Grant Mitchell
Birthday: 1874-06-17 | Place of Birth: Columbus, Ohio, USAGrant 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Al Farrow
as Dr. Grant
as House Detective
as Wayne Clark
as Arnold Benson
as Dr. Gibbs
as Hotel Clerk
as Uncle George
as J.D. Gibbons
as Mr. Mason
as Ernest W. Stanley
as Gilbert Wheeler
as Mr. Aspinwall
as Walter Sherwood
as Frederick Vantine
as George Payne
as Joshua Mason
as Judge
as Wellington Carruthers
as Dr. Kobbe
as Governor of New Orleans
as Jones
as Rene Salmon
as John Quincy Adams
as Mr. Pilbeam
as Warden Alan Parkhurst
as Burton Williams
as Warden
as John Summers, Luxury's Owner
