Grant Mitchell
Acting
Born June 17, 1874 · Columbus, Ohio, USA
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 Geo…
Known For · 40 titles
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Grapes of Wrath
Arsenic and Old Lace
Leave Her to Heaven
Guest Wife
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Reformatory
The Life of Emile Zola
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Convention City
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
See Here, Private Hargrove
Dinner at Eight
The Man from M.A.R.S.
If I Had a Million
The Last Gangster
Step Lively
Central Airport
My American Wife
Heroes for Sale
Tobacco Road
In Person
Dixie
Wild Boys of the Road
Shadows of Sing Sing
Conflict
He Learned About Women
Things You Never See on the Screen
King for a Night
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
The Big Parade of Comedy
Dancing Lady
The Great Lie
The Garden Murder Case
The Case of the Howling Dog
One Foot in Heaven
Three on a Match
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