Biography
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.
Acted in 126
1960s
- 1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1940s
- 1948
- 1947
Blondie's Anniversary
Samuel Breckenbridge
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Mitchell Edwards
Honeymoon
Congressman Crenshaw
- 1946
Easy to Wed
Homer Henshaw
- 1945
Guest Wife
House Detective
Bedside Manner
Mr. Pope
A Medal for Benny
Mayor of Pantera
Bring on the Girls
Ralph Neely
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
Passenger with newspaper
- 1944
And Now Tomorrow
Uncle Wallace
When the Lights Go On Again
Arnold Benson
The Impatient Years
Hotel Clerk
Step Lively
Dr. Gibbs
See Here, Private Hargrove
Uncle George
- 1943
Dixie
Mr. Mason
All by Myself
J.D. Gibbons
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Edgar Holliday
- 1942
My Sister Eileen
Walter Sherwood
Orchestra Wives
Dr. Ward
Cairo
OHP Boggs
The Gay Sisters
Gilbert Wheeler
March On, America!
John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts
Mr. Goodwin
- 1941
Skylark
Frederick Vantine
One Foot in Heaven
Clayton Potter
Nothing but the Truth
Mr. Bishop
The Feminine Touch
Dean Hutchinson
The Great Lie
Joshua Mason
The Penalty
Judge
- 1940
Father Is A Prince
John W. Bower
The Bride Wore Crutches
E.J. Randall
We Who Are Young
Jones
My Love Came Back
Dr. Kobbe
Edison, the Man
Snade
Castle on the Hudson
Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
1930s
- 1939
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
John Archley
The Monroe Doctrine
John Quincy Adams
Hell's Kitchen
Hiram Krispan
6,000 Enemies
Warden Alan Parkhurst
- 1938
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Henry Peck
The Headleys at Home
Ernest Headley
That Certain Age
Jeweler
Youth Takes a Fling
Duke
Women Are Like That
Mr. Snell
Hollywood Hotel
B.L. Faulkin
- 1937
Lady Behave!
Burton Williams
First Lady
Ellsworth T. Banning
Music for Madame
District Attorney Ernest Robinson
- 1936
Piccadilly Jim
Herbert Pett
My American Wife
Robert Cantillon
Parole!
Marty Crawford
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
John Summers, Luxury's Owner
Moonlight Murder
Paul Adams
The Garden Murder Case
District Attorney Markham
Next Time We Love
Michael Jennings
Her Master's Voice
Horace J. Twilling
- 1935
A Dream Comes True
Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Thomas Hayden
In Person
Thaddeus Parks
It's in the Air
W. R. Gridley
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Egeus
Redheads on Parade
Minor Role (uncredited)
Broadway Gondolier
E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
Men Without Names
Andrew Webster, banker
Traveling Saleslady
Rufus Twitchell
Straight from the Heart
Austin
Gold Diggers of 1935
Louis Lamson
One More Spring
Henry Sheridan
- 1934
365 Nights in Hollywood
J. Walter Delmar
Gridiron Flash
Howard Smith
The Case of the Howling Dog
District Attorney Claude Drumm
One Exciting Adventure
Fussli
The Cat's-Paw
Silk Hot McGee
We're Rich Again
Wilbur Page
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Sharpe
The Show-Off
Mr. 'Pa'
The Poor Rich
Tom Hopkins
- 1933
Convention City
J.B. Honeywell
King for a Night
Rev. John Williams
Shadows of Sing Sing
Joe Martel
Dancing Lady
Jasper Bradley Sr.
Saturday's Millions
Ezra Fowler
The Stranger's Return
Allen
I Love That Man
Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
Heroes for Sale
George Gibson
Tomorrow at Seven
Austin Winters
Lilly Turner
Dr. Hawley
Central Airport
Mr. Blaine
Our Betters
Thornton Clay
He Learned About Women
Appleby
- 1932
No Man of Her Own
Vane
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
Three on a Match
Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
Big City Blues
Station Agent
A Successful Calamity
Connors
Week-End Marriage
Doctor
The Famous Ferguson Case
Martin Collins
- 1931
The Star Witness
Pa Leeds
- 1930
Man to Man
Barber John Martin Bolton
1920s
- 1922
The Man from M.A.R.S.
Arthur Wyman
1910s
- 1916
The Misleading Lady
Stephen Weatherbee
Appearances2
1970s
- 1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1930s
- 1935
Things You Never See on the Screen
Self