Grant Mitchell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 17 June 1874 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Died
- 1 May 1957
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
Acting 128
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1964The Big Parade of Comedy as Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1948Who Killed Doc Robbin? as Judge
- 1947Blondie's Anniversary as Samuel Breckenbridge
- 1947The Corpse Came C.O.D. as Mitchell Edwards
- 1947Honeymoon as Congressman Crenshaw
- 1947It Happened on Fifth Avenue as Al Farrow
- 1947Blondie's Holiday as Samuel Breckenridge
- 1946Easy to Wed as Homer Henshaw
- 1945Leave Her to Heaven as Carlson (uncredited)
- 1945Guest Wife as House Detective
- 1945Bedside Manner as Mr. Pope
- 1945Conflict as Dr. Grant
- 1945A Medal for Benny as Mayor of Pantera
- 1945Crime, Inc. as Wayne Clark
- 1945Bring on the Girls as Ralph Neely
- 1945Watchtower Over Tomorrow as Passenger with newspaper
- 1944And Now Tomorrow as Uncle Wallace
- 1944When the Lights Go On Again as Arnold Benson
- 1944The Impatient Years as Hotel Clerk
- 1944Arsenic and Old Lace as Reverend Harper
- 1944Step Lively as Dr. Gibbs
- 1944See Here, Private Hargrove as Uncle George
- 1943Dixie as Mr. Mason
- 1943All by Myself as J.D. Gibbons
- 1943The Amazing Mrs. Holliday as Edgar Holliday
- 1942My Sister Eileen as Walter Sherwood
- 1942Orchestra Wives as Dr. Ward
- 1942Cairo as OHP Boggs
- 1942The Gay Sisters as Gilbert Wheeler
- 1942March On, America! as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1942Meet the Stewarts as Mr. Goodwin
- 1942Larceny, Inc. as Mr. Aspinwall
- 1941The Man Who Came to Dinner as Ernest W. Stanley
- 1941Skylark as Frederick Vantine
- 1941One Foot in Heaven as Clayton Potter
- 1941Nothing but the Truth as Mr. Bishop
- 1941The Feminine Touch as Dean Hutchinson
- 1941The Great Lie as Joshua Mason
- 1941The Penalty as Judge
- 1941Footsteps in the Dark as Wellington Carruthers
- 1941Tobacco Road as George Payne
- 1940Father Is A Prince as John W. Bower
- 1940The Bride Wore Crutches as E.J. Randall
- 1940We Who Are Young as Jones
- 1940My Love Came Back as Dr. Kobbe
- 1940New Moon as Governor of New Orleans
- 1940Edison, the Man as Snade
- 1940It All Came True as Rene Salmon
- 1940The Grapes of Wrath as Caretaker
- 1940Castle on the Hudson as Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
- 1939The Secret of Dr. Kildare as John Archley
- 1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Senator MacPherson
- 1939The Monroe Doctrine as John Quincy Adams
- 1939Hell's Kitchen as Hiram Krispan
- 1939On Borrowed Time as Mr. Pilbeam
- 19396,000 Enemies as Warden Alan Parkhurst
- 1938Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus as Henry Peck
- 1938The Headleys at Home as Ernest Headley
- 1938That Certain Age as Jeweler
- 1938Youth Takes a Fling as Duke
- 1938Reformatory as Arnold Frayne
- 1938Women Are Like That as Mr. Snell
- 1938Hollywood Hotel as B.L. Faulkin
- 1937Lady Behave! as Burton Williams
- 1937First Lady as Ellsworth T. Banning
- 1937The Last Gangster as Warden
- 1937Music for Madame as District Attorney Ernest Robinson
- 1937The Life of Emile Zola as Georges Clemenceau
- 1936The Devil Is a Sissy as Paul Krumpp
- 1936Piccadilly Jim as Herbert Pett
- 1936My American Wife as Robert Cantillon
- 1936Parole! as Marty Crawford
- 1936The Ex-Mrs. Bradford as John Summers, Luxury's Owner
- 1936Moonlight Murder as Paul Adams
- 1936The Garden Murder Case as District Attorney Markham
- 1936Next Time We Love as Michael Jennings
- 1936Her Master's Voice as Horace J. Twilling
- 1935A Dream Comes True as Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1935Seven Keys to Baldpate as Thomas Hayden
- 1935Things You Never See on the Screen as Self
- 1935In Person as Thaddeus Parks
- 1935It's in the Air as W. R. Gridley
- 1935A Midsummer Night's Dream as Egeus
- 1935Redheads on Parade as Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1935Broadway Gondolier as E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
- 1935Men Without Names as Andrew Webster, banker
- 1935Traveling Saleslady as Rufus Twitchell
- 1935Straight from the Heart as Austin
- 1935Gold Diggers of 1935 as Louis Lamson
- 1935One More Spring as Henry Sheridan
- 1934The Secret Bride as Willis Martin
- 1934365 Nights in Hollywood as J. Walter Delmar
- 1934Gridiron Flash as Howard Smith
- 1934The Case of the Howling Dog as District Attorney Claude Drumm
- 1934One Exciting Adventure as Fussli
- 1934The Cat's-Paw as Silk Hot McGee
- 1934We're Rich Again as Wilbur Page
- 1934Twenty Million Sweethearts as Sharpe
- 1934The Show-Off as Mr. 'Pa'
- 1934The Poor Rich as Tom Hopkins
- 1933Dinner at Eight as Ed Loomis
- 1933Convention City as J.B. Honeywell
- 1933King for a Night as Rev. John Williams
- 1933Shadows of Sing Sing as Joe Martel
- 1933Dancing Lady as Jasper Bradley Sr.
- 1933Wild Boys of the Road as James Smith
- 1933Saturday's Millions as Ezra Fowler
- 1933The Stranger's Return as Allen
- 1933I Love That Man as Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
- 1933Heroes for Sale as George Gibson
- 1933Tomorrow at Seven as Austin Winters
- 1933Lilly Turner as Dr. Hawley
- 1933Central Airport as Mr. Blaine
- 1933Our Betters as Thornton Clay
- 1933He Learned About Women as Appleby
- 1932No Man of Her Own as Vane
- 193220,000 Years in Sing Sing as Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
- 1932If I Had a Million as Prison Priest (uncredited)
- 1932Three on a Match as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
- 1932Big City Blues as Station Agent
- 1932A Successful Calamity as Connors
- 1932Week-End Marriage as Doctor
- 1932The Famous Ferguson Case as Martin Collins
- 1931The Star Witness as Pa Leeds
- 1930Man to Man as Barber John Martin Bolton
- 1922The Man from M.A.R.S. as Arthur Wyman
- 1916The Misleading Lady as Stephen Weatherbee