Grant Mitchell
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", "Th
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.
Born
Jun 17, 1874
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Died
May 01, 1957
Known For
Acting
Movies
128 acting
0 crew
Popularity
0.8
Known For
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Caretaker
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Senator MacPherson
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
as Reverend Harper
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
as Carlson (uncredited)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
as Ernest W. Stanley
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
as Georges Clemenceau
Dinner at Eight
1933
as Ed Loomis
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