Birth Day: 1874-06-17
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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As Self (archive footage) -
As Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited) -
As 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited) -
As Judge -
As Mitchell Edwards -
As Al Farrow -
As Samuel Breckenbridge -
As Samuel Breckenridge -
As Congressman Crenshaw -
As Homer Henshaw -
As Carlson (uncredited) -
As Ralph Neely -
As Mayor of Pantera -
As House Detective -
As Passenger with newspaper -
As Wayne Clark -
As Dr. Grant -
As Mr. Pope -
As Dr. Gibbs -
As Uncle George -
As Uncle Wallace -
As Arnold Benson -
As Hotel Clerk -
As Reverend Harper -
As Edgar Holliday -
As Mr. Mason -
As J.D. Gibbons -
As Mr. Goodwin -
As Mr. Aspinwall -
As John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited) -
As Gilbert Wheeler -
As Dr. Ward -
As Mr. O.H.P. Boggs -
As Walter Sherwood -
As Frederick Vantine -
As Mr. Bishop -
As Joshua Mason -
As Dean Hutchinson -
As Judge -
As Clayton Potter -
As George Payne -
As Ernest W. Stanley -
As Wellington Carruthers -
As Caretaker -
As Dr. Kobbe -
As Jones -
As Rene Salmon -
As Governor of New Orleans -
As Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited) -
As Snade -
As John W. Bower -
As Mr. Pilbeam -
As Warden Alan Parkhurst -
As John Xerxes Archley -
As Hiram Krispan -
As Senator MacPherson -
As John Quincy Adams -
As Ernest Headley -
As Henry Peck -
As Arnold Frayne -
As Mr. Snell -
As B.L. Faulkin -
As Duke -
As Jeweler -
As Burton Williams -
As Ellsworth T. Banning -
As Georges Clemenceau -
As District Attorney Ernest Robinson -
As Warden -
As Marty Crawford -
As Michael Jennings -
As Paul Krumpp -
As John Summers, Luxury's Owner -
As Herbert Pett -
As District Attorney Markham -
As Robert Cantillon -
As Paul Adams -
As Horace J. Twilling -
As Self -
As Egeus -
As Judge Thaddeus Parks -
As Thomas Hayden -
As Minor Role (uncredited) -
As Rufus Twitchell -
As Henry Sheridan -
As Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited) -
As W. R. Gridley -
As Austin -
As Andrew Webster -
As Louis Lamson -
As E.V. Richards, Radio Producer -
As J. Walter Delmar -
As Howard Smith -
As Tom Hopkins -
As District Attorney Claude Drumm -
As Wilbur Page -
As Silk Hot McGee -
As Sharpe -
As Fussli -
As Mr. 'Pa' -
As Willis Martin -
As Jasper Bradley Sr. -
As Thornton Clay -
As Austin Winters -
As Ezra Fowler -
As J.B. Honeywell -
As George Gibson -
As Dr. Crittenden - Dentist -
As Allen -
As Ed Loomis -
As Mr. Blaine -
As Appleby -
As Rev. John Williams -
As Dr. Hawley -
As James Smith -
As Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited) -
As Mr. Gilmore (uncredited) -
As Martin Collins -
As Charlie Vane -
As Connors -
As Prison Priest (uncredited) -
As Station Agent -
As Doctor -
As Pa Leeds -
As Barber John Martin Bolton -
As Arthur Wyman -
As Stephen Weatherbee