Grant Mitchell
![Grant Mitchell](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/1jSSSQNl8sSYGWOPx0yJIBKpUrQ.jpg)
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: June 17, 1874
Day of Death: May 1, 1957 (83 years old)
Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio, USA
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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![The Man Who Came to Dinner](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3k6KVD9RKADkfFzHLE4ho9yWumO.jpg)
Actor Ernest W. Stanley
The Man Who Came to Dinner
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Actor Wellington Carruthers
Footsteps in the Dark
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Actor George Payne
Tobacco Road
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Actor Clayton Potter
One Foot in Heaven
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Actor Dean Hutchinson
The Feminine Touch
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Actor Frederick Vantine
Skylark
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Actor Mr. Bishop
Nothing But the Truth
![The Penalty](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zfKk60twYBO7K2dVEUtMXXKyrnh.jpg)
Actor Judge
The Penalty
![The Great Lie](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/sibxFGB8qmriHBi2z38d3qfEsgV.jpg)
Actor Joshua Mason
The Great Lie
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1936
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Actor John Summers, Luxury's Owner
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
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Actor Michael Jennings
Next Time We Love
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Actor District Attorney Markham
The Garden Murder Case
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Actor Herbert Pett
Piccadilly Jim
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Actor Robert Cantillon
My American Wife
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Actor Paul Adams
Moonlight Murder
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Actor Paul Krumpp
The Devil Is a Sissy
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Actor Horace J. Twilling
Her Master's Voice
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Actor Marty Crawford
Parole!
1935
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Actor Egeus
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Actor Henry Sheridan
One More Spring
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Actor Thomas Hayden
Seven Keys to Baldpate
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Actor Judge Thaddeus Parks
In Person
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Actor E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
Broadway Gondolier
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Actor Andrew Webster
Men Without Names
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Actor Rufus Twitchell
Traveling Saleslady
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Actor W. R. Gridley
It's in the Air
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Actor Minor Role (uncredited)
Redheads on Parade
![A Dream Comes True](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/fL7vgm0fJRXjrhwtAMxbaxw6bgp.jpg)
Actor Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Dream Comes True
![Things You Never See on the Screen](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1sgz8rQqLlHJOhYZOfuSWEBBoTg.jpg)
Actor Self
Things You Never See on the Screen
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Actor Louis Lamson
Gold Diggers of 1935
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Actor Austin
Straight from the Heart
1934
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Actor Silk Hot McGee
The Cat's-Paw
![The Case of the Howling Dog](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1LWjIvP8vzcZ1PMBUbSer22sz8U.jpg)
Actor District Attorney Claude Drumm
The Case of the Howling Dog
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Actor Willis Martin
The Secret Bride
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Actor Tom Hopkins
The Poor Rich
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Actor Wilbur Page
We're Rich Again
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Actor Howard Smith
Gridiron Flash
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Actor J. Walter Delmar
365 Nights in Hollywood
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Actor Sharpe
Twenty Million Sweethearts
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Actor Mr. 'Pa'
The Show-Off
![One Exciting Adventure](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8khC3D2zGSaDc4ysxZa0fmuBzZT.jpg)
Actor Fussli
One Exciting Adventure
1933
![Dancing Lady](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/bJc8DTD34kbpccaMDROojHXJ0RS.jpg)
Actor Jasper Bradley Sr.
Dancing Lady
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Actor George Gibson
Heroes for Sale
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Actor James Smith
Wild Boys of the Road
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Actor Dr. Hawley
Lilly Turner
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Actor Mr. Blaine
Central Airport
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Actor Austin Winters
Tomorrow at Seven
![Our Betters](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vKm21UgNM5npNwsSu3hMBI4wSj5.jpg)
Actor Thornton Clay
Our Betters
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Actor J.B. Honeywell
Convention City
![Dinner at Eight](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/p9V2dIMqC1g1S9bDgvxqUOJDfp6.jpg)
Actor Ed Loomis
Dinner at Eight
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Actor Allen
The Stranger's Return
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Actor Rev. John Williams
King for a Night
![I Love That Man](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/oEgeBX0h05CmCDzF32Lq3fGdLlD.jpg)
Actor Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
I Love That Man
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Actor Appleby
He Learned About Women
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Actor Ezra Fowler
Saturday's Millions
1932
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Actor Charlie Vane
No Man of Her Own
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Actor Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
Three on a Match
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Actor Martin Collins
The Famous Ferguson Case
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Actor Connors
A Successful Calamity
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Actor Doctor
Week-End Marriage
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Actor Station Agent
Big City Blues
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Actor Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
![If I Had a Million](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zcAPORLXY8Q3MbU92EqmrRGGVOr.jpg)
Actor Prison Priest (uncredited)
If I Had a Million