
Grant Mitchell
Biography
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", "Th…
Known For
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Senator MacPherson
The Grapes of Wrath
Caretaker
Arsenic and Old Lace
Reverend Harper
Leave Her to Heaven
Carlson (uncredited)
The Life of Emile Zola
Georges Clemenceau
Dinner at Eight
Ed Loomis
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Ernest W. Stanley
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Al Farrow
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Filmography
Acting (128)
Movies (128)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964as Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
1948as Judge
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947as Al Farrow
Honeymoon
1947as Congressman Crenshaw
Blondie's Anniversary
1947as Samuel Breckenbridge
Blondie's Holiday
1947as Samuel Breckenridge
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947as Mitchell Edwards
Easy to Wed
1946as Homer Henshaw
Crime, Inc.
1945as Wayne Clark
Guest Wife
1945as House Detective
Conflict
1945as Dr. Grant
Leave Her to Heaven
1945as Carlson (uncredited)
Bedside Manner
1945as Mr. Pope
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
1945as Passenger with newspaper
Bring on the Girls
1945as Ralph Neely
A Medal for Benny
1945as Mayor of Pantera
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944as Reverend Harper
Step Lively
1944as Dr. Gibbs
And Now Tomorrow
1944as Uncle Wallace
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944as Uncle George
When the Lights Go On Again
1944as Arnold Benson
The Impatient Years
1944as Hotel Clerk
All by Myself
1943as J.D. Gibbons
Dixie
1943as Mr. Mason
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943as Edgar Holliday
Meet the Stewarts
1942as Mr. Goodwin
March On, America!
1942as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen
1942as Walter Sherwood
Cairo
1942as Mr. O.H.P. Boggs
Orchestra Wives
1942as Dr. Ward
Larceny, Inc.
1942as Mr. Aspinwall
The Gay Sisters
1942as Gilbert Wheeler
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941as Ernest W. Stanley
Tobacco Road
1941as George Payne
One Foot in Heaven
1941as Clayton Potter
The Feminine Touch
1941as Dean Hutchinson
The Great Lie
1941as Joshua Mason
Nothing but the Truth
1941as Mr. Bishop
Footsteps in the Dark
1941as Wellington Carruthers
Skylark
1941as Frederick Vantine
The Penalty
1941as Judge
Edison, the Man
1940as Snade
The Grapes of Wrath
1940as Caretaker
New Moon
1940as Governor of New Orleans
We Who Are Young
1940as Jones
Father Is A Prince
1940as John W. Bower
My Love Came Back
1940as Dr. Kobbe
Castle on the Hudson
1940as Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
It All Came True
1940as Rene Salmon
The Bride Wore Crutches
1940as E.J. Randall
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939as Senator MacPherson
On Borrowed Time
1939as Mr. Pilbeam
6,000 Enemies
1939as Warden Alan Parkhurst
Hell's Kitchen
1939as Hiram Krispan
The Monroe Doctrine
1939as John Quincy Adams
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939as John Xerxes Archley
Reformatory
1938as Arnold Frayne
The Headleys at Home
1938as Ernest Headley
That Certain Age
1938as Jeweler
Hollywood Hotel
1938as B.L. Faulkin
Youth Takes a Fling
1938as Duke
Women Are Like That
1938as Mr. Snell
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938as Henry Peck
Music for Madame
1937as District Attorney Ernest Robinson
The Last Gangster
1937as Warden
The Life of Emile Zola
1937as Georges Clemenceau
First Lady
1937as Ellsworth T. Banning
Lady Behave!
1937as Burton Williams
Piccadilly Jim
1936as Herbert Pett
My American Wife
1936as Robert Cantillon
Parole!
1936as Marty Crawford
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936as John Summers, Luxury's Owner
Moonlight Murder
1936as Paul Adams
Her Master's Voice
1936as Horace J. Twilling
The Garden Murder Case
1936as District Attorney Markham
Next Time We Love
1936as Michael Jennings
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936as Paul Krumpp
Straight from the Heart
1935as Austin
Traveling Saleslady
1935as Rufus Twitchell
In Person
1935as Thaddeus Parks
Men Without Names
1935as Andrew Webster, banker
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935as Egeus
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935as Louis Lamson
One More Spring
1935as Henry Sheridan
Redheads on Parade
1935as Minor Role (uncredited)
A Dream Comes True
1935as Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935as Thomas Hayden
Broadway Gondolier
1935as E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
It's in the Air
1935as W. R. Gridley
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935as Self
We're Rich Again
1934as Wilbur Page
The Poor Rich
1934as Tom Hopkins
The Secret Bride
1934as Willis Martin
The Show-Off
1934as Mr. 'Pa'
One Exciting Adventure
1934as Fussli
The Cat's-Paw
1934as Silk Hot McGee
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934as District Attorney Claude Drumm
365 Nights in Hollywood
1934as J. Walter Delmar
Gridiron Flash
1934as Howard Smith
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934as Sharpe
He Learned About Women
1933as Appleby
Heroes for Sale
1933as George Gibson
Convention City
1933as J.B. Honeywell
Our Betters
1933as Thornton Clay
Dinner at Eight
1933as Ed Loomis
Lilly Turner
1933as Dr. Hawley
Central Airport
1933as Mr. Blaine
Tomorrow at Seven
1933as Austin Winters
I Love That Man
1933as Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
Shadows of Sing Sing
1933as Joe Martel
Dancing Lady
1933as Jasper Bradley Sr.
King for a Night
1933as Rev. John Williams
Wild Boys of the Road
1933as James Smith
The Stranger's Return
1933as Allen
Saturday's Millions
1933as Ezra Fowler
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932as Martin Collins
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932as Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
Big City Blues
1932as Station Agent
If I Had a Million
1932as Prison Priest (uncredited)
Three on a Match
1932as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
No Man of Her Own
1932as Vane
A Successful Calamity
1932as Connors
Week-End Marriage
1932as Doctor
The Star Witness
1931as Pa Leeds
Man to Man
1930as Barber John Martin Bolton
The Man from M.A.R.S.
1922as Arthur Wyman
The Misleading Lady
1916as Stephen Weatherbee
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