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", "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.
Acting
Movie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senator MacPherson
1939
Movie
The Grapes of Wrath
as Caretaker
1940
Movie
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Reverend Harper
1944
Movie
Leave Her to Heaven
as Carlson (uncredited)
1945
Movie
The Life of Emile Zola
as Georges Clemenceau
1937
Movie
Dinner at Eight
as Ed Loomis
1933
Movie
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Ernest W. Stanley
1941
Movie
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Al Farrow
1947
Movie
Conflict
as Dr. Grant
1945
Movie
Three on a Match
as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)
1932
Movie
Tobacco Road
as George Payne
1941
Movie
Gold Diggers of 1935
as Louis Lamson
1935
Movie
The Great Lie
as Joshua Mason
1941
Movie
Wild Boys of the Road
as James Smith
1933
Movie
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Egeus
1935
Movie
If I Had a Million
as Prison Priest (uncredited)
1932
Movie
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)
1932
Movie
Dancing Lady
as Jasper Bradley Sr.
1933
Movie
The Stranger's Return
as Allen
1933
Movie
Larceny, Inc.
as Mr. Aspinwall
1942
Movie
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as John Summers, Luxury's Owner
1936
Movie
On Borrowed Time
as Mr. Pilbeam
1939
Movie
The Last Gangster
as Warden
1937
Movie
Edison, the Man
as Snade
1940