Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell

Acting

Born June 17, 1874 · 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 sim…

Known for

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

Leave Her to Heaven

Leave Her to Heaven

1945

Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight

1933

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947

The Great Lie

The Great Lie

1941

Footsteps in the Dark

Footsteps in the Dark

1941

Acting(128)

1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Self (archive footage)

1964The Big Parade of ComedyEd Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1948Who Killed Doc Robbin?Judge

1947Blondie's AnniversarySamuel Breckenbridge

1947The Corpse Came C.O.D.Mitchell Edwards

1947HoneymoonCongressman Crenshaw

1947It Happened on Fifth AvenueAl Farrow

1947Blondie's HolidaySamuel Breckenridge

1946Easy to WedHomer Henshaw

1945Leave Her to HeavenCarlson (uncredited)

1945Guest WifeHouse Detective

1945Bedside MannerMr. Pope

1945ConflictDr. Grant

1945A Medal for BennyMayor of Pantera

1945Crime, Inc.Wayne Clark

1945Bring on the GirlsRalph Neely

1945Watchtower Over TomorrowPassenger with newspaper

1944And Now TomorrowUncle Wallace

1944When the Lights Go On AgainArnold Benson

1944The Impatient YearsHotel Clerk

1944Arsenic and Old LaceReverend Harper

1944Step LivelyDr. Gibbs

1944See Here, Private HargroveUncle George

1943DixieMr. Mason

1943All by MyselfJ.D. Gibbons

1943The Amazing Mrs. HollidayEdgar Holliday

1942My Sister EileenWalter Sherwood

1942Orchestra WivesDr. Ward

1942CairoOHP Boggs

1942The Gay SistersGilbert Wheeler

1942March On, America!John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)

1942Meet the StewartsMr. Goodwin

1942Larceny, Inc.Mr. Aspinwall

1941The Man Who Came to DinnerErnest W. Stanley

1941SkylarkFrederick Vantine

1941One Foot in HeavenClayton Potter

1941Nothing but the TruthMr. Bishop

1941The Feminine TouchDean Hutchinson

1941The Great LieJoshua Mason

1941The PenaltyJudge

1941Footsteps in the DarkWellington Carruthers

1941Tobacco RoadGeorge Payne

1940Father Is A PrinceJohn W. Bower

1940The Bride Wore CrutchesE.J. Randall

1940We Who Are YoungJones

1940My Love Came BackDr. Kobbe

1940New MoonGovernor of New Orleans

1940Edison, the ManSnade

1940It All Came TrueRene Salmon

1940The Grapes of WrathCaretaker

1940Castle on the HudsonDr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)

1939The Secret of Dr. KildareJohn Archley

1939Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonSenator MacPherson

1939The Monroe DoctrineJohn Quincy Adams

1939Hell's KitchenHiram Krispan

1939On Borrowed TimeMr. Pilbeam

19396,000 EnemiesWarden Alan Parkhurst

1938Peck's Bad Boy with the CircusHenry Peck

1938The Headleys at HomeErnest Headley

1938That Certain AgeJeweler

1938Youth Takes a FlingDuke

1938ReformatoryArnold Frayne

1938Women Are Like ThatMr. Snell

1938Hollywood HotelB.L. Faulkin

1937Lady Behave!Burton Williams

1937First LadyEllsworth T. Banning

1937The Last GangsterWarden

1937Music for MadameDistrict Attorney Ernest Robinson

1937The Life of Emile ZolaGeorges Clemenceau

1936The Devil Is a SissyPaul Krumpp

1936Piccadilly JimHerbert Pett

1936My American WifeRobert Cantillon

1936Parole!Marty Crawford

1936The Ex-Mrs. BradfordJohn Summers, Luxury's Owner

1936Moonlight MurderPaul Adams

1936The Garden Murder CaseDistrict Attorney Markham

1936Next Time We LoveMichael Jennings

1936Her Master's VoiceHorace J. Twilling

1935A Dream Comes TrueEgeus (archive footage) (uncredited)

1935Seven Keys to BaldpateThomas Hayden

1935Things You Never See on the ScreenSelf

1935In PersonThaddeus Parks

1935It's in the AirW. R. Gridley

1935A Midsummer Night's DreamEgeus

1935Redheads on ParadeMinor Role (uncredited)

1935Broadway GondolierE.V. Richards, Radio Producer

1935Men Without NamesAndrew Webster, banker

1935Traveling SalesladyRufus Twitchell

1935Straight from the HeartAustin

1935Gold Diggers of 1935Louis Lamson

1935One More SpringHenry Sheridan

1934The Secret BrideWillis Martin

1934365 Nights in HollywoodJ. Walter Delmar

1934Gridiron FlashHoward Smith

1934The Case of the Howling DogDistrict Attorney Claude Drumm

1934One Exciting AdventureFussli

1934The Cat's-PawSilk Hot McGee

1934We're Rich AgainWilbur Page

1934Twenty Million SweetheartsSharpe

1934The Show-OffMr. 'Pa'

1934The Poor RichTom Hopkins

1933Dinner at EightEd Loomis

1933Convention CityJ.B. Honeywell

1933King for a NightRev. John Williams

1933Shadows of Sing SingJoe Martel

1933Dancing LadyJasper Bradley Sr.

1933Wild Boys of the RoadJames Smith

1933Saturday's MillionsEzra Fowler

1933The Stranger's ReturnAllen

1933I Love That ManDr. Crittenden - Dentist

1933Heroes for SaleGeorge Gibson

1933Tomorrow at SevenAustin Winters

1933Lilly TurnerDr. Hawley

1933Central AirportMr. Blaine

1933Our BettersThornton Clay

1933He Learned About WomenAppleby

1932No Man of Her OwnVane

193220,000 Years in Sing SingTester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)

1932If I Had a MillionPrison Priest (uncredited)

1932Three on a MatchMr. Gilmore (uncredited)

1932Big City BluesStation Agent

1932A Successful CalamityConnors

1932Week-End MarriageDoctor

1932The Famous Ferguson CaseMartin Collins

1931The Star WitnessPa Leeds

1930Man to ManBarber John Martin Bolton

1922The Man from M.A.R.S.Arthur Wyman

1916The Misleading LadyStephen Weatherbee

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