traveling Saleslady

Rufus Twitchell

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Broadway Gondolier

Broadway Gondolier

One More Spring

One More Spring

It's in the Air

It's in the Air

Men Without Names

Men Without Names

Straight from the Heart

Straight from the Heart

The Cat's-Paw

The Case of the Howling Dog

The Case of the Howling Dog

The Secret Bride

The Secret Bride

We're Rich Again

We're Rich Again

The Show-Off

Mr. 'Pa' Fisher

365 Nights in Hollywood

365 Nights in Hollywood

J. Walter Delmar

Gridiron Flash

The Poor Rich

One Exciting Adventure

One Exciting Adventure

Dancing Lady

Jasper Bradley, Sr.

Heroes for Sale

Heroes for Sale

George W. Gibson

Wild Boys of the Road

Wild Boys of the Road

Our Betters

Lilly Turner

Central Airport

Central Airport

The Stranger's Return

The Stranger's Return

Tomorrow at Seven

Tomorrow at Seven

Convention City

Convention City

King for a Night

King for a Night

Rev. John Williams

Saturday's Millions

Saturday's Millions

I Love That Man

I Love That Man

Dr. Crittenden - Dentist

Shadows of Sing Sing

Shadows of Sing Sing

No Man of Her Own

No Man of Her Own

Big City Blues

A Successful Calamity

A Successful Calamity

Connors - Wilton's Butler

The Famous Ferguson Case

The Famous Ferguson Case

Week-End Marriage

Week-End Marriage

He Learned About Women

He Learned About Women

The Star Witness

The Star Witness

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