Grant Mitchell
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1874-06-17 (83 years old)
Deathday
1957-05-01
Place of Birth
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Also known As
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", "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...
Acting
1944
as Reverend Harper
1940
as Caretaker
1939
as Senator MacPherson
1947
as Samuel Breckenbridge
1947
as Samuel Breckenridge
1942
as Walter Sherwood
1941
as Ernest W. Stanley
1945
as Dr. Grant
1938
as Arnold Frayne
1937
as Warden
1945
as Wayne Clark
1932
as Vane
1934
as Silk Hot McGee
1932
as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
1942
as Mr. O.H.P. Boggs
1944
as Dr. Gibbs
1940
as Governor of New Orleans
1933
as Jasper Bradley Sr.
1938
as B.L. Faulkin
1941
as Wellington Carruthers
1935
as Austin
1943
as Edgar Holliday
1940
as Rene Salmon
1941
as George Payne
1933
as George Gibson
1935
as Egeus
1933
as James Smith
1942
as Mr. Aspinwall
1947
as Al Farrow
1936
as John Summers, Luxury's Owner
1931
as Pa Leeds
1941
as Clayton Potter
1941
as Dean Hutchinson
1933
as Dr. Hawley
1941
as Frederick Vantine
1941
as Mr. Bishop
1942
as Mr. Goodwin
1935
as Henry Sheridan
1916
as Stephen Weatherbee
1933
as Mr. Blaine
1932
as Martin Collins
1936
as Michael Jennings
1937
as Ellsworth T. Banning
1939
as John Quincy Adams
1936
as District Attorney Markham
1945
as Mayor of Pantera
1934
as District Attorney Claude Drumm
1945
as House Detective
1944
as Uncle Wallace
1944
as Arnold Benson
1932
as Connors
1932
as Doctor
1932
as Station Agent
1940
as John W. Bower
1947
as Mitchell Edwards
1936
as Herbert Pett
1934
as Willis Martin
1933
as Austin Winters
1944
as Hotel Clerk
1933
as Thornton Clay
1930
as Barber John Martin Bolton
1936
as Robert Cantillon
1935
as Thomas Hayden
1939
as Hiram Krispan
1934
as Tom Hopkins
1936
as Paul Adams
1938
as Henry Peck
1940
as Dr. Kobbe
1937
as Burton Williams
1934
as Wilbur Page
1934
as Howard Smith
1938
as Mr. Snell
1933
as J.B. Honeywell
1939
as Mr. Pilbeam
1961
as 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1947
as Congressman Crenshaw
1934
as J. Walter Delmar
1939
as Warden Alan Parkhurst
1935
as Judge Thaddeus Parks
1936
as Paul Krumpp
1933
as Allen
1933
as Ed Loomis
1945
as Carlson (uncredited)
1934
as Sharpe
1935
as E.V. Richards, Radio Producer
1934
as Mr. 'Pa'
1938
as Duke
1943
as Mr. Mason
1935
as Andrew Webster
1948
as Judge
1933
as Rev. John Williams
1936
as Horace J. Twilling
1941
as Judge
1934
as Fussli
1939
as John Xerxes Archley
1935
as Rufus Twitchell
1933
as Dr. Crittenden - Dentist
1932
as Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
1941
as Joshua Mason
1940
as Snade
1936
as Marty Crawford
1943
as J.D. Gibbons
1940
as Jones
1942
as Gilbert Wheeler
1933
as Appleby
1942
as Dr. Ward
1935
as W. R. Gridley
1940
as Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)
1938
as Jeweler
1937
as Georges Clemenceau
1937
as District Attorney Ernest Robinson
1946
as Homer Henshaw
1945
as Ralph Neely
1935
as Minor Role (uncredited)
1945
as Passenger with newspaper
1935
as Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)
1935
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1933
as Ezra Fowler
1944
as Uncle George
1935
as Louis Lamson
1932
as Prison Priest (uncredited)
1942
as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
as Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1945
as Mr. Pope
1922
as Arthur Wyman
1938
as Ernest Headley
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