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Grant Mitchell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1874-06-17

Day of Death

1957-05-01

Place of Birth

Columbus, Ohio, USA

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", "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.

Filmography (128)

⭐ 6.3 Role: Self (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975
⭐ 7.2 Role: Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964
⭐ 4.2 Role: Judge

Who Killed Doc Robbin?

1948
⭐ 5.8 Role: Samuel Breckenbridge

Blondie's Anniversary

1947
⭐ 6.5 Role: Mitchell Edwards

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

1947
⭐ 6.5 Role: Congressman Crenshaw

Honeymoon

1947
⭐ 7.1 Role: Al Farrow

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947
⭐ 6.8 Role: Samuel Breckenridge

Blondie's Holiday

1947
⭐ 6.4 Role: Homer Henshaw

Easy to Wed

1946
⭐ 7.4 Role: Carlson (uncredited)

Leave Her to Heaven

1945
⭐ 6.2 Role: House Detective

Guest Wife

1945
⭐ 5.9 Role: Mr. Pope

Bedside Manner

1945
⭐ 6.7 Role: Dr. Grant

Conflict

1945
⭐ 5.6 Role: Mayor of Pantera

A Medal for Benny

1945
⭐ 4.8 Role: Wayne Clark

Crime, Inc.

1945