Grant Mitchell

Known for ActingBorn 1874-06-17Died 1957-05-01Columbus, 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.Read more

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The Headleys at Home

I Love That Man

He Learned About Women

Straight from the Heart

Redheads on Parade

365 Nights in Hollywood

All by Myself

The Poor Rich

One Exciting Adventure

The Grapes of Wrath

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Arsenic and Old Lace

On Borrowed Time

My American Wife

Leave Her to Heaven

The Penalty

The Big Parade of Comedy

Nothing but the Truth

The Monroe Doctrine

Larceny, Inc.

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

King for a Night

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Footsteps in the Dark

Heroes for Sale

The Great Lie

Castle on the Hudson

The Bride Wore Crutches

The Devil Is a Sissy

Parole!

New Moon

Saturday's Millions

Shadows of Sing Sing

One Foot in Heaven

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Hell's Kitchen

Blondie's Holiday

The Man from M.A.R.S.

Edison, the Man

My Sister Eileen

Skylark

The Star Witness

Dancing Lady

Tobacco Road

Wild Boys of the Road

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Women Are Like That

Dinner at Eight