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