Grant Mitchell
Grant Mitchell
Person

Grant Mitchell

Actor 1874-06-17 Columbus, 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 Talki...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939 · Senator MacPherson

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940 · Caretaker

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944 · Reverend Harper

Leave Her to Heaven

Leave Her to Heaven

1945 · Carlson (uncredited)

The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola

1937 · Georges Clemenceau

Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight

1933 · Ed Loomis

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941 · Ernest W. Stanley

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947 · Al Farrow

Conflict

Conflict

1945 · Dr. Grant

Three on a Match

Three on a Match

1932 · Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)

Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road

1941 · George Payne

Gold Diggers of 1935

Gold Diggers of 1935

1935 · Louis Lamson

The Great Lie

The Great Lie

1941 · Joshua Mason

Wild Boys of the Road

Wild Boys of the Road

1933 · James Smith

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1935 · Egeus

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

1932 · Prison Priest (uncredited)

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

1932 · Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)

Dancing Lady

Dancing Lady

1933 · Jasper Bradley Sr.

Larceny, Inc.

Larceny, Inc.

1942 · Mr. Aspinwall

The Stranger's Return

The Stranger's Return

1933 · Allen