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...
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...
Known For
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senator MacPherson
The Grapes of Wrath
as Caretaker
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Reverend Harper
Cast Credits
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
as Judge
Blondie's Anniversary
as Samuel Breckenbridge
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
as Mitchell Edwards
Honeymoon
as Congressman Crenshaw
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Al Farrow
Blondie's Holiday
as Samuel Breckenridge
Easy to Wed
as Homer Henshaw
Leave Her to Heaven
as Carlson (uncredited)
Guest Wife
as House Detective
Bedside Manner
as Mr. Pope
Conflict
as Dr. Grant
A Medal for Benny
as Mayor of Pantera
Crime, Inc.
as Wayne Clark
Bring on the Girls
as Ralph Neely
And Now Tomorrow
as Uncle Wallace
When the Lights Go On Again
as Arnold Benson
The Impatient Years
as Hotel Clerk
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Reverend Harper
Step Lively
as Dr. Gibbs
See Here, Private Hargrove
as Uncle George
Dixie
as Mr. Mason
All by Myself
as J.D. Gibbons
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as Edgar Holliday
My Sister Eileen
as Walter Sherwood
Orchestra Wives
as Dr. Ward
Cairo
as Mr. O.H.P. Boggs
The Gay Sisters
as Gilbert Wheeler
March On, America!
as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts
as Mr. Goodwin
Larceny, Inc.
as Mr. Aspinwall