Grant Mitchell
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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Actor Ernest W. Stanley
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Actor Wellington Carruthers
Footsteps in the Dark
Actor George Payne
Tobacco Road
Actor Clayton Potter
One Foot in Heaven
Actor Dean Hutchinson
The Feminine Touch
Actor Frederick Vantine
Skylark
Actor Mr. Bishop
Nothing But the Truth
Actor Judge
The Penalty
Actor Joshua Mason
The Great Lie
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936
Actor John Summers, Luxury's Owner
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Actor Michael Jennings
Next Time We Love
Actor District Attorney Markham
The Garden Murder Case
Actor Herbert Pett
Piccadilly Jim
Actor Robert Cantillon
My American Wife
Actor Paul Adams
Moonlight Murder
Actor Paul Krumpp
The Devil Is a Sissy
Actor Horace J. Twilling
Her Master's Voice
Actor Marty Crawford
Parole!
1935
Actor Austin
Straight from the Heart
Actor Egeus
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Actor Henry Sheridan
One More Spring
Actor Thomas Hayden
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Actor Judge Thaddeus Parks
In Person
Actor E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
Broadway Gondolier
Actor Andrew Webster
Men Without Names
Actor Rufus Twitchell
Traveling Saleslady
Actor W. R. Gridley
It's in the Air
Actor Minor Role (uncredited)
Redheads on Parade
Actor Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Dream Comes True
Actor Self
Things You Never See on the Screen
Actor Louis Lamson
Gold Diggers of 1935
1934
Actor Silk Hot McGee
The Cat's-Paw
Actor District Attorney Claude Drumm
The Case of the Howling Dog
Actor Willis Martin
The Secret Bride
Actor Tom Hopkins
The Poor Rich
Actor Wilbur Page
We're Rich Again
Actor Howard Smith
Gridiron Flash
Actor J. Walter Delmar
365 Nights in Hollywood
Actor Sharpe
Twenty Million Sweethearts
Actor Mr. 'Pa'
The Show-Off
Actor Fussli
One Exciting Adventure
1933
Actor Jasper Bradley Sr.
Dancing Lady
Actor George Gibson
Heroes for Sale
Actor James Smith
Wild Boys of the Road
Actor Dr. Hawley
Lilly Turner
Actor Mr. Blaine
Central Airport
Actor Austin Winters
Tomorrow at Seven
Actor Thornton Clay
Our Betters
Actor J.B. Honeywell
Convention City
Actor Allen
The Stranger's Return
Actor Ed Loomis
Dinner at Eight
Actor Rev. John Williams
King for a Night
Actor Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
I Love That Man
Actor Appleby
He Learned About Women
Actor Ezra Fowler
Saturday's Millions
1932
Actor Charlie Vane
No Man of Her Own
Actor Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
Three on a Match
Actor Martin Collins
The Famous Ferguson Case
Actor Connors
A Successful Calamity
Actor Doctor
Week-End Marriage
Actor Station Agent
Big City Blues
Actor Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Actor Prison Priest (uncredited)
If I Had a Million
