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 Towns 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 Nights 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.
Reverend Harper
Film 1944
Caretaker
Film 1940
Senator MacPherson
Film 1939
Samuel Breckenbridge
Film 1947
Samuel Breckenridge
Film 1947
Walter Sherwood
Film 1942
Wayne Clark
Film 1945
Charlie Vane
Film 1932
Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
Film 1932
Mr. O.H.P. Boggs
Film 1942
Dr. Gibbs
Film 1944
Governor of New Orleans
Film 1940
Jasper Bradley Sr.
Film 1933
B.L. Faulkin
Film 1938
Wellington Carruthers
Film 1941
Austin
Film 1935
Edgar Holliday
Film 1943
Rene Salmon
Film 1940
George Gibson
Film 1933
Egeus
Film 1935
James Smith
Film 1933
Mr. Aspinwall
Film 1942
Al Farrow
Film 1947
John Summers, Luxury's Owner
Film 1936
Pa Leeds
Film 1931
Dr. Hawley
Film 1933
Mr. Bishop
Film 1941
Mr. Goodwin
Film 1942
Henry Sheridan
Film 1935
Stephen Weatherbee
Film 1916
Mr. Blaine
Film 1933
Martin Collins
Film 1932
Michael Jennings
Film 1936
Ellsworth T. Banning
Film 1937
John Quincy Adams
Film 1939
Mayor of Pantera
Film 1945
District Attorney Claude Drumm
Film 1934
Uncle Wallace
Film 1944
Arnold Benson
Film 1944
Connors
Film 1932
Doctor
Film 1932
Station Agent
Film 1932
John W. Bower
Film 1940
Herbert Pett
Film 1936
Willis Martin
Film 1934
Austin Winters
Film 1933
Hotel Clerk
Film 1944
Thornton Clay
Film 1933
Barber John Martin Bolton
Film 1930
Robert Cantillon
Film 1936
Thomas Hayden
Film 1935
Hiram Krispan
Film 1939
Tom Hopkins
Film 1934
Paul Adams
Film 1936
Henry Peck
Film 1938
Dr. Kobbe
Film 1940
Burton Williams
Film 1937
Wilbur Page
Film 1934
Howard Smith
Film 1934
Mr. Snell
Film 1938
J.B. Honeywell
Film 1933
'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1961
Congressman Crenshaw
Film 1947
J. Walter Delmar
Film 1934
Warden Alan Parkhurst
Film 1939
Judge Thaddeus Parks
Film 1935
Ed Loomis
Film 1933
Carlson (uncredited)
Film 1945
Sharpe
Film 1934
E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
Film 1935
Mr. 'Pa'
Film 1934
Duke
Film 1938
Mr. Mason
Film 1943
Rev. John Williams
Film 1933
Horace J. Twilling
Film 1936
Judge
Film 1941
John Xerxes Archley
Film 1939
Rufus Twitchell
Film 1935
Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
Film 1933
Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
Film 1932
Marty Crawford
Film 1936
J.D. Gibbons
Film 1943
Jones
Film 1940
Gilbert Wheeler
Film 1942
Appleby
Film 1933
Dr. Ward
Film 1942
W. R. Gridley
Film 1935
Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
Film 1940
Georges Clemenceau
Film 1937
District Attorney Ernest Robinson
Film 1937
Homer Henshaw
Film 1946
Ralph Neely
Film 1945
Minor Role (uncredited)
Film 1935
Passenger with newspaper
Film 1945
Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1935
Self
Film 1935
Self (archive footage)
Film 1975
Uncle George
Film 1944
Louis Lamson
Film 1935
Prison Priest (uncredited)
Film 1932
John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1942
Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1964
Mr. Pope
Film 1945
Arthur Wyman
Film 1922
Ernest Headley
Film 1938