Grant Mitchell

About

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),...

Known for

Arsenic and Old LaceMovie • 1944The Grapes of WrathMovie • 1940Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonMovie • 1939Leave Her to HeavenMovie • 1945Dinner at EightMovie • 1933It Happened on Fifth AvenueMovie • 1947The Great LieMovie • 1941The Life of Emile ZolaMovie • 1937No Man of Her OwnMovie • 1932Three on a MatchMovie • 193220,000 Years in Sing SingMovie • 1932A Midsummer Night's DreamMovie • 1935The Man Who Came to DinnerMovie • 1941It All Came TrueMovie • 1940Wild Boys of the RoadMovie • 1933Edison, the ManMovie • 1940On Borrowed TimeMovie • 1939If I Had a MillionMovie • 1932One Foot in HeavenMovie • 1941ConflictMovie • 1945Tobacco RoadMovie • 1941The Last GangsterMovie • 1937Larceny, Inc.Movie • 1942Dancing LadyMovie • 1933