Grant Mitchell

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.

Known For

The Grapes of Wrath

Arsenic and Old Lace

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Leave Her to Heaven

Tobacco Road

Dinner at Eight

The Life of Emile Zola

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

All Movies (128)

• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Big Parade of Comedy1964 · as Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Who Killed Doc Robbin?1948 · as Judge
• Blondie's Anniversary1947 · as Samuel Breckenbridge
• The Corpse Came C.O.D.1947 · as Mitchell Edwards
• Honeymoon1947 · as Congressman Crenshaw
• It Happened on Fifth Avenue1947 · as Al Farrow
• Blondie's Holiday1947 · as Samuel Breckenridge
• Easy to Wed1946 · as Homer Henshaw
• Leave Her to Heaven1945 · as Carlson (uncredited)
• Guest Wife1945 · as House Detective
• Bedside Manner1945 · as Mr. Pope
• Conflict1945 · as Dr. Grant
• A Medal for Benny1945 · as Mayor of Pantera
• Crime, Inc.1945 · as Wayne Clark
• Bring on the Girls1945 · as Ralph Neely
• Watchtower Over Tomorrow1945 · as Passenger with newspaper
• And Now Tomorrow1944 · as Uncle Wallace
• When the Lights Go On Again1944 · as Arnold Benson
• The Impatient Years1944 · as Hotel Clerk
• Arsenic and Old Lace1944 · as Reverend Harper
• Step Lively1944 · as Dr. Gibbs
• See Here, Private Hargrove1944 · as Uncle George
• Dixie1943 · as Mr. Mason
• All by Myself1943 · as J.D. Gibbons
• The Amazing Mrs. Holliday1943 · as Edgar Holliday
• My Sister Eileen1942 · as Walter Sherwood
• Orchestra Wives1942 · as Dr. Ward
• Cairo1942 · as Mr. O.H.P. Boggs
• The Gay Sisters1942 · as Gilbert Wheeler
• March On, America!1942 · as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Meet the Stewarts1942 · as Mr. Goodwin
• Larceny, Inc.1942 · as Mr. Aspinwall
• The Man Who Came to Dinner1941 · as Ernest W. Stanley
• Skylark1941 · as Frederick Vantine
• One Foot in Heaven1941 · as Clayton Potter
• Nothing but the Truth1941 · as Mr. Bishop
• The Feminine Touch1941 · as Dean Hutchinson
• The Great Lie1941 · as Joshua Mason
• The Penalty1941 · as Judge
• Footsteps in the Dark1941 · as Wellington Carruthers
• Tobacco Road1941 · as George Payne
• Father Is A Prince1940 · as John W. Bower
• The Bride Wore Crutches1940 · as E.J. Randall
• We Who Are Young1940 · as Jones
• My Love Came Back1940 · as Dr. Kobbe
• New Moon1940 · as Governor of New Orleans
• Edison, the Man1940 · as Snade
• It All Came True1940 · as Rene Salmon
• The Grapes of Wrath1940 · as Caretaker
• Castle on the Hudson1940 · as Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
• The Secret of Dr. Kildare1939 · as John Xerxes Archley
• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939 · as Senator MacPherson
• The Monroe Doctrine1939 · as John Quincy Adams
• Hell's Kitchen1939 · as Hiram Krispan
• On Borrowed Time1939 · as Mr. Pilbeam
• 6,000 Enemies1939 · as Warden Alan Parkhurst
• Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus1938 · as Henry Peck
• The Headleys at Home1938 · as Ernest Headley
• That Certain Age1938 · as Jeweler
• Youth Takes a Fling1938 · as Duke
• Reformatory1938 · as Arnold Frayne
• Women Are Like That1938 · as Mr. Snell
• Hollywood Hotel1938 · as B.L. Faulkin
• Lady Behave!1937 · as Burton Williams
• First Lady1937 · as Ellsworth T. Banning
• The Last Gangster1937 · as Warden
• Music for Madame1937 · as District Attorney Ernest Robinson
• The Life of Emile Zola1937 · as Georges Clemenceau
• The Devil Is a Sissy1936 · as Paul Krumpp
• Piccadilly Jim1936 · as Herbert Pett
• My American Wife1936 · as Robert Cantillon
• Parole!1936 · as Marty Crawford
• The Ex-Mrs. Bradford1936 · as John Summers, Luxury's Owner
• Moonlight Murder1936 · as Paul Adams
• The Garden Murder Case1936 · as District Attorney Markham
• Next Time We Love1936 · as Michael Jennings
• Her Master's Voice1936 · as Horace J. Twilling
• A Dream Comes True1935 · as Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Seven Keys to Baldpate1935 · as Thomas Hayden
• Things You Never See on the Screen1935 · as Self
• In Person1935 · as Thaddeus Parks
• It's in the Air1935 · as W. R. Gridley
• A Midsummer Night's Dream1935 · as Egeus
• Redheads on Parade1935 · as Minor Role (uncredited)
• Broadway Gondolier1935 · as E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
• Men Without Names1935 · as Andrew Webster, banker
• Traveling Saleslady1935 · as Rufus Twitchell
• Straight from the Heart1935 · as Austin
• Gold Diggers of 19351935 · as Louis Lamson
• One More Spring1935 · as Henry Sheridan
• The Secret Bride1934 · as Willis Martin
• 365 Nights in Hollywood1934 · as J. Walter Delmar
• Gridiron Flash1934 · as Howard Smith
• The Case of the Howling Dog1934 · as District Attorney Claude Drumm
• One Exciting Adventure1934 · as Fussli
• The Cat's-Paw1934 · as Silk Hot McGee
• We're Rich Again1934 · as Wilbur Page
• Twenty Million Sweethearts1934 · as Sharpe
• The Show-Off1934 · as Mr. 'Pa'
• The Poor Rich1934 · as Tom Hopkins
• Dinner at Eight1933 · as Ed Loomis
• Convention City1933 · as J.B. Honeywell
• King for a Night1933 · as Rev. John Williams
• Shadows of Sing Sing1933 · as Joe Martel
• Dancing Lady1933 · as Jasper Bradley Sr.
• Wild Boys of the Road1933 · as James Smith
• Saturday's Millions1933 · as Ezra Fowler
• The Stranger's Return1933 · as Allen
• I Love That Man1933 · as Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
• Heroes for Sale1933 · as George Gibson
• Tomorrow at Seven1933 · as Austin Winters
• Lilly Turner1933 · as Dr. Hawley
• Central Airport1933 · as Mr. Blaine
• Our Betters1933 · as Thornton Clay
• He Learned About Women1933 · as Appleby
• No Man of Her Own1932 · as Vane
• 20,000 Years in Sing Sing1932 · as Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
• If I Had a Million1932 · as Prison Priest (uncredited)
• Three on a Match1932 · as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
• Big City Blues1932 · as Station Agent
• A Successful Calamity1932 · as Connors
• Week-End Marriage1932 · as Doctor
• The Famous Ferguson Case1932 · as Martin Collins
• The Star Witness1931 · as Pa Leeds
• Man to Man1930 · as Barber John Martin Bolton
• The Man from M.A.R.S.1922 · as Arthur Wyman
• The Misleading Lady1916 · as Stephen Weatherbee