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person_profile-Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell Died at age: 82

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Jun 17, 1874

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

May 01, 1957

Biography of

Grant Mitchell

    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.

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Filmography of

Grant Mitchell

Found 122 Movies in total

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1975

The Big Parade of Comedy

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1964

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

Who Killed Doc Robbin?

Judge ( Actor )

... 1948

Blondie's Anniversary

Samuel Breckenbridge ( Actor )

... 1947

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

Mitchell Edwards ( Actor )

... 1947

Honeymoon

Congressman Crenshaw ( Actor )

... 1947

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

Al Farrow ( Actor )

... 1947

Blondie's Holiday

Samuel Breckenridge ( Actor )

... 1947

Easy to Wed

Homer Henshaw ( Actor )

... 1946

Leave Her to Heaven

Carlson (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Guest Wife

House Detective ( Actor )

... 1945

Her Favorite Patient

Mr. Pope ( Actor )

... 1945

Conflict

Dr. Grant ( Actor )

... 1945

A Medal for Benny

Mayor of Pantera ( Actor )

... 1945

Crime, Inc.

Wayne Clark ( Actor )

... 1945

Bring on the Girls

Ralph Neely ( Actor )

... 1945

And Now Tomorrow

Uncle Wallace ( Actor )

... 1944

When the Lights Go On Again

Arnold Benson ( Actor )

... 1944

The Impatient Years

Hotel Clerk ( Actor )

... 1944

Arsenic and Old Lace

Reverend Harper ( Actor )

... 1944

Step Lively

Dr. Gibbs ( Actor )

... 1944

See Here, Private Hargrove

Uncle George ( Actor )

... 1944

Dixie

Mr. Mason ( Actor )

... 1943

All by Myself

J.D. Gibbons ( Actor )

... 1943

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Edgar Holliday ( Actor )

... 1943

My Sister Eileen

Walter Sherwood ( Actor )

... 1942

Orchestra Wives

Dr. Ward ( Actor )

... 1942

Cairo

Mr. O.H.P. Boggs ( Actor )

... 1942

The Gay Sisters

Gilbert Wheeler ( Actor )

... 1942

Meet the Stewarts

Pierce Goodwin ( Actor )

... 1942

Larceny, Inc.

Mr. Aspinwall ( Actor )

... 1942

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Ernest W. Stanley ( Actor )

... 1941

Skylark

Frederick Vantine ( Actor )

... 1941

One Foot in Heaven

Clayton Potter ( Actor )

... 1941

Nothing But the Truth

Mr. Bishop ( Actor )

... 1941

The Feminine Touch

Dean Hutchinson ( Actor )

... 1941

The Great Lie

Joshua Mason ( Actor )

... 1941

The Penalty

Judge ( Actor )

... 1941

Footsteps in the Dark

Wellington Carruthers ( Actor )

... 1941

Tobacco Road

George Payne ( Actor )

... 1941

Father Is A Prince

John W. Bower ( Actor )

... 1940

We Who Are Young

Jones ( Actor )

... 1940

My Love Came Back

Dr. Kobbe ( Actor )

... 1940

New Moon

Governor of New Orleans ( Actor )

... 1940

Edison, the Man

Snade ( Actor )

... 1940

It All Came True

Rene Salmon ( Actor )

... 1940

The Grapes of Wrath

Caretaker ( Actor )

... 1940

Castle on the Hudson

Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

John Xerxes Archley ( Actor )

... 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Senator MacPherson ( Actor )

... 1939

Hell's Kitchen

Hiram Krispan ( Actor )

... 1939

On Borrowed Time

Mr. Pilbeam ( Actor )

... 1939

6,000 Enemies

Warden Alan Parkhurst ( Actor )

... 1939

... 1938

The Headleys at Home

Ernest Headley ( Actor )

... 1938

That Certain Age

Jeweler ( Actor )

... 1938

Youth Takes a Fling

Duke ( Actor )

... 1938

Reformatory

Arnold Frayne ( Actor )

... 1938

Women Are Like That

Mr. Snell ( Actor )

... 1938

Hollywood Hotel

B.L. Faulkin ( Actor )

... 1938

Lady Behave!

Burton Williams ( Actor )

... 1937

First Lady

Ellsworth T. Banning ( Actor )

... 1937

The Last Gangster

Warden ( Actor )

... 1937

Music for Madame

District Attorney Ernest Robinson ( Actor )

... 1937

The Life of Emile Zola

Georges Clemenceau ( Actor )

... 1937

The Devil Is a Sissy

Paul Krumpp ( Actor )

... 1936

Piccadilly Jim

Herbert Pett ( Actor )

... 1936

My American Wife

Robert Cantillon ( Actor )

... 1936

Parole!

Marty Crawford ( Actor )

... 1936

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

John Summers, Luxury's Owner ( Actor )

... 1936

Moonlight Murder

Paul Adams ( Actor )

... 1936

The Garden Murder Case

District Attorney Markham ( Actor )

... 1936

Next Time We Love

Michael Jennings ( Actor )

... 1936

Her Master's Voice

Horace J. Twilling ( Actor )

... 1936

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Thomas Hayden ( Actor )

... 1935

In Person

Judge Thaddeus Parks ( Actor )

... 1935

It's in the Air

W. R. Gridley ( Actor )

... 1935

... 1935

Redheads on Parade

Minor Role (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Broadway Gondolier

E.V. Richards, Radio Producer ( Actor )

... 1935

Men Without Names

Andrew Webster ( Actor )

... 1935

Traveling Saleslady

Rufus Twitchell ( Actor )

... 1935

Straight from the Heart

Austin ( Actor )

... 1935

Gold Diggers of 1935

Louis Lamson ( Actor )

... 1935

One More Spring

Henry Sheridan ( Actor )

... 1935

The Secret Bride

Willis Martin ( Actor )

... 1934

365 Nights in Hollywood

J. Walter Delmar ( Actor )

... 1934

Gridiron Flash

Howard Smith ( Actor )

... 1934

The Case of the Howling Dog

District Attorney Claude Drumm ( Actor )

... 1934

One Exciting Adventure

Fussli ( Actor )

... 1934

The Cat's-Paw

Silk Hot McGee ( Actor )

... 1934

We're Rich Again

Wilbur Page ( Actor )

... 1934

... 1934

The Show-Off

Mr. 'Pa' ( Actor )

... 1934

The Poor Rich

Tom Hopkins ( Actor )

... 1934

Dinner at Eight

Ed Loomis ( Actor )

... 1933

Convention City

J.B. Honeywell ( Actor )

... 1933

King for a Night

Rev. John Williams ( Actor )

... 1933

Dancing Lady

Jasper Bradley Sr. ( Actor )

... 1933

Wild Boys of the Road

James Smith ( Actor )

... 1933

Saturday's Millions

Ezra Fowler ( Actor )

... 1933

The Stranger's Return

Allen ( Actor )

... 1933

I Love That Man

Dr. Crittenden - Dentist ( Actor )

... 1933

Heroes for Sale

George Gibson ( Actor )

... 1933

Tomorrow at Seven

Austin Winters ( Actor )

... 1933

Lilly Turner

Dr. Hawley ( Actor )

... 1933

Central Airport

Mr. Blaine ( Actor )

... 1933

Our Betters

Thornton Clay ( Actor )

... 1933

He Learned About Women

Appleby ( Actor )

... 1933

No Man of Her Own

Charlie Vane ( Actor )

... 1932

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

If I Had a Million

Prison Priest (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Three on a Match

Mr. Gilmore (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

Big City Blues

Station Agent ( Actor )

... 1932

A Successful Calamity

Connors ( Actor )

... 1932

Week-End Marriage

Doctor ( Actor )

... 1932

The Famous Ferguson Case

Martin Collins ( Actor )

... 1932

The Star Witness

Pa Leeds ( Actor )

... 1931

Man to Man

Barber John Martin Bolton ( Actor )

... 1930

The Man from M.A.R.S.

Arthur Wyman ( Actor )

... 1922

The Misleading Lady

Stephen Weatherbee ( Actor )

... 1916