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.
Movies
Arsenic and Old Lace Reverend Harper
The Grapes of Wrath Caretaker
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Senator MacPherson
Blondie's Anniversary Samuel Breckenbridge
Blondie's Holiday Samuel Breckenridge
My Sister Eileen Walter Sherwood
The Man Who Came to Dinner Ernest W. Stanley
Conflict Dr. Grant
Reformatory Arnold Frayne
The Last Gangster Warden
Crime, Inc. Wayne Clark
No Man of Her Own Charlie Vane
The Cat's-Paw Silk Hot McGee
Three on a Match Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
Cairo Mr. O.H.P. Boggs
Step Lively Dr. Gibbs
New Moon Governor of New Orleans
Dancing Lady Jasper Bradley Sr.
Hollywood Hotel B.L. Faulkin
Footsteps in the Dark Wellington Carruthers
Straight from the Heart Austin
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday Edgar Holliday
It All Came True Rene Salmon
Tobacco Road George Payne
Heroes for Sale George Gibson
A Midsummer Night's Dream Egeus
Wild Boys of the Road James Smith
Larceny, Inc. Mr. Aspinwall
It Happened on Fifth Avenue Al Farrow
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford John Summers, Luxury's Owner
The Star Witness Pa Leeds
One Foot in Heaven Clayton Potter
The Feminine Touch Dean Hutchinson
Lilly Turner Dr. Hawley
Skylark Frederick Vantine
Nothing But the Truth Mr. Bishop
Meet the Stewarts Mr. Goodwin
One More Spring Henry Sheridan
The Misleading Lady Stephen Weatherbee
Central Airport Mr. Blaine
The Famous Ferguson Case Martin Collins
Next Time We Love Michael Jennings
First Lady Ellsworth T. Banning
The Monroe Doctrine John Quincy Adams
The Garden Murder Case District Attorney Markham
A Medal for Benny Mayor of Pantera
The Case of the Howling Dog District Attorney Claude Drumm
Guest Wife House Detective
And Now Tomorrow Uncle Wallace
When the Lights Go On Again Arnold Benson
A Successful Calamity Connors
Week-End Marriage Doctor
Big City Blues Station Agent
Father Is A Prince John W. Bower
The Corpse Came C.O.D. Mitchell Edwards
Piccadilly Jim Herbert Pett
The Secret Bride Willis Martin
Tomorrow at Seven Austin Winters
The Impatient Years Hotel Clerk
Our Betters Thornton Clay
Man to Man Barber John Martin Bolton
My American Wife Robert Cantillon
Seven Keys to Baldpate Thomas Hayden
Hell's Kitchen Hiram Krispan
The Poor Rich Tom Hopkins
Moonlight Murder Paul Adams
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus Henry Peck
My Love Came Back Dr. Kobbe
Lady Behave! Burton Williams
We're Rich Again Wilbur Page
Gridiron Flash Howard Smith
Women Are Like That Mr. Snell
Convention City J.B. Honeywell
On Borrowed Time Mr. Pilbeam
Hollywood: The Selznick Years 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Honeymoon Congressman Crenshaw
365 Nights in Hollywood J. Walter Delmar
6,000 Enemies Warden Alan Parkhurst
In Person Judge Thaddeus Parks
The Devil Is a Sissy Paul Krumpp
The Stranger's Return Allen
Dinner at Eight Ed Loomis
Leave Her to Heaven Carlson (uncredited)
Twenty Million Sweethearts Sharpe
Broadway Gondolier E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
The Show-Off Mr. 'Pa'
Youth Takes a Fling Duke
Dixie Mr. Mason
Men Without Names Andrew Webster
Who Killed Doc Robbin? Judge
King for a Night Rev. John Williams
Her Master's Voice Horace J. Twilling
The Penalty Judge
One Exciting Adventure Fussli
The Secret of Dr. Kildare John Xerxes Archley
Traveling Saleslady Rufus Twitchell
I Love That Man Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
20,000 Years in Sing Sing Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
The Great Lie Joshua Mason
Edison, the Man Snade
Parole! Marty Crawford
All by Myself J.D. Gibbons
We Who Are Young Jones
The Gay Sisters Gilbert Wheeler
He Learned About Women Appleby
Orchestra Wives Dr. Ward
It's in the Air W. R. Gridley
Castle on the Hudson Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
That Certain Age Jeweler
The Life of Emile Zola Georges Clemenceau
Music for Madame District Attorney Ernest Robinson
Easy to Wed Homer Henshaw
Bring on the Girls Ralph Neely
Redheads on Parade Minor Role (uncredited)
Watchtower Over Tomorrow Passenger with newspaper
A Dream Comes True Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Things You Never See on the Screen Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Self (archive footage)
Saturday's Millions Ezra Fowler
See Here, Private Hargrove Uncle George
Gold Diggers of 1935 Louis Lamson
If I Had a Million Prison Priest (uncredited)
March On, America! John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Her Favorite Patient Mr. Pope
The Man from M.A.R.S. Arthur Wyman
The Headleys at Home Ernest Headley
