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