7.8
7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Senator MacPherson
Grant Mitchell
Acting
Born:June 17, 1874
Died:May 1, 1957(aged 82)
Birthplace:Columbus, Ohio, USA
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CommunityBiography
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 (119 movies)
7.8
7.8
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Caretaker
7.6
7.6
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
as Reverend Harper
7.5
7.5
On Borrowed Time
1939
as Mr. Pilbeam
7.4
7.4
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
as Carlson (uncredited)
7.1
7.1
Nothing But the Truth
1941
as Mr. Bishop
7.0
7.0
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947
as Al Farrow
7.0
7.0
Heroes for Sale
1933
as George Gibson
6.9
6.9
Footsteps in the Dark
1941
as Wellington Carruthers
6.9
6.9
Larceny, Inc.
1942
as Mr. Aspinwall
6.9
6.9
The Great Lie
1941
as Joshua Mason
6.9
6.9
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
as Paul Krumpp
6.9
6.9
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
as Ernest W. Stanley
6.8
6.8
Dancing Lady
1933
as Jasper Bradley Sr.
6.8
6.8
My Sister Eileen
1942
as Walter Sherwood
6.8
6.8
Edison, the Man
1940
as Snade
6.8
6.8
Wild Boys of the Road
1933
as James Smith
6.7
6.7
Dinner at Eight
1933
as Ed Loomis
6.7
6.7
The Star Witness
1931
as Pa Leeds
6.7
6.7
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
as Edgar Holliday
6.7
6.7
The Monroe Doctrine
1939
as John Quincy Adams
6.7
6.7
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
as Georges Clemenceau
6.6
6.6
Conflict
1945
as Dr. Grant
6.6
6.6
Tobacco Road
1941
as George Payne
6.6
6.6
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935
as Thomas Hayden
6.6
6.6
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Clayton Potter
6.5
6.5
No Man of Her Own
1932
as Vane
6.5
6.5
Piccadilly Jim
1936
as Herbert Pett
6.5
6.5
Skylark
1941
as Frederick Vantine
6.5
6.5
New Moon
1940
as Governor of New Orleans
6.5
6.5
The Gay Sisters
1942
as Gilbert Wheeler
6.4
6.4
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
as Louis Lamson
6.4
6.4
Honeymoon
1947
as Congressman Crenshaw
6.3
6.3
Next Time We Love
1936
as Michael Jennings
6.3
6.3
In Person
1935
as Judge Thaddeus Parks
6.3
6.3
The Impatient Years
1944
as Hotel Clerk
6.3
6.3
The Last Gangster
1937
as Warden
6.3
6.3
Orchestra Wives
1942
as Dr. Ward
6.3
6.3
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
as Egeus
6.2
6.2
The Stranger's Return
1933
as Allen
6.2
6.2
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
as John Summers, Luxury's Owner
6.2
6.2
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
as Martin Collins
6.2
6.2
The Cat's-Paw
1934
as Silk Hot McGee
6.2
6.2
First Lady
1937
as Ellsworth T. Banning
6.2
6.2
Hell's Kitchen
1939
as Hiram Krispan
6.2
6.2
Easy to Wed
1946
as Homer Henshaw
6.2
6.2
King for a Night
1933
as Rev. John Williams
6.2
6.2
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as District Attorney Claude Drumm
6.1
6.1
Central Airport
1933
as Mr. Blaine
6.1
6.1
Bring on the Girls
1945
as Ralph Neely
6.0
6.0
Blondie's Holiday
1947
as Samuel Breckenridge
6.0
6.0
Reformatory
1938
as Arnold Frayne
6.0
6.0
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944
as Uncle George
6.0
6.0
Parole!
1936
as Marty Crawford
6.0
6.0
Her Master's Voice
1936
as Horace J. Twilling
6.0
6.0
Step Lively
1944
as Dr. Gibbs
6.0
6.0
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
as Sharpe
6.0
6.0
The Penalty
1941
as Judge
6.0
6.0
6,000 Enemies
1939
as Warden Alan Parkhurst
6.0
6.0
Men Without Names
1935
as Andrew Webster, banker
6.0
6.0
Tomorrow at Seven
1933
as Austin Winters
6.0
6.0
Guest Wife
1945
as House Detective
5.9
5.9
The Secret Bride
1934
as Willis Martin
5.8
5.8
One More Spring
1935
as Henry Sheridan
5.8
5.8
It All Came True
1940
as Rene Salmon
5.8
5.8
We Who Are Young
1940
as Jones
5.8
5.8
Cairo
1942
as Mr. O.H.P. Boggs
5.7
5.7
And Now Tomorrow
1944
as Uncle Wallace
5.7
5.7
Bedside Manner
1945
as Mr. Pope
5.7
5.7
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947
as Mitchell Edwards
5.7
5.7
Women Are Like That
1938
as Mr. Snell
5.7
5.7
The Show-Off
1934
as Mr. 'Pa'
5.7
5.7
Man to Man
1930
as Barber John Martin Bolton
5.6
5.6
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
as John Xerxes Archley
5.6
5.6
Blondie's Anniversary
1947
as Samuel Breckenbridge
5.5
5.5
Traveling Saleslady
1935
as Rufus Twitchell
5.5
5.5
When the Lights Go On Again
1944
as Arnold Benson
5.4
5.4
Hollywood Hotel
1938
as B.L. Faulkin
5.4
5.4
Broadway Gondolier
1935
as E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
5.3
5.3
Big City Blues
1932
as Station Agent
5.2
5.2
We're Rich Again
1934
as Wilbur Page
5.2
5.2
A Successful Calamity
1932
as Connors
5.2
5.2
The Garden Murder Case
1936
as District Attorney Markham
5.1
5.1
That Certain Age
1938
as Jeweler
5.1
5.1
Our Betters
1933
as Thornton Clay
5.1
5.1
Lilly Turner
1933
as Dr. Hawley
5.0
5.0
Saturday's Millions
1933
as Ezra Fowler
5.0
5.0
Father Is A Prince
1940
as John W. Bower
5.0
5.0
Week-End Marriage
1932
as Doctor
5.0
5.0
It's in the Air
1935
as W. R. Gridley
5.0
5.0
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
1945
as Passenger with newspaper
5.0
5.0
Music for Madame
1937
as District Attorney Ernest Robinson
5.0
5.0
Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self
4.8
4.8
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
as Henry Peck
4.8
4.8
March On, America!
1942
as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
4.6
4.6
The Feminine Touch
1941
as Dean Hutchinson
4.6
4.6
My Love Came Back
1940
as Dr. Kobbe
4.5
4.5
Lady Behave!
1937
as Burton Williams
4.5
4.5
A Medal for Benny
1945
as Mayor of Pantera
4.3
4.3
Meet the Stewarts
1942
as Mr. Goodwin
4.2
4.2
Crime, Inc.
1945
as Wayne Clark
4.2
4.2
Moonlight Murder
1936
as Paul Adams
3.6
3.6
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
1948
as Judge
3.3
3.3
Gridiron Flash
1934
as Howard Smith
3.0
3.0
Convention City
1933
as J.B. Honeywell
3.0
3.0
Dixie
1943
as Mr. Mason
1.0
1.0
Youth Takes a Fling
1938
as Duke
The Misleading Lady
1916
as Stephen Weatherbee
All by Myself
1943
as J.D. Gibbons
365 Nights in Hollywood
1934
as J. Walter Delmar
He Learned About Women
1933
as Appleby
The Poor Rich
1934
as Tom Hopkins
One Exciting Adventure
1934
as Fussli
I Love That Man
1933
as Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
My American Wife
1936
as Robert Cantillon
The Man from M.A.R.S.
1922
as Arthur Wyman
Redheads on Parade
1935
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Straight from the Heart
1935
as Austin
The Headleys at Home
1938
as Ernest Headley
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