Personal Info
Known Credits
127
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1874-06-17 (151 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Also Known For
John Grant Mitchell Jr.Грант Митчелл
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
Acting
1975 --
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
| Self (archive footage)
1964 --
The Big Parade of Comedy
| Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961 --
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
| 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1948 --
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
| Judge
1947 --
Blondie's Anniversary
| Samuel Breckenbridge
1947 --
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
| Mitchell Edwards
1947 --
Honeymoon
| Congressman Crenshaw
1947 --
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
| Al Farrow
1947 --
Blondie's Holiday
| Samuel Breckenridge
1946 --
Easy to Wed
| Homer Henshaw
1945 --
Leave Her to Heaven
| Carlson (uncredited)
1945 --
Guest Wife
| House Detective
1945 --
Her Favorite Patient
| Mr. Pope
1945 --
Conflict
| Dr. Grant
1945 --
A Medal for Benny
| Mayor of Pantera
1945 --
Crime, Inc.
| Wayne Clark
1945 --
Bring on the Girls
| Ralph Neely
1945 --
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
| Passenger with newspaper
1944 --
And Now Tomorrow
| Uncle Wallace
1944 --
When the Lights Go On Again
| Arnold Benson
1944 --
The Impatient Years
| Hotel Clerk
1944 --
Arsenic and Old Lace
| Reverend Harper
1944 --
Step Lively
| Dr. Gibbs
1944 --
See Here, Private Hargrove
| Uncle George
1943 --
Dixie
| Mr. Mason
1943 --
All by Myself
| J.D. Gibbons
1943 --
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
| Edgar Holliday
1942 --
My Sister Eileen
| Walter Sherwood
1942 --
Orchestra Wives
| Dr. Ward
1942 --
Cairo
| Mr. O.H.P. Boggs
1942 --
The Gay Sisters
| Gilbert Wheeler
1942 --
March On, America!
| John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942 --
Meet the Stewarts
| Mr. Goodwin
1942 --
Larceny, Inc.
| Mr. Aspinwall
1941 --
The Man Who Came to Dinner
| Ernest W. Stanley
1941 --
Skylark
| Frederick Vantine
1941 --
One Foot in Heaven
| Clayton Potter
1941 --
Nothing But the Truth
| Mr. Bishop
1941 --
The Feminine Touch
| Dean Hutchinson
1941 --
The Great Lie
| Joshua Mason
1941 --
The Penalty
| Judge
1941 --
Footsteps in the Dark
| Wellington Carruthers
1941 --
Tobacco Road
| George Payne
1940 --
Father Is A Prince
| John W. Bower
1940 --
We Who Are Young
| Jones
1940 --
My Love Came Back
| Dr. Kobbe
1940 --
New Moon
| Governor of New Orleans
1940 --
Edison, the Man
| Snade
1940 --
It All Came True
| Rene Salmon
1940 --
The Grapes of Wrath
| Caretaker
1940 --
Castle on the Hudson
| Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
1939 --
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
| John Xerxes Archley
1939 --
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
| Senator MacPherson
1939 --
The Monroe Doctrine
| John Quincy Adams
1939 --
Hell's Kitchen
| Hiram Krispan
1939 --
On Borrowed Time
| Mr. Pilbeam
1939 --
6,000 Enemies
| Warden Alan Parkhurst
1938 --
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
| Henry Peck
1938 --
The Headleys at Home
| Ernest Headley
1938 --
That Certain Age
| Jeweler
1938 --
Youth Takes a Fling
| Duke
1938 --
Reformatory
| Arnold Frayne
1938 --
Women Are Like That
| Mr. Snell
1938 --
Hollywood Hotel
| B.L. Faulkin
1937 --
Lady Behave!
| Burton Williams
1937 --
First Lady
| Ellsworth T. Banning
1937 --
The Last Gangster
| Warden
1937 --
Music for Madame
| District Attorney Ernest Robinson
1937 --
The Life of Emile Zola
| Georges Clemenceau
1936 --
The Devil Is a Sissy
| Paul Krumpp
1936 --
Piccadilly Jim
| Herbert Pett
1936 --
My American Wife
| Robert Cantillon
1936 --
Parole!
| Marty Crawford
1936 --
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
| John Summers, Luxury's Owner
1936 --
Moonlight Murder
| Paul Adams
1936 --
The Garden Murder Case
| District Attorney Markham
1936 --
Next Time We Love
| Michael Jennings
1936 --
Her Master's Voice
| Horace J. Twilling
1935 --
A Dream Comes True
| Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
1935 --
Seven Keys to Baldpate
| Thomas Hayden
1935 --
Things You Never See on the Screen
| Self
1935 --
In Person
| Judge Thaddeus Parks
1935 --
It's in the Air
| W. R. Gridley
1935 --
A Midsummer Night's Dream
| Egeus
1935 --
Redheads on Parade
| Minor Role (uncredited)
1935 --
Broadway Gondolier
| E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
1935 --
Men Without Names
| Andrew Webster
1935 --
Traveling Saleslady
| Rufus Twitchell
1935 --
Straight from the Heart
| Austin
1935 --
Gold Diggers of 1935
| Louis Lamson
1935 --
One More Spring
| Henry Sheridan
1934 --
The Secret Bride
| Willis Martin
1934 --
365 Nights in Hollywood
| J. Walter Delmar
1934 --
Gridiron Flash
| Howard Smith
1934 --
The Case of the Howling Dog
| District Attorney Claude Drumm
1934 --
One Exciting Adventure
| Fussli
1934 --
The Cat's-Paw
| Silk Hot McGee
1934 --
We're Rich Again
| Wilbur Page
1934 --
Twenty Million Sweethearts
| Sharpe
1934 --
The Show-Off
| Mr. 'Pa'
1934 --
The Poor Rich
| Tom Hopkins
1933 --
Dinner at Eight
| Ed Loomis
1933 --
Convention City
| J.B. Honeywell
1933 --
King for a Night
| Rev. John Williams
1933 --
Dancing Lady
| Jasper Bradley Sr.
1933 --
Wild Boys of the Road
| James Smith
1933 --
Saturday's Millions
| Ezra Fowler
1933 --
The Stranger's Return
| Allen
1933 --
I Love That Man
| Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
1933 --
Heroes for Sale
| George Gibson
1933 --
Tomorrow at Seven
| Austin Winters
1933 --
Lilly Turner
| Dr. Hawley
1933 --
Central Airport
| Mr. Blaine
1933 --
Our Betters
| Thornton Clay
1933 --
He Learned About Women
| Appleby
1932 --
No Man of Her Own
| Charlie Vane
1932 --
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
| Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
1932 --
If I Had a Million
| Prison Priest (uncredited)
1932 --
Three on a Match
| Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
1932 --
Big City Blues
| Station Agent
1932 --
A Successful Calamity
| Connors
1932 --
Week-End Marriage
| Doctor
1932 --
The Famous Ferguson Case
| Martin Collins
1931 --
The Star Witness
| Pa Leeds
1930 --
Man to Man
| Barber John Martin Bolton
1922 --
The Man from M.A.R.S.
| Arthur Wyman
1916 --
The Misleading Lady
| Stephen Weatherbee