Grant Mitchell

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Popular films

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939
The Grapes of Wrath1940
Arsenic and Old Lace1944
Leave Her to Heaven1945

About Grant Mitchell

Known for: Acting
Born: June 17, 1874
Died: May 1, 1957 (age 82)
Birthplace: 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…

Also credited as

John Grant Mitchell Jr., Грант Митчелл

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Filmography

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975as Self (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy1964as Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Who Killed Doc Robbin?1948as Judge
Blondie's Anniversary1947as Samuel Breckenbridge
The Corpse Came C.O.D.1947as Mitchell Edwards
Honeymoon1947as Congressman Crenshaw
It Happened on Fifth Avenue1947as Al Farrow
Blondie's Holiday1947as Samuel Breckenridge
Easy to Wed1946as Homer Henshaw
Leave Her to Heaven1945as Carlson (uncredited)
Guest Wife1945as House Detective
Bedside Manner1945as Mr. Pope
Conflict1945as Dr. Grant
A Medal for Benny1945as Mayor of Pantera
Crime, Inc.1945as Wayne Clark
Bring on the Girls1945as Ralph Neely
Watchtower Over Tomorrow1945as Passenger with newspaper
And Now Tomorrow1944as Uncle Wallace
When the Lights Go On Again1944as Arnold Benson
The Impatient Years1944as Hotel Clerk
Arsenic and Old Lace1944as Reverend Harper
Step Lively1944as Dr. Gibbs
See Here, Private Hargrove1944as Uncle George
Dixie1943as Mr. Mason
All by Myself1943as J.D. Gibbons
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday1943as Edgar Holliday
My Sister Eileen1942as Walter Sherwood
Orchestra Wives1942as Dr. Ward
Cairo1942as OHP Boggs
The Gay Sisters1942as Gilbert Wheeler
March On, America!1942as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts1942as Mr. Goodwin
Larceny, Inc.1942as Mr. Aspinwall
The Man Who Came to Dinner1941as Ernest W. Stanley
Skylark1941as Frederick Vantine
One Foot in Heaven1941as Clayton Potter
Nothing but the Truth1941as Mr. Bishop
The Feminine Touch1941as Dean Hutchinson
The Great Lie1941as Joshua Mason
The Penalty1941as Judge
Footsteps in the Dark1941as Wellington Carruthers
Tobacco Road1941as George Payne
Father Is A Prince1940as John W. Bower
The Bride Wore Crutches1940as E.J. Randall
We Who Are Young1940as Jones
My Love Came Back1940as Dr. Kobbe
New Moon1940as Governor of New Orleans
Edison, the Man1940as Snade
It All Came True1940as Rene Salmon
The Grapes of Wrath1940as Caretaker
Castle on the Hudson1940as Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare1939as John Archley
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939as Senator MacPherson
The Monroe Doctrine1939as John Quincy Adams
Hell's Kitchen1939as Hiram Krispan
On Borrowed Time1939as Mr. Pilbeam
6,000 Enemies1939as Warden Alan Parkhurst
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus1938as Henry Peck
The Headleys at Home1938as Ernest Headley
That Certain Age1938as Jeweler
Youth Takes a Fling1938as Duke
Reformatory1938as Arnold Frayne
Women Are Like That1938as Mr. Snell
Hollywood Hotel1938as B.L. Faulkin
Lady Behave!1937as Burton Williams
First Lady1937as Ellsworth T. Banning
The Last Gangster1937as Warden
Music for Madame1937as District Attorney Ernest Robinson
The Life of Emile Zola1937as Georges Clemenceau
The Devil Is a Sissy1936as Paul Krumpp
Piccadilly Jim1936as Herbert Pett
My American Wife1936as Robert Cantillon
Parole!1936as Marty Crawford
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford1936as John Summers, Luxury's Owner
Moonlight Murder1936as Paul Adams
The Garden Murder Case1936as District Attorney Markham
Next Time We Love1936as Michael Jennings
Her Master's Voice1936as Horace J. Twilling
A Dream Comes True1935as Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Seven Keys to Baldpate1935as Thomas Hayden
Things You Never See on the Screen1935as Self
In Person1935as Thaddeus Parks
It's in the Air1935as W. R. Gridley
A Midsummer Night's Dream1935as Egeus
Redheads on Parade1935as Minor Role (uncredited)
Broadway Gondolier1935as E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
Men Without Names1935as Andrew Webster, banker
Traveling Saleslady1935as Rufus Twitchell
Straight from the Heart1935as Austin
Gold Diggers of 19351935as Louis Lamson
One More Spring1935as Henry Sheridan
The Secret Bride1934as Willis Martin
365 Nights in Hollywood1934as J. Walter Delmar
Gridiron Flash1934as Howard Smith
The Case of the Howling Dog1934as District Attorney Claude Drumm
One Exciting Adventure1934as Fussli
The Cat's-Paw1934as Silk Hot McGee
We're Rich Again1934as Wilbur Page
Twenty Million Sweethearts1934as Sharpe
The Show-Off1934as Mr. 'Pa'
The Poor Rich1934as Tom Hopkins
Dinner at Eight1933as Ed Loomis
Convention City1933as J.B. Honeywell
King for a Night1933as Rev. John Williams
Shadows of Sing Sing1933as Joe Martel
Dancing Lady1933as Jasper Bradley Sr.
Wild Boys of the Road1933as James Smith
Saturday's Millions1933as Ezra Fowler
The Stranger's Return1933as Allen
I Love That Man1933as Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
Heroes for Sale1933as George Gibson
Tomorrow at Seven1933as Austin Winters
Lilly Turner1933as Dr. Hawley
Central Airport1933as Mr. Blaine
Our Betters1933as Thornton Clay
He Learned About Women1933as Appleby
No Man of Her Own1932as Vane
20,000 Years in Sing Sing1932as Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
If I Had a Million1932as Prison Priest (uncredited)
Three on a Match1932as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
Big City Blues1932as Station Agent
A Successful Calamity1932as Connors
Week-End Marriage1932as Doctor
The Famous Ferguson Case1932as Martin Collins
The Star Witness1931as Pa Leeds
Man to Man1930as Barber John Martin Bolton
The Man from M.A.R.S.1922as Arthur Wyman
The Misleading Lady1916as Stephen Weatherbee

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