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  • BIRTH 17/06/1874
  • DEATH 01/05/1957
  • Country United States
  • MOVIES 27

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.

Grant Mitchell

Movies (27)

Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
Reverend Harper
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Senator MacPherson
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
Caretaker
Next Time We Love
Next Time We Love
Michael Jennings
Leave Her to Heaven
Leave Her to Heaven
Carlson (uncredited)
Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road
George Payne
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
John Summers, Luxury's Owner
Hollywood Hotel
Hollywood Hotel
B.L. Faulkin
The Gay Sisters
The Gay Sisters
Gilbert Wheeler
Heroes for Sale
Heroes for Sale
George Gibson
Larceny, Inc.
Larceny, Inc.
Mr. Aspinwall
The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Ernest W. Stanley
Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight
Ed Loomis
My Sister Eileen
My Sister Eileen
Walter Sherwood
Dancing Lady
Dancing Lady
Jasper Bradley Sr.
Honeymoon
Honeymoon
Congressman Crenshaw
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Egeus
The Great Lie
The Great Lie
Joshua Mason
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Al Farrow
365 Nights in Hollywood
365 Nights in Hollywood
J. Walter Delmar
Man to Man
Man to Man
Barber John Martin Bolton
If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million
Prison Priest (uncredited)
The Life of Emile Zola
The Life of Emile Zola
Georges Clemenceau
Conflict
Conflict
Dr. Grant
Parole!
Parole!
Marty Crawford
The Cat's-Paw
The Cat's-Paw
Silk Hot McGee
Convention City
Convention City
J.B. Honeywell